IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-February 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. KHAJURAHO DANCE FESTIVAL 2. ‘MALLAKHAMB’ AND ‘SEPAK TAKRAW’ 3. SUFI SAINT KHWAJA MOINUDDIN CHISHTI 4. WHO WERE THE BARGIS? 5. PAGRI SAMBHAAL MOVEMENT 6. SRI MANNATHU PADMANABHAN 7. RAJA SUHELDEV 8. VIJAYANAGARA KING KRISHNADEVARAYA 9. BUDDHIST MONASTERY 10. JERENGA POTHAR AND DHEKIAJULI 11. ‘DICKINSONIA’ AT BHIMBETKA ROCK SHELTERS 12. THOLPAVAKKOOTHU 13. NANKANA SAHIB 14. CHAURI CHAURA CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 15. SADIYA EARTHQUAKE 16. AGEING DAMS OF INDIA 17. MT ETNA

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS IN PARLIAMENT 2. PRESIDENT’S RULE IN PUDUCHERRY 3. SUB-CATEGORISATION OF OBCS 4. ‘GREATER TIPRALAND’ 5. IT (INTERMEDIARY GUIDELINES AND DIGITAL MEDIA ETHICS CODE) RULES 2021 6. DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR INFLUENCER ADVERTISING 7. DRAFT BLUE ECONOMY POLICY 8. CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX (CPI) 2020 9. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 2021 10. CITY INNOVATION EXCHANGE (CIX) 11. PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS 12. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (LG) 13. SEDITION LAW 14. REGISTERED UNRECOGNIZED POLITICAL PARTIES 15. WHATSAPP PRIVACY POLICY 16. JAL JEEVAN MISSION (URBAN) 17. FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT RULES 18. E-DAAKHIL PORTAL 19. JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2015

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. PM ATMA NIRBHAR SWASTH BHARAT YOJANA 2. SAME-SEX MARRIAGES 3. INTENSIFIED MISSION INDRADHANUSH (IMI) 3.0 4. INTEGRATION OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) WITH NPCDCS 5. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON FOOD SYSTEMS AND NUTRITION 6. MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS II OR MPS II 7. UNIFORM MINIMUM AGE 8. ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME (AES) 9. COVID-19: MISSING MORE THAN A CLASSROOM 10. EDUCATION FINANCE WATCH 2021

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND MYANMAR 2. INDIA AND MALDIVES 3. INDIA AND MAURITIUS 4. COVAX INITIATIVE 5. SENKAKUS ISLAND DISPUTE 6. THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE 7. NEW YORK CONVENTION 8. UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) 9. ASEAN - INDIA HACKATHON 10. COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (CPTPP)   GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (G-SEC) 2. SCHEME OF FUND FOR REGENERATION OF TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES (SFURTI) 3. INFLATION TARGETING 4. PLI SCHEMES FOR PHARMACEUTICALS AND IT HARDWARE 5. ACCREDITED INVESTORS 6. 'KALA NAMAK' RICE 7. NATIONAL MIGRANT LABOUR POLICY 8. INDIA ENERGY OUTLOOK 2021 9. CERTIFIED JUTE SEEDS DISTRIBUTION PLAN 10. BARE NECESSITIES INDEX (BNI) 11. TRAFFIC CRASH INJURIES AND DISABILITIES: THE BURDEN ON INDIA SOCIETY 12. NATIONAL COAL INDEX (NCI) 13. SAKSHAM (SHRAMIK SHAKTI MANCH) JOB PORTAL 14. PRIVATIZATION OF BANKS 15. UNIFIED GOBARDHAN PORTAL 16. CONSUMER WELFARE FUND 17. WASHINGTON CONSENSUS 18. 15TH FINANCE COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS 19. AADHAAR ENABLED PAYMENT SYSTEM (AEPS) 20. INDIA’S TOP WIND SUPPLIERS IN 2020 21. MAHABAHU-BRAHMAPUTRA 22. SPECIALTY STEEL 23. STARTUP INDIA SEED FUND SCHEME (SISFS) 24. MITRA SCHEME 25. DECLARATION FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. ARKA SHUBHA 2. SILVER ANTIMONY TELLURIDE (AGSBTE2) 3. NATIONAL URBAN DIGITAL MISSION (NUDM) 4. GO ELECTRIC” CAMPAIGN 5. PERSEVERANCE ROVER 6. OVER-THE-TOP (OTT) 7. SANDES 8. DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (DIU) 9. BHUVAN PORTAL 10. DNA TECHNOLOGY (USE AND APPLICATION) REGULATION BILL, 2019 11. HOPE PROBE 12. CLEAN FUEL HYDROGEN 13. SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY OBSERVATORY (SKAO) 14. BL LACERTAE 15. SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO TACTICAL (SDR-TAC) 16. STARDUST 1.0

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. THE LANCET COUNTDOWN ON HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2. MAKING PEACE WITH NATURE 3. NATIONAL HYDROGEN MISSION 4. GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) 5. STATE OF ENVIRONMENT REPORT, 2021 6. SITANADI UDANTI TIGER RESERVE 7. BLACK¬NECKED CRANES 8. GREATER ADJUTANT STORKS 9. CARBON WATCH 10. SAMBHAR SALT LAKE 11. 2020 TREE CITY OF THE WORLD 12. GREENPEACE SOUTHEAST ASIA ANALYSIS 13. GANGETIC RIVER DOLPHIN 14. MANDARIN DUCKS 15. KARLAPAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 16. SEAWEEDS MISSION 17. CHAMOLI FLASH FLOODS 18. HINDUKUSH HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGES 19. DUDHWA TIGER RESERVE 20. VEMBANAD LAKE 21. PONG DAM LAKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 22. FISHING CAT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE 23. CENTRE FOR WETLAND CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (CWCM) 24. PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE (PTR) 25. 51ST TIGER RESERVE IN INDIA 26. CARACAL 27. CREMANTHODIUM INDICUM 28. LEAFLESS KAURI STUMP 29. SULTANPUR LAKE AND BHINDAWAS LAKE 30. CIRRHIMURAENA

SECURITY: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. 'SINDHU NETRA' 2. HOW TECH CAN TRANSFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT 3. ‘HELINA’ AND ‘DHRUVASTRA’ 4. NAVDEX 21 AND IDEX 21 5. ARJUN MAIN BATTLE TANK 6. TROPEX 21 7. VERTICAL LAUNCH SHORT RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE (VL-SRSAM) 8. UTTAM RADAR

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