IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-February 2022

TABLE OF CONTENT

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I

INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. CHINTAMANI PADYA NATAKAM 2. ATHENPOT THINBA 3. KARAKATTAM DANCE FORM OF KERALA 4. STATUE OF EQUALITY 5. SACRED ENSEMBLES OF THE HOYSALAS 6. RARE MUGHAL ERA COIN 7. MEDARAM JATARA 8. CHAR CHINARI ISLAND 9. THE BLUE BLOB 10. GREATER MALDIVE RIDGE (GMR)

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. SUSTAINABLE CITIES INDIA PROGRAM 2. TAPPING TECHNOLOGY FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNING 3. THE INTERPRETATIVE ANSWER TO THE HIJAB ROW 4. CHAKMAS AND HAJONGS 5. WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (WADA) 6. HARYANA PREVENTION OF UNLAWFUL CONVERSION OF RELIGIOUS BILL, 2022

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II

CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. INTER-OPERABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (ICJS) 2. WHAT ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES OF INDIAN CITIZENS? 3. WHAT IS AN FIR? 4. WHAT IS PUBLIC ORDER? 5. CENTRAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES 2022 6. THE GOVERNOR’S ROLE IN APPROVING A BILL 7. COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL LAWS 8. STAR CAMPAIGNERS 9. INDIA PRESS FREEDOM REPORT 2021 10. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) 11. UNIFORM CIVIL CODE 11. DEFINING MINORITY

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. SCHEME FOR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF DNTS (SEED) 2. SPARSH: SYSTEM FOR PENSION ADMINISTRATION RAKSHA 3. THE PATHOLOGY OF SCHOOL CLOSURE IN INDIA 4. LASSA FEVER 5. OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA 6. OATH OF MEDICAL ETHICS 7. SMILE SCHEME 8. FAIRBANK'S DISEASE 9. SEHAT SCHEME

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. INDUS WATERS TREATY
2. INDIA AND AUSTRALIA INTERIM TRADE AGREEMENT
3. INDIA AND ISRAEL
4. INDIA AND UAE CEPA
5. WHAT ARE THE MINSK AGREEMENTS?
6. UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE CONVENTION 1951
7. ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC COOPERATION (OIC)
8. YEAR OF THE TIGER
9. NORD STREAM PIPELINE
10. UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) RESOLUTION
11. UKRAINE AND NUCLEAR ARSENAL

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. WHAT ARE MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE INSTITUTIONS? 2. REWARD PROJECT 3. DRY ROOT ROT DISEASE 4. NATIONAL STRATEGY ON ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 5. WHO ARE ANGADIAS? 6. WHAT ARE NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS (NFTS)? 7. GREEN HYDROGEN AND GREEN AMMONIA POLICY 8. WHAT IS TULIP MANIA? 9. LOCAL JOB LAWS THAT RAISE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS 10. WHAT IS SWIFT PAYMENT SYSTEM? 11. VIRTUAL DIGITAL ASSETS 12. WHAT IS REVERSE REPO NORMALISATION? 13. GOVT. PROPOSES NEW SEZ LAW 14. WHAT IS PM-DEVINE SCHEME? 15. WHAT IS THE DIGITAL RUPEE? 16. INDIA’S FACADE OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE 17. URBAN EMPLOYMENT SCHEME 18. WHAT ARE MSPS AND HOW ARE THEY DECIDED? 19. WHAT IS AN IPO? 20. INTEGRATED PLANT NUTRITION MANAGEMENT BILL, 2022

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) 2. NUCLEAR FUSION AND CLEAN ENERGY 3. PIONEER 10 MISSION TO JUPITER 4. HOW ARE SATELLITES PLACED INTO SPACE? 5. ACCELERATE VIGYAN SCHEME 6. WHAT IS GEO, MEO AND LEO SATELLITES? 7. EOS 04 SATELLITE 8. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) 9. ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANN) 10. THERMONUCLEAR FUSION TECHNOLOGIES 11. MRNA VACCINES 12. DRAFT INDIA DATA ACCESSIBILITY & USE POLICY, 2022

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY (UNEA) 2. FIRE READY FORMULA OF UNEP 3. GUIDELINES ON EXTENDED PRODUCERS RESPONSIBILITY 4. NDC-TIA PROJECT 5. KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK 6. VOLATILE ORGANIC MOLECULES (VOC) 7. INLAND WETLAND SURVEY 8. NEW GECKO SPECIES 9. NEW SPECIES OF SPIDER AND MILLIPEDE 10. ERRA MATTI DIBBALU 11. THE WILD ORANGES OF INDIA 12. WHAT ARE RAMSAR SITES? 13. DEFINITION OF FOREST IN INDIA 14. ONE PLANET SUMMIT 15. CORINGA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 16. BASAI WETLANDS 17. INDIA’S FIRST GEOLOGICAL PARK 18. ARAVALLI BIODIVERSITY PARK 19. TWO MORE RAMSAR SITES ANNOUNCED 20. CLIMATE CHANGE 2022: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND VULNERABILITY 21. PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE 22. CARBON CAPTURE AND UTILISATION (CCU) TECHNOLOGIES 23. GLOBAL TREATY ON PLASTICS AND PLASTIC POLLUTION 24. UNEP FRONTIERS REPORT 25. SALTWATER CROCODILE 26. INDIA’S ‘MISSING’ FORESTS 27. SMOOTH-COATED OTTER 28. COMPSOBUTHUS SATPURAENSIS 29. COASTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX 30. WHITE-CHEEKED MACAQUE 31. POLA VATTA

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE (MSC) 2. TAKING A BYTE OUT OF CYBER THREATS 3. THE OPERATIONS OF THE PEGASUS SPYWARE 4. MANIPUR INSURGENCY 5. MODERNISATION OF POLICE FORCES (MPF)

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