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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Why in News?There was some relief for the beleaguered poultry industry as Union government allowed the import of crushed genetically modified (GM) soybean, which is a major ingredient of poultry feed.Genetically modified soybean:The

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The UN General Assembly has conferred Observer Status to the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a historic decision which India said would help provide for a well-defined cooperation between the Alliance and the United Nations that woul

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:-NASA has launched its new Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD).It is the agency’s first-ever laser communications system.The LCRD will help the agency test optical communication in space.About LCRD:LCRD is a technology demonstrat

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Dec 2021

Reference News:US has said that China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons "Increases tensions in the region" and vowed the U.S. would maintain its capability to deter potential threats posed by China.What’s the issue?China’s growing military muscle and

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Dec 2021

Reference News:After a delay of three years, come March 2022, passengers will be able to use a face scan as their boarding pass at four airports in the country.Airports at Varanasi, Pune, Kolkata and Vijaywada will be the first to roll-out the facial recognition technology-based

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Dec 2021

Reference News:According to the recently released 'Ericsson Mobility Report':Fifth generation telecom services are likely to account for 39% of mobile subscriptions or about 500 million subscriptions in India at the end of 2027.The total number of smartphone subscripti

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Dec 2021

Reference News:The NASA probe recently made an extremely close encounter with the Sun. The probe was just 5.3 million miles away from the surface of our star and passed by at a ridiculous speed of 363,660 mph, making it the fastest artificial object ever created.Additionall

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Dec 2021

Reference News:-CSIR-IIP Dehradun’s home-grown technology to produce bio-jet fuel has been formally approved for use on military aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).Key TakeawaysBiojet fuel is prepared from “non-edible tree borne oil” and is procured from

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Dec 2021

Reference News:- NITI Aayog released the report ‘Designing the Future of Dispute Resolution: The ODR Policy Plan for India’, to scale dispute avoidance, containment and resolution online. The roll out of the stated recommendations in the report can help make India a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Dec 2021

Reference News:NASA 's  Perseverance Mars rover has made a video of the 13th flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sent by the agency.About Perseverance Rover:It was launched in 2020 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V.Why is this mission signific