1. Duqm Port, Oman

India secured access to Duqm port on Oman’s south-eastern seaboard that is ideally situated between two other Chinese strategic jewels: Gwadar port on Pakistan’s Makran coast and Djibouti on the Horn of Africa.

2. Bougainville Island

- largest island of the Solomon Islands Archipelago.

- island has the world’s largest copper deposits.

- south Pacific Archipelago of Bougainville voted to become independent of Papua New Guinea.

Farzad B gas field

This is the gas field which is located in Persian Gulf under the control of Iranian sovereignty and India is progressing on acquisition and exploration of this.

4.Puerto Williamsin Chile has become world’s southernmost city after its status upgraded from hamlet to city. It took over the title from Ushuaia in Argentina which was world’s southernmost city till recently.

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​Oldest known natural pearl in the world has been discovered by Abu Dhabi archaeologists working at a Neolithic site on Marawah Island, just off the coast of Abu Dhabi.

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6. Feni River

The Feni river, which forms part of the India-Bangladesh border, originates in the South Tripura district, passes through Sabroom town on the Indian side, and meets the Bay of Bengal after it flows into Bangladesh.The dispute over the sharing of the river water has been long-standing.Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) in Dhaka, agreed to collect data and prepare water-sharing agreements for seven rivers — Manu, Muhuri, Khowai, Gumti, Dharla, Dudhkumar, and Feni.

7.Etalin Hydropower Project:  Arunachal Pradesh- construction of two dams over the tributaries of Dibang: Dir and Tangon. JV with Jindal Power.

8.YettinaholeRiver Diversion project aims to divert water from four perennial streams of River Nethravati in the Western Ghats of Karnataka towards drought-hit districts in Karnataka.

Amazing initiative. :)

10.Gulf of Alexandretta,also known as the Gulf of Issus or Gulf of İskenderun, forms the eastern most boundary of the Mediterranean Sea at the southern coast of Turkey near its border with Syria. It is a gulf or inlet of the Levantine Sea, the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin.

Important locations on SCS. 

Scarborough Shoal- Disputed primarily between China and Philippines. 

Senkaku Islands-Japan/China

Paracel Islands(Woody Islands) and Spratly Islands: Vietnam/China/Thailand/Philippines/Brunei and pretty much everyone in the region. 

Please note that Senkaku Islands (Diayou islands) is in the East China Sea, not SCS. 

11. Thitu Island:known as Pag-asa (“Hope Island”) in the Tagalog language of the Filipinos who inhabit it – has become  increasingly contentious geopolitical dispute involving the Philippines, China and four of their Pacific Rim neighbors: Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Great initiative!

Adding to the list-

Mahananda (a tributary of Ganga)- originates inDarjeeling; flows through Bengal, Bihar and Bangladesh

Mechi- tributary of mahananda- originates in mahabharat range ofnepal; join mahananda on right bank in kishanganj, bihar.

In news for-- Kosi-mechi interlinking project.