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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Mar 2022

Context:The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that admission into undergraduate courses in all centrally-funded universities will henceforth be solely on the basis of a Common University Entrance Test (CUET).What does this mean for the s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Mar 2022

Context:Members of the Ahir community have been demanding an Ahir Regiment in the Indian Army.Legacy:The Ahirwal region includes the southern Haryana districts of Rewari, Mahendragarh, and Gurgaon, and is associated with Rao Tula Ram, the Ahir h

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 26, Mar 2022

Why in News?Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are heading for a political confrontation over the Mekedatu drinking water project across river Cauvery.Mekedatu ProjectOriginally mooted in 1948: Mekedatu is a drinking water cum power generation project across river Cauvery.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Mar 2022

Context:Since March 24, 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been issuing orders and inguidelines for the containment of Covid-19 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.Under what section of The Disaster Management Act has the MHA been issuing orde

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate the Step-Up to End TB-World TB Day Summit on the occasion of World TB Day on 24th of March.The two days summit will provide a forum to showcase the National TB Elimination Programme

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Launched by Department of Social Justice and Empowerment during 2020-21 to impart skill development training to the youth (age between 18-45 years) belonging to Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes/Economically Backward Classes/De-notified Tribes and

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Union Minister of Panchayati Raj has released the “Disaster Management Plan of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj(DMP-MoPR)”.Areas covered under the Plan:Institutional arrangement for Disaster Management.Hazard Risk, Vulner

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-  India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu last year, political leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran, former Comptroller & Auditor General Rajiv Mehris

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Why in News?Recently, Rajya Sabha Chairman granted a three-month extension to the Standing Committee examining the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment), Bill, 2021.About:Intent: The Bill aims to raise the legal age of marriage of women in the country

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has submitted its report on the functioning of the MGNREGA to the Lok Sabha.Challenges/concerns highlighted:There has always been a hike in the revised estim