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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

In NewsThe Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is observed and celebrated on 9 January across the country.It is a day to acknowledge and mark the contribution of the Indian community staying abroad in the development of the country.About Pravasi Bharatiya

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

In NewsThe Central Government has secured the approval of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for export of Indian mangoes to USA in the new season. Consumers in the United States (US) would now have access to excellent quality mangoes from India.The export o

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Why in News?Red Sanders (Red Sandalwood) has fallen back into the ‘endangered’ category in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.It was classified as ‘near threatened’ in 2018.It wa

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its latest Financial Stability Report (FSR). What is the significance of Financial Stability Report (FSR)?FSR is published twice each year by the RBI that presents an assessment o

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:The NISAR mission is scheduled for launch in 2023.ISRO has already delivered the S-band SAR payload to NASA for NISAR [NASA-ISRO SAR] mission.About NISAR:It is optimised for studying hazards and global environmental change and can help manag

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:Experts have warned that Shortage of semiconductor chips would continue following the rapid spread of Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the world but the supply disruptions would not worsen in 2022 as the Omicron surge should have a milder impac

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh’s newly formed party Punjab Lok Congress has received its party symbol – Hockey stick and ball.Firstly, how are symbols allotted to political parties?As per the guidelines, to get a symbol allotted:A p

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:The finance ministry data has revealed that deposits in bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) have crossed the Rs 1.5 lakh crore mark.Performance of the scheme (as of 2021):The number of total PMJDY accounts

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:Fearing invectives, both judges on a Supreme Court bench—Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna—created a record of sort by recusing from hearing the Krishna river water dispute case just because they hailed from Maharasht

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:China’s status as a ‘developing country’ at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has become a contentious issue with a number of countries raising concerns over the upper middle-income nation deriving benefits reserved for developing countr