Prelims 2020: Places in News Part-3
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Place | Why in News? | Important Facts |
Lothal
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A National Maritime Heritage Museum will be established at Lothal in Gujarat. |
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Kulasekarapattinam
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Union Government is planning to set up a new rocket launchpad here. At present, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has two launch pads at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDCC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. |
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Chenani-Nashri tunnel
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The Chenani-Nashri tunnel, the longest tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir, will be renamed after Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. |
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Great Barrier Reef
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Australia has downgraded the outlook for the Great Barrier Reef to ‘very poor’ for the first time. |
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Victoria Falls
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Zimbabwe’s president unveiled the “National Tourism Recovery and Growth Strategy,” at the breathtaking Victoria Falls, for green sustainable tourism development. |
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Chabahar Port
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The port project along Iran’s southern coast in the Sistan-Baluchistan province has been a part of discussions between New Delhi and Tehran since their first agreement to develop it, in 2003. |
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Hong Kong
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On 30 June, China’s top legislature unanimously passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that entered into force in the territory the same day, just before midnight. The law is dangerously vague and broad: virtually anything could be deemed a threat to “national security” under its provisions, and it can apply to anyone on the planet. |
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Taal volcano
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The volcano erupted recently causing threats to lives and livelihoods. |
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Z Morh tunnel
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Work on the Z-Morh tunnel, part of a strategic project for ensuring round-the-year connectivity between Kashmir valley and Ladakh region, is being undertaken on a war footing and it will be completed by June 2021. |
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