IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-March 2021

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GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. ANANGPAL TOMAR 2. LACHIT BORPHUKAN 3. DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA 4. MORARJI DESAI 5. GARHWAL FORTS 6. CHANNAPATNA TOY 7. SHIGMO, OR SHIGMOTSAV 8. DANDI MARCH OR SALT MARCH 9. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 10. KEN-BETWA LINK PROJECT 11. EASTERN RAJASTHAN CANAL PROJECT (ERCP) 12. BHADAR DAM 13. EASE OF LIVING INDEX (EOLI) 2020 AND THE MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE INDEX (MPI) 2020

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. ELECTION COMMISSIONERS 2. NCT OF DELHI (AMENDMENT) BILL 2021 3. ANTI-DEFECTION LAW 4. HATE CRIME & SC 5. AD-HOC JUDGES 6. TATA-MISTRY JUDGEMENT 7. RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) 8. 48TH CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA (CJI) 9. PANCHAYATI RAJ SYSTEM IN SIXTH SCHEDULE 10. RESERVATION OF QUOTA WITHIN INDIVIDUAL STATES 11. SUPPLEMENTARY DEMAND FOR GRANTS 12. APPROPRIATION BILL 13. MULLAPERIYAR DAM 14. OVERSEAS CITIZENS OF INDIA (OCI) 15. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (CBI) 16. FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2021

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. PRADHAN MANTRI SWASTHYA SURAKSHA NIDHI (PMSSN) 2. JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) AMENDMENT BILL, 2021 3. HEALTH AND CONCURRENT LIST 4. WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021 5. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ALLIED AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS BILL, 2020 6. OXFAM COMMITMENT TO REDUCING INEQUALITY (CRI) INDEX 2020 7. WATER SECURITY FOR ALL: UNICEF 8. WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2021 9. COVID 19 AND POVERTY 10. STOP TB PARTNERSHIP BOARD 11. MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 12. NATIONAL CADET CORPS (NCC) 13. LGBTIQ FREEDOM ZONE 14. CHALLENGES FACED BY NOMADIC TRIBES 15. KALA-AZAR OR VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS 16. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVALENCE ESTIMATES, 2018

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND SOUTH KOREA 2. PERMANENT INDUS COMMISSION (PIC) 3. INDIA AND BANGLADESH 4. HEART OF ASIA-ISTANBUL PROCESS 5. US INDIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (USIAI) 6. INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) 7. KENYA AND SOMALIA 8. QUAD (QUADRILATERAL COOPERATION) SUMMIT 9. INDIA AND SWEDEN 10. INDIA AND FIJI 11. CHABAHAR PORT 12. KNOWLEDGE AND DIPLOMACY 13. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT   GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS (OMOS) 2. NATIONAL BANK FOR FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT (NBFID) BILL, 2021 3. SUEZ CANAL 4. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT (BRSR) 5. HELIUM IN INDIA 6. MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE INSTITUTIONS (MII) 7. REFRIGERATION SYSTEM: PUSA-FSF 8. MINES AND MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) (MMDR) AMENDMENT BILL, 2021 9. DEFAULTING PROMOTERS 10. NATIONAL NON-FERROUS METAL SCRAP RECYCLING FRAMEWORK 11. ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENTERPRISE (E3) CERTIFICATIONS PROGRAMME 12. INDIA’S BIGGEST FLOATING SOLAR POWER PLANT 13. NEW UMBRELLA ENTITIES (NUES) 14. SUB-MISSION ON AGROFORESTRY (SMAF) SCHEME 15. FOOD WASTE INDEX REPORT 2021

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. "NO-PERMISSION-NO-TAKEOFF' (NPNT) 2. ASTEROID APOPHIS 3. NISAR 4. GENOME MAPPING OF INDIAN OCEAN 5. SERB – PROJECT INFORMATION SYSTEM & MANAGEMENT 6. INTERNATIONAL LUNAR RESEARCH STATION (ILRS) 7. ‘RADIO-LOUD’ QUASAR 8. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION REPORT 2021 9. NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 2020 10. ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (ER&D) POLICY 11. 53RD PSLV-C51 12. ARIES-DEVASTHAL FAINT OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH & CAMERA (ADFOSC)

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. RED ALGAL SEAWEED SPECIES 2. NET-ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 3. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE 4. GRAM UJALA PROGRAMME 5. RANTHAMBORE TIGER RESERVE 6. PENCH TIGER RESERVE 7. SIMILIPAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE 8. WORLD AIR QUALITY REPORT, 2020 9. PROJECT RE-HAB 10. MAHENDRAGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE 11. SEABUCKTHORN 12. INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENT REGULATOR 13. WHALE SHARK 14. NDC SYNTHESIS REPORT 15. HIMALAYAN SEROW

SECURITY: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. AIR INDEPENDENT PROPULSION (AIP) SYSTEM 2. INDIA’S ARMS IMPORTS 3. INS KARANJ 4. SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET (SFDR) 5. ASTERX

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