IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-October 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. LANGA-MANGANIYAR HERITAGE 2. KUDAVOLAI SYSTEM 3. KUSHINAGAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 4. MOUNT HARRIET 5. EAST ANTARCTICA AND WEDDELL SEA 6. NATIONAL WATER POLICY (NWP) 7. WATER COMMODIFICATION

SOCIAL ISSUES 1. MUNDAPOTA KELA TRIBE 2. SACRED PORTAL 3. SBM-U 2.0 AND AMRUT 2.0 4. A ‘BUBBLES OF TRUST’ APPROACH

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. REGISTERING A POLITICAL PARTY IN INDIA 2. ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER 3. TRANSFER OF HC JUDGES 4. KARNATAKA GAMBLING LAW 5. RELIGION, CONVERSION, IN ELIGIBILITY FOR SC QUOTA 6. SHOULD THE NDPS ACT BE AMENDED? 7. NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER (NPR) 8. INTERNAL DEMOCRACY IN POLITICAL PARTIES 9. REFORMING INDIA’S BUREAUCRACY 10. MAKING PARTIES CONSTITUTIONAL 11. FURLOUGH NOT PRISONER’S RIGHT: SC

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 1. AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MISSION 2. GLOBAL TB REPORT 2021 3. GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2021 4. GLOBAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX 2021 5. WHAT IS MOSQUIRIX VACCINE, THE 1ST MALARIA VACCINE 6. PM POSHAN SHAKTI NIRMAN SCHEME 7. DIGI SAKSHAM 8. MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2021 9. ONE HEALTH CONSORTIUM

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INDIA AND ASEAN 2. INDIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 3. INDIA AND RUSSIA 4. CHINA’S NEW LAND BORDER LAW 5. FATF'S JURISDICTIONS UNDER INCREASED MONITORING 6. INDIA INVITED TO BECOME FULL-TIME IEA MEMBER 7. CLEAN UP THE WORLD BANK AND IMF 8. WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) 9. NEW WORLD ORDER 10. U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. PALK BAY SCHEME 2. WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 3. WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT 2022 4. WHAT ARE FLOATING RATE BONDS? 5. GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY REPORT 2021 (GAP REPORT) 6. BANNI BUFFALO 7. PRAKRITIK KHETI KHUSHHAL YOJANA (PK3Y) 8. MAHARATNA STATUS TO POWER FINANCE CORPORATION 9. BPCL LAUNCHES AUTOMATED FUELLING TECHNOLOGY UFILL 10. KARUPPUR KALAMKARI PAINTINGS & KALLAKURICHI WOOD CARVINGS 11. UNITY SMALL FINANCE BANK 12. YELLOW LEAF DISEASE 13. NATIONAL DIGITAL LIVESTOCK MISSION (NDLM) 14. ALIBAUG WHITE ONION AND WADA KOLAM RICE 15. NUTRITIONAL SECURITY AND CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE 16. A GLOBAL PLAYER IN SOLAR POWER 17. COAL CRISIS 18. IMPROVING LIVESTOCK BREEDING 19. GEOSPATIAL ENERGY MAP OF INDIA 20. PM GATI SHAKTI MASTER PLAN 21. SMALL FINANCE BANKS (SFBS) 22. RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNTRY ATTRACTIVENESS 23. AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS 24. G-SEC ACQUISITION PROGRAMME (GSAP) 25. DATA REVOLUTION IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE 26. RIVER RANCHING PROGRAMME 27. REIMAGINING FOOD SYSTEMS 28. GI ECOSYSTEM 29. CAPITAL ACCOUNT CONVERTIBILITY 30. SKILL IMPACT BOND 31. TAX INSPECTORS WITHOUT BORDERS 32. CRISP-M TOOL 33. GREEN DAY AHEAD MARKET (GDAM) PORTAL 34. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY (GFS) INDEX 2021 35. THE CHANGING WEALTH OF NATIONS 2021

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. LUCY MISSION 2. NON-TRANSGENIC GENE EDITING TECHNIQUES 3. LINEAR NO-THRESHOLD MODEL 4. NOBEL PRIZES 2021 5. INDIAN SPACE ASSOCIATION (ISPA) 6. WHAT IS WHITE DWARF? 7. CREATING BIO-ENZYMES FROM KINNOW

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 1. SUNDARBANS EMITTED HIGHEST BLUE CARBON GLOBALLY 2. WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS: CARBON SINKS UNDER PRESSURE 3. CLIMATE VULNERABILITY INDEX (CVI) 4. WORLD METEOROLOGICAL CONGRESS 2021 5. UNEP PRODUCTION GAP REPORT 2021 6. CHIBZHANG CO AND DORSOIDONG CO LAKES 7. THREE NEW SPECIES OF FISH OF GENUS ABORICHTHYS 8. THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE 2021 9. WHAT IS ALLIUM NEGIANUM? 10. COP26 CLIMATE CONFERENCE 11. JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK 12. KUNMING DECLARATION 13. INDUSTRIAL DEEP DECARBONISATION INITIATIVE (IDDI) 14. MASS EMISSION STANDARDS FOR E12 AND E15 FUELS 15. ECOLOGICAL THREAT REPORT 2021 16. AMENDMENT TO FOREST CONSERVATION ACT (FCA) 1980 17. WHO'S STARK MESSAGE ON AIR QUALITY 18. INDIA’S NEWEST TIGER RESERVE IN CHHATTISGARH 19. HIGH AMBITION COALITION 20. ONE SUN ONE WORLD ONE GRID 21. PODU LAND ISSUE AND TELANGANA 22. MICRO SNAIL SPECIES 23. CARBON POLICY FOR AGRICULTURE 24. CENTRAL ASIAN FLYWAY (CAF) 25. RESTORING INDIA’S FADING GREEN COVER 26. ADI CASCADE FROG 27. GLOBAL CORAL REEF MONITORING NETWORK 28. GREENHOUSE GAS BULLETIN 29. 2021 STATE OF CLIMATE SERVICES 30. HOW TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO?

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 1. BSF POWERS AND JURISDICTION 2. AGNI 5 MISSILE 3. MISSION SAMUDRAYAN 4. COMMON VULNERABILITIES AND EXPOSURES 5. NATIONAL CYBER COORDINATION CENTRE 6. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

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