CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Reference News-Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana has promised to take up with the Supreme Court Collegium the demand for more women judges.Status of women in Indian judiciary:In the 71 years of history of the SC, there have been only eight women judges — the f

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

Reference News-Two Trinamool Congress MPs and three of the Congress have moved a privilege motion against former Chief Justice of India and Rajya Sabha member Ranjan Gogoi over his remarks that he attended the House when he felt like doing so.Since he jo

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

Reference News-The government has said that there was a call from within the judiciary and parliamentarians to change the collegium system for appointment of judges.A draft memorandum of procedure for bringing transparency and accountability to the system was

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The National Conference (NC) has, in a letter to the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission (headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai), sought details of the agenda of the upcoming meeting with parties from the Union Territory.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Dec 2021

What is the issue?The Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take over as the chancellor of the universities, a post held by the Governor in respective states.What issues were raised by the Kerala Governor?Reappointment of Kannur Univer

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clarified that there is no proposal under consideration to scrap Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deals with sedition.What is sedition law?The sedition law has been indiscriminately u

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Various civil society groups in Ladakh have been demanding inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.The demand for Sixth Schedule started after they felt that the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)&

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women has noted in its report that the Government spent 80% of the funds under the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ (BBBP) scheme on media campaigns.What needs to be done now?Over the last si

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Dec 2021

Reference News:As per WGC’s ‘Bullion Trade in India’ report:Imports made up 86% of India’s gold supply between 2016-2020, and inbound shipments continue to grow despite high import duty.Since the first duty hike in 2012, India has imported some 6,5

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Dec 2021

Reference News:Two years after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by Parliament, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is yet to notify the rules governing the Act. The legislation cannot be implemented without the rules being notified.Background:The C