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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

The United Kingdom-based Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has listed five sites with unusual features. These sites are associated with World War I and World War II.Among them is Nagaland’s Kohima War Cemetery.The Kohima War Cemetery is a m

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

Reference News:-A controversy has broken out over the Delhi government’s flagship ‘Desh ke Mentor’ programme.What’s the issue?The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended that the Delhi governmen

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The law that governs inter-faith marriages in the country, the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954, is being challenged for endangering the lives of young couples who seek refuge under it.More than a year after a writ petition was moved before th

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

Reference News:-12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs have gone to the Supreme Court against their year-long suspension from the Assembly.During the recent hearing, the Supreme Court observed that the suspension of MLAs for a full year is prima facie unconst

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The Election Commission of India has allowed journalists to cast their votes through postal ballot facility.Procedure to be followed:Any absentee voter wishing to vote by postal ballot has to make an application to the returning officer in&nb

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The ongoing sixth mass extinction may be one of the most serious environmental threats to the persistence of civilisation, according to new research.Earth was once home to two million known species. According to the study, however, s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

Reference News:-The Delhi High Court is hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts forceful sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife from the offence of rape, provided the wife is above 15

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

A net-zero energy building is one that relies on renewable sources to produce as much energy as it uses, usually as measured over the course of a year.Homes and other structures that create almost as much energy as they use are sometimes called near-zero energy buildi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Union government would provide Rs 3,000 crore to Tamil Nadu in the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission to address critical gaps in health infr

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Jan 2022

Reference News:-Siachen and Sir Creek have long been termed “low hanging fruits” in the past for resolution between India and Pakistan and the two countries have held 13 rounds of Defence Secretary-level talks on Siachen, the last one in June 2012.However, there