CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

China has announced USD 1.5 billion development assistance for the ASEAN besides the elevation of the ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership to strengthen security cooperation with the 10-nation bloc, amid the US push into the resource rich Indo-Pacific.Xi made the rem

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has passed a Bill to repeal the A.P. Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act (aimed at setting up three capitals), and the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) Repeal Act of 2020.The Government plans to bring a more com

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

The first All-India Survey on Domestic Workers was recently flagged off.About the Survey:The survey is being carried out by the Labour Bureau.It is aimed at estimating the number of domestic workers at the national and State levels, those engaged ininformal employ

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

The Global State of Democracy Report, 2021 was recently released by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.The reports refer to three main regime types: democracies, hybrid and authoritarian regimes. Hybrid and authoritarian regimes are b

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has submitted its report.It has retained the controversial exemption clause that allows the Government to keep any of its agencies outside the purview of the law

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

India has one of the largest pediatric populations in the world: Those under 18 years comprise over 40 per cent of the country’s 1.3 billion.Pediatric healthcare, therefore, has a critical role in the overall health benefits for the country. It is unfortunate that multi-drug r

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

The only real substantive outcome of recently held virtual summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping has been some unconfirmed reports of the two sides, the US & China, agreeing to hold strategic nuclear talks sometime in the near future. Issues with China’s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

At least five of the 30 members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill are expected to move dissent (disagreement with official opinions) notes to the panel’s report on the legislation. These notes were mostly directed

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

UV-C water purification is one of the most effective methods to disinfect water. In this technique, special “germicidal” UV-C lamps, emitting high-intensity ultraviolet light purifies the water without the use of harsh chemicals that are harmful to the environment.What i

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

The Narendra Modi government’s National Hydrogen Mission is kick-starting with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) floating a global tender to set up green Hydrogen generation units at two of its big refineries in North India. IOCL is India’s largest commercial und