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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) report recently published provides the most comprehensive estimate of the global impact of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) so far.What is Antimicrobial resistance?Antimicrobial resistance (AMR

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has allowed households to get rooftop solar panels installed by themselves or by any vendor of their choice and a photograph of the installed system for distribution utility is sufficient to avail benefits o

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 24, Jan 2022

Why in News:Sri Lanka and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are working together to promote the island’s agriculture-based economy.They are now partnering to create the Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP) 

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 24, Jan 2022

Why in News?Key Pointers by the PMThe Prime Minister of India said that the friendship between India and Russia has stood the test of time and it was seen during the Covid pandemic.COVID:Covid had highlighted the importance of health and pharma sectors in both

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Urban Local Governments (along with Panchayati Raj Institutions) have been in existence in India for a long time as units of local government. They were established with the purpose of democratic decentralisation.Even in the Covid-19 pandemic, the&nbs

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently conducted a successful qualification test of its High Thrust VIKAS Engine at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Tamil Nadu’s Mahendragiri.The Vikas engine 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local body elections sans empirical base can no more be sustainable in law.Supreme Court’s latest order in Rahul Ramesh Wagh v. State of Maharashtra &Ors. makes it mandatory t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The Centre has proposed amendments to the IAS (Cadre) Rules in order to exercise greater control in central deputation of IAS officials.Central deputation has often been at the centre of tussles between the Centre and the states.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Russia blew up one of its old satellites in November in a missile test that sparked international anger because of the space debris it scattered around the Earth’s orbit.Recently, a Chinese satellite (Tsinghua Science Satellite) had a ne

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The first moonbound rocket and spacecraft of NASA’s Artemis program are expected to do a “wet dress rehearsal” on the launch pad in February.What is Artemis?Artemis– Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrody