aaa Mt MAPPING ae) AU Seely Vis es SOE i 2020 laciuded all the current aftairs!of whe HinduSpecial Events And Places In News 1, Haj via sea| Saudi Arabia «India’s plan to ferry Haj devotees to Jeddah route gave nod #Amodern shipcan OF TH Mopostn svi poh2. Indian received at INS-]« first Indian vessel with all-woman crew to successfully Naval Indian Navy | circumnavigate world Sailing | Ship Mandovi, _ [ CIRCUMNAVIGATION UNDER SAIL, WHAT Vessel jetty. at Verem in| IT ENTAILS: (INSV)Tari | Goa © Start-finish at same port covering distance of ni/Navika 21,600 NMs Sagar © Sail south of three great capes of Southern Parikrama Hemisph © Cape Leeuwin, Australia © Cape Horn, Chile © Cape of Good Hope, Argentina Cross all longitudes in same direction and + Not use any canal ; or engine for propulsion 3. Golden | Started from Les | + sailing race around w¢ rld, started on 1 July 2018 Globe Sables- + celebrates 50th annivrsary of original Sunday ‘Times Race, 2018 | d'Olonne, France | Golden Globe Race Except for safety equi pment, no modern technology is allowed Indian sailor attended it with Yacht called ThuriyaQueensland, Australia . National | Chanakyapuri, | * commemorates 34844 police personnel from all of Police Delhi central and state police forces in India died in line of Memorialin duty since nation's Independence in 1947 augural ‘Wall of Valour’ bearing names of all personnel died in line of duty * underground museum is first police museum of its policing in region, since time of Kautilya's system of law and order in 310 BCE CLs ee . Rashtriya | New Delhi ‘* Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee accorded a state Smriti funeral here Sthal «Designated spot for last rites of presidents, vice- presidents and prime ministers Carmichel | Galilee Basin, |« Proposed thermal coal mine coal mine | Central . both open-cut and underground methods Proposed by Adani Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of India's Adani Group mine has drawn immense controversy about its claimed economic benefits, financial viability, government subsidy, damaging environmental impacts potential impact upon Great Barrier Reef, groundwater at its site and its carbon emissions emissions from burning amount of coal expected to be produced from this one mine, whether sourced from it or elsewhere, would, in a "worst-case 817. highest 7 Continents of Indian Army officer Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal peaks on | the world first Indian to summit seven highest mountains across all seven ‘seven continents, including climbing Mount Everest continents three times Seven Summits well-known mountaineering objective highest peaks on each of seven continents Seven Summits, from highest to lowest, are: Asia: Mount Everest 29,035 feet (8850 meters) South America: Aconcagua 22,829 feet (6962 meters) North America: Denali AKA Mount McKinley 20,320 feet (6194 meters) Africa: Kilimanjaro 19,340 feet (5895 meters) Europe: Mount Elbrus 18,510 feet (5642 meters) Antarctica: Mount Vinson 16,067 feet (4897 meters) Australia: Mount Kosciusko 7,310 feet (2228 meters)OR Australasia/Oceania: Carstensz Pyramid 16,023 feet (4884 meters) Nova epe RIVERS, SEAS AND OCEANS IN NEWS 1._Nautical Mile Unit of measurement used in + both air and marine navigation, and * for definition of territorial waters Figure: Visual comparison of a kilometre, statute mile, and nautical mile 2. Mahanadi river * Conflict over sharing waters between Odisha and Chhattisgarh + Tribunal will be made now by central Government to decide on share and conflict of waterove 3._ Mahadayi/Mandovi/Mhadei river conflict Lifeline of Goa; Mandovi and Zuari are two primary rivers in Goa Mandovi joins with Zuari at Cabo Aguada, forming Mormugao harbour Rises in Western Ghats, from Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary of Karnataka, enters Goa Conflict over Karnataka channelling river water into basin of Malaprabha, a tributary of Krishna to meet requirements of its water-scarce districts + Kalasa-Banduri Nala Dam project by Karnataka to improve drinking water + Mahadayi river conflicts involves states of Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra Controversial water diversion pian 4. Jal Marg Vikas Project (MVP) on National Waterways-1 PM Modi receives country’s first container consignment to be sent on an inland waterways after 1947, at a function in Varanasi- first multi-modal terminal on Ganga as part of Jal Marg, Vikas project. 83Jal Marg Vikas Project (MVP) on National Waterways-1 Financial and technical support of Project entails development _ of fairway with 3 meters depth between Varanasi and Haldia National Waterways ume 4503 5Cauvery water dispute + 122years old + Centre recently (2018)notifies formation of Cauvery Water Management Authority and + Cauvery Water Management Authority © atits first meeting in New Delhi © directs Karnataka to release 34 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu cut Tamil Nadu’s quota of Cauvery water by 14,75 tmeft and increased Karnataka’s share to meet Bengaluru’s drinking water needs 2007 tribunal award of 30 tmeft to Kerala and 7 tmeft water to Puducherry will remain e000 Indian Places In News 1. Northern ‘Nagaland ‘* Vidhan Sabha/Lok Sabha Angami constituency © Angamis- major Naga ethnic native tribe to Nagaland a * listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in 5th schedule of Constitution ||* known for Sekrenyi celebrations every February | © Angami Nagas are settled | in Kohima & Dimapur 2 Garo Hills ‘Meghalaya + bandh and protests © part of Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya * inhabited mainly by tribal majority of Garo * one of wettest places in world «range is part of Meghalayaforests subtropical ecoregion 3. Saurashtra + Droughts and |__agriculture/farmers ——_____ suicide issues * Saurashtra/Sorath/Kathia war is a peninsular region - of Gujarat, located on Arabian Sea coast Covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 1 districts of Gujarat, m+ Melur + Madurai including Rajkot District. Temple cities/Maths of | Hinduism Sagar Bhushan Cochin Shipyard, Kerala © ONGC drill rig ‘Sagar Bhushan’, a blast in which killed five workers «first indigenously-built drill ship in India 6 Jangala in Bihar district Chhattisgarh * First health centre under Ayushman Bharat scheme(largest health care government scheme in world) di hills Theni district, Tamil Nadu * Due to forest fires related tourists death © Indian Neutrino Project was also proposed there earlier ‘Chhattisgarh ‘© Maoist/Naxalism affected region Maharashtra + Farmers suicide and drought prone areas © Yavatmal is one of major producer of cotton in state © About half of gross cropped area in district is under cotton cultivation * located in region of Vidarbha, in east-central part of state idarbha's third-largest district by population, after Nagpur and Amravati 10. Aluva, Perumbavur, Kerala * Flood ravaged areas while Kerala FloodThrissur and Pathanamthit fa ii. Point Calimere bird Bay of Bengal at Point Calimere 1967 for conservation of sanctuary near threatened blackbuck antelope, an endemic mal species of Indi famous for _large congregations of water birds, especially greater flamingos protected area 12 Bodh Gaya Bihar Mahabodhi Temple temple UNESCO World Heritage complex Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored Buddhist temple in Bodh Gayawhere Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment 13. Moreh Tocated on India-Myanmar border Town seen commercial capital of Manipur India's Gateway to South- East Asia 14. Salem- Tamilnadu project aims to develop a Chennai - six/eightlane Greenfield green highway connecting corridor Chennai and Salem expressway highway is for a. total Project distance of 277.3 km A major portion of the corridor runs through Tiruvanmalai district and will destroy both agricultural land and forest areas 15, Tinsukia Assam United Liberation Front of | ‘Asom —_(Independent) (Ulfa-1) radical organisation operates here among other areas Tinsukia is an industrial town Situated 480 kilometres north-east of Guwahati and 84 kilometres away from border with Arunachal Praciesh 87MAPS Foreign Places In News ‘Country Why in news? Yemen . Tropical Cyclone Sagar formed in Gulf of Aden, in 2018 Sea piracy and Indian operations related to that ‘Aden is a port city and temporary capital of Yemen located by eastern approach to Red Sea, some 170 km east of Bab-el-Mandeb Nairobi Kenya . First global - Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi, in 2018. Over 18,000 participants from-around—world-are coming together to earn how to build a blue economy Afghanistan . Buddha of Bamiyan- Buddhism was widespread before the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan Recent years instability in country due to Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorism USA mission in process of leaving the country-Resolute Support Mission or Operation Resolute Support is a NATO-led train, advice and assist mission consisting of over 13,000 troops in Afghanistan, which began on January 1, 2015. It is a follow-on mission to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was completed on December 28, 2014 Peace process with Taliban started Earlier in 2017 USA Weapon known as Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) struck a tunnel complex in Achin district reported to have killed at least 90 people Quettat Pakistan ‘* Quetta is provincial capital Balochist and largest city of Balochistan, an Pakistan, where secessionist Raiwind+ tendencies are Lahore+ erupting;Located in northern Murree Balochistan near Pakistan- hill Afghanistan border district + Other places were also in thenews sue to ethnic conflicts, rebellions against government etc. [¢—Badush= Iraq, © These—places—are—in—n © Mosul+ especially due to IS terrorism © Tayran and respective military response Squaret by authorities of west Asian «© Baghdad+ + nationsor UNorUSAete. | = Basra © Tayran Square was in news in 2018 due to suicide bombings 7. Saragib+ Syria * U.N. says: Syrian government = Idlib+ committed war crimes in Ghouta + Deir through heavy bombardment Ezzort and deliberately starving 2.65 + Douma+ Lakh people + Eastern Douma, Syria Ghouta+ © alleged ‘chemical + Hmeimi weapons _attack’killing i hundreds f people sirbase+ Since March 2011, Syria has been ae embroiled in an armed conflict, with a number of countries in region and beyond involved ilitarily or otherwise. Related and governance ues are forcing huge migrants to go outside, creating challenges for European nations in particular & Santiago Chile * Santiago is capital and largest city of Chile; largest cities in the Americas Santiago will host the 2023 Pan American Games 9. Tripolti © Libya is a country in Maghreb = Coast of region in North Africa Zuwara . 84 illegal migrants including and children were | women rescued off the coast of Zuwara, west of Tripoli. 89city in Ural Mountains « A Russian airliner has crashed after leaving © Moscow's Domodedovo airport in 2018 | * Ural Mountains-are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from coast of Arctic Ocean to Ural River and north-western Kazakhstan i. Ho Chi Vietnam * Ho Chi Minh City’s Department Minh of Tourism hold a ceremony to City welcome and give presents to first visitors to city, which is an annual activity to show city's hospitality and promote tourism services 12. Brussels Belgium 13. Ouagado Burkina Faso’s capital * Ouagadougou, also Wagadugu, is ugou capital of Burkina Faso and administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre © Political and ethnic tensions as well as jihadists attacks are common here 14. Golan Between Syria and Israel ‘Internationally recognized as, Heights Syrian territory occupied by Israel 15. Surabaya Earthquakes 16. Punggye- N. Korea demolishes its nuclear test ri site17. Cairo Egypt's Capital Cairo is set on the Nile River At its heart is Tahrir Square and vast Egyptian Museum, a trove of tiquities — including —royal | mummies and gilded King ‘Tutankhamun artefacts 18, Borno northeast Nigeria * Terrorist outfit Boko Haram State jihadists-operates-in-northeasterr | Nigeria, members of a militia force 19. Pantheon Paris, France * Panthéon is a building in Latin Quarter in Paris, France 20. European Strasbroug- France © Supranational or international Court of court established by European Human Convention on Human Rights | Rights | Convention was adopted within the context of Council of Europe, and all of its 47 member states are contracting parties to the Convention 21. Meskel Addis Ababa/Ethiopia ‘© Meskel Square is most central and Square main square of Addis Ababa ‘+ huge importance for locals- site where Ethiopian Christianity followers celebrate Meskel (foundation of True Cross of Jesus Christ) every year on September 27th or 28 2. Asmara Eritrean capital Ethiopia and Eritrea restore relations, ending 20 years of enmity after talks eS 23. Hodeidah Yemen main port city 24. Cyprus Mediterranean sea © Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, island country in Eastern Mediterranean -located south of Turkey. 91‘Assam-Meghalaya-Bangladesh tri-junction Much-awaited complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRO), expected to take ‘Assam —a—step—closer—to} segregating genuine citizens from illegal migrants Clamping of prohibitory orders Bangladeshis through Mankachar sector on —Assam-Meghalaya- Bangladesh tri-junction. Zimbabwe capital Zimbabwe's Capital on Edge as Account of Violent Protests Unfolds related to election frauds, economic and political instability Venezuela capital Venezuela is_—_especiallly dangerous toward —_ foreign travelers and investors who are visiting; due to Venezuela's economic problems United States State Department and Government of Canada warned foreign visitors may be subjected to armed robbery, kidnapping and murder ‘Yemen Houthi stronghold Yemeni government and Houthi rebels agree on a ceasefire in Hodeida port at peace talks in Sweden U.N. evacuates wounded 50 Houthi rebels from Yemeni | capital Sana’a for treatment __| Victoria Tanzania- ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania With a surface area greater thanSwitzerland, Lake Victoria is world’s second-biggest lake and largest in Africa Tanzania, some 30 million people depend on its resources © Challenges include pollution and 30. Tel Aviv in Lake Victoria has dropped by 50% since 1980s Israel + Tel Aviv is a city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast * Narendra Modi becomes first Indian PM to visit Israel Ukraine * Russiated forces have dug a long, trench closer to Ukrainian positions near village of Pervomaiske in Donetsk region Crimea At least 19 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a shooting at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea + Kerch is a strait connecting Black Sea and Sea of Azov, separating Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in west from Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai in east 33. Macau- Zhuhai Hong Kong © world’s largest sea-crossing bridge © will be at heart of integrated Greater Bay Area, from Zhuhai port in mainland China Disasters Spe Areas © Hualien city, Taiwan | More frequent © Papua New Guinea earthquakes on these places due to nearby Ring of Fire zone of earth 93* Sigi and Balaroa, All these and several Indonesian others earthquakes * Island of Lombok, | happens in Indonesia Ind duet th acti + Palu city on Sulawesi | voleano and earthquake Island, central | Zone near Ring of Fire Indonesia(A powerful ‘earthquake hits causing Tsunami) Sunda Strait , Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra triggered by eruption of Anak Krakatoa volcano Guatemala * Guatemala’s Fuego volano erupted «It is one of Central America's most active volcanoes * but 2018 eruption caused more | fatalities than any of those previously recorded at Fuego 4. Hurricane Mario Puerto Rico Hurricane Michael Florida, USA Hurricane Florence North Carolina, USA ‘Typhoon Mangkhut Island of Cebu, Philippines; China, Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines _ Luzon ‘Typhoon Jebi Japan Cyclone Phethai ‘Andhra Pradesh as it © destroys crops on crosses coast between thousands of Kakinada and Yanam hectares in [Cyclone Gaja | Tamil Nad Cyclone Tithi Andhra Pradesh and Srikakulam and Odisha Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha's Gajapati and Ganjam districts 5. Kurangani forest fire Tamil Nadu © Tamil Nadu Forest and Wildlife Areas (Regulation of Trekking) Rules,2018 enacted banning trekking between February 15 d April 15 year 6. Dust storm/Thunder showers Wreak havoc in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi + Pressure difference between the Arabian Sea-and-Pakistan-can- create wind anomalies that add to the — westerly winds blowing into India and carrying the desert dust. 7. Torrential rain Kerala triggering flash floods and landslips 8. Flood situation along course of Cauvery | Tamil Nadu in western and delta districts Kerala Floods Kerala -Pathanamthitta, | 89540 tonnes of Alappuzha, Ermakulum additional _grains and ‘Thrissur districts | __ under National Food rescue operations-| Security Act Ravaged by massive o Centre releases | 600 floods crore aid for relief work in © UAE offers 9700 crore Rain havoc and Flood-ravaged Kodagu & Dakshina | Many coffee plantations Kannada district | in the District totally Karnataka destroyed 9, Dam Rehabilitation Improvement | o across seven states of | Govt. of India has Project India, namely | taken up DRIP with Jharkhand (DV), Karnataka, —_Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand (UJVNL) financial assistance of World Bank for repair and rehabilitation of dam projects o CCEA also gave its ex-post facto approval for two- year time extension from 1* July, 2018 to 30% June, 2020 10. Central Ammunition Depot Wardha district, Maharashtra © Military area and second largest ammunition depot irvAsia * It is located near Pulgaon in Wardha district 11. Ebola outbreak DR Congo « Ebola_has earlier 95also erupted in several Western African countries; By Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu Sterling Biotech Limited, a pharmaceutical a closure notice by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Projects related to Geography Of India Himalayas between Sonmarg and Dras town of Kargil district Zoji La is 15 km from Sonamarg and provides a vital link with Drass and Kargil in Ladakh but remains closed during winters Zojila tunnel project, Asia’s longest bidirectional road tunnel, which will provide all-weather connectivity to Srinagar, Kargil and Leh SC directs Centre, TN, Kerala for special panels to prepare DM plans ‘A masonry gravity dam on Periyar River in Kerala It is located on Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District of Kerala Periyar National Park in Thekkady is located around the dam's reservoir Dam is located in Kerala on river Periyar, but is operated and maintained by Tamil Nadu state overlooking ‘Narmada, Gujarat 182-metre tall ‘Statue of Unity’ of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel built at a cost of “12,989 crore Pakistan India and Pakistan exchange letters, committing to build infrastructure for visa-free direct travel by Indian Sikh pilgrims from Dera Baba Nanak to Pakistan Cauvery, By Central Water Commission gives nod to Karnataka to project across Cauvery, after approving feasibility Tamil Nadu government challenges Central Water Commission order on Mekedatu project in Supreme ‘UKE: against perlaal to Karnataka to prepare a project report for a dam across Cauvery at Mekedatu Vishweshwaraya Canal is one of the major canal that originates at KRS reservoir on Cauvery River 96canal is a major irrigation project that facilitates water for Mysore and Mandya Districts of Karnataka Canal was envisaged and constructed by great engineer ir M.-Vishweshwaraya himself iy Terrorist Networks In News Terror Outfits _| Country/Areas Why in news?/Details 1. Jamat-ul- Bangladesh |o an Islamic terrorist organisation operating in Mujahideen Bangladesh © _also listed as a terror group by the UK 2,—Arakan Mj Rohingya-insurgent-group-act wthern-Rakhin Rohingya State, Myanmar. Salvation Army 3. Haqgani Kabul © Afghan guerrilla insurgent group using asymmetric ‘Network. warfare to fight against US-led NATO forces and (Taliban government of Afghanistan affiliated) © offshoot of Talibané thought to be based in town of Miramshah in Pakistan 4. Indian Indian states [suspected of 2008 Gujarat serial blasis Mujahideen + Students Islamic Movement — of India 5. Houthi Yemen [0 Operation Golden Victory-A Saudi Arabia-led alliance movement of Arab states launches air strikes on Yemeni port city of Hodeidah 6. IS(Islamic State) | Mosul, Iraq | 0 38 Indians killed by them 7. Afrin Syria © Turkish troops & Ankara-backed rebels seize control of area after driving out Kurdish militia forces 8 Muslim Egypt | transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Brotherhood/Soc Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al- iety of the Banna in 1928 Muslim Brothers organization gained supporters throughout Arab world and influenced other Islamist groups such as Hamas 972S. Li ik RIAT ea KEY TERRORIST GROUPS IN AFRICA PYOs 2017-UPSC-CSE-Prelims(GS-P-1) Q Consider the following p: Community sometimes mentioned in the news In the affairs of 1. Kurd : Bangladesh 2. Madhesi : Nepal 3. Rohingya : Myanmar Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only (c) 2and 3 (d) 3 only Answer-e All the three community are in news for recent past, Like kurds in Iraq and Syria are in news for their massacre by ISIS terrorists. Madhesi peoples are in news because of consitutional deadlock and conflict between them and Nepali government Rohingya muslims in myanmar are in news for their conflict with Myanmar majority buddhist population and thousands of ethnic Rohingya are fleeing persecution. Airports and Ports Location State/Nation Why in news?/Events/Explanation Satish Sriharikota, | 0 Rocket launch centre operated by ISRO Dhawan Andhra} 0 will be main base for Indian human spaceflight program Space Centre Pradesh © Anew third Launchpad will be built specifically to meet the target of launching a manned space mission Mitiga airport | Tripoli, Libya | o falling of a shell inside airport _o "Hirak Shabab Tarabulus® (Tripoli's Youths Movement) claimed firing of rocket on airport Mehrabad Tran/Tehran | Plane was reportedly travelling from Tehran to small airport town of Yasuj in Isfahan province © AIl66 people on board Iranian passenger plane feared dead on Sunday after it crashed into country's 98Zagros mountains 4. Chabahar Tran (© India, China, Japan among 8 nations granted relief port/railway © as USS. reimposes sanctions against Iran line ___from follow ' i Chabahar to withdrew from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Hajigaj in ©. these listed works on Chabahar port are exempted from Afghanistan USA Sanctions 5. Kamarajar Ennore, | 0 Oil tanker MT Coral Stars Port Chennai 6 Tribhuvan Kathmandu, | 0 Several airplane crashes in 2018 in Nepal —|—-Airport—__} Nea 7. Boufarik Algeria_| 0 military airport airbase o On11 April 2018, Hyushin II-76 operated by Algerian Air Force crashed just after take-off from this airport, killing, about 257 passengers on board 8. Pakyong About 30km | First airport in Sikkim from capital Gangtok 9, Soekarno- Jakarta, © airport ranked as 2nd most connected Low-Cost Hatta airport Indonesia Megahub airport in world in 2018 by air travel intelligence company OAG Internal Security Issues In News Location/ State/Nation Tssues Explained Organisation 1. Greyhounds Chhattisgarh-Telangana border Greyhounds commando * police special forces unit operating — in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and belongs to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Police departments © specialises in anti- insurgency operations against Naxalites and Maoists * specialises in anti- Maoist operations + jungle warfare 2 COBRA Central Government, Home Ministry controlled COmmando Battalion for Battalion Resolute Action © specialised unit of ‘CRPF of India proficient in guerrilla tactics and jungle warfare * Originally _ establishedto counter Naxalites problem * deployed to address any_—insurgent—group engaging in asymmetrical warfare * Currently numbering tery battalion: * ranked among one of India's most experienced and successful law enforcement units fon aber yo ‘Grnmango rom Dantewada Chhattisgarh Maoist affected area and Kanker districts Gadchiroli Maharashtra Maoist affected area Kandy ‘Central Province of Srilanka Sri Lanka declares an island-wide state of emergency to curb growing anti-Muslim violence Pasighat ‘Arunachal Pradesh becomes last of seven airport north eastern states to be on nation’s commercial flight service map 100India protested against a recent order of Supreme Court of Pakistan_that_brought region of — Gilgit- Baltistan within _ its ambit A press note from India External Affairs Ministry said that region was, and would remain, an _ integral part of India Pakistan in recent months had taken a series of steps to ensure full constitutional and legal guarantees to region strategically important especially in view of passage of —China- Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) = through region 8. Assumption Indian Ocean Seychelles cancels Island agreement with India for development of this island due to Chinese factor 9. Hawaii USA/Pacific strategically important Pacific Command as US. Tndo- PacificCCommand 10. Sagaing Myanmar region Khaplang(K) faction of National Socialist Council-__ Nagaland 101* central headquarters of NSCN(K) is deep inside Sagaing 11, European Europe * to set up a payment Union system to allow oil firms to continue Newtek Border Conflicts and Autonomy. Issues in News 1._Catelonia, after 2017 referendum 2. Israel-Gaza | Due to Palestine-Israel occupation of areas * Contentious border issues prevails Pacific France4. Ethiopiaand | Ethiopia announces that it will accept a year 2000 peace |* Border Eritrea agreement with Eritrea over their disputed border dispute settled border conflict 5 Panmunjom |+ Joint Security Area - also known as truce village of |* Peace process border Panmunjom started village,Nort | Two Koreas are removing all firearms and guard posts h Korea from a Cold War era truce village where armed soldiers have stared each other down for decades 6 Idlib, Syria | Russia and Turkey agree to create a demilitarised zone | Limited truce around IdlibSyria’s “White Helmet” civil defence group are 7. Golan . * contentious Heights evacuated to Jordan area remains frontier «with help of Israeli soldiers & Greeceand | + Both sign an accord to rename former Yugoslav republic |* New — name Macedonia | To”Republic of North Macedonia.” drawn 9. U.S.border | + USA President signs an executive order to “keep families | * contention with Mexico | together” over border + amid protests over separation of children from parents wall continues 10. ‘Battle of | during 1971 war between India-Pakistan for Bangladesh | «Historical Longewala’ independence commemorati on 104