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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Nov 2021

Reference News:Daylight saving time was in the news this week as standard time hit the United States this past weekend, forcing people to turn their clocks back and gain an hour of sleep.What is Daylight Saving Time?Also called summer time, it is the system f

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Nov 2021

Context The Alibaug white onion was given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, bringing worldwide recognition to its medicinal properties.Alibaug, is a coastal town, just south of Mumbai, in the state of MaharashtraLocal farmers have preserved the seed for over t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Oct 2021

The Supreme Court has directed the Supervisory Committee to take an immediate and firm decision on the maximum water level that can be maintained at Mullaperiyar dam, amid torrential rain in Kerala.Background:The SC constituted a permanent Supervisory Committ

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Oct 2021

Why in News?After cyclones ‘Amphan’, ‘Nisarga’ and ‘Gati’, ‘Nivar’ is heading towards Karaikal in Puducherry and is expected to make the landfall on November 25.Nivaris the third name to be used from the new list of names

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Oct 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) recently declared that La Niña has re-developed.Consecutive La Ninas following a transition through ENSO neutral conditions are not uncommon and can be referred to as a “Double-Dip.”Back

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

Why in News?The first commercial consignment of Geographical Indications(GI) certified Jardalu mangoes from Bhagalpur, Bihar was exported to the United Kingdom.About Jardalu Mangoes:Jardalu Mangoes is grown in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar. It received the Geographic

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 19, Oct 2021

Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds over the last 50 years, according to a Living Planet Report 2020 of the World Wildlife Fund.Some facts related to Biodiversity:There has been a reduction of 68% in the glob

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Sep 2021

The Union government last week told the Supreme Court that the caste-based data enumerated in the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 was “unusable”, but in 2016, the Registrar-General and Census Commissioner of India had informed the S

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 15, Sep 2021

Why in News?Recently in Myanmar, the army has been declared a state of emergency there.People of the Chin community living in Mizoram have feared the exodus of their families living in neighboring Myanmar.Key Facts:A large number of people from the C

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 06, Sep 2021

Why in News?After a gap of over three years, a case of the zoonotic Nipah virus infection has been reported in Kozhikode district of Kerala.What measures are being taken to control the spread of the virus?A contact list of 188 persons, a majority of them he