CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:At the recently held 20th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, India observed that raising bilateral issues is counterproductive to the spirit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).What’s the issue?China and Pakistan have del

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Supreme Court has asked the Centre whether it was “willing” to favour a lifetime ban on contesting elections for people convicted of offences.What’s the issue?A petition has been filed in the court urging the need for a level playing fie

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:Over a year since Parliament passed four labour codes (on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations), the Centre is still in the process of notifying the rules to implement the laws and has not set a date for the roll-out.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Why in news?Recently, Allahabad High Court has said that a penetrative sexual assault on a 10-year-old boy by an offender did not amount to an aggravated form of the crime.What is the issue?A case was registered against Sonu Kushwaha under Section 377, 506 IPC and Section 3 an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

Reference News:On Monday, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPP) on the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019 is said to have adopted the final draft. The Bill is slated to be tabled in the Winter Session.Why does India need a data protection law?Amid the proliferat

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

GS Paper IIWhy in News?A Special Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, recently protected two lawyers and a journalist booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) from any “coercive action” by the Tripura poli

• 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
• 23, Nov 2021

The Election Commission has received an application from Captain Amarinder Singh for registration of his new political outfit called Punjab Lok Congress Party under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.What next?According to the Election Commission, any p

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Nov 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on November 19 announced the repeal of three contentious farm laws.He assured farmer groups protesting against these laws that the legislative process for the repeal would be completed in the upcoming Winter Session of t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 20, Nov 2021

Reference News:Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court urging the Supreme Court to quash the Ordinances, which allow the Government to extend the tenures of the chiefs of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) “in