IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-March 2022

TABLE OF CONTENT

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I

INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. BAMIYAN BUDDHA 2. SANTHALI SOHRAI MURALS 3. NAGASWARAM BAGS GI TAG 4. WHAT WAS THE PAL-DADHVAV MASSACRE? 5. SAMARTH RAMDAS 6. JAIN MONK AND HIS SAKA SAVIOURS 7. KAMANADESWARAR TEMPLE 8. PICHWAI PAINTINGS 9. UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE 10. THE AHIR REGIMENT DEMAND 11. THE LEGACY OF SAVITRIBAI AND JYOTIRAO PHULE 12. PAR TAPI NARMADA RIVER-LINKING PROJECT 13. NATIONAL FLOODPLAINS ZONING POLICY 14. GLOBAL WATER SYSTEM PROJECT 15. KASHMIR VALLEY’S ANCIENT MOUND FORMATIONS 16. THAWING PERMAFROST 17. WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT 18. INTERNATIONAL MONSOONS PROJECT OFFICE (IMPO)

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2022 2. WHAT IS MANUAL SCAVENGING? 3. INVESTMENT IN CARE SERVICES 4. HOW INDIANS VIEW GENDER ROLES IN FAMILIES AND SOCIETY 5. SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS) 2019

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II

CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. WHO IS A MINORITY? 2. ASSAM-MEGHALAYA BOUNDARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION 3. ARTICLE 355 OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION 4. NEEDED AN INDIAN LEGISLATIVE SERVICE 5. RULES FOR DEPUTATION OF DIGS 6. KUKI INSURGENCY IN MANIPUR? 7. HARYANA’S ANTI-CONVERSION BILL 8. LINES AND ROLES: ON GOVERNORS 9. WHAT IS GENERAL CONSENT FOR THE CBI? 10. WHAT IS A PRIVATE MEMBER BILL? 11. BHAKRA BEAS MANAGEMENT BOARD (BBMB) 12. HANDING DOWN THE DEATH SENTENCE 13. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND JUDICIARY 14. THE SEALED COVER JURISPRUDENCE 15. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES 16. OL CHIKI SCRIPT

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. NATIONAL TB PREVALENCE SURVEY 2019-2021 2. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY? 3. DRAFT NATIONAL POLICY FOR MEDICAL DEVICES 2022 4. SHRESHTA SCHEME 5. WORKING WOMEN TOO WITH A DREAM OF GOOD CHILDCARE 6. WHAT IS THE FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES EXAM? 7. GROWING CONCERNS OF AMR 8. WHY DO INDIANS GO ABROAD FOR MEDICAL STUDIES? 9. NPPA’S ROLE IN FIXING DRUG PRICES 10. NEW INDIA LITERACY PROGRAMME (NILP)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND JAPAN 2. INDIA’S ARCTIC POLICY 3. INDIA AND RUSSIA’S DEFENCE TIES 4. UKRAINE’S SITUATION, INDIA’S NATIONAL INTEREST 5. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) 6. INDIA SIGNS HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH ITU 7. PERMANENT INDUS COMMISSION (PIC) 8. BUCHAREST NINE COUNTRIES 9. WHO IS A WAR CRIMINAL? 10. GENEVA CONVENTIONS GUIDELINES DURING WARTIME 11. UAE IN FATF GREY LIST 12. WHAT IS A NO-FLY ZONE? 13. THE WEAPONS USED IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR 14. WHAT ARE HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS? 15. TEMPORARY PROTECTION DIRECTIVE OF 2011 16. ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 17. WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE? 18. WHAT IS THE MONTREUX CONVENTION? 19. WHAT CONSTITUTES A WAR CRIME? 20. DEBUNKING RUSSIA’S INTERNATIONAL LAW JUSTIFICATIONS 21. TURKEY MAY BLOCK ACCESS TO RUSSIAN WARSHIPS 22. BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION (BTWC) 23. MOST FAVOURED NATION 24. VOTING SYSTEM IN THE UNSC 25. BIMSTEC

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. EXPORT PREPAREDNESS INDEX 2021 2. NATIONAL LAND MONETISATION CORPORATION 3. WPI AND CPI INFLATION RATES 4. THE US FEDERAL RESERVE INTEREST RATE HIKE 5. CLEAN ENERGY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY 6. INDIA’S URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7. AWAY FROM REACTOR FACILITY 8. UPI123PAY 9. PROTOCOL ON INLAND WATER TRANSIT AND TRADE (PIWTT) 10. WHAT IS THE MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE? 11. WHAT IS KAVACH? 12. MINIMUM ASSURED RETURN SCHEME (MARS) 13. WHAT IS CO-LOCATION, AT THE HEART OF THE SCAM AT THE NSE? 14. SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS (SAF) 15. INDIA’S SOLAR CAPACITY: MILESTONE AND CHALLENGES 16. IFSC GIFT CITY 17. REAPING THE POTENTIAL OF THE FEMALE WORKFORCE 18. RAISING AND ACCELERATING MSME PERFORMANCE (RAMP) 19. RESERVE BANK INNOVATION HUB (RBIH) 20. WORLD ENERGY TRANSITIONS OUTLOOK 2022 21. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEX 2022

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. NASA ARTEMIS 1 MISSION 2. GSAT 7B SATELLITE 3. ABEL PRIZE 2022 4. KAMIKAZE DRONES 5. CHACE-2 MISSION 6. NUTRACEUTICALS 7. GALLIUM NITRIDE TECHNOLOGY 8. WHAT IS XENOTRANSPLANTATION? 9. SARAS 3 RADIO TELESCOPE 10. HANSA-NG 11. WHAT IS PALLADIUM? 12. WHAT IS A VACUUM BOMB? 13. WHAT IS M2E PROTEIN? 14. TRANSFER-RNA 15. RECOMBINATION OF TWO VIRUS VARIANTS SEEN SINCE 2020 16. GENOMICC CONSORTIUM 17. SOLAR SPICULES 18. WHAT CAUSES THE INTERRUPTED SLEEP OF THE ELDERLY? 19. BOLTZMANN MEDAL 20. ISSUES WITH THE DRAFT INDIA DATA ACCESSIBILITY & USE POLICY 2022 21. BIODCM 22. WHAT ARE CLUSTER BOMBS AND THERMOBARIC WEAPONS? 23. DATA-WIPER MALWARE 24. SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACKS 25. PHOSPHORUS BOMB

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. LIFESTYLE FOR ENVIRONMENT (LIFE) 2. THE PHENOMENON OF CORAL BLEACHING 3. BALI DECLARATION 4. AFRICAN CHEETAHS 5. HIMALAYAN WOLF AND THE INDIAN WOLF 6. MANDARIN DUCK SIGHTED IN ZIRO VALLEY 7. WHAT IS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME? 8. WHAT IS THE MUMBAI CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? 9. ASIAN WATERBIRD CENSUS 10. MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS IN WETLANDS OF PUNJAB 11. FACILITY FOR LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT (FLCTD) 12. NEW GIN BERRY SPECIES 13. DAYLIGHT HARVESTING TECHNOLOGY 14. STATE OF INDIA ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2022 15. MEGHALAYA’S LIVING ROOT BRIDGES 16. GLOBAL TREATY ON PLASTIC POLLUTION 17. IPCC REPORT WARNS OF UNAVOIDABLE MULTIPLE CLIMATE HAZARDS 18. BOMA TECHNIQUE 19. GOLDEN LANGUR 20. FOREST COVER IN THE COUNTRY 21. THE FRONTIER 2022 22. SOFTWARE WITH INTELLIGENT MARKING BASED IDENTIFICATION OF ASIATIC LIONS 23. ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHINS 24. HIMALAYAN GRIFFON VULTURES AND STEPPE EAGLE 25. SAWFISH 26. BIODIVERSITY BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION OCEAN TREATY

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. HYPERSONIC WEAPONS 2. MAN-PORTABLE AIR-DEFENCE SYSTEMS: MANPADS 3. REPORTING CYBER ATTACKS 4. CORNER-SHOT WEAPON SYSTEM 5. MRSAM 6. ARTICULATED ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

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