CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 31, Dec 2021

Context:Social activists working among farmers have come out against the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) draft regulations on genetically modified (GM) food, terming it “unacceptable”.What’s their demand?They want FSS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Nearly 2,000 pet and stray dogs in Amravati city were affected by canine parvovirus virus last month with veterinarians cautioning pet owners against a severe outbreak.What is Parvovirus?It is a highly contagious viral disease affecting puppies and do

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Workers from Assam have been afflicted with neurocysticercosis (NCC), a preventable disease that wreaks havoc among Assam’s pig-rearing communities among others. A study published in the Nature journal earlier this year reported hig

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The government has listed the following steps, taken during the lockdown, for supplementary child nutrition:To ensure continuous nutritional support to beneficiaries, anganwadi workers and helpers distributed supplementary nutrition at the doorstep of beneficiari

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Dec 2021

It is observed on 1st DecemberAIDS is a pandemic disease caused by the infection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which damages the human immune system.It is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition.By damaging immune system, HIV interferes wit

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Nov 2021

Reference News:The new variant B 1.1. 529, which was designated as a 'Variant of Concern' by World Health Organisation has been assigned the name Omicron.Reported by public health officials of South Africa, the new variant has triggered a lot of concern wo

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 30, Nov 2021

Why in News?Less than one in 10 men use condoms in India, while nearly four in 10 women undergo sterilisation to avoid pregnancy, according to the latest National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21), which also shows that female sterilisation continues to be on the rise.Related fac

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:The National Family and Health Survey (NFHS)-5, the most comprehensive survey on socio-economic and health indicators in the country, has been released.The previous four rounds of the NFHS were conducted in 1992-93, 1998-99, 2005-06 and 2015-16.Highli

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

African Swine Fever (ASF) is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry, forcing the culling of three times the number of hogs culled last year.The outbreak has this year spread to 2,275 areas, in 57 out of the country’s 63 cities and province

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

India has one of the largest pediatric populations in the world: Those under 18 years comprise over 40 per cent of the country’s 1.3 billion.Pediatric healthcare, therefore, has a critical role in the overall health benefits for the country. It is unfortunate that multi-drug r