IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-December 2021

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GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. KAAVI ART FORM 2. RARE BLACK ROCK ART 3. JNANPITH AWARD 4. BULLOCK CART RACE 5. SPPEL SCHEME 6. THE CHALCOLITHIC SITES OF CENTRAL INDIA 7. DURGA PUJA 8. RAMPA REBELLION 9. SALAR MASUD AND RAJA SUHALDEV 10. UNESCO ASIA-PACIFIC AWARDS 2021 11. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RAIGAD FORT 12. CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 13. SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2021 14. TAI KHAMTI MUTINY OF 1839 15. WHAT IS THE PAIKA REBELLION? 16. CHENNAI TO BE DEVELOPED AS A SPONGE CITY 17. KEN-BETWA RIVER INTERLINKING PROJECT 18. WHY IMD HAS PREDICTED A COLD WAVE IN NORTHWEST INDIA

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL 2021 2. SMILE SCHEME 3. RAISE MARRIAGE AGE OF WOMEN 4. THE ELDERLY ARE ASSETS NOT DEPENDENTS 5. AMENDMENTS TO MARRIAGE AGE CONTRADICT OTHER LAWS 6. WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT 2022 7. NATIONAL FAMILY BENEFIT SCHEME (NFBS)

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. IMPARTIALITY OF ELECTION COMMISSION 2. A BILL TO AMEND THE PREAMBLE 3. FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATION ACT (FCRA) 19. ONLINE GAMING IN INDIA NEEDS REGULATION 20. SHAKTI ACT IN MAHARASHTRA 21. ELECTION OF SPEAKER OF STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 22. GOOD GOVERNANCE INDEX 2021 23. RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN 24. REVISITING DEFINITION OF EWS 25. ELECTION LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 2021 26. THE EVOLUTION AND FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION 27. GOING BACK TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLIC 28. NDPS AMENDMENT BILL 2021 29. AFSPA AND THE NORTHEAST 30. A DOCKET FULL OF UNRESOLVED CONSTITUTIONAL CASES 31. WHEN CAN AN INDIVIDUAL GET STATUTORY BAIL? 32. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (PAC) 33. NATIONAL JUDICIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION (NJIC) 34. GREATER TIPRALAND 35. DAM SAFETY BILL 2019 36. HOW MPS’ QUESTIONS ARE ALLOWED AND DISALLOWED? 37. RENUNCIATION OF INDIAN CITIZENSHIP 38. DISRUPTIONS IN PARLIAMENT 39. LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA 40. DELHI SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 41. DEMAND FOR SPECIAL STATUS FOR BIHAR 42. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL 43. KARNATAKA RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION BILL, 2021 44. CONSUMER PROTECTION DIRECT SELLING RULES 2021

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. IN NFHS-5 REPORT CARD THE GOOD THE SOBER THE FUTURE 2. WHAT NFHS-5 DATA REVEALS ABOUT GENDER IN INDIA 3. BLOCKCHAIN IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 4. NITI AAYOG RELEASES HEALTH INDEX 2021 5. WHAT IS PARVOVIRUS? 6. GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY INDEX 2021 7. NFHS-5 DATA ON NEW WELFARISM 8. SRESHTA SCHEME 9. ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY (REGULATION) BILL 2020 10. ATAL RANKING OF INSTITUTIONS ON INNOVATION ACHIEVEMENTS (ARIIA) 2021 11. INDIA TO MISS TB CASE 12. MOSQUITOES IN A WARMING WORLD 13. SAVING LIVES, SPENDING LESS REPORT 14. WORLD MALARIA REPORT 2021 15. TEJAS PROGRAMME

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND AUSTRALIA 2. INDIA AND TAIWAN 3. 21ST INDIA-RUSSIA ANNUAL SUMMIT 4. DEMCHOK 5. NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK 6. SETTLEMENT PLAN IN GOLAN HEIGHTS 7. A COURSE-CORRECTED FOREIGN POLICY 8. CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 9. WHAT ARE THE MINSK AGREEMENTS ON THE UKRAINE CONFLICT? 10. GLOBAL GATEWAY PROJECT OF EU 11. INDIA JOINS G20 TROIKA 12. BARBADOS IS NOW THE WORLD’S NEWEST REPUBLIC 13. WHY INDIA, RUSSIA BLOCKED MOVE TO TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE TO UNSC 14. CHINA RENAMES 15 PLACES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. SOYA MEAL DECLARED AS AN ESSENTIAL COMMODITY 2. THE COLD TRUTH ABOUT INDIA’S INCOME INEQUALITY 3. HOW THE INDIAN ECONOMY PERFORMED IN 2021 4. PM GATISHAKTI MASTER PLAN 5. CO-LENDING MODEL BY BANKS AND NBFCS 6. WHAT ARE NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES? 7. A WHITE TOUCH TO A REFRESHED GREEN REVOLUTION 8. PEPSICO’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT (IPR) 9. DOMESTIC SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS (D-SIBS) 10. STATE OF INDIA’S LIVELIHOOD (SOIL) REPORT 2021 11. ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING (ZBNF) 12. HALLMARK UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION (HUID)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) 2. CRISP-M TOOL 3. NASA LAUNCHED IXPE MISSION 4. LASER COMMUNICATIONS RELAY DEMONSTRATION (LCRD) 5. DHAWAN-1 6. TIANGONG SPACE STATION 7. ROGUE PLANETS

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. KAZHUVELI BIRDS SANCTUARY 2. GREEN HYDROGEN 3. WHALE SHARK 4. BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AMENDMENT BILL 2021 5. BUXA TIGER RESERVE 6. NEW SPECIES FOUND IN SIKKIM’S DZONGU 7. ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF WILD ANIMALS IN INDIA 8. SAMEER APP 9. HAIDERPUR WETLAND 10. TWO PLANT SPECIES NOW EXTINCT IN THE WILD 11. KASTURIRANGAN COMMITTEE REPORT ON WESTERN GHATS 12. PROJECT RE-HAB 13. LESSER FLORICANS 14. SOLAW 2021 15. THE ROAD AHEAD FOR INDIA AFTER COP26 16. FINN'S WEAVER 17. ALBINO INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE 18. BLUE BULL 19. INDIAN DESERT CAT 20. SEAHORSES

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. PRALAY BALLISTIC MISSILE 2. INDIAN MISSILE CAPABILITY 3. VL-SRSAM MISSILE 4. ASSAM RIFLES 5. ARMY SECURE INDIGENOUS MESSAGING APPLICATION 6. ABHYAS

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