7 November 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 →6 November 2026
Current Affairs Today 6 November 2026: UPSC News Roundup
2 November 2026
Current Affairs Today 2 November 2026: UPSC News Roundup
30 October 2026
Current Affairs Today 30 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
27 October 2026
Current Affairs Today 27 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
27 October 2026
Arunachal Dam Protests: Subansiri, Siang and the EIA Hearing
26 October 2026
Current Affairs Today 26 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
26 October 2026
Cyclone Arnab: NCMC Review, Red Message and the IMD Scale
25 October 2026
Current Affairs Today 25 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
All Geography Articles by Month
November 2026 (3 articles)
October 2026 (15 articles)
- Current Affairs Today 30 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Current Affairs Today 27 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Arunachal Dam Protests: Subansiri, Siang and the EIA Hearing
- Current Affairs Today 26 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Cyclone Arnab: NCMC Review, Red Message and the IMD Scale
- Current Affairs Today 25 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Current Affairs Today 24 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Current Affairs Today 20 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Ramsar Sites in India Reach 103: Sukhna Wetland, Sauj Jheel
- Current Affairs Today 13 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Current Affairs Today 8 October 2026: UPSC News Roundup
- Dibrugarh Cargo Voyage to Dhaka: NW-2 and the IBP Route
- River Interlinking and Invasive Species: ATREE Study, Ken-Betwa
- Ladakh: 28 Places Get Standard Names on Survey of India Map
- Monsoon 2026 Ends at 87% of Normal: Driest Season Since 2015, and the East and North-East Record Their Lowest Since 1901
September 2026 (14 articles)
- Foodgrain Target Set Lower at 373.93 Million Tonnes: India's Rabi Plan for an El Niño Year
- Current Affairs Today, 28 September 2026, Complete News Roundup
- Current Affairs Today, 24 September 2026, Complete News Roundup
- Current Affairs Today, 23 September 2026, Complete News Roundup
- Current Affairs Today, 22 September 2026, Complete News Roundup
- Kumik in Zanskar Declared Ladakh's First Heritage Village
- Houthis Seize Greater and Lesser Hanish Islands in Southern Red Sea, Tightening Grip on Bab-el-Mandeb
- Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Project Achieves 41st Tunnel Breakthrough on Escape Tunnel-1
- Schizopygopsis Waddellii, a High-Altitude Snowtrout, Recorded in India for the First Time at Tawang
- Supreme Court Sets 30 November Non-Extendable Deadline for Aravalli Demarcation
- China's Yarlung Zangbo Mega Dam and India's Downstream Concerns
- UN General Assembly Endorses the Equal Earth Projection
- One Weather Shock, Three Crises: El Nino, the Monsoon Deficit and India's Power System
- A Distress Year on the Cauvery: The Supreme Court Examines Compliance, and Adjourns
August 2026 (11 articles)
- The Rasuwa Disaster Was Not a GLOF: What the Science Actually Says, and What the Toll Actually Is
- The Rasuwa Disaster: A Rock and Ice Collapse, a Barrier Lake, and Why It Was Not a Classic GLOF
- Coal Stocks Turn Critical at 45 Thermal Plants as the Monsoon Runs 13 Per Cent Short
- Bhote Koshi Flash Flood Destroys Rasuwagadhi Border Post; Indian Pilgrims Among Those Out of Contact
- Railways Raises Speed Limit to 100 kmph on USBRL's Katra-Banihal Section
- Current Affairs Today, 17 August 2026
- PM Announces "Samudra Manthan": Rs 85,000 Crore Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration Scheme
- Delhi's Wettest August Day in Two Years: One Downpour and the Bigger Climate Question
- Glaw Lake: India Crosses 100 Ramsar Sites
- Mules Over Shipki La: India-China Border Trade Resumes After Six Years
- Eight Dead in Kerala: Extremely Heavy Rain, Landslides and the Western Ghats Question
July 2026 (3 articles)
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: 29 May 2026
- SW Monsoon 2026: Early Kerala Onset, 92% of LPA Below-Normal Forecast
- Mount Everest: 73rd Anniversary of the First Ascent (29 May 1953)
- IMD Yellow Alert for Delhi-NCR: 43–45°C Heatwave; SW Monsoon Onset on Track for Kerala May 26
- Current Affairs Today: 17 May 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: 4 May 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: 19 April 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: 23 February 2026
- Current Affairs Today: 22 February 2026
- Current Affairs Today: 21 February 2026
- Current Affairs Today: 19 February 2026
- Current Affairs Today: 14 February 2026
- Brahmaputra Rail-Road Twin Tunnel, India's First Underwater Transport Corridor
- Current Affairs Today: 13 February 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: 21 January 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: 11 January 2026
- Current Affairs Today: 7 January 2026
- Current Affairs Today: 3 January 2026
- Current Affairs Today: 2 January 2026
Geography Editorial Analysis
All Editorials →25 October 2026
India's Refining Capacity: Why the World Sees a Superpower
23 October 2026
India-Bangladesh: Tied by Geography, Divided by Politics
13 October 2026
Kishau Dam Project: Tons Dam Risks for the Dehradun Valley
13 October 2026
Warming Himalayas Demand a Rethink: Hydropower and EIA
11 October 2026
El Niño and Tamil Nadu: Why the Northeast Monsoon Differs
9 October 2026
Himalayan Avalanches and Climate Change: Early Warning Gap
All Geography Editorials (43 total)
- India's Refining Capacity: Why the World Sees a Superpower
- India-Bangladesh: Tied by Geography, Divided by Politics
- Kishau Dam Project: Tons Dam Risks for the Dehradun Valley
- Warming Himalayas Demand a Rethink: Hydropower and EIA
- El Niño and Tamil Nadu: Why the Northeast Monsoon Differs
- Himalayan Avalanches and Climate Change: Early Warning Gap
- Delhi Air Pollution Beyond the City: El Niño, Airshed Plan
- How Not to Restore a Forest: Delhi Central Ridge
- El Niño Calls for Wider Monitoring of Ecological Stress
- Season's End: IMD Monsoon Forecast and the Rainfall Deficit
- Waves of Rain: Odisha Must Prepare for Repeated Downpours, Not Isolated Anomalies
- A Mountain Cannot Be Saved by a Law That Is Not Enforced: Illegal Mining, Not Legal Leases, Is the Aravallis' Real Enemy
- The Farmer and the Engineer: What AI Can and Cannot Tell India About the Monsoon
- Stranded Ships, Stowaway Species: Biofouling After the Hormuz Disruption
- Water Wealth: Why Punjab's Groundwater Crisis Is Also a Crisis of Inequality
- A Malacca-Singapore Model for Hormuz: What UNCLOS Solved in Southeast Asia, and Why the Gulf Is Harder
- Bihar Floods and Basin-Wide Cooperation: Why Embankments Alone Are Not the Answer
- Two Dryland Rivers, One Canal: The Case for Rethinking Ken-Betwa
- Not Wasteland: India Finally Names Its Open Natural Ecosystems
- The Himalaya Serves Another Warning, and India Cannot Hear It
- Apna Jal: The Water India Already Has and Refuses to Use
- The Clock Stopped at 9.29. The Early Warning Had Worked. It Did Not Matter.
- The Mountains Are Warning Us: Shyam Saran on Himalayan Fragility
- The Dark Forest of Katlekan: Why the Western Ghats Still Matter
- Danger From Above: What the Nepal Flood Says About Himalayan Risk
- Nepal, Rishiganga and Dharali Are Signals of a Himalayan Crisis
- The Monsoon Is No Longer Safe: Maharashtra's Rising Compound Drought-Heatwave Risk
- Not the Rain: Kerala's Floods Are a Land-Use Failure
- Water in Abeyance: India's Plans on the Western Rivers and Pakistan's Protest at the United Nations
- The Slope Gives Way: Himachal's Landslides Are a Governance Failure
- Reading the Reservoirs: A 15 Per Cent Deficit and the Water Year Ahead
- The Rule Curve We Ignore: How Full Dams Manufacture Floods
- 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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