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Why in News? What is the news?As tensions are increasing between the US and Russia over the Ukraine issue, experts have said that the United States could as a last resort exclude Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).

Why in News? After its proposal to amend the All India Service Rules that would allow it to call any IAS, IPS or IFoS officer on central deputation with or without the state’s consent, the Centre has issued another order on central deputation of Deputy Inspector Gene

Why in  News?Recently, 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi to End Plastic Pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024.The historic resolution, entitled “End P

Why in News?Blue Nature Alliance has been launched with a goal to restore 7 million square miles of ocean in five years.About Blue Nature Alliance:Blue Nature Allianceis a global partnership. It was founded and led by Conservation International, Pew Charitable Trusts,&n

Why in  News?The Hermetic Wiper malware that targeted Ukraine” published in The Hindu on 2nd March 2022.Ukraine has found that hundreds of its computers have been attacked by a data-wiper malware named Hermetic Wiper.Moreover, Ukraine’s

Why in News?India ranked 10th  out of 11 in this newly-launched health index, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).It measures the progress of 11 Asia Pacific countries across the region towards personalised healthcare.[Countries &

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.]

Indian Army has picked Russia’s Igla-S missile system as choice for its multibillion dollar contract for man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS). Igla-S bid around $1.47 billion from Russia’s Rosoboronexport had emerged lowest bidder for Indian Army’s Very Short R

About It :Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of compounds consisting of metal ions or clusters coordinated to organic ligandsto form one-, two-, or three-dimensional structures.They are a subclass of coordinati

Why in News?China has recently tested a nuclear capable hypersonic missile.About HSTDVHSTDV is an unmanned scramjet vehicle with a capability to travel at six times the speed of sound.The scramjets are a variant of a category of jet engines called the air-b