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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Why in News?Recently, Rajya Sabha Chairman granted a three-month extension to the Standing Committee examining the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment), Bill, 2021.About:Intent: The Bill aims to raise the legal age of marriage of women in the country

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The tribals in Gujarat are protesting against the Centre’s Par Tapi Narmada river-linking project.About the Project:Envisioned under the 1980 National Perspective Plan.It proposes to link three rivers:Par, originati

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-In its recent verdict on Hijab case, the Karnataka High Court rejected an argument in support of permitting Muslim girls wearing head-scarves that was based on the principle of ‘reasonable accommodation’.This meant that the co

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-  India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu last year, political leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran, former Comptroller & Auditor General Rajiv Mehris

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2022 mission has been delayed after the agency suspended all cooperation with Russia’s space program Roscosmos.About ExoMars:It was a joint endeavour between ESA and the Russian space agenc

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Union Minister of Panchayati Raj has released the “Disaster Management Plan of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj(DMP-MoPR)”.Areas covered under the Plan:Institutional arrangement for Disaster Management.Hazard Risk, Vulner

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-  Despite several rounds of talks between the representatives of the Russia and Ukraine, it remains unclear when and how the war might end. BackgroundRussia invoked the threat of Ukraine joining NATO as a pretext for the invasion

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Observed on: 21st March every year since 2021.The organizers are the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Governments, the Collaborative Partnership on F

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Mar 2022

Reference News:-‘Meri Policy Mere Haath’ campaign was launched recently in Hassan, Karnataka.About the Campaign:The campaign is part of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.It is aimed at motivating all farmers in the country to insure thei

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The SS has passed a resolution calling for a labour-intensive Bharatiya Economic Model in view of rising unemployment in the country.What does the resolution say?Need for:Society must come forward and participate in building