CURRENT AFFAIRS

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Feb 2022
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SVAMITVA Scheme

Aim: To provide the ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners possessing houses in inhabited areas in villages with issuance of legal ownership rights (Property cards/Title deeds). The plan is to survey all rural properties using drones and prepare&nb

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Feb 2022
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International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Reference News:-Delivering its judgement, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has awarded the DRC $225 million for damage to persons, which includes loss of life, rape, recruitment of child soldiers and displacement of civilians.Now, Uganda&nbs

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Feb 2022
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What are detention centres for foreigners?

Reference News:-The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently informed the Rajya Sabha that it does not maintain a centralised data on the total number of detention centres in the country, as powers have been delegated to the State governments “to make

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 11, Feb 2022
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Death Penalty

Reference News:-The Supreme Court has made the following suggestions on the applicability and imposition of death Penalty in its recent judgment.The judgement came in the rape and murder of a seven-year-old. The court commuted the death penalty of the convict to l

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 10, Feb 2022
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IDEA Database

Reference News-Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has commenced the work for creating various agricultural services built around a core layer of Farmers’ Database (Agristack) in the country. In order to create Agristack, Union Government is in the

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 10, Feb 2022
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Parvatmala Scheme

Reference News-The National Ropeways Development Programme – “Parvatmala” was announced recently by the Union Finance Minister in the Union Budget for 2022-23 to improve connectivity in hilly areas.About the scheme:This will be 

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 10, Feb 2022
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PM CARES

Reference News-According to the latest Findings, 64 per cent of the Rs 10,990 crore collected by the PM CARES Fund between March 27, 2020, and March 31, 2021, remained unused as of the latter date.Billed as a “dedicated fund with the primary object

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 10, Feb 2022
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SAMRIDH Initiative

Reference News-The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership under the Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare (SAMRIDH) initiative.Aim: 

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  • Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
  • 09, Feb 2022
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SC to weigh between ‘national security’, judicial scrutiny

G.S. IITopics Covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.Context:The Supreme Court is all set to examine whether the Centre can expect a free pass on matters pertaining to national security.What’s

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 09, Feb 2022
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I&B Ministry’s powers to regulate content on TV, other platforms

Reference News:-On January 31, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry barred the transmission of Malayalam news channel Media One citing ‘security reasons’.Hours later, the Kerala High Court granted a stay, allowing the channel to continue func

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