{"id":25131,"date":"2026-04-12T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25131"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:12:13","slug":"chagos-archipelago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chagos-archipelago\/","title":{"rendered":"Chagos Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chagos Islands Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Britain\u2019s government said that it had put on hold its deal \u200bto cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chagos Islands<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an island group located in the <\/span><b>central Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of the <\/span><b>southern tip of the Indian subcontinent.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>overseas territory of the United Kingdom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was established on November 8, 1965.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The principal islands in the archipelago include the Diego Garcia atoll, Danger Island, Egmont Islands, Eagle Islands, Nelsons Island, Peros Banhos atoll, Three Brothers Islands, and the Solomon Islands.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Diego Garcia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 is the largest and the most southerly island of the Chagos Archipelago.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The islands feature<\/span><b> flat and low terrain, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and most areas of the islands do not exceed more than 2 m in elevation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>no rivers and lakes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the islands.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It experiences a <\/span><b>tropical marine climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with high temperatures and elevated humidity levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island\u2019s climate is <\/span><b>heavily moderated by the trade winds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which blow over the islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/uk-pauses-its-plan-to-cede-chagos-islands-after-us-opposition\/article70850520.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chagos Islands are located in the central Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles south of India, and form a UK overseas territory established in 1965. 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