IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-October 2022

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. WHAT IS NAVAYANA BUDDHISM? 2. KHANGKHUI CAVE 3. PADMANABHAPURAM PALACE 4. COINAGE DATES BACK TO KUSHANS 5. MAHAKAL TEMPLE IN UJJAIN 6. UNESCO LISTS 50 ICONIC INDIAN TEXTILES 7. NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2022 8. THE CHOLA DYNASTY 9. ASI’S RECENT FINDINGS IN BANDHAVGARH TIGER RESERVE 10. SCORCHED EARTH TACTICS 11. JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN 12. HURRICANES STORM SURGE 13. ENCELADUS OCEANS 14. PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN INDIA 2022

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. GLOBAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX 2022 2. POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY 2022 3. ABORTION RIGHTS NOT LIMITED TO ‘CIS-GENDER WOMEN 4. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION OUTLOOK 2022 5. BLACK MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION IN INDIA

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. ONE NATION ONE UNIFORM FOR POLICE 2. SCHEDULED CASTE (SC) STATUS TO CONVERTED DALITS 3. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA (CCI) 4. 27TH CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS (CGA) 5. PRINCIPLE OF SENIORITY AND COLLEGIUM SYSTEM IN JUDICIARY 6. WHAT IS A SPLIT VERDICT? 7. APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF JUDGES IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS 8. CONSTITUTION BENCH 9. CENTRE AND INTER-STATE RIVER DISPUTES 10. UNIFORM CIVIL CODE 11. NEWS BROADCASTING & DIGITAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY (NBDSA) 12. FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT (FCRA) 13. IPC SEC 295A 14. GENERAL CONSENT FOR CBI 15. CAN GOVERNOR DISMISS A STATE MINISTER? 16. PASMANDA MUSLIMS 17. WHAT IS PAROLE? 18. COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGE 19. EC AND PARTY SYMBOL 20. HOW IS INDIA’S TOP JUDGE CHOSEN? 21. G BALAKRISHNAN COMMISSION 22. PM-DEVINE 23. PARLIAMENT COMMITTEES 24. THE MEDIATION BILL, 2021

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. ONE HEALTH JOINT ACTION PLAN 2. TELE-MANAS 3. GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX (GHI) 2022 4. GLOBAL TB REPORT 2022 5. NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK (NCF) 6. LANCET COUNTDOWN ON HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE 7. ADDERALL 8. LAWS REGULATE SURROGACY IN INDIA 9. NATIONAL CREDITS FRAMEWORK (NCRF) 10. THE GAMBIA DEATHS AND THE TOXIC COUGH SYRUPS 11. ABORTION RIGHTS

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA-CHINA BORDER DISPUTE 2. INDIA-US TIES 3. 7TH ASEAN-INDIA MINISTERIAL MEETING 4. JUST ENERGY TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP (JETP) 5. GILGIT-BALTISTAN 6. 2ND INDIA-AFRICA DEFENCE DIALOGUE 7. SRILANKA AND UNHC 8. IRAN’S MINORITY KURDS 9. 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF INTERPOL 10. RED NOTICE OF INTERPOL 11. 5TH ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE 12. 7TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF AIIB 13. PAKISTAN IS OFF FATF’S GREY LIST 14. G20 RELIGION FORUM 15. ISRAEL AND LEBANON 16. DIGITAL SERVICES ACT (DSA) 17. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 18. OPEC+ 19. TURKEY’S ‘DISINFORMATION LAW’ 20. IS JERUSALEM RECOGNISED AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL?

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME FOR START-UPS 2. DIGITAL BANKING UNITS 3. INDIA’S FIRST SOLAR-POWERED VILLAGE 4. AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION (AEOI) 5. GLOBAL TAX REPORTING FRAMEWORK FOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES 6. ASIA'S LARGEST CBG PLANT IN SANGRUR 7. 51 PRODUCTS GET GI TAG 8. BAN ON GLYPHOSATE 9. WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK (WEO) 2022 10. MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE (MPC) 11. NHAI INVIT 12. NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE SERVICES LIMITED (NESL) 13. PILOT LAUNCHES OF E-RUPEE 14. KISAN CREDIT CARD (KCC)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2022 2. MEDICINAL FUNGI 3. VYOMMITRA 4. SODIUM ON THE MOON’S SURFACE 5. NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS 2022 6. NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 2022 7. NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE 2022 8. BROCCOLI GAS 9. LAUNCH VEHICLE MARK 3 (LVM3) 10. NEXT-GEN LAUNCH VEHICLE (NGLV) 11. DMH-11 TRANSGENIC HYBRID MUSTARD 12. CHANDRAYAAN-3 (C-3) 13. BRAIN FOG 14. PASSKEYS ARE A SAFER ALTERNATIVE 15. SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM ST313 16. DRAFT TELECOMMUNICATION BILL 2022 17. MARIAN MOONS EXPLORATION (MMX) MISSION 18. DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS 19. EARTH SURFACE MINERAL DUST INVESTIGATION (EMIT) 20. TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENTS (TDES) 21. WOLF-RAYET 140 22. NASA’S DRAGONFLY ROTORCRAFT 23. ADVANCED SPACE-BASED SOLAR OBSERVATORY (ASO-S) 24. MENGTIAN MODULE 25. THE AMENDMENTS TO THE IT RULES, 2021 26. GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND THEIR REGULATION IN INDIA

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 1. MISSION LIFE 2. LIVING PLANET REPORT 2022 3. EMISSIONS GAP REPORT 2022 OF UNEP 4. NORTH EAST INDIA AND COMMUNITY RESERVES 5. CO-FIRING OF BIOMASS 6. KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII 7. KADAVUR SLENDER LORIS SANCTUARY 8. SLOTH BEAR 9. BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION FOR TWO NEW INDIAN BEACHES 10. HYDERABAD WINS WORLD GREEN CITY AWARD 2022 11. PONGAMIA PINNATA 12. CLIMATE TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2022 13. SAVING THE VULTURES OF TAMIL NADU 14. UNDERSTANDING GM MUSTARD 15. LEGAL RIGHTS TO NATURAL ENTITIES 16. GRADED RESPONSE ACTION PLAN (GRAP) 17. THE COLDEST YEAR OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVES 18. ANIMAL ADOPTION SCHEME 19. GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS) 20. 2022 FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT 21. GREENHOUSE GAS BULLETIN 22. MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY IN FORESTRY REPORT

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. MISSION DEFSPACE 2. C295 AIRCRAFT 3. LIGHT COMBAT HELICOPTER (LCH)- “PRACHANDA” 4. MILITARY EXERCISES 5. SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE (SLBM) 6. SILVER TRUMPET AND TRUMPET BANNER 7. HAWK AIR DEFENCE EQUIPMENT 8. DIRTY BOMBS 9. HAWK INTERCEPTOR MISSILES 10. SIPRI REPORT 11. CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-IV ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE 1. THE FOOT SOLDIERS OF GOVERNANCE — DISTRICT MAGISTRATES (DMS) 2. MISSION KARMYOGI: AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICES 3. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI

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