Location: Gariyaband district, Chhattisgarh. Notified as Tiger Reserve: 2009. It has two core areas: Core I – Udanti Core II – Sitanadi. Total area: 1,842.54 sq km Core: 851.09 sq km Buffer: 991.45 sq km. It derives its name from the Udanti and Sitanadi rivers flowing through the reserve. The Mahanadi is the main river…
UPSC Prelims Current Affairs for 5 October 2026
UPSC Prelims Current Affairs for 5 October 2026 brings together the news items of the day that map to the Prelims syllabus — polity, economy, environment, science and technology, and international relations. Each item is written as a factual pointer you can revise quickly, with the static-syllabus link made explicit so the reading feeds directly into your Prelims notes.
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Downdraught Effect
India’s metropolitan cities are replete with: High compound walls. Podiums. High-rise buildings of varying heights. These are often clumped together without adequate spacing, affecting the wind’s speed — rougher surfaces have a greater slowing effect — and direction. When a wind’s flow is interrupted by tall buildings, it can instead be funnelled through narrow spaces,…
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