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#prelims #places_in_news #mapping https://t.me/upsc_with_twinkle 1. Somalia (Mogadishu) —> Flash Floods Due To El Nino 2. REfugee camps in GAza strip 🕸️Jabalia(largest) 🕸️Rafah 🕸️KhanYounis 🕸️Deiral-Balah 🕸️Maghazi, Bureij 🕸️Nuseirat 🕸️Shati(aka Beach Camp) 3. Eilat Port- Gulf of Aqaba- Israel’s only port on RED SEA. 4. Sudan- capital Khartoum - Territorial Dispute with South Sudan and Internal rebellion. - Darfur region (west Sudan)- Water Crisis and Violence in El-Fasher region of Darfur. - Abyei region —> South Sudan- Sudan contested region - India deployed Largest contingent of women peacekeepers here. 5. Somalia- Hunger and Poverty ,famines , Piracy , Flash Floods due to El Nino https://t.me/upsc_with_twinkle 6. Boko Haram Insurgency-Chad 7. Gabon (capital : Libreville)- Coup and Africa's First debt for nature Swap of 500 million $ May 2023 - the world’s first and largest debt swap to conserve oceans was signed by Ecuador. The country had exchanged $1.6 billion denominated bonds for a new $656 million loan.  Under the debt-for-nature swap, Gabon has agreed to a deal with the Bank of America, the US International Development Finance Corporation (USDFC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to refinance $500 million in national debt toward marine conservation efforts in the country. 8. Sierra Leone- National Emergency- ‘Zombie Drug” Overdose. Largest PRODUCER of Rutile (titanium) in world. Sierra Rutile also holds one of the world's largest and highest quality known natural rutile deposits, the Sembehun Project. 9. Democratic Republic of congo (capital : Brazzaville) - Dispute with Rwanda. Know the reason for conflict. Also know that DRC- Largest Cobalt mine in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo has the largest known reserves of cobalt, making up 48% of the world total. The conflict erupted in the wake of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 where ethnic Hutu extremists killed nearly one million minority ethnic Tutsis and non-extremist Hutus. Since then, the eastern DRC, bordering Rwanda, has been facing insurgency perpetrated by several rebel militant groups. According to the UN, besides M23, more than 120 insurgent groups are active in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika In the eastern province of North Kivu, nearly a million people have been displaced due to the ongoing conflict with the rebel group, Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23). https://t.me/upsc_with_twinkle 10. Maghreb Region/ Barbary Coast-(aka Place of Sunset)- Western half of Arab world 11. Falkland Island Dispute- Argentina and Great Britain 12. Orkney Islands- Scottish Coast- Contested region b/w UK and Scotland 13. Sicily Island (Italy-Mediterranean Sea)- state of emergency as the region experiences its worst drought . 14. Kuril island Dispute- Russia vs Japan contesting claims 15. Russia and Japan(Sakhalin island )

Probable Mains Question GS2 —>

BIMSTEC reflects the synthesis of our “Neighbourhood First” and “Act East” policies. Comment. 15M , 250W

PYQ UPSC CSE 2022 —> Do you think that BIMSTEC is a parallel organisation like the SAARC ? What are the similarities and dissimilarities between the two ? How are Indian foreign policy objectives realized by forming this new organisation ? https://t.me/upsc_with_twinkle

Critical minerals are vulnerable to supply chain shocks because of chinese dominance in processing and refining of critical minerals like lithium, cobalt , manganese and graphite. India - The quality and quantity of lithium resources discovered in Reasi of Jammu, Kashmir, are inferior to other deposits and key producing areas of the world

IFOS 2023 GK Question- explain the potential of lithium reserves in India and discuss the social and environmental problems associated with mining.

Link the old article where we discussed the implications of lithium mining in India https://t.me/upsc_with_twinkle/485

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Can be solved. Even if not sure Correct answer - B Objective is to build interlinkages… Join the channel : https://t.me/upsc_with_twinkle