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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The combative advent of the Russian military into Ukraine has predictably spooked markets across all asset classes the world over. Oil prices surged to an eight-year high of around $105 a barrelIndian Stock markets crashing nearly 5% 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Russia’s membership in the Council of Europe has been suspended after its invasion of Ukraine.What’s the issue?Russia has launched a full-blown attack on Ukraine, with Russian forces entering the Obolon district, which is less tha

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 26, Feb 2022

Why in  News?MINSK I:Ukraine and the Russian-backed separatists agreed on a 12-point ceasefire deal in the capital of Belarus in September 2014.Its provisions included :prisoner exchanges,deliveries of humanitarian aid andthe withdrawal of

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Feb 2022

Reference News:-A 10-member Indian delegation will visit Pakistan for the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission from March 1-3.Under the Indus Water Treaty, it is mandatory to hold a meeting at least once every year ending March

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Feb 2022

Reference News:-India and the United Arab Emirates have signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).What is CEPA and how is it different from FTA?It is a kind of free trade pact which covers negotiation on the trade in services and inve

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Feb 2022

Reference NewsThe NHRC recently held a discussion on “protection of the basic human rights of refugees and asylum seekers in India”.During the meet, the participants expressed concern over the issue of India not having a specific law for refugees and a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Feb 2022

Reference News:-China has equated the India, U.S., Australia, Japan Quad grouping with the AUKUS (Australia, U.K., U.S.) defence pact, calling both “exclusive cliques” part of the Biden administration’s “ill-intentioned”&

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Russia has said it is pulling out its forces surrounding Ukraine. But, NATO and the U.S. have said that they are yet to be convinced the pullout was real.What’s the issue?Fears have been mounting of a major escalation of the conflict in

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said he had declared February 16, which U.S. officials had said could be the date of a Russian attack, as a day of “national unity”.However, Russia has clarified that it has no plans to i

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Feb 2022

Reference News:-India  has condemned the “motivated and misleading statement” made by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which expressed deep concerns over what it called “continued attacks on Muslims in India” and called upo