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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Dec 2021

Reference News:Fresh cases of bird flu have been confirmed in the Kuttanad region of Kerala. Response teams have been formed for culling birds in affected areas.Samples have tested positive for the H5N1 influenza virus.What is bird flu?Also called avian

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Dec 2021

Reference News:An analysis of past data of cyclones over North Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea) during the period from 1891 to 2020 indicates that:The frequency of “very severe cyclonic storms” has increased in recent years over the Arabian Sea. 

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 06, Dec 2021

Why in News?A report titled, A future for all – the need for human-wildlife coexistence, was recently released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).Highlights of the Report:Conflict between humans and animals is o

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Dec 2021

Reference News: .There is an increased push for adopting "Hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (HCNG)". This comes in the backdrop of India’s National Hydrogen Energy Mission in the works, which may mandate fertilizer, steel and petrochemicals industrie

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 02, Dec 2021

Why in News?The Food Waste Index Report 2021 was recently released by the UNEP.Even though the world produces enough food to feed twice the world’s present population, food wastage is ironically behind the billions of people who are starving.Food Waste IndexT

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 01, Dec 2021

Why in News?The Union Budget for 2021-22 has announced a National Hydrogen Energy Mission (NHM) that will draw up a road map for using hydrogen as an energy source.The initiative has the potential of transforming transportation.NHMinitiative will capitalise o

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 30, Nov 2021

Why in News?UN climate talks in Scotland has concluded with a global agreement aimed at keeping alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic shot at saving the world from catastrophic climate change.About:The “Glasgow climat

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Nov 2021

The Global Nutrition Report was conceived following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013.The annual GNR –Evaluates the impact of poor diets on human health and the planet,Provides a concise data-focused updates on th

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 29, Nov 2021

Why in News?Seijosa circle in Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke-Kessang district has been witnessing  climate change for the past decade-and-a-half.Seijosa, one of the five administrative divisions of the district, has a population of around 4,000 across 19 villages.It lies

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released draft regulations for GM foods.Overview of the Draft:No one can manufacture or sell any food products or food ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs)