IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-May 2022

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GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. NEW FINDINGS AT HARAPPAN SITE 2. BHOJSHALA 3. QUTUB MINAR 4. LORD JAGANNATH TEMPLE 5. CARBON DATING OF EXCAVATED FINDS IN TAMIL NADU 6. SHER-I-KASHMIR MEDAL 7. HARMONIUM IN SIKH RELIGIOUS 8. TRADITION 9. THE HISTORY OF SAINT-TROPEZ 10. VADNAGAR’S TIES WITH BUDDHISM 11. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF LUMBINI 12. PURI HERITAGE CORRIDOR PROJECT 13. PASHTUN SIKH COMMUNITY 14. INQUILAB ZINDABAD 15. RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 16. HAFLONG HINDI 17. MARTAND SUN TEMPLE 18. PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN 19. PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT 20. SOKHDA SWAMINARAYAN SECT 21. INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 22. DROUGHT IN NUMBERS 2022 REPORT 23. SAGITTARIUS A (SGRA) BLACK HOLE 24. WHAT DOES THE “ONSET OF MONSOON” MEAN? 25. URBAN HEAT ISLAND 26. SUPER CYCLONES IN INDIA 27. THE SCIENCE BEHIND TWIN CYCLONES

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN INDIA 2. INDIA’S POPULATION REMAINS YOUNG 3. HATTI COMMUNITY 4. EMPOWERING INDIA’S WOMEN 5. HOW POVERTY IN RURAL INDIA CAME DOWN 6. THE CHILD ONLINE SAFETY TOOLKIT 7. GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES (GRFC)

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. SUPREME COURT FREES PERARIVALAN 2. CITIZENSHIP RULES IN INDIA 3. ARTICLE 142 OF THE CONSTITUTION 4. REHABILITATION MEASURES IN RESPECT OF SEX WORKERS 5. WHAT IS THE LAW ON MARITAL RAPE? 6. WHAT IS FCRA LAW RELATED TO NGO FUNDING ? 7. WHAT IS THE SEDITION LAW? 8. PULITZER PRIZE 2022 9. THE DEBATE ON THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE 10. INDIA’S SEDITION LAW 11. SECTION 124A OF THE IPC 12. WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX 2022 13. CONDUCT OF SENIOR GOVT. OFFICERS 14. PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA (URBAN) 15. THE COOLING-OFF PERIOD 16. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS’ CLUB (FCC) AND INDIAN WOMEN’S PRESS CORPS (IWPC) 17. RULES FOR INTER-STATE ARREST 18. THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION OF J&K 19. SECURING YOUR AADHAAR DATA 20. INTER-STATE COUNCIL 21. DIVERSE LANGUAGES OF NORTHEAST INDIA 22. DIGITIZATION AND DELIVERY OF JUSTICE 23. HOW TO MAKE A UNIFORM CIVIL CODE 24. TUSSLE BETWEEN DELHI AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 25. HOW ARE SUPREME COURT JUDGES APPOINTED IN INDIA? 26. THE CLOGGED STATE OF THE INDIAN JUDICIARY 27. MARITAL RAPE IN INDIA 28. THE MPLAD SCHEME AND HOW IT WORKS 29. OBC RESERVATION ACROSS INDIA 30. PARDON AND REMISSION 31. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL (CAT) 32. UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 33. ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN ELECTION AUTHORITIES (AAEA) 34. NATIONAL DATA AND ANALYTICS PLATFORM 35. REGISTERED UNRECOGNISED POLITICAL PARTIES (RUPPS)

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) 2. MONKEYPOX 3. WHAT IS TOMATO FLU? 4. WEST NILE VIRUS 5. NATIONAL FACILITY FOR GENE FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE (NFGFHD) 6. WHO ARE ASHA WORKERS? 7. RETINOBLASTOMA 8. WILD POLIOVIRUS 9. RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV)
10. NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY (NFHS-5) 11. ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 12. INDIA’S HYPERTENSION CHALLENGE 13. ORAL TREATMENT FOR DIABETES 14. THE ANABOLIC STEROIDS 15. MENTHOL CIGARETTES 16. NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SURVEY 2021 17. DECOLONISING SCIENCE IN INDIAN EDUCATION 18. TO TACKLE COVID, LESSONS FROM FLOOD PREPAREDNESS 19. UNICEF REPORT ON MALNUTRITION 20. INDIA’S OTHER COVID VACCINES 21. INDIA’S RICE FORTIFICATION PLAN 22. PORCINE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS 23. GLOBAL REPORT ON ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND EUROPE 2. INDIA AND FRANCE 3. INDIA AND GERMANY 4. QUAD SUMMIT AND INDIA’S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ART FORMS 5. NORTHEAST INDIA AND BANGLADESH 6. INFORMATION FUSION CENTRE-INDIAN OCEAN REGION (IFC-IOR) 7. INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (IPEF) 8. THE GREAT REPLACEMENT 9. RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR AND FOOD CRISIS 10. WHAT IS ONE CHINA POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES? 11. NATO EXPANSION AND RUSSIA 12. WHAT IS THE ‘TERMINATOR’? 13. GIANT KARST SINKHOLE IN CHINA 14. GLOBAL SECURITY INITIATIVE 15. TRANSNISTRIA 16. NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT 17. U.N. PEACEKEEPING MISSION 18. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW FORUM (IMRF) 19. MACOLIN CONVENTION

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. STATES HAVE EQUAL POWERS TO MAKE GST RELATED LAWS 2. SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) 3. NATIONAL BIOFUEL POLICY-2018 4. STABILITY OF CRYPTO ASSETS 5. THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF RISING INFLATION 6. WHAT DOES EXCHANGE RATE SIGNIFY? 7. WHAT IS GREEN MANURE? 8. WHAT IS FRONT RUNNING? 9. HIKE IN INTEREST RATES 10. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES 11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 12. EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETFS) AND INDEX FUNDS 13. STORAGE GAIN IN WHEAT 14. SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS 15. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING 16. THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE 17. THE CSIR-AROMA MISSION 18. BREED-WISE REPORT ON LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 19. BRAKE ON SUGAR EXPORT 20. DATA EMPOWERMENT PROTECTION ARCHITECTURE (DEPA) 21. UN-ENERGY PLAN OF ACTION TOWARDS 2025 22. FOSTERING EFFECTIVE ENERGY TRANSITION 2022 23. ECONOMIC TERMS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) 2. PROJECT WARDEC 3. CAPSTONE MISSION OF NASA 4. AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS 5. MRNA AND RNA GRANULES 6. WHAT IS INSACOG? 7. WHAT IS SHIGELLA? 8. WHAT ARE HYPERACCUMULATOR PLANTS? 9. FROM 1G TO 5G 10. RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION 11. MONK SKIN TONE SCALE 12. WHAT IS SPACE DEBRIS? 13. ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE 14. SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE (SAAS) 15. W BOSON 16. THE RISE OF AI CHIPS 17. ISRO’S THREE MAJOR MISSIONS IN 2022 18. GLOBAL DECLARATION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET 19. AIM-PRIME PLAYBOOK 20. SCIENTIFIC SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (SSR)

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. FIRST MOVERS COALITION 2. STOCKHOLM+50 3. SEOUL FOREST DECLARATION 4. BIOLUMINESCENCE OF FIREFLIES 5. LION-TAILED MACAQUE 6. THE HASDEO ARAND FOREST 7. COMMUNITY FOREST RESOURCE 8. LANCET COMMISSION REPORT ON AIR POLLUTION 9. FOREST FIRES 10. ECOLOGICAL STRESS 11. GLOBAL PLASTIC ACTION PARTNERSHIP 12. TOBACCO IMPACTS ENVIRONMENT 13. PEOPLE’S BIODIVERSITY REGISTER (PBR) 14. STATE OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE 2021 15. NIOKOLO KOBA NATIONAL PARK (NKNP) 16. THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S BIRDS 17. DAM REMOVAL PROGRESS REPORT 18. NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOFUELS, 2018 19. BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 20. LANCET REPORT ON INDIA’S POLLUTION 21. THE HEAT WAVE CONUNDRUM 22. DIMA HASAO 23. GREEN HYDROGEN 24. NATIONAL MONUMENT TAG TO ANANG TAL 25. STATE OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS 2022 26. GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT 27. ALLIANCE OF CEO CLIMATE ACTION LEADERS INDIA 28. COP15 OF UNCCD 29. SELA MACAQUE 30. MONEY SPIDER, ANT-MIMICKING SPIDER

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. PROTECTED MOBILITY VEHICLES 2. NAVAL ANTI-SHIP MISSILE (SHORT RANGE) 3. THE GOOD COP

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-IV 1. FROM BABUS TO CIVIL SERVANTS

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