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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 05, Apr 2022

Reference News:-Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana calls for immediate need for the creation of an independent umbrella institution, so as to bring various central agencies like the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office under one ro

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 16, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Allegations of white phosphorus munitions being used by Russia and Ukraine are emerging.What is white phosphorus?It is a colourless, white or yellow, waxy solid.Occurrence: It does not occur naturally. It is manufactured us

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 08, Mar 2022

Why in News?It was recently in news amid Ukraine –Russia conflict.What is Budapest Convention?The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Cybercrime Convention is also known as the Budapest Convention. It was open for signature in 2001 and 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 05, Mar 2022

Reference News:-In a renewed push for self-reliance in the defence sector, the government has given in-principle approval to a raft of indigenous defence projects that will involve design and development by the industry.The defence ministry has cleared nine such proj

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Russia has resorted to the use of dangerous thermobaric bombs — or vacuum bombs — in Ukraine.Cluster weaponry has been banned by the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions; however, neither Ukraine nor Russia were signatories at

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while addressing an election rally on February 14 in Imphal West, called upon insurgency groups operating in Manipur to shun violence and come to the negotiating table. He said that the menace of insurgency had been wanin

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Feb 2022

Reference News:-BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed its inspection of Union Minister Narayan Rane’s bungalow in Juhu following the complaint of illegal construction and flouting of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules.What’s the issue?The

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Feb 2022

Reference News:-It was recently found by an American Agency that Modified Elephant, a hacking group, had allegedly planted incriminating evidence on the personal devices of Indian journalists, human rights activists, human rights defenders, academics and lawyers.What

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Underlining that the purchase of S-400 defence system is in New Delhi’s security interest, newly appointed Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said threats of US sanctions against India will not affect the military-technical cooperation between

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Feb 2022

Context: Estimates of the cost to the world in 2020 from cyber-attacks/ cyber crimes is believed to be more than $1 trillion and in 2021 it is likely to range between $3trillion-$4 trillion.US defence secretary warned that the world had to prepare for a kind of &l