Places in news for CSE Prelims 2021

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Happy to see such good contribution from all the members here. Best wishes to all of you and maker of this thread. Keep it up. 👍😊

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tremendous job, thankyou so much!

Thank you@skirti_0826946 @12432TrivendrumRajdhani ..

God you people are awesome. In these scary times your generosity and kindness to total (and nameless) strangers are so heartwarming. I hope you all achieve everything you want in life, not just in CSE. The world needs more people like you.

This is a map of water bodies since it’s a favourite area for prelims. May be useful. And it’s a lot more fun if you export the map to KMZ and open it using Google Earth so you can spin the globe around. It’s not much but I wanted to contribute something. Good luck to you all!

https://goo.gl/maps/2kU8QA5i4MQXb2FF9

Port Antsiranana in Madagascar:INS Kesari gave COVID-19-related medical supplies. This is part of Mission Sagar under which the Indian government is providing assistance to friendly foreign countries in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Port Moroni, Comoros

Western Indian Ocean is emerging as key strategic partner in the region and Comoros backs India at various fora including OIC. The Covid pandemic brought two countries closer. A consignment of COVID-19 related essential medicine supplies from India arrived at the port of Moroni, Comoros in Western Indian Ocean onboard INS Kesari.

Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Amery Ice Shelf is one of the largest glacier drainage basins in the world, located on the east coast of Antarctica. Iceberg broke off and large ice chunks can pose a danger to ships that navigate through Antarctic waters.

Ambarnaya River & Lake Pyasino , Russia

Diesel fuel from a 21,000-ton oil spill in the Russian Arctic has reached a freshwater lake that serves as a gateway into the Arctic Ocean. Oil leaked into the Ambarnaya river that flows into the environmentally sensitive Arctic Ocean. This oil spill is believed to be the second largest in modern Russian history in terms of volume.

Myanmar Economic Corridors.

Forgot to open access! Here’s the updated link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1qzSTLMHxyVEF8kJaYMwdmmDzfnZtkPxo

Skardu Airbase, PoK: Amid Sino-India border along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, Indian intelligence agencies have recently noticed activities of the Chinese Air Force at Skardu Airbase in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). For the Chinese Air Force, it will be easier to attack Indian bases, both Ladakh and Kashmir, from Skardu, which is around 100 km away from Leh, while Kargil is around 75 km. 

Thank u very much.

Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP), in Ishfan, Central Iran,is the country’s main uranium enrichment site. The Natanz facility is mostly underground and one of several Iranian facilities monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog. On July 2, 2020, fire broke out at the Natanz nuclear facility causing explosions that damaged a building that housed centrifuge machines.

The landlocked mountainous region ofNagorno-Karabakhis the subject of an unresolved dispute between Azerbaijan, in which it lies, and its ethnic Armenian majority, backed by neighbouring Armenia.

Hope this helps. 

kazakhstan

Correct. Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country as I'd corrected above.