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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Apr 2022
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Mission Vatsalya

Reference News:-:The Ministry of Women and Child Development has sent its draft guidelines for Mission Vatsalya Scheme to States and Union Territories to seek their suggestions.Mission Vatsalya is one of the new triad of schemes along with Mission S

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Apr 2022
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MH-60R helicopters

Referene News:-The first batch of Indian Navy aircrew successfully completed its training on the MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH) at the U.S. Naval Air Station, North Island in San Diego.The first batch of three helicopters are expected to arrive in India by Ju

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 11, Apr 2022
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STRATEGIC OIL RESERVES

Why in News?India’s move to release 5 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves as part of a coordinated challenge led by the US against the OPEC+ producers’ cartel’s move to curb output, is the first time that New Delhi would be dipping into its reserve

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 11, Apr 2022
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GLASGOW AGREEMENT

Why in News?UN climate talks in Scotland has concluded with a global agreement aimed at keeping alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic shot at saving the world from catastrophic climate change.About:The “Glasg

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Apr 2022
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CAG’s audit of UIDAI

Referene News:-CAG has presented its performance audit of Aadhaar’s regulator, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). It was carried out over a four-year period between FY2015 and FY2019.CAG’s audit portrays an unsatisfactory picture&nb

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 06, Apr 2022
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Rural India will create 1.2 cr. jobs in the dairy sector’

Topics: GS IIIRural India will create 1.2 crore new jobs in dairy-related activities in 10 years and these jobs would mean livelihood and food security for a large segment of the population in the country, said Amul MD.The sector has the potential to generate a large number

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 06, Apr 2022
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The recombinant variants of SARS-CoV-2

How are variants created?SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an RNA virus that evolves by accumulating genetic errors in its genome. These errors are produced when the virus infects a person and makes copies of itself inside the host’s cells.The PANGO n

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 06, Apr 2022
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BrahMos sale to the Philippines a bilateral deal’

While the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was a joint development between India and Russia, the sale of the systems to the Philippines was a transaction between the two countries, and India would be able to move ahead on a “bilateral basis”, India said, amid the global d

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 06, Apr 2022
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Let dam committee continue for a year

The Centre suggested to the Supreme Court to let the Mullaperiyar dam supervisory committee continue for a year, by which time the National Dam Safety Authority under the new Dam Safety Act will become fully functional.“During the period of one year, when the National

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 05, Apr 2022
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Draft Indian Antarctic Bill, 2020

Why in News?The government introduced the ‘Antarctica Bill’ in the Lok Sabha.Objectives and Need There is growing concern over preserving the pristine Antarctic environment and ocean around Antarctica from the exploitation

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