Current Affairs Digest (CAD)-October 2020 by IAS Abhiyan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. HISTORY, ART & CULTURE-GS PAPER-1 1. MAHATMA GANDHI JAYANTI 2. NATIONAL UNITY DAY 3. LOKNAYAK JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN AND NANAJI DESHMUKH JAYANTI 4. DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA 5. SIR SYED AHMAD KHAN 6. NAZCA LINES 7. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

B. CONSTITUTION, POLITY AND GOVERNANCE-GS PAPER-2 1. RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) ACT 2. JAMMU AND KASHMIR REORGANISATION (ADAPTATION OF CENTRAL LAWS) THIRD ORDER, 2020' 3. LIVE STREAMING OF COURT PROCEEDINGS 4. IN- HOUSE PROCEDURE 5. INTEGRITY EXTERNAL MONITORS 6. MAHARASHTRA WITHDRAWS ‘GENERAL CONSENT’ TO CBI 7. EXPENDITURE LIMITS 8. UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT (UAPA) 9. TUSSLE BETWEEN PUNJAB AND CENTRE’S FARM LAWS 10. ‘GHAR TAK FIBRE’ SCHEME 11. RULES FOR FDI IN DIGITAL MEDIA 12. BODO LANGUAGE 13. ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD (OFB) 14. DISTURBED AREAS ACT 15. ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY (REGULATION) BILL, 2020 (BILL) 16. DATA GOVERNANCE QUALITY INDEX (DGQI) 17. NATIONAL PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK

C. SOCIAL JUSTICE: HEALTH, EDUCATION & HUMAN RESOURCE-GS PAPER-2 1. STACKED ODDS: UN REPORT ON MODERN SLAVERY 2. SERB-POWER 3. ANNUAL STATE OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 4. 'KAPILA' KALAM PROGRAM 5. AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR 6. SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS) STATISTICAL REPORT-2018 7. GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX (GHI) 2020 8. STARS PROJECT 9. THALASSEMIA BAL SEWA YOJNA 10. DEENDAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA-NRLM 11. WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2020 12. SOUTH ASIA ECONOMIC FOCUS REPORT 13. UN AGENCY WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) 14. SVAMITVA SCHEME 15. WORLD’S WOMEN: TRENDS AND STATISTICS 16. THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND RISK FACTORS STUDY (GBD) 2019 17. GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS REPORT, 2020 18. WOMEN AND TRADE: THE ROLE OF TRADE IN PROMOTING WOMEN’S EQUALITY

D. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS / GROUPINGS-GS PAPER-2 1. INDIA-MEXICO 2. INDIA AND THE QUAD 3. INDIA AND MYANMAR 4. INDIA-CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE 5. INDIA-USA 2+2 DIALOGUE 6. ‘INDIA-AUSTRALIA CIRCULAR ECONOMY HACKATHON 7. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION 8. G-20 ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKING GROUP 9. BLUE DOT NETWORK (BDN) 10. GENEVA CONVENTIONS 11. 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF NAM 12. LOGISTICS EXCHANGE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (LEMOA)

E. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT-GS PAPER-3 1. FERTILISER SUBSIDY 2. PERIODIC LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (PLFS) 3. MSP FOR VEGETABLES 4. DAM REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (DRIP) 5. DIRECT PORT ENTRY
6. INDIA'S FIRST SEAPLANE 7. WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 8. KISAN SURYODAYA YOJANA 9. MULTI-MODAL LOGISTIC PARK 10. NEW SERIES OF CPI(IW) 11. GLOBAL WEALTH REPORT 2020 12. GEO-TAGGING OF PMKSY 13. PRODUCTION-LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME 14. CENTRE FOR MONITORING INDIAN ECONOMY (CMIE) 15. HEENG CULTIVATION 16. MACS 6478: WHEAT VARIETY 17. ‘AQUAPONICS FACILITY 18. SOVEREIGN GOLD BOND SCHEME 19. KASTURI COTTON 20. SOUTH ASIA ECONOMIC FOCUS REPORT 21. POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY REPORT: WORLD BANK 22. XOO INFECTION 23. WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK (WEO) 2020 24. INDIA ENERGY MODELLING FORUM (IEMF)

F. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-GS PAPER-3 1. COVIRAP 2. INDUS-TSANGPO SUTURE ZONE (ITSZ) 3. EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE EOS-01 4. PLACID TRAIL 5. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 6. ASTEROID BENNU 7. FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES CLOUD INNOVATION CENTER 8. NOBEL PRIZES-2020 9. HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING 10. VIGYAN JYOTI AND ENGAGE WITH SCIENCE

G. BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENT-GS PAPER-3 1. PANNA TIGER RESERVE 2. HUMAN COST OF DISASTERS 2000-2019 3. SHIVALIK ELEPHANT RESERVE 4. COMMISSION FOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT 5. TRANSLOCATION OF CORAL COLONIES 6. HIMALAYAN BROWN BEAR 7. TWO NEW RAMSAR SITES 8. PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF SEAGRASSES 9. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE SERVICES 10. SNOW LEOPARD 11. RATIONALISATION OF AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTIONS 12. SKINKS OF INDIA 13. POVERTY IS ECOLOGICAL 14. THE RESTORATIVE POWER OF PLANET-BASED DIETS 15. HUMAN EMISSIONS OF NITROUS OXIDE 16. NILGIRIS ELEPHANT CORRIDOR 17. NEW SCRAPPAGE POLICY 18. 3RD ASSEMBLY OF THE ISA 19. MADHUCA DIPLOSTEMON 20. GREATER ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS 21. LEPIDOPTERA SPECIES 22. STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS 23. CONFRONTING CARBON INEQUALITY 24. BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT 25. STATE OF GLOBAL AIR 2020 26. CRIMES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT: NCRB 27. SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS 28. FISHING CAT 29. TWO NEW SPECIES OF PIPEWORTS

H. SECURITY: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL-GS PAPER-3 1. SHAURYA MISSILE 2. INS KAVARATTI (P31) 3. NAG MISSILE 4. INTEGRATED THEATRE COMMANDS 5. BRAHMOS SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE 6. ANTI RADIATION MISSILE-RUDRAM-1 7. UPERSONIC MISSILE ASSISTED RELEASE OF TORPEDO (SMART) 8. ATAL TUNNEL

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