CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The Union Cabinet has set in motion the process to build a Secretariat that will look after the affairs of organising the G20 summit in 2023.India will steer the international body as its President from December 1, 2022 to Novem

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Tamil Nadu has made clear to the Supreme Court that it does not want the Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) to be set up in a sensitive ecological zone in the Western Ghats at great cost to wildlife, biodiversity, and by ignoring the local opposition and p

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Feb 2022

Reference News:-21st edition of the event was inaugurated recently. It is being held in virtual format.Theme: Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future.About the World Sustainable Development Summit:It is the annual flagship event

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The National Green Tribunal has decided to club eight ongoing cases on fly ash mismanagement and accidents filed between 2013 and 2020.This is a significant acknowledgement of the country’s fly ash crisis and could usher in bet

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 14, Feb 2022

Why in  News?India is committed to eliminating single-use plastic and the Indian Navy will contribute 100 ship days to clean the plastic waste from the sea, said the PM during the One Ocean Summit.AboutOne Ocean Summit:Organised by: France in Brest&nb

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 14, Feb 2022

Why in News? As per a new Study, swapping fossil fuel-based vehicles with vehicles powered by cleaner fuels can decrease the emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) by 76%.Background:The aim of the study was to document the effect of various polluta

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The Congress manifesto for the UP polls promises waiver of farm loans within 10 days of coming to power and a subquota for the most backward classes (MBCs) within the other backward classes (OBC) quota to ensure maximum benefits, if vo

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

A marine heat wave is usually defined as a coherent area of extreme warm sea surface temperature that persists for days to months. Marine heatwaves happen when sea temperatures are warmer than normal for an extended period. MHWs have been observed in all major

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Feb 2022

Reference News:-In line with National Hydrogen Mission, GAIL has commenced India’s first-of-its-kind project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system to establish the techno-commercial feasibility of blending hydrogen in City Gas Distribut

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Feb 2022

Context:The Ken-Betwa river interlinking project will lead to the submergence of a major portion of the core area of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, triggering a major loss of the tiger and its major prey species such as chital and sambar, accor