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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a “permanent” coordination committee that includes the Ministry of Railways and the Environment Ministry to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks.Background:19 elephants were

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has announced a hike in prices of around 800 essential drugs from 1 April. These drugs are included in the National Essential List of Medicine (NELM).The rise in drug prices works out at aro

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

Why in news?NTPC Limited announced that India’s first Green Hydrogen Microgrid Projects will be set up at Simhadri near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.The projects will be a precursor to large-scale hydrogen energy storage projects and would be useful for studyi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

Reference News:-A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking minority status for Hindus in Mizoram,Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Kashmir etc.What the plea seeks?Minority status for Hindus: Hindus were

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

Why in News?The 16th Committee of UNESCO for safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in its meeting held in Paris has inscribed DURGA PUJA in KOLKATA on the representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.This is the 1st festival in Asia to ac

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

The PACER scheme:Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER) scheme comprises the Antarctic program, Indian Arctic program, Southern Ocean program and Cryosphere and Climate program.It is being implemented successfully through National Centre for Polar and O

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The envoys to India of nine Eastern European countries called Bucharest Nine jointly wrote to acquaint the Indian public with the basic facts on the ground” about the “premeditated, unprovoked and unjustified Russian aggression in Ukraine&rdqu

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

Reference News:-BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) completes 25 years of the journey this year that began in Bangkok in June 1997.The fifth summit of BIMSTEC will be held in Colombo on March 30.What is BIMSTEC?In an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Every year, Earth Hour is observed on the last Saturday of March at 8:30 pm. And while previously it brought the public out onto the roads to mark the hour, this year the famous environmental initiative went digital as many countries are in lockdown.T

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Mar 2022

Reference News:-NITI Aayog, in collaboration with the Institute of Competitiveness, has released the second edition of the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2021.The first Index was launched in August 2020.About the Index:The Export Prepa