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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 04, Jan 2022
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Census and NPR

Mandatory requirements for Census:Freezing of boundary limits of administrative units: Freezing of boundary limits of administrative units (boundaries of districts, sub-districts, tehsils, talukas, police stations etc.), at least three months prior, is a pre-requisite for condu

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 23, Dec 2021
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The Belagavi border Dispute

Reference News-An inter-state dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra dating back to the period of Independence and the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines in 1956 has reared its head again in the Belagavi region of Karnataka.The latest flashpoint

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  • RAOS, Jaipur
  • 22, Dec 2021
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INDIA PHYSICAL OVERVIEW

82.5 degree East longitude passes almost through middle of India and hence considered as the Standard Meridian of India or Indian Standard Time (IST) . It passes through Naini, near Allahabad. Standard time is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of International standard Greenwich . India

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  • RAOS, Jaipur
  • 22, Dec 2021
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PHYSIOGRAPHY OF INDIA

Physiography of an area is the outcome of structure & processes and the stage of development (time). The land of India is characterized by great diversity in its physical features.  The various Physiographic division of India are: 1. The Himalayan Mountain Syste

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  • RAOS, Jaipur
  • 22, Dec 2021
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Black Sea

Black Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean. It is located between Eastern Europe and Western Asia Border countries: Black Sea is bordered by six countries – Romania and Bulgaria to the west; Ukraine, Russia and Georgia to the north and east and Turkey to the south.

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 16, Dec 2021
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Pacific ring of fire

Reference News-A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia.The epicentre was in the Flores Sea, north of East Nusa Tenggara province.Why Indonesia is vulnerable to earthquakes?Indonesia sit along the Ring of Fire region, an area where most of the

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 09, Dec 2021
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Kasturirangan Committee on Western Ghats

Reference News:-Recently, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai informed the Centre that the state is opposed to the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats.He said that declaring Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive zone would adversely affect the livel

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 08, Dec 2021
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What is ‘Greater Tipraland’?

Reference News:-Following the recent killings, several tribal outfits in Tripura have joined hands to push their demand for a separate state for indigenous communities in the region, arguing that their “survival and existence” was at stake.The Demand:The parties ar

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 04, Dec 2021
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What is Caste census?

Reference News:Bihar is planning to conduct State-specific caste-based exercise. This comes after a delegation of Bihar leaders led by CM had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to hold caste census in the country but later, the Central Government had

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  • IAS NEXT, Lucknow
  • 01, Dec 2021
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Krishna River water dispute in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Reference News:Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have submitted in the Supreme Court that there is no information forthcoming from Karnataka for the past 14 years about how much Krishna river water it has diverted.In turn, Karnataka argued that a lot water is going waste —&ldqu

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