Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Environment and ...

Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.

Even more important was water distribution. At least 18 seasonal streams once flowed from the Aravallis into the Yamuna, ...

Poets often use nature as a symbol or metaphor to evoke inner states of mind. But what is a metaphor? How do Vedic, Sangam, and Prakrit poets use it to explain life’s mysteries long before philosophy ...

Geography is a high-return subject in the UPSC Prelims GS Paper I, with questions asked every year from Physical, Indian, and World Geography. While the syllabus appears vast, a focused and smart ...

From country outlines to continental and world maps, this geography quiz will put your map skills to the ultimate test. With 33 countries and 33 maps, each one is either flipped or rotated, ...

UPSC CDS and NDA application process 2025: The Union Public Service Commission will close the registration window for UPSC NDA and CDS 2026 tomorrow, December 30, 2025, at 6:00 PM. Applications ...

It’s hard to imagine, but less than 200 years ago, Boston was surrounded by water. The city was basically an island, connected to the rest of the state only through a tiny spit of land. Neighborhoods ...

Old maps are rife with phantom islands. Sometimes these nonexistent landmasses come about because of mistakes made by sailors or cartographers; sometimes they can be traced back to folklore or legends ...

A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.” He said it during a discussion about climate ...