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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:President Ram Nath Kovind has promulgated two ordinances that would allow the Centre to extend the tenures of the directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate from two years to up to five years.Currently, the tenu

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Nov 2021

Reference News:U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding has announced the Digital Atlantic Charter initiative, a public-private effort focused on safeguarding democracies worldwide.About the initiative:It is created in the spirit of the Atlantic Cha

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Nov 2021

Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh has moved a privilege motion against Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy over the appointment of former MP Tarun Vijay as the Chairperson of the National Monuments Authority, a post for which, Mr. Ramesh said, Mr. V

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Nov 2021

Reference News:Citing economic recovery, the Union Cabinet has restored the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) that was suspended in April 2020 subsuming the funds for the scheme in the consolidated fund of India. However, the MPs will get ₹2 crore instea

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Supreme Court has expressed concern over a submission by the CBI that since 2018, around 150 requests for sanction to investigate have been pending with eight state governments that have withdrawn general consent to the agency.Next Analysis-The CBI had filed t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Nov 2021

Reference News:The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recently held a meeting with the women activists and applauded their courage and affirmed that the UN will continue to stand by the people of Afghanistan.What is UNAMA?UNAMA was established o

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 10, Nov 2021

Why in News?More than a year after the Union Cabinet approved a proposal to amend the list of Scheduled Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, Parliament last week passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill 2021.Background:The Bill seeks to amend the nom

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Cabinet Committee on Parliament Affairs (CCPA) has recommended that the Winter session of Parliament be held from November 29 to December 23.Last year, the winter session could not be held due to the onslaught of the pandemic, which had wit

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Nov 2021

Reference News:Haryana government has ordered that the law (the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill) providing for 75% reservation for locals in private sector jobs come into force from January 15, 2022.Highlights of the law:The law provides f

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Nov 2021

Reference News:Last week, a district autonomous council in Meghalaya announced that it would introduce the ‘Khasi Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021.It is aimed at “equitable distribution” of parental property among siblings in the Khasi community.Implicatio