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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

Hardoi MLA Nitin Agrawal has been elected Deputy Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, which has barely five months left in its tenure.How are they elected?Article 93 for Lok Sabha and Article 178 for state Assemblies state that these Houses “shall, as soon as may be”

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

The Centre has rechristened Mount Harriet, a historical tourist spot in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, as ‘Mount Manipur’.What is Manipur’s connection to Mount Harriet?After the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891, several Manipuris who had fough

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Oct 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the Kushinagar international airport.The airport in eastern UP, the third international airport in the election-bound state, will mainly service the Buddhist tourism circuit.The Sri Lankan Airlines flight

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Oct 2021

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s attempts to get the fraud allegations against him dismissed suffered a major setback after the bankruptcy court in New York dismissed his petition.Background:UK High Court had granted fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi permission to a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Oct 2021

NASA’s Perseverance rover has clicked a panorama view of the “South Seitah” region of Mars’ Jezero Crater, offering clues to the area’s mysterious past.The images reveal the gray, darker gray, and Swiss-coffee-coloured rocky outcrops of the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Oct 2021

What is it?Geospatial Energy Map, enables visualisation of energy installations such as conventional power plants, oil and gas wells, petroleum refineries, coal fields and coal blocks, district-wise data on renewable energy power plants and renewable energy resource potent

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Oct 2021

Ahead of UP Elections, political parties are now having a rethink on aligning with those who have a criminal background but also enjoy influence in their areas.Background:The Supreme Court had warned the Parliament about the advent of criminals in politics and also imposed fines o

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Oct 2021

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal recently declined to grant consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the National President of Azad Samaj Party, Chandra Shekhar Azad for his comments levelling allegations against the judges of the Supreme Court.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Oct 2021

The fourth general assembly of The International Solar Alliance (ISA), is being held virtually.It is presided over by Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India and the President of the ISA Assembly.Highlights:The Fourth Assembly of the ISA wil

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 20, Oct 2021

IntroductionCan living in a safe environment be part of our human rights?People are facing a threat we’ve never faced before: environmental disasters. This article will enlighten you how the law is adapting to keep the world itself safe, by protecting our environment.Does