Geography

3 items tagged Geography.

• 2026-09-06

  India votes for UNGA resolution to correct the world map's depiction of Africa

  The 193 member UN General Assembly on 4 September 2026 adopted, by 164 votes to one, a resolution titled 'Correct the map: rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world's regions, particularly Africa'. Sponsored by Togo, the resolution flags concern that the widely used Mercator projection, which makes Greenland appear roughly the same size as Africa even though Africa is about fourteen times larger, minimises the perceived sizes of Africa, Latin America and South Asia. India voted in favour of the resolution, while the United States cast the lone vote against and Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine abstained.

• 2026-08-19

  IMD forecasts very heavy rain over UP, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand as system moves inland

  Days after the depression that triggered a red alert in West Bengal and Odisha, the associated spell of heavy rain has continued moving inland and westward. The India Meteorological Department forecast very heavy rainfall in places over East and West Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand, with moderate to heavy rain also expected over the north east, Delhi, Haryana and neighbouring states. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds were forecast over parts of southern and central India during the same period.

• 2026-08-18

  Depression over Bay of Bengal triggers red alert in West Bengal and Odisha

  A low pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression by the early hours of 17 August and lay near the coast of West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh, before tracking northwestwards across Gangetic West Bengal towards Jharkhand. The India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for West Bengal and Odisha, forecasting isolated extremely heavy rainfall of over 204.5 millimetres, with heavy to very heavy rain also expected over Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Several hill states, including Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, were placed under an orange alert for a separate spell of heavy rain.