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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Oct 2021

The day came into being with the adoption of the Bishkek Declaration by 12 countries on the conservation of snow leopards.About Snow Leopard:Scientific name: Panthera uncia.Habitat: Snow leopards live in the mountains of Central Asia.Numbers: Th

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Oct 2021

The chief of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority has accused the U.S. of sabotaging the multi-billion dollar project, the economic lifeline of Pakistan.Background:Pakistan is the seventh largest recipient of Chinese overseas development financing with 7

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Oct 2021

The Netherlands has said that it is interested in posting a Liaison Officer (LO) at the Navy Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR)for Maritime Domain Awareness and information sharing.About IFC-IOR:The IFC-IOR was set up in 2018 t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Production Gap Report has revealed that 15 of the top fossil fuel producing countries, including India, are not prepared to meet the requirements of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.Paris Agree

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

Recently, after the killings of non-locals in Jammu and Kashmir around 700 people have been detained in the union territory, a few under the stringent Public Safety Act(PSA).Powers of government under the Public Safety Act:Also called the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

The 26th meeting of the United Nations’ Conference of Parties (CoP) will begin on November 1 in Glasgow.Ahead of this meet, the focus on making the meet a success is to have all nations commit to a 'net zero', or a year by when a country’s fossil

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

The Singapore-based arbitrator, SIAC, has rejected Future Retail’s plea to lift the interim stay on its ₹24,713-crore deal with Reliance Retail, giving a major relief to Amazon that is contesting the transaction.Implications:This order now restrains Future Group and R

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

The Financial Action Task Force(FATF) has added Turkey, along with Jordan and Mali, in its revised list of “jurisdictions under increased monitoring”, also known as the FATF grey list. There are now 23 countries in the list.What pr

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

Forty-three countries have called on China to “ensure full respect for the rule of law” for the Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang.The declaration accused China of a litany of human rights violations against the Uighurs, including torture, forced sterilisation an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Oct 2021

A suit was filed by the West Bengal Government against the Union of India under Article 131 of the constitution.The State has challenged the CBI’s jurisdiction to register FIRs and conduct investigations in the State in myriad cases.West Bengal said it had withdr