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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Dec 2021

Reference News:OneWeb is considering options to remove one of its broadband satellites from low Earth orbit after it failed following a software issue last year.So far, OneWeb has deployed 358 satellites at 1,200 kilometers through 11 launches.Background:OneWeb has a partne

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Nov 2021

Context:Researchers say that the Earth might soon get Saturn-like rings made entirely out of space junk, but they could be cleaned up using magnets.What’s the issue?With more countries venturing into space with every passing decade, the problem is simply ballooning out of

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Nov 2021

Polar-Areas Stellar-Imaging in Polarisation High-Accuracy Experiment (PASIPHAE) is an international collaborative sky surveying project.Scientists aim to study the polarisation in the light coming from millions of stars.Background:Polarization is a propert

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:India and the US have decided on a “transitional approach” to digital service tax imposed by the government.The terms of the deal will be the same that were thrashed out between the US and Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK last week.The pact

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

GS Paper IIIWhy in News?On November 24, at around 11.50 am (IST), NASA will launch the agency’s first planetary defense test mission named the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).The spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenbe

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has submitted its report.It has retained the controversial exemption clause that allows the Government to keep any of its agencies outside the purview of the law

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

UV-C water purification is one of the most effective methods to disinfect water. In this technique, special “germicidal” UV-C lamps, emitting high-intensity ultraviolet light purifies the water without the use of harsh chemicals that are harmful to the environment.What i

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

Activists and fishermen have complained about fly ash making its way into the Kosasthalaiyar from the North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS). This was due to a leak in the pipeline carrying ash to the ash pond.What is Fly Ash?Popularly known as Flue ash or pulverise

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Nov 2021

The Industrial Revolution took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.The invention of steam power was the main innovation that sparked the Industrial Revolution.The Industrial Revolution originally began in England.The Industrial Revolution gave birth to several game-changing i

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Nov 2021

Context:Russia has carried out an Direct-Ascent Anti-Satellite (DA-ASAT) test by shooting down an old satellite which has created a huge debris in the low earth orbit, according to the U.S. space command.What is the test and its significance?According to the US space