IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-November 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. POCHAMPALLY VILLAGE 2. SRINAGAR JOINS UNESCO NETWORK OF CREATIVE CITIES 3. KITTUR KARNATAKA 4. WHO WAS RANI GAIDINLIU 5. ADI SHANKARACHARYA 6. ALEXANDER AND CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA 7. PASUMPON MUTHURAMALINGA THEVAR 8. ONAKE OBAVVA 9. JANJATIYA GAURAV DIVAS 10. GURU NANAK DEV 11. ACROSS SCHEME 12. WHAT IS KAMO’OALEWA? 13. CENTURY-OLD TECHNIQUE OF SOIL-FREE CULTIVATION 14. KATOL L6 CHONDRITE METEORITE 15. EARTH’S FIRST LANDMASS EMERGED IN SINGHBHUM 16. EARTH’S FIRST MASS EXTINCTION

SOCIAL ISSUES 17. GLOBAL DRUG POLICY INDEX 2021 18. A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO END CHILD MARRIAGE 19. ILLEGAL TOBACCO TRADE

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II

CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 20. HOW AND WHEN MPS ARE SUSPENDED? 21. MYSURU DECLARATION 22. PRE-LEGISLATIVE CONSULTATION POLICY 23. HOW TO REPEAL A LAW 24. THE NEW NATIONAL WATER POLICY (NWP) 25. DUAL COMMAND SYSTEM OF POLICING 26. EWS RESERVATION 27. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL, 2019 28. GLOBAL STATE OF DEMOCRACY REPORT, 2021 29. TRANSFER OF JUDGES 30. PANCHAYATS (EXTENSION TO SCHEDULED AREAS) ACT 1996 31. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (CBI) 32. DIGITAL INDIA LAND RECORDS MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME (DILRMP) 33. ALL INDIA JUDICIAL SERVICE (AIJS) 34. PAROLE TO PRISONERS 35. NATIONAL COURTS OF APPEALS 36. PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE 37. KHASI INHERITANCE OF PROPERTY BILL 2021

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 38. MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME (MIS-C) 39. OBESITY INCREASES IN INDIA 40. NATIONAL FAMILY AND HEALTH SURVEY 5 41. NATIONAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX 2021 42. GLOBAL NUTRITION REPORT 2021 43. HEALTH CARE EQUITY IN URBAN INDIA 44. COVID-IMPACT ON DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY 45. NOROVIRUS 46. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER 47. OMICRON: A NEW VARIANT

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 48. INDIA AND US 49. INDIA AND PAKISTAN 50. INDIA AND SRILANKA 51. INDIA AND EURASIA 52. INDIA & UK 53. USA JOINS INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE 54. BASIC COUNTRIES 55. THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 56. EU AND INDO-PACIFIC 57. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) 58. WILL INDIA BE SANCTIONED FOR S-400 PURCHASE? 59. NAM @60 60. AUKUS AND INDO-PACIFIC 61. DELHI DECLARATION ON AFGHANISTAN

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 62. K-SHAPED RECOVERY 63. UNCITRAL MODEL 64. RBI LAUNCHES 1ST GLOBAL HACKATHON HARBINGER 2021 65. INDIA LAUNCHES E-AMRIT PORTAL ON EVS AT COP26 66. ACCOUNT AGGREGATOR NETWORK 67. DIGITAL AGRICULTURE 68. INFORMAL ECONOMY DOWN TO 15-20% FROM 52% 69. CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN INDIA 70. CO-OP SOCIETIES ARE NOT BANKS 71. CRYPTOCURRENCY AND REGULATION OF OFFICIAL DIGITAL CURRENCY BILL, 2021 72. REFORMING THE FERTILIZER SECTOR 73. TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF BAD LOANS 74. INDIA’S PRO-RICH, ANTI-POOR TAXATION POLICIES MUST CHANGE 75. SHALE OIL, AND ITS POTENTIAL IN INDIA 76. CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC) 77. RETAIL DIRECT SCHEME 78. MINERAL CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2021 79. LEADS INDEX 2021 80. MINISTRY OF ENERGY 81. NEW CUSTOMER-CENTRIC INITIATIVES OF RBI 82. IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING LANDRACES

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 83. RUSSIA LAUNCHED TUNDRA SATELLITE SYSTEM 84. MATOSINHOS MANIFESTO 85. DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST (DART) MISSION 86. DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR GM FOODS

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 87. INDIA SIGNS GLASGOW BREAKTHROUGH AGENDA 88. CRYPTOCARYA MUTHUVARIANA SPOTTED IN EDAMALAKKUDY 89. RISK-INFORMED EARLY ACTION PARTNERSHIP (REAP) 90. CLIMATE RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEMS INITIATIVE 91. 12 NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES 92. DECLARATION ON FORESTS AND LAND USE 93. GLASGOW CLIMATE PACT 94. KAISER-I-HIND 95. CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX 2022 96. COP26 ACTION AGENDA 97. GLOBAL METHANE PLEDGE 98. INDUS RIVER DOLPHIN 99. GANGES RIVER DOLPHINS 100. INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESILIENT ISLAND STATES (IRIS) 101. GREAT GREEN WALL (GGW) 102. SUSTAINABLE WELL-BEING 103. THE HEAVY LIFTING ON CLIMATE ACTION MUST BEGIN 104. INDIA AND RIGHT TO BURN FOSSIL FUELS 105. FISHING CAT 106. YAMUNA RIVER FROTHING 107. THE LONG ROAD TO NET ZERO 108. INDIA AND CLIMATE LAW 109. PANCHAMRITA STRATEGY 110. ROADKILL AND EXTINCTION RISK FOR LEOPARDS 111. GLOBAL RESILIENCE INDEX INITIATIVE (GRII) 112. SUSTAINABLE URBAN COOLING HANDBOOK

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 113. ADVANCED ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) SYSTEM SHAKTI 114. SUBMARINE STRENGTH OF INDIA 115. CREATING SAFE DIGITAL SPACES

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