CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Nov 2021

Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Auditor General of Maldives have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the audit process of public finance.The MoU also aims at exchanging information in the field of public sector audit between the two countries.Ab

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Nov 2021

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released a report on Suicides among farm workers. Highlights:The number of agricultural labourers who died by suicide in 2020 was 18% higher than the previous year.Overall, 10,677 people engaged in the farm sector died by

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Oct 2021

The Delhi High Court has asked the Election Commission to respond to a petition seeking to formulate and notify a model procedure for internal elections of all political parties.The High Court order came on a petition urging the Election Commission to make inte

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Oct 2021

More than two months after eight Ministers, at a joint press conference, accused the Opposition of assaulting security officials on the last day of the monsoon session of Parliament, there has been no disciplinary action against anyone.What’s the issue?On August 11, during t

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 30, Oct 2021

Why in News?The Centre has proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 that will enable it to “maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level”.Proposed amendments by the Centre:It is proposed tha

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Oct 2021

The Centre has proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 that will enable it to “maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level”.Presently, the registration of births and deaths is done by the loca

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Oct 2021

The Netherlands has said that it is interested in posting a Liaison Officer (LO) at the Navy Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR)for Maritime Domain Awareness and information sharing.About IFC-IOR:The IFC-IOR was set up in 2018 t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

The Financial Action Task Force(FATF) has added Turkey, along with Jordan and Mali, in its revised list of “jurisdictions under increased monitoring”, also known as the FATF grey list. There are now 23 countries in the list.What pr

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

Forty-three countries have called on China to “ensure full respect for the rule of law” for the Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang.The declaration accused China of a litany of human rights violations against the Uighurs, including torture, forced sterilisation an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

Goa CM has clarified that the Bhumiputra Bill won’t be sent to Governor.What’s the issue?The Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarini, 2021 that was passed in the Goa Assembly on July 30 had since been at the centre of a political storm.The Bill was aimed a