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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Dec 2021

Reference News:The UPI facility will soon be extended to feature phone users. At the moment, the Unified payments interface (UPI) — the single largest retail payments system in the country in terms of volume of transactions for small-value payments — is availab

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Dec 2021

Reference News:The Union Cabinet has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project at a cost of ₹44,605 crore at the 2020-21 price level.The Centre would fund ₹39,317 crore for the project, with ₹36,290 crore as a grant and â

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Dec 2021

Reference News:The Government has informed the Supreme Court that appointment of the Chairperson and Members of the 22nd Law Commission of India is under consideration.What’s the issue?The 22nd Law Commission was constituted by the Government on Fe

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Dec 2021

Reference News:The 2022 World Inequality Report (WIR) has been released.What you need to know about the WIR?Released by the World Inequality Lab, a research center at the Paris School of Economics.The WIR studies different kinds of fin

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:-  The Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015 established the 17 . SDG 1 in its entirety(“End poverty in all its forms everywhere”) is multidimensional in nature and definition. While target 1.1 seeks to era

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:USA recently formally announced a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in response to China’s human rights record, especially the ongoing Uighur abuse.The diplomatic boycott would mean that the USA will not send “an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Following the recent incident in Nagaland, Assam Rifles, which has the responsibility of the area where the incident occurred, has issued a statement expressing regret over the loss of innocent lives. It also informed that the Indian Army had instituted an inqui

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:-Recently, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai informed the Centre that the state is opposed to the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats.He said that declaring Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive zone would adversely affect the livel

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:-NASA has launched its new Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD).It is the agency’s first-ever laser communications system.The LCRD will help the agency test optical communication in space.About LCRD:LCRD is a technology demonstrat

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:-President Ram Nath Kovind recently visited Raigad Fort and paid tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Kingdoms and dynasties associated with the fort?The fort, which was earlier called Rairi, was the seat of the Maratha clan Shirke in the 1