December-2019 Monthly Current Affairs

CONTENTS National and International Issues 1. 2+2 Meet 2. Blue water force 3. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 4. Nehru-Liaqat Pact 5. How is a new country formed? 6. Global Refugee Forum 7. Industrial Security Annex (ISA) 8. International Convention on Torture 9. National Population Register 10. Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union 11. UNCLOS Maritime Zones 12. Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 13. International Rights Advocates (IRA) 14. 1948 Genocide Convention

Polity and Governance Issues 15. Public Interest Litigation (Back to Basics) 16. Code on Social Security 2019 17. Reservation in Promotion for SC/ST 18. Role of Governor 19. Transgenders Person Bill 20. Fundamental Duties 21. National Human Rights Commission 22. SPG Act Amendment Bill 23. Ethics Committee 24. Reservation of Anglo Indian 25. Rule of Law and Due Process of Law 26. Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 27. Section 375 of the IPC and Section 228A 28. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 29. Inner Line Permit 30. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 31. The International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 32. Minority Status speciafically to States 33. Chief of Defence Staff 34. Article 142 of the Constitution 35. Good Governance Index 36. Overseas Citizens of India 37. Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth 38. EVMs Not Under RTI Act 39. No State Wise Minority Classification: SC 40. Privilege Motion 41. When is the oath taken by a Minister (in)valid? 42. National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Bench 43. The Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019

Economic and Social Issues 44. Small Finance Banks 45. Extra Neutral Alcohol 46. Who is a farmer? 47. Compensation Cess 48. Bharat Bond ETF 49. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) 50. Fugitive Economic Offender 51. Human Development Report 52. Seeds Bill 2019 53. Global Gender Gap Report 54. Operation Twist 55. Navigating the National Pension System 56. Atal Bhujal Yojana 57. Sustainable Development Cell (SDC) 58. INSTEX Barter Mechanism 59. National Pension Scheme for Traders, Shopkeepers and Self-Employed Persons 60. Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2019

Science and Technological Issues 61. Fastags 62. Lunar Renaissance Orbiter (LRO) 63. Virtual Autopsy 64. RISAT-2 BR1 65. What is Trakea? 66. Hydrogen cell technology 67. National Broadband Mission 68. PINAKA Missile System 69. Carbon Dots 70. Brahmos Missile 71. Society of Biotechnology of India 72. Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality 73. Post-Partum Haemorrhage (PPH) 74. Synthetic Biology 75. Typbar TCV 76. Lysosomal Storage Disorders 77. What is SnowEx 78. Didymos 79. ClearSpace Mission-1

Environment and Ecology Issues 80. India State of Forest Report (ISFR), 2019 81. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) 82. Oxygen Bars 83. Aerial Seeding and Dart Seeding 84. State of Global Climate report 85. Tyre Pyrolysis 86. The Climate Change Per¬formance Index (CCPI) 87. Heavy Metals contaminating Indian Rivers 88. UNFCCC COP 25 89. National Ganga Council 90. Mahanadi bird population took a hit 91. Photocatalytic paints 92. Houbara Bustard 93. European Green Deal 94. Locust Invasion 95. Red Sand Boa Snake 96. Hoolock Gibbon 97. ‘Ecoclub’ programme 98. The 2019 Pollution and Health Metrics: Global, Regional and Country Analysis report 99. Head on Generation (HOG) 100. Biomass Torrefaction technology

Miscellaneous Issues