IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-May 2021

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GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. A LINEAMENT 2. LEANG SAKAPAO CAVES 3. SUN HALO 4. WINCHCOMBE METEORITE 5. A-76: LARGEST ICEBERG 6. MEKEDATU PROJECT 7. VEER SAVARKAR 8. TENTATIVE LIST OF UNESCO 9. MALERKOTLA 10. JAGADGURU BASAVESHWARA 11. GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALE 12. HOW UNESCO GRANTS WORLD HERITAGE SITE TAG? 13. BUDDHIST SITE OF THOTLAKONDA 14. MONGOLIAN KANJUR 15. THE RECLINING BUDDHA

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. TRIBUNALS REFORMS (RATIONALISATION AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ORDINANCE 2021 2. CHIEF SECRETARY 3. POWERS UNDER CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT (CAA) 2019 4. DEFINING HATE SPEECH 5. DRAFT LAKSHADWEEP DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REGULATION, 2021 6. PENDENCY PROBLEM OF INDIAN COURTS 7. WHATSAPP PRIVACY POLICY AND NEED FOR DATA PROTECTION LAWS 8. INDEPENDENT COLLEGIUM 9. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (VIDHAN PARISHAD) 10. PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PVTGS) 11. ARTICLE 311 OF THE CONSTITUTION 12. HAKKI-PIKKI TRIBES 13. MLA LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT (LAD) FUND 14. NATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING AUTHORITY 15. RIGHT OF THE MEDIA 16. MARATHA QUOTA LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL 17. SVAMITVA SCHEME 18. APPOINTMENT OF CBI DIRECTOR 19. 'INDICATIVE NOTES' 20. HOW TO ADOPT A CHILD LEGALLY? 21. ANTICIPATORY BAIL 22. FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATION ACT (FCRA)

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. ACCR PORTAL AND SANJIVANI APP 2. NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES (NTD) 3. WHO BIOHUB FACILITY 4. KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE (KFD) 5. SOCIAL SECURITY CODE (SS CODE 2020) 6. MEDICINE FROM THE SKY 7. INDIA’S HEALTH WORKER BRAIN DRAIN 8. ORPHANED CHILDREN VULNERABLE TO TRAFFICKING 9. DENGUE FEVER 10. TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS DURING PANDEMIC 11. ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES MUST END 12. VACCINE INEQUALITY 13. ‘HAR GHAR JAL’ UT 14. WHAT IS MUCORMYCOSIS OR ‘BLACK FUNGUS’ 15. STATE OF WORKING INDIA 2021 16. SUTRA MODEL 17. SECTION 304-B OF INDIAN PENAL CODE (IPC) 18. SCHEDULED DRUGS 19. COMMUNITY BASED INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT (CBID) 20. THE FAULT LINE OF POOR HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND AFRICA 2. INDIA AND UK 3. INDIA AND OMAN 4. INDIA AND ISRAEL 5. INDIA’S ACT EAST POLICY 6. ACT WEST, THINK EAST 7. INDIA AND EU 8. CHINA’S 17+1 9. CHINA’S STRATEGICALLY SIGNIFICANT HIGHWAY 10. GLOBAL ENTRY PROGRAM 11. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN JERUSALEM? 12. WHAT DOES US DEPARTURE FROM AFGHANISTAN MEAN FOR SOUTH ASIA? 13. CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 14. BANGLADESH AND SRI LANKA 15. DIGITAL BORDER BY UK 16. DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY 17. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)’S GOLDEN VISA 18. GLOBAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. RBI’S MEASURES TO FIGHT COVID 2ND WAVE 2. MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE 3. INDIA’S DIARY SECTOR 4. VERY IDEA OF CRYPTO-CURRENCY 5. CURRENCY SWAP BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND SRI LANKA 6. REGISTRATION OF UNORGANIZED WORKERS 7. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) 8. DAHANU GHOLVAD SAPOTA 9. KHARIF STRATEGY 2021 10. PERSONAL GUARANTORS LIABLE FOR CORPORATE DEBT 11. SUBSIDY ON DI-AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (DAP) 12. E-WAY BILL (EWB) 13. INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS FOR CONVENTION CENTRES 14. SWAMIH FUND 15. NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON ADVANCED CHEMISTRY CELL BATTERY STORAGE (NPACC) 16. MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT BRIEF 17. SOVEREIGN GOLD BONDS 18. BEEMA BAMBOO 19. CONNECTED COMMERCE: CREATING A ROADMAP FOR A DIGITALLY INCLUSIVE BHARAT 20. NEW GENERATION OF BANKING REFORMS 21. SOCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES (SSES) 22. BOND YIELDS 23. PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA (PMMY) 24. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK (ADO) 2021 25. GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST) COUNCIL 26. GLOBAL MINIMUM CORPORATE TAX RATE 27. POST DEVOLUTION REVENUE DEFICIT 28. GI CERTIFIED GHOLVAD SAPOTA (CHIKOO)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 2. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RULES, 2021, 3. TDB NATIONAL AWARD 2021 4. THE ZEBRAFISH AND SPACE FLIGHT 5. TIANWEN-1 6. BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT (BVLOS) 7. OSIRIS-REX SPACECRAFT 8. 5G TRIALS 9. NEW NAMING SYSTEM FOR CORONA VIRUS VARIANTS 10. POSITRON AND POSITRON EXCESS PHENOMENON 11. FAKEBUSTER 12. MULTI DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA 13. ENTERAL VENTILATION 14. HAIYANG-2D (HY-2D) SATELLITE 15. SPACEX DOGE-1 MISSION 16. CHINA’S ZHURONG ROVER 17. MYLAB COVISELF, THE SELF-TESTING COVID-19 KIT 18. VACCINE FOR FOOT ROT DISEASE 19. NODAVAC-R 20. WHAT IS 2-DEOXY-D-GLUCOSE (2-DG)? 21. CHINA LAUNCHES TIANHE SPACE STATION 22. SAUROPODS DISCOVERED IN MEGHALAYA

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. THANE CREEK FLAMINGO SANCTUARY (TCFS) 2. COP28 3. BLACKBUCK 4. JAYANTI CRICKET SPECIES 5. YELLOW FUNGUS 6. CLIMATE BREAKTHROUGHS SUMMIT 7. NATIONAL MISSION ON USE OF BIOMASS 8. GUJARAT'S BANNI GRASSLANDS 9. PROTECTED PLANET REPORT 2020 10. NET ZERO BY 2050 11. THE CHIPKO MOVEMENT 12. SINGLE-USE PLASTIC 13. RED-EARED SLIDER TURTLE 14. MOORHEN YOGA MAT 15. GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND 16. ARCTIC SCIENCE MINISTERIAL (ASM3) 17. GLOBAL METHANE ASSESSMENT 18. ANAMALAI TIGER RESERVE 19. ASIATIC LIONS 20. NETWORK FOR GREENING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM (NGFS) 21. FIRE SAFETY IN INDIA 22. XYLOPHIS DEEPAKI 23. AFRICAN VIOLETS 24. GLOBAL ANNUAL TO DECADAL CLIMATE UPDATE 25. DEEP SEA FAUNAL DIVERSITY IN INDIA 26. INVASIVE SPECIES: WHITEFLY 27. GHARIAL HATCHLINGS 28. NATURE IN A GLOBALISED WORLD 29. COMMON CRANE 30. CORPSE FLOWER 31. DORIA’S FOAM NESTING TREEFROG 32. NEW BIG 5 33. DARWIN'S ARCH 34. ERIOPHYID MITE INFESTATION 35. ASIAN GRACILE SKINK 36. INDIAN PANGOLIN AND CHINESE PANGOLIN 37. COTTON PYGMY GOOSE 38. SMALL INDIAN CIVETS (VIVERRICULA INDICA) 39. EUPHAEA THOSEGHARENSIS AND EUPHAEA PSEUDODISPAR 40. BRYOCRUMIA MALABARICA 41. WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. IRON DOME AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM 2. INTEGRATED LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTRES (ILECS)

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