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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 29, Mar 2022
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UNESCO’S INTANGIBLE HERITAGE LIST

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 ac

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 29, Mar 2022
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Minority Status for Hindus

Reference News:-A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking minority status for Hindus in Mizoram,Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Kashmir etc.What the plea seeks?Minority status for Hindus: Hindus were

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 26, Mar 2022
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Article 371 of the Constitution

Reference News:-Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu is planning to lead an all-party delegation to New Delhi soon to seek amendment of Article 371 (H) which has special provisions pertaining to the state in order to place it at par with special provisions meant

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 25, Mar 2022
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Article 355

Reference News:-Congress party in West Bengal has demanded that the law and order situation in West Bengal is completely broken and Article 355 should be invoked to ensure the State is governed as per the provisions of the Constitution.What’s the issue?On 2

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 25, Mar 2022
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Appointment and removal of Chief Minister

Reference News:-Pushkar Singh Dhami recently took took oath as the 12th chief minister of Uttarakhand.Since, according to the constitution, the chief minister is appointed by the governor, the swearing in is done before the governor of the state.Appointment of CM:

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 23, Mar 2022
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What is the Principle of ‘Reasonable Accommodation’?

Reference News:-In its recent verdict on Hijab case, the Karnataka High Court rejected an argument in support of permitting Muslim girls wearing head-scarves that was based on the principle of ‘reasonable accommodation’.This meant that the co

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 22, Mar 2022
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World Happiness Report

Reference News:-India may be one of the fastest growing economies of the world, but it is among the least happy countries.Ahead of the UN International Day of Happiness, observed on March 20, the World Happiness Report 2022 ranked India 136th &mdash

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 22, Mar 2022
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What Quad can learn from NATO’s Blunders?

Reference News:-The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia.Russian President Putin’s version is that it was a “special military operation”, akin to India’s police action against Hyderabad in 1948. What did the West fail to recognise?P

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 22, Mar 2022
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National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

Reference News:-A parliamentary committee has said in a recent report that the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has been dysfunctional for the past four years and has not delivered a single report to Parliament.According to the commission’s website,

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 16, Mar 2022
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International Maths Day 2022

Reference News:-14th March, every year is observed as the International Day of Mathematics.The International Day of Mathematics is a project led by the International Mathematical Union with the support of numerous international and regional organizations.T

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