IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-January 2022

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. ADI SANKARACHARYA 2. COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (CWGC) 3. DELHI SIKH GURDWARA ACT 4. ANGLO-TRIBAL ENCOUNTERS IN COLONIAL INDIA 5. VEER BAL DIWAS 6. SAMMAKKA-SARAKKA JATARA 7. LIVING ROOT BRIDGES OF MEGHALAYA 8. GURU RAVIDAS 9. INDIA’S WOMEN UNSUNG HEROES OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE 10. KORKAI CIVILISATION 11. KHOISAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY 12. SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE 13. LA NINA AND COPIOUS NORTH EAST MONSOON 14. WHAT IS THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE? 15. AMAR JAWAN JYOTI 16. BOMB CYCLONE 17. DARVAZA GAS CRATER 18. CHALK STREAMS 19. KATROL HILL FAULT

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. RAISING WOMEN’S MARRIAGE AGE TO 21 2. IS IT RIGHT TO INCREASE THE AGE OF MARRIAGE OF WOMEN TO 21? 3. MARTIAL RAPE

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX 2021 2. WHAT IS THE JUSTICE CLOCK OF GUJARAT HC? 3. PARTY SYMBOL 4. LOK ADALAT MOST EFFICACIOUS TOOL OF ADR 5. DISRUPTIONS IN PARLIAMENT 6. FOR HOW LONG CAN AN MLA BE SUSPENDED? 7. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS 8. DE-REGISTER A POLITICAL PARTY 9. DRAFT NATIONAL POLICY FOR AIR SPORTS 10. IAS OFFICERS AND CENTRAL POSTING 11. PADMA AWARDS 12. FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATION ACT 13. DISTRICT GOOD GOVERNANCE INDEX 14. HENLEY PASSPORT INDEX 15. ENGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF COURT

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. NEOCOV CORONAVIRUS FOUND IN BATS 2. GLOBAL IMPACT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) 3. INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND AUTHORITY (IEPFA) 4. NATIONAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY SCHEME 5. STATE SCHEMES CAN CAST A LIFELINE TO THIS WELFARE PLAN 6. GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN 7. ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTIONS (EWS) 8. ACADEMIC BANK OF CREDIT 9. EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. INDIA AND OMAN
2. INDIA AND CENTRAL ASIA SUMMIT
3. AMERICA COMPETES ACT OF 2022
4. NUSANTARA THE NEW CAPITAL OF INDONESIA
5. INDIA AND UK FTA
6. THE CHINESE CHALLENGE UNCOVERS INDIA’S FRAGILITIES
7. COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION (CSTO)
8. SIGNIFICANCE OF BRIDGE ON PANGONG TSO
9. HAMAS AND GAZA STRIP
10. NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (NPT)
11. CHINA’S STATUS AS A ‘DEVELOPING COUNTRY’

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. DESIGN LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME 2. NATIONAL INCOME 2021-22 3. WORLD EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK TRENDS 2022 4. AIRTEL PAYMENTS BANK LTD. 5. WHAT IS REVERSE REPO NORMALISATION? 6. FIRST ADVANCE ESTIMATES (FAE) 7. ELECTRICITY MARKET REPORT 8. DOMESTIC SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS (D-SIB) 9. FOOD FORTIFICATION 10. GHERKINS 11. OFFLINE E-PAYMENTS 12. PEROVSKITE-BASED SOLAR CELLS 13. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM 14. WHAT IS AGILE FRAMEWORK?

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. T CELL VACCINES 2. SMALL SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE (SSLV) 3. THE CONCERN OVER 5G AND FLIGHT SAFETY 4. METEORITE ALAN HILLS (ALH) 84001 5. ISRO GEARING UP FOR MULTIPLE SPACE MISSIONS IN 2022 6. DEVAS-ANTRIX DEAL 7. VIKAS ENGINE 8. DARK ENERGY 9. GLOBAL RESEARCH ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (GRAM) REPORT 10. SOLID-STATE BATTERY 11. CARBON ENHANCED METAL-POOR (CEMP) STARS 12. RUMINAL ACIDOSIS 13. SYNAPSES 14. VITAMIN D RECEPTOR [VDR]

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS) 2. SPOT-BILLED PELICANS 3. SWAMP DEER 4. DENISON BARB 5. NOTHERN RIVER TERRAPIN 6. WHY INDIA DID NOT SIGN THE DEFORESTATION DECLARATION? 7. KERALA BIRD ATLAS 8. UNESCO TAG SOUGHT FOR LIVING ROOT BRIDGES 9. KAIMUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 10. GLOBAL RISKS REPORT 2022 11. INDIA STATE OF FOREST REPORT 2021 12. THE BATON OF FOREST RESTORATION IN THE NET ZERO RACE 13. NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS 14. FLY ASH MANAGEMENT AND UTILISATION MISSION 15. SUNDARBANS IS CYCLONE CAPITAL OF INDIA 16. GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY 17. 2021 SIXTH WARMEST YEAR SINCE 1880 18. INDIA’S STATE OF FOREST REPORT 2021 19. RED SANDERS 20. GREEN ENERGY CORRIDOR 21. ACTION PLAN FOR INTRODUCTION OF CHEETAH IN INDIA 22. PROPOSED CHANGES TO WILDLIFE ACT 23. GANODERMA KERALENSE AND G. PSEUDOAPPLANATUM 24. BIOENERGY CROPS 25. WATER HYACINTH 26. BIODIVERCITIES BY 2030

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. INDIAN ARMY’S NEW COMBAT UNIFORM 2. THE SPECIAL PROTECTION GROUP (SPG) ACT 3. INDIAN CYBER CRIME COORDINATION CENTRE (I4C)

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