World mapping

01 Cuba

Cuba's National Assembly has confirmed President Miguel Diaz-Canel for a new five-year 

term. It is an island country located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and 

Atlantic Ocean meet. Havana is the largest city and capital.

02 Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip is a Palestinian enclave on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders 

Egypt and Israel.

03 Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan holds referendum on new Constitution that puts human rights at forefront. It is a 

doubly landlocked country (a landlocked country completely surrounded by other landlocked 

countries). It is surrounded by five landlocked countries which are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 

Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

04 Sittwe Port

India and Myanmar jointly inaugurated the Sittwe Port. It is a deepwater port constructed by 

India in Myanmar, on the Bay of Bengal. Situated at the mouth of the Kaladan River.

05 Coco Islands

They are a small group of islands located in the Bay of Bengal. They are part of the Yangon 

Region of Myanmar. They are geologically an extended division of the Arakan 

Mountains or Rakhine Mountains.

06

Maitree Super 

Thermal Power 

Plant

NTPC has marked its first overseas capacity addition, beginning with Maitree Super Thermal 

Power Plant (MSTPP). It is located in Bangladesh.

07 Gulf of Oman

Iran's navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. It is also known as 

the Gulf of Makran. It forms the only entrance to the Persian Gulf from the Indian Ocean. 

It connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz. 

08 Yanomami

Brazilian government has promised to speed up the expulsion of illegal gold miners in the 

Yanomami. It is the largest Indigenous land in Brazil.

09 Chetumal Bay

World’s 2nd

-deepest blue hole discovered in Chetumal Bay. It is a large bay of the western 

Caribbean Sea on the southern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is located in northern Belize 

and south-eastern Mexico.

10 Fuego volcano

Guatemalan authorities evacuated over a thousand people and closed a road as the Fuego 

volcano erupted. It is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala. It is famous for being almost 

constantly active at a low level.