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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Mar 2022

Why in News?An International Criminal Court prosecutor has launched an investigation on the “situation in Ukraine” following Russia’s invasion.There is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity ha

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Mar 2022

Reference News:-  The food economy remains at the heart of geopolitical conflict sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Importance of Russia and Ukraine in global food economyRussia (18%) and Ukraine’s (8%) contribute about a quarter of the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The United States, the European Union, Britain, Canada and Japan are planning to move jointly to revoke Russia’s “most favoured nation” (MFN) status over its invasion of Ukraine.What is MFN Status?Most Favoured Nation is a t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Mar 2022

Reference News:-  In line with the mandate of promoting aspects of the medical device industry, the Department of Pharmaceuticals, realising the need to have a holistic policy to accelerate growth and explore the potential of the Medical Devices Sector, has published thi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Mar 2022

Reference News:-India – Canada have agreed to re-launch the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations to unlock full potential of bilateral trade.They are also considering an Interim Agreement or Early Progress Trade Agreement (EP

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Talks on the revival of the Iran nuclear deal have become a casualty of the war in Ukraine after an indefinite pause was announced over last-minute Russian demands.What’s the issue?An agreement on the nuclear deal to bring the US and Iran ba

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Mar 2022

Reference News:-A meeting was recently held between three countries – Bangladesh, India and Nepal, to discuss the next steps in operationalising the Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) of the sub-regional Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN)grouping for the free fl

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Mar 2022

Context: India is looking to advance the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Bangladesh.Four focus areas for strengthening India-Bangladesh relationship:Uninterrupted Supply chain is need of the hour: As H.E. Sheikh Hasina s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Mar 2022

Reference News:-They are demilitarized zones, in a specific area and for a specific time — and both sides of an armed conflict agree to them.The United Nations considers humanitarian corridors to be one of several possible forms of a temporary

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Mar 2022

Reference News:-India has abstained on a vote at the UNHRC resolution which “strongly condemned” aggression by Russia on Ukraine.What was the resolution about?It asked the council to set up an international commission of enquiry into Russia&