{"id":270475,"date":"2023-11-22T20:22:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=270475"},"modified":"2023-11-23T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:02:53","slug":"operation-karuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/operation-karuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Karuna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>– This post is based on the article “India launches \u2018Operation Karuna\u2019 to assist cyclone-hit Myanmar<\/strong>” published in “The Hindu<\/strong>” on 18th May 2023.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

India launched \u2018Operation Karuna\u2019 to assist Myanmar<\/strong> which has been devastated by Cyclone Mocha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Operation<\/p>\n

What is Operation Karuna?<\/h2>\n

1. India has launched “Operation Karuna” to provide humanitarian assistance for people in Myanmar, which is affected by Cyclone Mocha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. The Indian Navy ships carried emergency food items, tents, essential medicines, water pumps, portable generators, clothes, sanitary and hygiene items, etc.<\/p>\n

3. It has caused widespread devastation in Bangladesh and Myanmar, causing widespread loss of life and property in both these countries.<\/p>\n

What is Cyclone ‘Mocha’?<\/h2>\n

1. Cyclone Mocha is a tropical cyclone<\/strong> that originated in the Bay of Bengal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has classified it as a very\u00a0severe cyclonic storm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3. The name of the storm ‘Mocha’ has been suggested by Yemen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. The cyclone has been named after a Red Sea port city known for its coffee production<\/strong>. The city also gave its name to the popular beverage, caf\u00e9 Mocha.<\/p>\n

What are Cyclones and the conditions necessary for its formation?<\/h2>\n

Click Here to Read<\/a><\/p>\n

How are Cyclones named?<\/h2>\n

Click Here to Read<\/a><\/p>\n

Where is Myanmar and what are its features?<\/h2>\n
\"Myanmar\"
Source- WorldAtlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n
Where it is?<\/strong><\/td>\nMyanmar (previously known as Burma<\/strong>) is the north-westernmost country of mainland Southeast Asia<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographical Features<\/strong><\/td>\n1. Border countries<\/strong>– Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand.
\n2. The country is nestled between several mountain ranges with the Arakan Mountains<\/strong> on the west and the Shan Plateau<\/strong> dominating the east.
\n3. Rivers<\/strong>
\n-The Irrawaddy river <\/strong>is one of the main river and flows from north to south through the Central Burma Basin.
\n– The Mekong river<\/strong> runs from the Tibetan Plateau through China’s Yunnan and northeastern Burma into Laos.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus- International Relations & Geography (Map)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– This post is based on the article “India launches \u2018Operation Karuna\u2019 to assist cyclone-hit Myanmar” published in “The Hindu” on 18th May 2023. Why in the News? India launched \u2018Operation Karuna\u2019 to assist Myanmar which has been devastated by Cyclone Mocha. What is Operation Karuna? 1. India has launched “Operation Karuna” to provide humanitarian… Continue reading Operation Karuna<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,11209,7965,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-270475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":14,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700680656},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}