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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 29, Dec 2021

Why in News?Recently, NITI Aayog released the fourth edition of the State Health Index for 2019–20.The report, titled “Healthy States, Progressive India”.About State Health IndexIt is an annual tool to assess the performance

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

issued new guidelines?Reference News:-The Reserve Bank of India has extended the implementation date of card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation norms by six months to June 30, 2022.As per new guidelines, online players will have to delete any credit and debit card

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

Why in News?Good Governance Index 2021 was launched on the occasion of the Good Governance Day (December 25).About the GGI:Prepared by the Department of Administration Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).The objectives of GGI are to provide quantifiable data to compare the s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

Context As part of deployment undertaken by the Indian Navy since May 2020 under Mission SAGAR, Indian Naval Ship Kesari entered the Port of Maputo, Mozambique recently.Key takeaways 500 Tons of food aid has been shipped by INS Kesari to support Mozambique to co

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Just two weeks after its launch, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has opened its “eye” and returned its first images from space — a major operational milestone for the spacecraft and DART team.DART w

• RAOS, Jaipur
• 28, Dec 2021

Why in the news?The Union Minister of Cooperation has announced that the Centre has decided to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002. This will be done to plug the loopholes in the Act.What are Cooperatives?Cooperatives are people-centered enterprises ow

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

Why in News?The U.S. Secretary of State visited Southeast Asia, even as tensions with China continue to rise across different policy issues.It indicates the returning back to the ‘Asia pivot’ or ‘regional rebalance’ strategy of the U.S.What is the As

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

Why in News?Recently, India joined Russia in opposing a draft proposal at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to bring climate change into its purview.What is the draft resolution?The draft resolution allows UNSC to enforce and hold countries accountable for their promi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The Centre has decided to constitute a committee to study the possibility of withdrawing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from the State.The committee will be headed by the Additional Secretary (Northeast) in the Union Home Ministry an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Good Governance Index 2021 was launched on the occasion of the Good Governance Day (December 25).About the GGI:Prepared by the Department of Administration Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).The objectives of GGI are to provide qua