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350 articles on Geography · Page 11 of 18

March 05, 2026
7 articles
Economics International Relations Geography
4 min
Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten 41% of India's tea exports: TAI
The Tea Association of India (TAI) warned that the prospect of Indian tea exports looks "grim" as Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten approximately 41% of Ind...
Economics International Relations Geography
5 min
India looking at alternative markets to buy gas; Australia, Canada offered to sell amid West Asia conflict: Govt sources
India is actively scouting for alternative sources of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and crude oil as the West Asia conflict escalates, with Australia and Canad...
Geography Economics
4 min
India’s First Riverine Lighthouses to Come Up on Brahmaputra (NW-2) as Sarbananda Sonowal Lays Foundation Stones
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stones for four riverine lighthouses along the Brahmaputra River (Nat...
Economics International Relations Geography
4 min
Adani-Total Gas triples industrial gas price as West Asia conflict disrupts LNG supplies
Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL), the city gas distribution (CGD) joint venture of Adani Group and France's TotalEnergies, nearly tripled the price of natural gas ...
Environment & Ecology Geography Economics
5 min
As Kerala marks 50 years of the Idukki Hydroelectric Project, there are new questions facing hydropower in the state
The Idukki Hydroelectric Project (IHEP) completed 50 years of operation in February 2026, having been commissioned on February 12, 1976, by Prime Minister In...
International Relations Economics Geography
5 min
Supertankers begin to back away from Gulf as Hormuz crisis bites
Following Iran's declaration of the Strait of Hormuz as closed in retaliation for US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026, supertankers loading voyages in...
Economics International Relations Geography
4 min
Oil prices up over 2% amid ongoing conflict in West Asia
Brent crude oil prices climbed past $83 per barrel, rising over 2%, as tensions in West Asia escalated following coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on...
March 04, 2026
13 articles
International Relations Internal Security Geography
5 min
Russia blames Ukrainian sea drones for attacking tanker that sank in Mediterranean
A Russian-flagged LNG tanker, the Arctic Metagaz, carrying 61,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas from the Arctic port of Murmansk, was attacked and sank in ...
Economics International Relations Geography
5 min
Ceramic industry in Gujarat's Morbi stares at shutdown as West Asia conflict disrupts gas supply
Gujarat's Morbi district — the world's largest ceramic tile manufacturing hub — faces a potential shutdown as gas supplies from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC...
Environment & Ecology Geography
5 min
Sea is higher than we thought, millions more at risk: study
A new study published in the journal Nature (March 2026) found that approximately 90% of scientific studies and hazard assessments have underestimated baseli...
International Relations Internal Security Geography
5 min
US submarine sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, marking escalation outside of Persian Gulf
A US Navy submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena on March 4, 2026, approximately 40 nautical miles south of Galle, Sri Lanka, in the Indi...
International Relations Economics Geography
4 min
West Asia crisis: 1,500 flights cancelled in four days, Air India to add capacity on key long routes
The escalating West Asia conflict caused the cancellation of approximately 1,500 flights in just four days as Iran launched retaliatory attacks that triggere...
Economics International Relations Geography
5 min
Tensions in West Asia: Apparel exporters in troubled waters
India's apparel and textile exporters are facing a severe crisis as the West Asia conflict — triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent regional ...
International Relations Internal Security Geography
4 min
Iran warship sunk near Sri Lanka: The naval drills it came to India to participate in
The Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena was torpedoed and sunk by a United States Navy submarine on March 4, 2026, in international waters approximately 40 nautic...
Economics International Relations Geography
4 min
War hits Indian rice shipments to west Asian destinations
The West Asia conflict has severely disrupted Indian rice exports, particularly basmati rice, to the Gulf and wider West Asian region, which collectively acc...
Environment & Ecology Geography
6 min
’It’s too warm’: Greenland’s fishermen feel the climate heat
Greenland's traditional fishing communities are confronting a rapidly warming Arctic that is transforming — and threatening — their centuries-old livelihoods...
International Relations Geography
5 min
Israel-Iran conflict: Oman Air restores flights halted for Ramzan offering relief to expats stuck in Gulf
Oman Air restored limited flight services that had been halted during the Ramzan period, providing crucial relief to hundreds of Indian expatriates stranded ...
Economics Environment & Ecology Geography
6 min
Climate change to war, fertiliser prices call for strategy, not firefighting
Fertiliser prices are surging globally due to two simultaneous shocks: the US-Israel-Iran war disrupting natural gas and fertiliser supply chains through the...
International Relations Modern History Geography
5 min
When Israel and Iran were friends — and built a secret oil pipeline
As the current Iran-Israel conflict intensifies, the historical background of the two countries' once-close alliance and their secret jointly-built oil pipel...
International Relations Economics Geography
5 min
The U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran threaten global fuel trade | Data
Iran's retaliation to the U.S.-Israel "pre-emptive strike" (Operation Epic Fury / Roaring Lion, launched February 28, 2026) included the threatening closure ...