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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Why in News?The first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) prepared by government think tank NITI Aayog has recently said that Bihar has the highest proportion of people, at 51.91 per cent of the state’s population, who are multidimensionally poor, followed by Jharkhand

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Interpol has elected Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Director Praveen Sinha as a Delegate for Asia in its Executive Committee.About the Interpol Executive Committee:The Executive Committee has 13 members from different countries comprising t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:Summary findings from the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey, released recently showed a 12.3 percentage point increase over the previous edition of the survey in the coverage of health insurance to 41% of households surveyed, an in

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Reference News:-To promote and attract tourism business, the Indian Railways recently launched Bharat Gaurav trains that will be operated by private players and run on theme-based circuits.Through this policy, which offers operators the “Right of Use”

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Government is considering a proposal to give buyers additional concessions on buying new vehicles after scrapping of their old vehicles.The final decision (on providing more incentives under the National Automobile Scrappage Policy) will betaken b

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 will introduce in the winter session of Parliament.Key Provisions:It seeks to regulate cryptocurrency and ostensibly ban all private cryptocurrencies.It seeks to create a facil

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Nov 2021

The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has passed a Bill to repeal the A.P. Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act (aimed at setting up three capitals), and the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) Repeal Act of 2020.The Government plans to bring a more com

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

At least five of the 30 members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill are expected to move dissent (disagreement with official opinions) notes to the panel’s report on the legislation. These notes were mostly directed

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

Every year, men in Turkey murder hundreds of women, and trending hashtags on social media and protests on the street have become sadly familiar.This month, a particularly brazen killing has triggered a massive outcry over what women’s rights activists say is the government&rsq

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Nov 2021

The recent recommendation of 31 candidates by the Union Public Service Commision (UPSC) to be inducted into senior and mid-level positions in various union ministries is the second such attempt towards bringing specialists from private sector in the senior and middle level of bureaucr