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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:Over a year since Parliament passed four labour codes (on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations), the Centre is still in the process of notifying the rules to implement the laws and has not set a date for the roll-out.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:The National Family and Health Survey (NFHS)-5, the most comprehensive survey on socio-economic and health indicators in the country, has been released.The previous four rounds of the NFHS were conducted in 1992-93, 1998-99, 2005-06 and 2015-16.Highli

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:India and the US have decided on a “transitional approach” to digital service tax imposed by the government.The terms of the deal will be the same that were thrashed out between the US and Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK last week.The pact

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference News:A number of Chinese companies have already begun “on-site inspections” of possible projects to tap lithium deposits in Afghanistan, having received the green light to do so from the Taliban regime.Background:Lithium is one of many resources in Afghanis

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

African Swine Fever (ASF) is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry, forcing the culling of three times the number of hogs culled last year.The outbreak has this year spread to 2,275 areas, in 57 out of the country’s 63 cities and province

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Why in news?Recently, Allahabad High Court has said that a penetrative sexual assault on a 10-year-old boy by an offender did not amount to an aggravated form of the crime.What is the issue?A case was registered against Sonu Kushwaha under Section 377, 506 IPC and Section 3 an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Nov 2021

Reference news:The pointers are indicating that India is witnessing a K shaped recovery more than V-shaped with various groups and industries recovering much more rapidly than their counterparts.What shapes of economic theory are in debate?V-shaped recovery – A V-sh

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

In News- Recently, Scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society published a research paper on the forgotten butterflies of Matheran in the community peer-reviewed ‘Biodiversity Data Journal’.Scientists found 140 rare species of 

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

What is the issue?In the process of recovery of pandemic-induced economic crisis, there’s a gap between rich and poor States due to vaccination levels and between the unemployed and the well-heeled.What is the status of economic recovery in India?The RBI projected real G

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

Reference News:The Government is considering a proposal to give buyers additional concessions on buying new vehicles after scrapping of their old vehicles.The final decision (on providing more incentives under the National Automobile Scrappage Policy) will betaken b