CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

The recent lynching of a man at Singhu, at the site of the farmers’ protest on the Delhi-Haryana border, the brutality of the hate crime captured and replayed on video, calls for the full force of the law to step in, to bring swift and sure punishment to the guilty.W

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

The Union Cabinet has approved the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) till 2025-26.This is a step towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat intending to make the cities ‘water secure and self-sustainable’ through circular economy of wat

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

Last year, a group of Nihangs had chopped off the hand of a policeman in Patiala with a sword after he asked them to show ‘movement passes’ during the Covid lockdown.This year, they have again killed a man near Singhu border in New Delhi, allegedly for desecr

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

“PM GatiShakti — National Master Plan” for infrastructure development has been launched.It aims to boost multimodal connectivity and drive down logistics costs.About PM GatiShakti:It is a digital platform that connects 16 ministries — in

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

Indian Army has picked Russia’s Igla-S missile system as choice for its multibillion dollar contract for man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS). Igla-S bid around $1.47 billion from Russia’s Rosoboronexport had emerged lowest bidder for Indian Army’s Very Short R

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

About It :Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of compounds consisting of metal ions or clusters coordinated to organic ligandsto form one-, two-, or three-dimensional structures.They are a subclass of coordination p

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

China has recently tested a nuclear capable hypersonic missile.About HSTDVHSTDV is an unmanned scramjet vehicle with a capability to travel at six times the speed of sound.The scramjets are a variant of a category of jet engines called the air-breathing engines.The

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Oct 2021

SUP is plastic produced and designed to be thrown away after being used only once. By that definition, a large number of products fall in the category. These include everything from a disposable straw to a disposable syringe.  India has defined SUP as “a plastic comm

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Oct 2021

GST Network has said it has blocked Rs 14,000 crore worth of input tax credit (ITC) of 66,000 businesses registered under the Goods and Service Tax.Background:The government had introduced Rule 86A in GST rules in December 2019 giving powers to taxmen to block the ITC available in

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Oct 2021

The US recently said that the scope of the multi-nation Malabar exercise in terms of more like-minded navies taking part in the drills could expand in future. And it was for the Quad partners to discuss the possibility of an expansion.Background:India, the US, Japan and Australia