CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The Central government has highlighted the significance of increase in bank deposit insurance cover, in case of problems occurring such as closure, from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. PM Modi is to address the nation on Bank Deposit Insurance.Background:Earlier, there u

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 14, Dec 2021

What is the issue?The Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take over as the chancellor of the universities, a post held by the Governor in respective states.What issues were raised by the Kerala Governor?Reappointment of Kannur Univer

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Since the second week of November, there have been continuous protests in Gwadar, Balochistan against mega development plans of the port city as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).What’s the issue?Locals have sought to draw a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Workers from Assam have been afflicted with neurocysticercosis (NCC), a preventable disease that wreaks havoc among Assam’s pig-rearing communities among others. A study published in the Nature journal earlier this year reported hig

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clarified that there is no proposal under consideration to scrap Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deals with sedition.What is sedition law?The sedition law has been indiscriminately u

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The UN General Assembly has conferred Observer Status to the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a historic decision which India said would help provide for a well-defined cooperation between the Alliance and the United Nations that woul

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The government has listed the following steps, taken during the lockdown, for supplementary child nutrition:To ensure continuous nutritional support to beneficiaries, anganwadi workers and helpers distributed supplementary nutrition at the doorstep of beneficiari

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Various civil society groups in Ladakh have been demanding inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.The demand for Sixth Schedule started after they felt that the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)&

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women has noted in its report that the Government spent 80% of the funds under the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ (BBBP) scheme on media campaigns.What needs to be done now?Over the last si

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 13, Dec 2021

Why in News?Indian Prime Minister will inaugurate the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor project on December 13 in Varanasi, alongside families of those displaced by the project.About the projectAt least 400 families were asked to vacate the area and many of the encroachments ar