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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Jan 2022

Reference News:-By dramatically expanding basic public services, the government can create the jobs that India’s youth desperately needWhat is the state of unemployment in India?Unemployment rate has risen from about 15.66% in 2016-17 to 28.26% in 2020-21India&

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Karnataka CM Recently observed that the time has come to revisit the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act as it creates more disputes than resolving them.The chief minister’s statement comes at a time when Karnataka has been involved in

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Jan 2022

Context:Recently, a volcano erupted in the southern Pacific Island of Tonga, which triggered Tsunami waves around the Pacific.It is an Undersea Volcanic Eruption consisting of two small uninhabited islands, Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga.The&n

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 19, Jan 2022

Why in  News?Earthquakes have led to major changes in the landscape of the Katrol Hill Fault.About Katrol Hill Fault (KHF)It is situated in the Kachchh region in Gujarat.A study of sediment showed that Seismicity in the Kutch region is highly complex as it

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The ongoing sixth mass extinction may be one of the most serious environmental threats to the persistence of civilisation, according to new research.Earth was once home to two million known species. According to the study, however, s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Siachen and Sir Creek have long been termed “low hanging fruits” in the past for resolution between India and Pakistan and the two countries have held 13 rounds of Defence Secretary-level talks on Siachen, the last one in June 2012.However, there

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Jan 2022

Context:Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to seal the final agreement to end the dispute in six areas of the Assam-Meghalaya boundary ahead of Meghalaya’s 50th Statehood Day celebration on January 21.What’s the dispute?Assam and Meghalaya share an 885-km

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2022

Reference News:Fearing invectives, both judges on a Supreme Court bench—Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna—created a record of sort by recusing from hearing the Krishna river water dispute case just because they hailed from Maharasht

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 11, Jan 2022

In NewsThe first phase of the census and collection of details to update the National Population Register (NPR) have been postponed at least till September 2021.BackgroundThe Registrar General of India (RGI) had in December 2021 informed the Sta

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Jan 2022

Reference News:Tamil Nadu grabs every opportunity to make its position clear on the Mekedatu dam issue. The state government has been opposing the project to be constructed near its border with neighbouring Karnataka and has even knocked on the doors of the Supreme Co