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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The Supreme Court has asked the Centre whether dealing with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is legal in India.The Court posed the query while hearing a plea by one of the accused in the GainBitcoin scam, seeking quashing of the charges agai

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 15, Feb 2022

Why in News?Ministry of Education, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), and World Bank have signed an agreement for the financial support towards the implementation of the STARS project.[STARS – Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States.]

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Feb 2022

Reference News:-As tensions exacerbate between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine, political commentators say that the United States could, as a last resort, exclude Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).What happens if o

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The interim trade agreement between India and Australia is unlikely to include items that both sides consider “sensitive”.The Indian and Australian negotiators will have the final “interim agreement” ready in 30 days and tha

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Feb 2022

Reference News:-  The Reserve Bank of India maintained status quo in policy rates as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate at 4% to keep the stance accommodative.Key takeaways Marginal Standing Facili

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The government has banned the import of drones with immediate effect, except for research and development, defence and security purposes.The move aims to promote made in India drones.The Directorate General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerc

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Government of India has undertaken several initiatives focusing on the conservation of coastal and marine resources through implementation of law and continuous monitoring. The Wild Life Protection Act of India (1972) provides legal protection

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

Reference News-A proposal was taken up at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations, in 2020, to “temporarily waive” intellectual property rights (IPR) held, by primarily Western countries, on vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for co

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 10, Feb 2022

G.S. IIITopics Covered: IP Related issues.Context:A proposal was taken up at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations, in 2020, to “temporarily waive” intellectual property rights (IPR) held, by primarily Western countries, on va

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Feb 2022

Reference News:-  Since 31st March 2018, 415 new mandis have been integrated on National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform.As per the Union Budget Announcement 2020-21, additional 1000 mandis to be integrated with e-NAM platformAbout National Agriculture M