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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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ADB Financing to Support Urban Development in Nagaland

Reference News:-  The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $2 million Project Readiness Financing (PRF) Loan for- Designing climate resilient urban infrastructureStrengthening institutional capacity and improving municipal reso

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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Early summer sparks farm fires and the wheat yield hit

Topics: GSA combination of extremely high temperatures and hot, dry winds across the north Indian plains has caused scores of unusual farm fires in the breadbasket states over the past two weeks, destroying swathes of the wheat crop ready for harvest.Auth

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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State of adolescent learning

ASER highlights the dismal picture of online educationUniversal Enrolment:Over the last few decades in India, there has been a massive government drive to push for universal enrolment, extending to secondary as well as primary school children.Successive Annual Status of

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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India’s learning poverty has shot up’: World Bank’s Global Director for Education

World Bank’s Global Director for Education was recently in India to discuss concerns over learning losses for children due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Key Facts:India needs to do a lot to bridge the learning losses due to the impact of the pandemic.Globally, Each coun

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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State Energy and Climate Index

Recently, the NITI Aayog launched the State Energy and Climate Index (SECI).It is the first index that aims to track the efforts made by states and UTs in the climate and energy sector.State Energy and Climate Index:The States have been categorized b

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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Bengal coast faces the most erosion

The Ministry of Earth Sciences informed the Lok Sabha that of the 6,907.18-km-long coastline of the Indian mainland, about 34% is under varying degrees of erosion, while 26% is of an accretional nature and the remaining 40% is in a stable state.Another organisation under the Min

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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5G Vertical Engagement and Partnership Program

Reference News:-The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for “5G Vertical Engagement and Partnership Program (VEPP)” initiative to build strong collaboration partnerships across 5G Use-case ecosystem stakeh

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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Midday meal and supplements

Reference News:-From the next academic session, Karnataka is likely to become the 13th state to provide eggs under the midday meal scheme.The proposal comes on the back of successive surveys pointing out high prevalence of malnutrition, anemia and low im

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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Centralisation of forensic data can help solve crimes better

Topics : GS IIINewer and advancing technologies are crucial to an investigating officer – take, for example, CCTV systems capturing movements of people, videos and photos of criminals, and access control mechanisms of large complexes recording the signature, fingerprints,

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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What is the ‘2+2’ format of dialogue?

Reference News:-The fourth ‘2+2’ dialogue between India and the United States is underway in Washington DC.India’s External Affairs and Defence Ministers, S Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh, are meeting with their American counterparts, Secretar

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