CURRENT AFFAIRS

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 14, Apr 2022
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Midday meal and supplements

Reference News:-From the next academic session, Karnataka is likely to become the 13th state to provide eggs under the midday meal scheme.The proposal comes on the back of successive surveys pointing out high prevalence of malnutrition, anemia and low im

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 13, Apr 2022
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What is MPLAD Scheme?

Reference News:-With the Covid-19 pandemic leading to the suspension of the release of funds under MPLADS and impacting projects, the Parliamentary Committee on Estimates has asked the government to release Rs five crore meant for 2023-24 in this fiscal itself so as to c

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 13, Apr 2022
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Naga peace process

Reference News:-The chief of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, or NSCN (K), has said a solution to the “Indo-Naga political issue” would be possible if all the Naga political groups come together with a common draft

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 12, Apr 2022
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanisms

Reference News:-  Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana stressed the need for increasing the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms that can change the judicial landscape, bringing justice to millions and settling grievances without protracted lega

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 11, Apr 2022
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MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX (MPI)

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 Jharkhan

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Apr 2022
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Amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act

Referene News:-The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 2020 amendments made to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010, which introduced restrictions in the handling of foreign contributions by organizations in India.The judgment came in response to PIL

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 06, Apr 2022
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Let dam committee continue for a year

The Centre suggested to the Supreme Court to let the Mullaperiyar dam supervisory committee continue for a year, by which time the National Dam Safety Authority under the new Dam Safety Act will become fully functional.“During the period of one year, when the National

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 05, Apr 2022
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Who are Bamiyan Buddhas?

Reference News:-The Taliban regime in Afghanistan assured the world of its intention to protect and conserve the Buddhist heritage in Mes Aynak.More on this:The earlier Taliban regime had destroyed several Buddhist related ancient sculptural and architectural treasures

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 05, Apr 2022
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Bharat Net Project

Why in News?In Context The implementation of BharatNet has slowed and is likely to miss the 2025 completion deadline owing to a number of factors.Progress made so far As of February 2022, only about 1.72 lakh of the initially targeted 2.5 la

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 05, Apr 2022
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Draft Indian Antarctic Bill, 2020

Why in News?The government introduced the ‘Antarctica Bill’ in the Lok Sabha.Objectives and Need There is growing concern over preserving the pristine Antarctic environment and ocean around Antarctica from the exploitation

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