21 June 2026
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Geography Current Affairs
Geography current affairs for UPSC and State PCS: monsoon and climate phenomena, rivers and water disputes, mountain ranges and landforms in the news, mining and resources, and map-based locations from India and the world. Articles pair every news event with the physical geography behind it, mapped to GS Paper 1 and 3 with locations, data tables and map pointers for Prelims.
Latest Geography Articles
All Daily →19 June 2026
India's Monsoon Stalls: MJO, Somali Jet and a 38% June Deficit
18 June 2026
The Ganges Water Treaty at 30 — Farakka, the Padma Barrage and the 2026 Renewal
17 June 2026
Kishau Multi-Purpose Dam: Six States End an Eight-Year Deadlock
11 June 2026
Oxford Study Places 14 Indian Cities Among the World's Most Heat-Risk Exposed
9 June 2026
Zojila Tunnel Achieves Breakthrough, Set to Give Ladakh All-Weather Access
8 June 2026
Bhakra Dam Tilt Renews Focus on India's Ageing Dam Safety
4 June 2026
Southwest Monsoon Arrives Kerala — IMD Forecasts Below-Normal Season Amid El Niño
1 June 2026
Aravallis Under Threat — India's Ancient Climate Shield Is Weakening
All Geography Articles by Month
June 2026 (9 articles)
- Tawang Glacial Lakes and GLOF Risk in the Himalaya
- India's Monsoon Stalls: MJO, Somali Jet and a 38% June Deficit
- The Ganges Water Treaty at 30 — Farakka, the Padma Barrage and the 2026 Renewal
- Kishau Multi-Purpose Dam: Six States End an Eight-Year Deadlock
- Oxford Study Places 14 Indian Cities Among the World's Most Heat-Risk Exposed
- Zojila Tunnel Achieves Breakthrough, Set to Give Ladakh All-Weather Access
- Bhakra Dam Tilt Renews Focus on India's Ageing Dam Safety
- Southwest Monsoon Arrives Kerala — IMD Forecasts Below-Normal Season Amid El Niño
- Aravallis Under Threat — India's Ancient Climate Shield Is Weakening
May 2026 (14 articles)
- Current Affairs Today — May 29, 2026
- SW Monsoon 2026 — Early Kerala Onset, 92% of LPA Below-Normal Forecast
- Mount Everest — 73rd Anniversary of the First Ascent (May 29, 1953)
- IMD Yellow Alert for Delhi-NCR: 43–45°C Heatwave; SW Monsoon Onset on Track for Kerala May 26
- Current Affairs Today — May 17, 2026
- IMD Heatwave Alerts Across North India & Early Monsoon Onset Forecast
- India Raises Petrol and Diesel Prices by Rs 3 -- OMC Under-Recovery and West Asia Crisis
- Andaman & Nicobar Guinness Records + India's Semiconductor Push
- AMOC Collapse Risk: 59% Weakening by 2100 Could Devastate India's Monsoon
- Dorjilung Hydropower Project — 1,125 MW, Bhutan, Tata Power, World Bank Financing
- Current Affairs Today — May 4, 2026
- Tamil Nadu Overtakes Gujarat as India's Top Marine Fish Producer — CMFRI 2025 Data
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands Set Two Guinness World Records — Underwater Flag and Human Stack
- Pre-Monsoon Rain in NE India — Norwesters, Kalbaisakhi, and India's Bipolar Climate
April 2026 (12 articles)
- Shekha Jheel — India's 99th Ramsar Site and the Expanding Wetland Conservation Network
- Stauranthera aureoglossa — New Plant Species in Arunachal and India's Northeast Biodiversity
- Marine Spatial Planning — Odisha Leads India's Ocean Governance
- Jonnagiri Gold Mine — India Launches Its First Private Gold Mine
- Current Affairs Today — April 19, 2026
- Gangotri Temple Opens — Char Dham Yatra 2026 Season Begins
- Project Him Sarovar: Ladakh's Snow-Harvesting Bid for Water Security in a Warming Cold Desert
- Sundarbans Loses 10–15% Ecological Resilience: Climate Crisis in the World's Largest Mangrove
- ASI Discovers 1,500-Year-Old Stepped Reservoir on Elephanta Island
- Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project: 1,200 MW on the Lohit River
- Gangotri National Park Reopens — Ecology, Wildlife, and Climate Significance
- Gangotri National Park — Himalayan Ecology and the Ganga's Source
March 2026 (5 articles)
February 2026 (11 articles)
- Sulawesi Hand Stencil — World's Oldest Rock Art at 67,800 Years
- Congo Basin Peatlands — Ancient Carbon Release and Climate Implications
- Current Affairs Today — February 23, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 22, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 21, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 19, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 14, 2026
- Brahmaputra Rail-Road Twin Tunnel — India's First Underwater Transport Corridor
- Current Affairs Today — February 13, 2026
- Indus Waters Treaty — Pakistan Invokes IWT over Sawalkot Hydroelectric Project
- ADB USD 182 Million Loan for Brahmaputra Flood Management — Assam's Climate Resilience Challenge
January 2026 (12 articles)
- NSHIP Thoothukudi — India's Blue Economy Push Through Mega Shipbuilding Cluster
- Vishwamitri River — India's Urban Crocodile Haven and the Mugger Conservation Story
- Current Affairs Today — January 21, 2026
- Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary — Eco-Sensitive Zone Notified
- Kondagai Lake: A 4,500-Year Climate Record from Tamil Nadu
- Kaziranga Elevated Wildlife Corridor — When a Highway Learns to Share Space with Rhinos
- Sangai Deer at the Edge — Keibul Lamjao's Floating World and a Species Racing Against Extinction
- Makar Sankranti and India's Agricultural Festival Calendar
- Current Affairs Today — January 11, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — January 7, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — January 3, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — January 2, 2026
Geography Editorial Analysis
All Editorials →24 April 2026
High Heat — On India and Warming
19 April 2026
As Gangotri Opens, the Glacier Closes: Pilgrimage Tourism Cannot Ignore the Ice That Feeds the Ganga
16 April 2026
Dry Days Ahead: El Niño Threatens India's 2026 Monsoon
14 April 2026
Parched Again: Why Bengaluru's Water Crisis Is a Failure of Urban Design, Not Rainfall
11 April 2026
New Measure for Heat Stress Reframes the Climate Challenge
4 April 2026
The Gangotri Crisis: When Glaciers Retreat, Water Wars Begin
All Geography Editorials (11 total)
- High Heat — On India and Warming
- As Gangotri Opens, the Glacier Closes: Pilgrimage Tourism Cannot Ignore the Ice That Feeds the Ganga
- Dry Days Ahead: El Niño Threatens India's 2026 Monsoon
- Parched Again: Why Bengaluru's Water Crisis Is a Failure of Urban Design, Not Rainfall
- New Measure for Heat Stress Reframes the Climate Challenge
- The Gangotri Crisis: When Glaciers Retreat, Water Wars Begin
- Himalayan Fire Shift — When Climate Change Pushes Flames to New Heights
- Spring That Never Came — El Niño 2026 and the Monsoon Threat India Must Prepare For
- The Aravalli Question — Science, Law and the Desert at the Gate
- BRO and the Logic of Border Infrastructure — Building Under Adversity
- Kaziranga Elevated Corridor — Can Linear Infrastructure Co-exist with Wildlife?
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