Places in news for CSE Prelims 2021

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Places in news is an important topic for CSP. The idea of this thread is to share all important places I have covered from newspapers, hoping something clicks ;)

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Northernmost town in the world is also the fastest-warming place on the planet.Longyearbyen, the capital of the Svalbard archipelago located between Norway and the North Pole.

Temperatures in the town have risen by 4 degrees Celsius since 1971. That is five times faster than the global average. During winters, the temperature has gone up by 7°C.

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Pearl River estuaryincludes Hong Kong, Macau as well as the mainland Chinese cities of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan.

Chinese pink dolphins are making a comeback in the Pearl river estuary, one of the most heavily industrialised areas on Earth.

Spatial-temporal variations and trends predication of trace metals in oysters from the Pearl River Estuary of China during 2011–2018 - ScienceDirect

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China started operating the first bullet train line in Tibet, linking Lhasa to

Nyingchinear the border with Arunachal Pradesh.

The Lhasa-Nyingchi rail is one among several major infrastructure projects

recently completed in Tibet’s southern and southeastern counties near the

Arunachal border.

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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.

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Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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RAGNAROK .

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Kendrapara Light House in orissa coast

False point lighthouse from british era , government is going to revive it

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+ Panjshir

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Dima Hasao -- earlier called North Cachar Hills district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in north-eastern India. "Dima Hasao" means "Dimasa Hills" in the Dimasa language. As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Assam.