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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-According to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), Drought conditions have left an estimated 13 million people facing severe hunger in the Horn of Africa.The Horn of Africa consists of the internationally recognized countries of Djibouti, Erit

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership under the Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare (SAMRIDH) initiative.Aim: 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-According to the latest Findings, 64 per cent of the Rs 10,990 crore collected by the PM CARES Fund between March 27, 2020, and March 31, 2021, remained unused as of the latter date.Billed as a “dedicated fund with the primary object

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

A marine heat wave is usually defined as a coherent area of extreme warm sea surface temperature that persists for days to months. Marine heatwaves happen when sea temperatures are warmer than normal for an extended period. MHWs have been observed in all major

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has commenced the work for creating various agricultural services built around a core layer of Farmers’ Database (Agristack) in the country. In order to create Agristack, Union Government is in the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-The National Ropeways Development Programme – “Parvatmala” was announced recently by the Union Finance Minister in the Union Budget for 2022-23 to improve connectivity in hilly areas.About the scheme:This will be 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-The Tamil Nadu Assembly has once again adopted a Bill that was earlier returned by Governor R.N. Ravi. The Bill seeks to grant exemption from the mandatory National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) for seats allotted by the Government&

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-Launched by the Ministry of Power, it is a hackathon competition under RDSS (Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme) to find technology driven solutions to solve the complex problems in power distribution.The nine themes for the hackathon are:

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-A proposal was taken up at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations, in 2020, to “temporarily waive” intellectual property rights (IPR) held, by primarily Western countries, on vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for co

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Feb 2022

Reference News:-On January 31, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry barred the transmission of Malayalam news channel Media One citing ‘security reasons’.Hours later, the Kerala High Court granted a stay, allowing the channel to continue func