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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:Among the winners of this year’s Padma awards is Rahibai Popere, popularly known as Seedmother, from Akole taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.Her Padma Shri is a recognition of her work that has helped save hundreds of landr

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:On November 24, at around 11.50 am (IST), NASA will launch the agency’s first planetary defense test mission named the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).The spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Fo

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:The government is considering reopening the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara corridor to Pakistan this week to allow Sikh pilgrims to cross over, more than 20 months after it was shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic.The plan is to open on November 19,

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Supreme Court has decided to examine questions regarding the legal jurisdiction of the special courts set up to exclusively prosecute Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies for various offences.Why do we need special courts?There ar

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:President Ram Nath Kovind has promulgated two ordinances that would allow the Centre to extend the tenures of the directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate from two years to up to five years.Currently, the tenu

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:Iran has invited the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for talks after the UN official expressed concern over a lack of contact with Iranian authorities.Previously, the IAEA complained that it had been denied “indispensable&rdqu

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:A review meeting on the performance of the Rashtriya Gokul Mission was held recently.What is the Rashtriya Gokul Mission?‘Rashtriya Gokul Mission’ was launched in 2014 to conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds, unde

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Nov 2021

Why in News?The Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme was launched by Prime Minster Narendra Modi in November 2021. The scheme aims to improve the grievance redress mechanism that addresses the complaints generated against the entities regulated by RBI.What is Integrate

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Nov 2021

Why in News?Recently, the Prime Minister has launched the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)– Retail Direct Scheme to open up the Government bond market for the retail investors.In February 2021, RBI proposed to allow retail investors to open gilt accounts with the c

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Nov 2021

Why in News?Among the winners of this year’s Padma awards is Rahibai Popere, popularly known as Seedmother, from Akole taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.Her Padma Shri is a recognition of her work that has helped save hundreds of landrace