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GS-1GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA - HIMALAYAN CRYOSPHERE

Watching the Lakes While the Mountains Fall: Why Himalayan Early Warning Is Built for Yesterday's Disaster

A commentary in The Indian Express by Stuart Dunning, professor of applied geomorphology at Newcastle University, looked back at the August 26, 2026 Rasuwa disaster in Nepal. Early reports blamed an earthquake and possibly a GLOF. In fact a rock-ice avalanche off Langtang Lirung struck the valley floor and turned into a debris flood and the valley had no glacial lake. Rasuwa matched the 2021 Chamoli pattern and in both…

Sub TopicROCK-ICE AVALANCHES, HAZARD CASCADES AND THE LIMITS OF…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, WORLD WEATHER…
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GS-1MODERN INDIAN HISTORY

Haifa at 108: One Cavalry Charge, Three Memories and the Question India Must Answer Honestly

The Indian Army marked Haifa Day on September 23, 2026, the 108th anniversary of the battle. An op-ed in The Hindu revisited the battle as a contested memory and cited a letter from Palestine's Ambassador to India, Abdullah Mohammed Abu Shawesh, which argues that the Indian soldiers were victims of colonial exploitation rather than liberators. The debate touches India's balancing act in West Asia between its strategic…

Sub TopicINDIAN TROOPS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE POLITICS OF…SourceTHE HINDU, PIB, TIMES OF INDIA…
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