IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-June 2021

IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs-June 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. TULU LANGUAGE 2. NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX (NMHC)’ AT LOTHAL 3. THE RECLINING BUDDHA 4. BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY 5. RAM PRASAD BISMIL 6. BAIHETAN DAM 7. SUMMER SOLSTICE 8. 6 YEARS OF TRANSFORMATIVE URBAN MISSIONS 9. DAGMARA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. RIGHT TO RESERVATION IN PROMOTIONS 2. SECTION 377 OF IPC 3. THE LAW OF SEDITION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL 4. UTTARAKHAND'S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS 5. WHAT IS RANKED CHOICE VOTING? 6. WHAT IS RECUSAL OF JUDGES? 7. PRAKASH SINGH JUDGMENT ON POLICE REFORMS 2006 8. DARBAR MOVE 9. GLOBAL LIVEABILITY INDEX 2021 10. VAN DHAN VIKAS YOJANA IN LADAKH 11. RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION 12. DELIMITATION IN JAMMU & KASHMIR 13. CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2021 14. DRAFT RULES FOR LIVESTREAMING COURT PROCEEDINGS 15. MODEL PANCHAYAT CITIZENS CHARTER 16. SDG INDIA INDEX 2021

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD (ONORC) 2. NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL MODEL 3. ED-TECH 4. UN WORLD DRUG REPORT 2021 5. SUICIDE WORLDWIDE 2019 REPORT 6. STATE OF INDIA’S POOR MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED 7. OPERATION PANGEA XIV OF INTERPOL 8. ADUHELM (ADUCANUMAB) FIRST ALZHEIMER'S DRUG 9. SURAKSHIT HUM SURAKSHIT TUM ABHIYAAN 10. PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX (PGI) 2019-20 11. SAGE PORTAL 12. PM-CARES FOR CHILDREN SCHEME

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND AFRICA RELATIONS 2. RUSSIA, U.K. SPAR OVER BLACK SEA INCIDENT 3. SEA BREEZE 2021 4. DENMARK HAS SIGNED ISA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (ISA FA) 5. INTERNATIONAL NORTH SOUTH TRANSPORT CORRIDOR (INSTC) 6. BUILD BACK BETTER WORLD INITIATIVE 7. ANTARCTIC TREATY SYSTEM 8. CHICAGO CONVENTION OF 1944 9. TAX INSPECTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (TIWB) 10. BRICS MEET ON GREEN HYDROGEN INITIATIVES 11. UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL 12. WHAT THE G7 CORPORATE TAX DEAL MEANS FOR INDIA 13. CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) 14. EAGLE ACT 15. ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) 16. BRICS OPPOSES EXCEPTIONALISM

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. PM FORMALISATION OF MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES SCHEME 2. WHAT ARE SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED COMPANIES (SMC)? 3. WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2021 4. GIMAC INDIA’S FIRST MARITIME ARBITRATION CENTRE 5. BEED DISTRICT FORMULA 6. AGRISTACK 7. CONSUMER PROTECTION (E-COMMERCE) RULES 2020 8. SUB-MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION (SMAM) 9. PRECISION IODINE VALUE ANALYZER (PIVA) 10. WHAT IS GOLD HALLMARKING? 11. HORTICULTURE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 12. WHAT ARE CLASS ACTION SUITS? 13. WORLD COMPETITIVENESS INDEX 2021 14. GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. WHAT ARE DMCA NOTICES? 2. SOLAR X-RAY MONITOR (XSM) 3. GUIDELINES FOR OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS (OSP) 4. INSTALLATION OF DOPPLER RADARS BY IMD 5. WHAT IS GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH? 6. CHIME TELESCOPE 7. UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT 8. SHENZHOU-12 MANNED MISSION BY CHINA 9. WORLD’S FIRST WOODEN SATELLITE 10. WHAT IS PASIPHAE PROJECT? 11. I-FAMILIA 12. SPAG9 TUMOR ANTIGEN RECEIVED ASPAGNII TRADEMARK 13. CORBEVAX VACCINE 14. CIBER-2 SOUNDING ROCKET 15. H10N3 BIRD FLU STRAIN 16. NASA NEW VENUS MISSIONS 17. EXPERIMENTAL ADVANCED SUPERCONDUCTING TOKAMAK (EAST) 18. AMBITAG 19. NATIONAL AI PORTAL INDIAAI 20. DEEP OCEAN MISSION 21. NEW SHEPHARD 22. ENVISION MISSION

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. ENERGY COMPACTS 2. BHARITALASUCHUS TAPANI 3. PYROSTRIA LALJII 4. GLACIAL LAKE ATLAS OF GANGA RIVER BASIN 5. DRAFT UN ASSESSMENT REPORT 6. NEW SPECIES OF SKITTERING FROG 7. WHAT IS AMBERGRIS? 8. PYGMY HOGS 9. WORLD'S FIRST GM RUBBER PLANT IN ASSAM 10. RAMGARH VISHDHARI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 11. BLACK SOFTSHELL TURTLE 12. THE SCIENCE BEHIND GM CROPS 13. OPERATION OLIVIA FOR OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES 14. RUNGIA LONGIFOLIA KERALENSIS 15. IMPLICATIONS ON RELOCATION OF CHEETAH AND OTHER ANIMALS 16. RAIMONA NATIONAL PARK 17. NEW TARDIGRADE SPECIES STYGARCTUS KERALENSIS 18. TIKI FORMATION IN MADHYA PRADESH 19. 02 NEW NATIONAL PARKS IN ASSAM 20. SEA SNOT OUTBREAK IN TURKEY 21. UN’S CEO WATER MANDATE 22. TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIP PLATFORM 23. OCEAN+ HABITATS 24. STATE OF FINANCE FOR NATURE REPORT 2020 25. REJUVENATION OF VAIGAI RIVER 26. PRAN VAYU DEVTA PENSION SCHEME AND OXY VAN 27. NATIONAL MISSION ON BIODIVERSITY AND HUMAN WELL-BEING (NMBHWB) 28. BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS OF INDIA 29. BARNADI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 30. ROADMAP FOR ETHANOL BLENDING IN INDIA BY 2025 31. HINDU KUSH HIMALAYAN (HKH)

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. PROJECT SEABIRD 2. AGNI PRIME MISSILE 3. WHAT ARE INTEGRATED THEATRE COMMANDS? 4. FULL SHIP SHOCK TRIAL 5. DEFENCE ACQUISITION COUNCIL (DAC) 6. INDIA’S OFFENSIVE CYBER CAPABILITY 7. INNOVATIONS FOR DEFENCE EXCELLENCE (IDEX)

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