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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Oct 2021

Context:The Interpol has launched an online campaign to apprise people of major cyberthreats to help them protect their computer systems, networks and personal information from cybercriminals.The three-week campaign, from October 4 to 22, would be run pr

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Oct 2021

Context:RTS,S/ASO1 (RTS.S), trade name Mosquirix was recently endorsed by World Health Organisation (WHO).It is the first and, to date only, vaccine shown to have the capability of significantly reducing malaria, and life-threatening severe malaria, in t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Oct 2021

Three scientists — Syukuro Manabe (90) and Klaus Hasselmann (89) and Giorgio Parisi (73) — have been awarded the Nobel Prize for physics 2021. This is the first time climate scientists have been awarded the Physics Nobel.Manabe and Hasselmann were awarded for thei

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Oct 2021

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 77th Annual General Meeting approved a resolution for the global air transport industry to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.This commitment will align with the Paris Agreement goal for global warming not to exceed 1.5°

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Oct 2021

Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Report (GCRMN) has released a report on the status of coral reefs across the world.The report, the first of its kind in 13 years, underlined the catastrophic consequences of global warming but said that some coral reefs can be saved b

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Oct 2021

Gujarat High Court had taken suo motu cognizance of the slow death of Sabarmati river due to effluent discharge. In this regard, it has delivered a judgement recently.The High Court order:Industrial units found to have discharged pollutants into the Sabarmati river in Gujarat wi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Oct 2021

The Union Government has proposed certain amendments to the existing  Forest Conservation Act(FCA).Proposed changes:Absolve agencies involved in national security projects and border infrastructure projects from obtaining prior forest clearance from

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Oct 2021

New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he received a “strong” message from President Joe Biden about the United States’ commitment to defending the disputed East China Sea islets, known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan.Next Ana

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Oct 2021

A total of 845 COVID-19 orphans have so far been identified and approved for receiving benefits under the PM CARES Fund.About the scheme:Launched in May 2021.The scheme has been launched for support & empowerment of Covid affected children.Eligibility: All c

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 06, Oct 2021

U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. They will share the Nobel Prize cheque for 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million).The pair’s research is being used t