CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Oct 2021

The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified a traffic management framework for drones.The framework has been issued under the Drone Rules 2021.Overview of the framework:Public and private third-party service providers will manage their movement in the airspace u

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 27, Oct 2021

Executive director of the World Food Programme has said that Afghanistan is on the brink of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises with more than half the country facing “acute” food shortages.What’s the issue?Taliban has taken full control of Af

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 26, Oct 2021

Why in News?The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is organising an online event on 25th June, 2021 to commemorate 6 years of the launch of three transformative Urban Missions vis. Smart Cities Mission (SCM), AMRUT and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U),

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Oct 2021

The Assam Government has overshot a 45-day deadline set by the Gauhati High Court for the completion of a standalone detention centre for declared foreigners.What’s the issue?The court had on August 11 asked the State Government to complete the construction of the deten

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Oct 2021

The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has recently recommended that the National Fund to Control Drug Abuse be used to carry out de-addiction programmes, rather than just policing activities.About the National Fund to Control Drug Abuse:It was created in a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

Recently, after the killings of non-locals in Jammu and Kashmir around 700 people have been detained in the union territory, a few under the stringent Public Safety Act(PSA).Powers of government under the Public Safety Act:Also called the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

The Singapore-based arbitrator, SIAC, has rejected Future Retail’s plea to lift the interim stay on its ₹24,713-crore deal with Reliance Retail, giving a major relief to Amazon that is contesting the transaction.Implications:This order now restrains Future Group and R

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

A suit was filed by the West Bengal Government against the Union of India under Article 131 of the constitution.The State has challenged the CBI’s jurisdiction to register FIRs and conduct investigations in the State in myriad cases.West Bengal said it had withdr

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Oct 2021

Why in news?Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has  recently  inaugurated the virtual 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020).The summit is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .About RE-Invest 2020:The theme f

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Oct 2021

Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corp signs agreement for BharatNet project implementation.The project aims at providing 1 Gbps bandwidth connectivity to all Gram Panchayats.About BharatNet:BharatNet Project was originally launched in 2011 as the National Optical Fibre Network(NOFN