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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released draft regulations for GM foods.Overview of the Draft:No one can manufacture or sell any food products or food ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

State Bank of India, the country’s largest commercial bank, has dual listed its $650 million green bonds simultaneously on the India International Exchange (India INX) and Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE). This dual listing is in line with this year’s topic of World Inves

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Interpol has elected Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Director Praveen Sinha as a Delegate for Asia in its Executive Committee.About the Interpol Executive Committee:The Executive Committee has 13 members from different countries comprising t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:At the recently held 20th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, India observed that raising bilateral issues is counterproductive to the spirit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).What’s the issue?China and Pakistan have del

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:China, the world’s largest crude importer, is non-committal about its intentions to release oil from its reserves on a request from the United States, while OPEC producers were not mulling changing tactics in light of the U.S. action.What’s the issu

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:Summary findings from the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey, released recently showed a 12.3 percentage point increase over the previous edition of the survey in the coverage of health insurance to 41% of households surveyed, an in

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:-To promote and attract tourism business, the Indian Railways recently launched Bharat Gaurav trains that will be operated by private players and run on theme-based circuits.Through this policy, which offers operators the “Right of Use”

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Why in News?India’s move to release 5 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves as part of a coordinated challenge led by the US against the OPEC+ producers’ cartel’s move to curb output, is the first time that New Delhi would be dipping into its reserves

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Why in News?The first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) prepared by government think tank NITI Aayog has recently said that Bihar has the highest proportion of people, at 51.91 per cent of the state’s population, who are multidimensionally poor, followed by Jharkhand

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Supreme Court has asked the Centre whether it was “willing” to favour a lifetime ban on contesting elections for people convicted of offences.What’s the issue?A petition has been filed in the court urging the need for a level playing fie