IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-April 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. MUDITA 2. CHENNAKESHAVA TEMPLE 3. SAJIBU NONGMA PANBA 4. THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE 5. ANCIENT MEGALITHIC JARS 6. MADHAVPUR MELA 7. SINGAPERUMAL KOIL TEMPLE 8. THE CHARIOT FESTIVAL’S CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE 9. THE KISHANGARHI SCHOOL 10. CYCLOPEAN WALL 11. LONG PERIOD AVERAGE 12. WATERAID REPORT 13. HOW HAS MULLAPERIYAR DAM PANEL BEEN EMPOWERED? 14. MAKING GROUNDWATER VISIBLE 15. PACER INITIATIVE 16. GEOMAGNETIC STORMS 17. INTENSE HEATWAVES IN INDIA

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. AVSAR SCHEME 2. OXFAM REPORT ON POVERTY 3. PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY FOR ADOPTING A CHILD IN INDIA 4. GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II 5. CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 6. "FASTER" DIGITAL PLATFORM 7. ‘E-DAR’ PORTAL 8. ARUNACHAL-ASSAM BORDER DISPUTE 9. THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE (ED) 10. THE PROCESS OF ELECTING INDIA’S PRESIDENT 11. THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) BILL, 2022 12. CLOSING THE GAPS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 13. SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN VANNIYAR QUOTA 14. LOOK OUT CIRCULAR (LOC) 15. TIME TO RETHINK FIRST-PAST-THE-POST SYSTEM 16. DISPUTE BETWEEN THE DELHI GOVERNMENT AND THE CENTRE

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. ANGANWADI, ASHA WORK MASSIVELY DISRUPTED DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC 2. GLOBAL COMPACT ON NCDS 3. TIME BANKING IS A CRUCIAL TOOL TO EMPOWER WOMEN 4. INEQUALITY KILLS REPORT 5. SVANIDHI SE SAMRIDDHI PROGRAM 6. THE MYSTERIOUS HEPATITIS OUTBREAK 7. STATE OF DENOTIFIED TRIBES 8. NATIONAL MEDICAL REGISTER 9. WHO GLOBAL CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 10. WHO ARE THE HATTIS? 11. DARLONGS – A SMALL COMMUNITY

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND NEPAL 2. THE RAISINA DIALOGUE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE 3. INDIA’S ROLE IN A DISORDERED WORLD 4. COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN 5. UPI IN THE UAE 6. WHY IS THE BLACK SEA CRUCIAL TO RUSSIA? 7. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AMENDMENT BILL 2022 8. INDONESIA’S PALM OIL CRISIS 9. UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) 10. SOLOMON ISLANDS 11. THE DARFUR CRISIS 12. THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT 13. THE QUARREL OVER KURIL ISLANDS 14. SRILANKA DEBT CRISIS 15. WHAT IS THE RUPEE-ROUBLE MECHANISM? 16. RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 17. BIMSTEC CHARTER 18. STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION COMPANIES (SPACS) 2. WHEAT PROCUREMENT 3. WHAT ARE DIGITAL BANKING UNITS? 4. WHAT THE HIKE IN MCLR MEANS FOR YOU? 5. DRAFT BATTERY SWAPPING POLICY 6. OIL BONDS 7. WHAT IS PARBOILED RICE? 8. NATIONAL TIME RELEASE STUDY 2022 9. WHAT IS FORTIFIED RICE? 10. RBI INTRODUCED STANDING DEPOSIT FACILITY (SDF) 11. GLOBAL WIND ENERGY SECTOR 12. FOOD PRICE INDEX 13. INDIA’S SOLAR POWER ENERGY TARGETS 14. HOW QUICKLY CAN INDIA MOVE AWAY FROM COAL? 15. WHAT IS THE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT? 16. HOW DOES THE BALANCE OF PAYMENT (BOP) FUNCTION? 17. GLOBAL NETWORK OF SILK CITIES

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. JUPITER'S EUROPA MOON 2. VERTICAL ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (VEPP) 3. INDIGENOUS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS) 4. WHAT IS THE XE VARIANT OF COVID-19? 5. REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE- TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (RLV-TD) 6. RESPIRATORY AIRWAY SECRETORY CELLS (RASCS) 7. LIPIDOMICS 8. WHAT IS GRAVITATIONAL LENSING? 9. BERNARDINELLI-BERNSTEIN COMET 10. WHY ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE CATCHING FIRE? 11. WHAT IS NASA’S SPACE EQUITY ACTION PLAN? 12. NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) TECHNOLOGY 13. GENOME EDITING TECHNOLOGY AND GM TECHNOLOGY

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. PALLI BECOMES INDIA’S FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL PANCHAYAT 2. TREE CITY OF THE WORLD 2021 3. MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION (MEE) 4. STATE ENERGY AND CLIMATE INDEX 5. IPCC REPORT'S KEY TAKEAWAYS 6. NEYYAR AND PEPPARA WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES 7. INDIA’S THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES 8. GLOBAL LAND OUTLOOK 2 9. GLOBAL ASSESSMENT REPORT ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2022 (GAR 2022) 10. GLOBAL ASSESSMENT REPORT (GAR 2022) 11. OPEN NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS (ONES) 12. VAQUITA PORPOISE 13. ACTINIMENES KOYAS 14. WHO’S AIR QUALITY DATABASE 15. PALMKING 16. INDIAN TENT TURTLE 17. SAKURA MAP

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 2. SARMAT ICBM 3. THE CALM SYSTEM 4. HELINA ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE 5. ARMED FORCES (SPECIAL POWERS) ACT 6. SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET (SFDR) 7. PINAKA ROCKET SYSTEMS

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