Yamuna River
- The Yamuna River is an integral part of the Ganga Drainage System
- It originates from the Yamunotri Glacier near Bandarpoonch Peak in the Mussoorie range of the Lower Himalayas.
- The Yamuna River flows along the states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana and, enters Delhi and merges with the Ganga near Triveni Sangam, Allahabad (Prayagraj)
- It is the largest tributary of the Ganga in the northern plains.
- The Yamuna has become one of the most polluted rivers in the country
- The Chambal River is Yamuna’s biggest tributary on the right bank.
Rohingya Refugees
- The Rohingya people have suffered decades of violence, discrimination and persecution in Myanmar.
- Rohingya are not recognized as an official ethnic group
- They have been denied citizenship since 1982.
- They are one of the largest stateless populations in the world.
- Since the early 1990s, the Rohingya have fled successive waves of violence in Myanmar.
- Their largest and fastest exodus began in August 2017 when violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State