IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-July 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. THE LION CAPITAL OF ASHOKA 2. PYTHAGORAS THEOREM 3. MODHERA SUN TEMPLE 4. KALI BEIN 5. ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU 6. KANAGANAHALLI 7. INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS (IKS) INITIATIVE 8. NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2022 9. TRIBAL REVOLTS 10. NATIONAL CULTURE FUND 11. KARIKIYOOR ROCK PAINTINGS 12. MANGARH HILLOCK 13. STATUE OF PEACE OF SWAMI RAMANUJACHARYA 14. 2003 CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE 15. MEANING OF THE JOHAR GREETING USED BY PRESIDENT 16. NONYLPHENOL FOUND IN DRINKING WATER ACROSS INDIA 17. DERECHO STORM 18. ARIDITY ANOMALY OUTLOOK INDEX 19. DRYLAND MECHANISMS

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. WHAT IS HETEROPESSIMISM? 2. 100TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COOPERATIVES 3. WORLD CITIES REPORT 2022 4. UN REPORT ON POVERTY AND INEQUALITY 5. WORLD POPULATION PROSPECTS 2022 6. POPULATION PROSPECTS 7. INDIGENOUS ASSAMESE MUSLIM COMMUNITIES 8. GLOBAL LIVEABILITY INDEX 2022

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS 2. FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) AMENDMENT RULES, 2022 3. HATTIS TRIBE OF TRANS-GIRI REGION 4. FLAG CODE OF INDIA 2002 5. UNPARLIAMENTARY WORDS BOOKLET FOR MPS 6. NOMINATED MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA 7. RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY 8. THE NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING BILL, 2021 9. THE FAMILY COURTS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022 10. INDIAN ANTARCTIC BILL 2022 11. MODEL TENANCY ACT (MTA) 12. PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF PERIODICALS BILL, 2022 13. PANEL SUGGESTS INCREASING TENURE OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 14. FIRST ALL INDIA DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITIES MEET 15. NAMSAI DECLARATION 16. PRESERVING ASSAM’S INDIGENOUS CULTURE 17. NATIONAL EMBLEM 18. REFORM GLOBAL FINANCING SYSTEM, FAST-TRACK CLIMATE ACTION 19. IGOT KARMAYOGI 20. HOUSE COMMITTEES 21. WHO ARE THE PASMANDA MUSLIMS? 22. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT A MERE RUBBER STAMP 23. WHY IS THE SUPREME COURT SEEKING A SEPARATE BAIL LAW? 24. NATIONAL MISSION FOR JUSTICE DELIVERY AND LEGAL REFORMS 25. ANTI-MARITIME PIRACY BILL, 2019 26. MPS AND CRIMINAL CASES 27. LOKPAL 28. SUSPENSION OF MPS 29. EXPAND AGNIPATH 30. ELECTION OF VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA 31. WHEN PARTIES CLAIM SAME SYMBOL

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 32. MARBURG VIRUS 33. CERVAVAC INDIA'S FIRST HPV VACCINE 34. INTERNATIONAL CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION 35. GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2022 36. NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY (NEP) 2020 37. DRAFT NATIONAL POLICY ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWD) 38. THE STATE OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE WORLD (SOFI) 39. REPLACEMENT LEVEL FERTILITY (RLF) 40. DRUGS, MEDICAL DEVICES AND COSMETICS BILL 2022 41. MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME 42. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN (PHEIC) 43. TRIBAL WELFARE 44. COVID-19 FALLOUT 45. FIGHTING THE TYPE 2 DIABETES PANDEMIC 46. ACUTE DIARRHOEAL DISEASES (ADDS) 47. WHAT IS ANTHRAX? 48. DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS 49. NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK (NIRF) 2022 50. GOING ONLINE AS LEADERS 2.0 51. INDIA’S SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES 52. COVID AS A REGULAR DISEASE 53. BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO PROGRAMME AND MISSION SHAKTI 54. GENDER GAP IN THE STEM FIELD

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND SRILANKA 2. INDIA AND SOUTH KOREA 3. I2U2 SUMMIT 4. INDIA AND AUSTRALIA 5. 2022 SUPPLY CHAIN MINISTERIAL FORUM 6. G-7’S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IMPACT INDIA 7. WHAT IS THE G20? 8. CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) 9. ASIA ENERGY TRANSITION INITIATIVE 10. IRAN AND BELARUS TO BE NEWEST SCO MEMBERS 11. G7 CLIMATE CLUB 12. JUST STOP OIL

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 55. THE RBI’S DIGITAL PAYMENTS INDEX (DPI) 56. BUSINESS REFORMS ACTION PLAN 57. THE ENERGY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT BILL 2022 58. THREE ARROWS CAPITAL (3AC) 59. INDIA’S LARGEST FLOATING SOLAR PLANT 60. FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTIONS BUREAU (FSIB) 61. INTERNATIONAL TRADE SETTLEMENT IN INDIAN RUPEES 62. RBI ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO LIBERALISE FOREIGN EXCHANGE INFLOWS 63. SOCIAL STOCK EXCHANGE (SSE) 64. REVAMPED DISTRIBUTION SECTOR SCHEME (RDSS) 65. FIVE YEARS OF GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST) 66. OFF-BUDGET BORROWINGS 67. SERIES OF MEASURES RECENTLY ANNOUNCED BY RBI 68. DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATIONS (DMFS) 69. COFFEE (PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT BILL), 2022 70. KEY INITIATIVES TO RAMP UP THE MSME SECTOR 71. GLOBAL FINDEX DATABASE 2021 72. THE ELEVENTH AGRICULTURAL CENSUS (2021-22) 73. RUPEE’S EXCHANGE RATE 74. OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS 75. RIGHT TO REPAIR 76. GREEN OPEN ACCESS RULES, 2022 77. STATE RANKING INDEX FOR NFSA 78. NATIONAL POLICY ON THE BLUE ECONOMY 79. URBAN AGRICULTURE 80. DIRECT-SEEDED RICE (DSR) 81. EXCHANGE-TRADED COMMODITY DERIVATIVES 82. BHARAT NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (BNCAP) 83. INFLUENCER TAX 84. SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICE (SFIO) 85. INDIA INTERNATIONAL BULLION EXCHANGE 86. SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) 87. BOND YIELD CURVE INVERSION, SOFT LANDING AND REVERSE CURRENCY WAR 88. MSP AND GOVT PANEL’S TASK

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 89. TIHAN 90. LAVENDER SCARE 91. FIELDS MEDAL 2022 92. INDIA INNOVATION INDEX 2021 93. LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) DARK MATTER DETECTOR 94. ‘EXOTIC’ SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES 95. CAG REPORTS IN SPECTRUM ALLOCATIONS 96. COMPACT RECONNAISSANCE IMAGING SPECTROMETER FOR MARS 97. L@CDS QDS 98. DORMANT BLACK HOLE FOUND IN MILKY WAY’S SATELLITE GALAXY 99. SODIUM-BASED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY 100. LARGE HADRON COLLIDER 101. POLY LACTIC ACID 102. COMPACT TOTAL IRRADIANCE MONITOR (CTIM) 103. LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE OBSERVATORY 104. CAR T-CELL THERAPY 105. COSMIC CLIFFS AND STEPHAN'S QUINTET 106. WENTIAN LABORATORY 107. STARLINK MISSION 108. A NEUTRON STAR 109. GOOGLE STREET VIEW 110. SMACS 0723

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 111. SIGUR PLATEAU 112. LIGHT-MANTLED ALBATROSS 113. SNOW LEOPARD AND ITS PREY SPECIES 114. NEW RAMSAR SITES OF INDIA 115. WILD LIFE PROTECTION AMENDMENT BILL 2021 116. FOREST CONSERVATION RULES 2022 117. NAGARJUNASAGAR SRISAILAM TIGER RESERVE (NSTR) 118. MARINE FLATWORMS 119. SINGALILA NATIONAL PARK 120. PROJECT CHEETAH 121. CONYZA CANADENSIS 122. FOREST CONSERVATION RULES, 2022 123. PILIKULA BIOLOGICAL PARK 124. NAIROBI FLIES 125. AMENDMENTS TO PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016 NOTIFIED 126. DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST ACTS RELEASED 127. INDIA’S BIOECONOMY REPORT 2022 128. SUSTAINABLE USE OF WILD SPECIES REPORT 129. ASIA PACIFIC SUSTAINABILITY INDEX 2021 130. INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY 2022 131. TIGER CONSERVATION 132. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CHILDREN ON THE MOVE IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE GUIDELINES 133. RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL 134. MONARCH BUTTERFLIES 135. GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2022 136. POP FAME 137. EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY 2022 138. WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION DAY 2022 139. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 140. CLIMATE CHANGE QUESTIONS IN LOK SABHA 141. HOW NOT TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM 142. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 15 (SDG-15) 143. THE ASIATIC BLACK BEAR 144. HIMALAYAN WOLF 145. SANDFISH 146. LISBON DECLARATION 147. NATIONAL AIR QUALITY RESOURCE FRAMEWORK OF INDIA 148. STATE ENERGY AND CLIMATE INDEX 149. CAN GREEN TECHNOLOGY HURT MARINE BIODIVERSITY? 150. CHENKURINJI 151. ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE ZONES 152. PRADHAN MANTRI JI-VAN YOJANA 153. PLASTICS ALTERNATIVE STUDY 154. ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) 155. SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATIONS FINANCING FACILITY (SOFF) 156. MILIUSA AGASTHYAMALANA 157. NONYLPHENOL 158. HARNESSING GREEN HYDROGEN: OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEP DECARBONISATION IN INDIA 159. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT, 1986 160. FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION 161. LION’S FUTURE, CHEETAH’S PAST 162. WHAT ARE FLYWAYS?

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 163. INDIA JOINED COMBINED MILITARY FORCES 164. CURBING INSURGENCY IN NORTHEAST INDIA 165. JOINT THEATRE COMMANDS 166. AUTONOMOUS FLYING WING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR 167. LASER ADVANCEMENTS OF NEXT-GENERATION COMPACT ENVIRONMENTS 168. CRYPTOJACKING 169. INS SINDHUDHWAJ

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-IV ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE 170. INDIAN POLICE AND ETHICS 171. GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE

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