CURRENT AFFAIRS

• 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
• 05, Feb 2022

Reference News:-It was recently informed in the Lok Sabha that under NAFCC, till date, 30 projects are sanctioned in 27 States and UTs.What is NAFCC?Established in August, 2015.It aims to meet the cost of adaptation to climate change for the Stat

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Feb 2022

Reference News: –The Government of India has articulated and put across the concerns of developing countries at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Gl

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 04, Feb 2022

Why in  News?On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh have been added to the Ramsar site.India has a network of 49 such sites, the highest in South Asia, covering 10

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Feb 2022

Reference News:-   Neglected tropical disease day is observed every year on 30th January. It was declared in the 74th World Health Assembly (2021).The proposal to recognise the day was floated by the United Arab Emirates. It was

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The details of the recently released draft environment impact assessment (EIA) report for the mega development project in the Great Nicobar Island have raised serious questions.The questions are related to submission of incorrect or incomplete info

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The Peruvian government declared a 90-day “environmental emergency” in damaged coastal territories, after an oil spill that saw 6,000 barrels of crude oil pour into the sea.The spill was caused by freak waves, which

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Jan 2022

Reference News:-In December 2021, the Union environment ministry announced a plan to amend the Wildlife Act.The Act has been amended several times, in 1982, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2006 and 2013.Changes proposed:The proposed amendment is likely the most expan

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Jan 2022

Reference News:-India participated in the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on tiger conservation, an important event for reviewing progress towards the Global Tiger Recovery Programme and commitments to tiger conservation.India will facilitate Tiger Range Countries towa

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Why in  News?The 2020 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), titled “The Next Frontier – Human Development and the Anthropocene”It proposed a planetary pressure-adjusted Human Development Index:It indicates that