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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Reference News-A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia.The epicentre was in the Flores Sea, north of East Nusa Tenggara province.Why Indonesia is vulnerable to earthquakes?Indonesia sit along the Ring of Fire region, an area where most of the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Reference News-Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana has promised to take up with the Supreme Court Collegium the demand for more women judges.Status of women in Indian judiciary:In the 71 years of history of the SC, there have been only eight women judges — the f

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Reference News-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States will expand its military and economic relationships with partners in Asia to push back against China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.What is Indo- Pacific?-&nb

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Reference News-The Supreme Court has allowed carriageways of three highways to be widened to 10m as part of the Char Dham roads project after modifying its earlier order limiting the width to 5.5m.What Has The Supreme Court Said?A three-judge Supreme C

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

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 studying an

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

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 achieve

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Why in News?There was some relief for the beleaguered poultry industry as Union government allowed the import of crushed genetically modified (GM) soybean, which is a major ingredient of poultry feed.Genetically modified soybean:The

• Tesmus, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

Reference News-Recently, European Commission launched the Global Gateway initiativeWhat is Global Gateway initiative of EU?It is a new European Strategy to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport and strengthen health, education and research system

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

Reference news-Recently, the Centre has approached the Supreme Court seeking modification of its order directing that all transmission cables in the habitat of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) be laid underground.Background:Earlier this year (20