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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Oct 2021

Why in news?Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has  recently  inaugurated the virtual 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020).The summit is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .About RE-Invest 2020:The theme f

• 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

Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corp signs agreement for BharatNet project implementation.The project aims at providing 1 Gbps bandwidth connectivity to all Gram Panchayats.About BharatNet:BharatNet Project was originally launched in 2011 as the National Optical Fibre Network(NOFN

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Oct 2021

Pakistan will continue to be on the ”Grey List” of the FATF as it needs to “further demonstrate” that action is being taken against UN-designated terrorists like India’s most wanted Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar, and groups led by them.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Oct 2021

The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) approval for WHO pre-qualification, or Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Bharat Biotech International Ltd’s covid-19 vaccine is moving according to procedure and the Indian government’s haste in pushing through the pro

• 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

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

Engineers have unboxed the James Webb Space Telescope in French Guiana and will now prepare it for launch.JWST is one of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century and will ride to orbit on 18 December.About JSWT:JWST is a joint venture between the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

First virtual summit of the foreign ministers of the US, India, Israel and UAE was recently held.At the end of the meet, the four nations agreed to form a new international economic forum to utilise the “unique array of capabilities, knowledge and experience”

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

Goa CM has clarified that the Bhumiputra Bill won’t be sent to Governor.What’s the issue?The Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarini, 2021 that was passed in the Goa Assembly on July 30 had since been at the centre of a political storm.The Bill was aimed a