CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Dec 2021

Reference News-The Centre has disagreed with India’s low rank on the World Press Freedom Index prepared by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.What’s the issue?The government claimed that the report was based on a small sample size and gave l

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 24, Dec 2021

Why in News?Department of Food & Public Distribution notified modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity in the country for producing 1st Generation (1G) ethanol from feed stocks such as cereals (rice, wheat, barley, corn & sorghum), sugarcane, suga

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Dec 2021

Reference News-A joint committee on Maharashtra government’s Shakti Criminal Laws (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2020 has submitted its report.Key recommendations made by the committee:Capital punishment in rape cases.Time-limit of 30 days to complete the

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

Why in News?PM has recently addressed the India-Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE)What is Circular Economy?It is an economy where products are designed for durability, reuse and recyclability and thus almost everything gets reused, remanufactured, and recycled i

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

Reference News-An inter-state dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra dating back to the period of Independence and the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines in 1956 has reared its head again in the Belagavi region of Karnataka.The latest flashpoint

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

Reference News-Lok Sabha has sent the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to raise the age of marriage for women to 21 to a standing committee.Rationale behind the legislation:The age of marriage should be uniformly applicable to all r

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

Reference News-So far, the AAI has awarded 948 routes under UDAN, of which 403 routes have taken off that connect 65 airports and 8 heliports. However, some of the routes launched have discontinued.This was because of the failure to set up airports due to lack of availabili

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

Why in News?The Zoological Survey of India has recently started tagging  endangered Olive Ridley Turtles in Odisha.The scientists have recently tagged some turtles in Bay of Bengal.These tags are made of aluminum.Key Facts:According to ZSI, it will

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

Why in news?The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 has been passed in both houses of Parliament enabling the linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem.What is the government’s rationale?A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on demands of grants of th

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

What is the issue?SEBI has issued directions to stock exchanges in the commodity derivatives segment for immediately suspending trading in derivative contracts in key farm commodities for a year.What are derivative contracts?Derivative contracts are between two or more parties