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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Jan 2022

Reference News:-First India-Central Asia Summit was recently hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.The India-Central Asia summit marked 30 y

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 28, Jan 2022

Why in  News?Transparency International has ranked India at 85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released recently.Key FindingsWorld:Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the 2015 index scored below 50, on a scale fro

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Jan 2022

Reference News:-China recently flew 39 warplanes toward Taiwan in its largest such sortie of the new year, continuing a pattern that the island has answered by scrambling its own jets in response.Rationale behind such acts:China often mounts such missions to express dis

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Amid the rising tensions over Russia’s military buildup around Ukraine, NATO allies have put forces on standby and sent ships and fighter jets to bolster Europe’s eastern defences.What is the conflict all about?Tensions betwe

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Against all COVID odds and with due health precautions in place, the German Navy frigate Bayern landed in Mumbai on January 20, 2022.After having visited Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Singapore and other countries in the region, Mumbai is th

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Jan 2022

Why in  News?The report of the Standing Committee on External Affairs on ‘India and bilateral investment treaties (BITs)’ was presented to Parliament.It comes a decade after India lost the first investment treaty claim in 2011 (White Industries v. India) and b

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Jan 2022

Reference News: India and UK Launch Free Trade Agreement NegotiationsProposed FTA expected to help double bilateral trade by 2030FTA to give major fillip to Indian exports in labor intensive sectors like Leather, Textile, Jewellery and processed Agri-productsWill

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Jan 2022

Context:South Korea has said that it regrets India’s absence from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and hopes to see New Delhi rejoin the agreement.When did it come into force?The RCEP came into effect on January 1, 2022, mark

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 13, Jan 2022

Why in News?South Korea has said that it regrets India’s absence from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and hopes to see New Delhi rejoin the agreement.When did it come into force?The RCEP came into effect on January 1, 2022, 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Jan 2022

Reference News:The newly signed Japan-Australia defence agreement should be welcome to New Delhi, but there also ought to be some concerns.Concerns for India:There could be a warning for New Delhi in these efforts, that others are stitching up formal, institutionalized