IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-September 2022

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GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. MOHENJO DARO 2. VEDIC PLANETARIUM TEMPLE 3. HOW SUCCESSFUL WERE THE CHOLAS AS EMPIRE BUILDERS? 4. SITTANAVASAL 5. ABYSMAL STATE OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION 6. SURJAPURI AND BAJJIKA DIALECTS 7. MAHAKAL CORRIDOR 8. HINDI DIWAS 9. V. O. CHIDAMBARAM PILLAI 10. ARATTUPUZHA VELAYUDHA PANICKER 11. GLOBAL NETWORK OF LEARNING CITIES (GNLC) 12. CULTURAL EVENTS AT KARTAVYA PATH’S INAUGURATION 13. AMBEDKAR CIRCUIT 14. DARA SHIKOH 15. MARTAND SUN TEMPLE 16. SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE 17. JALDOOT APP 18. THE ‘STUBBORN ABNORMAL’ LA NINA CONDITIONS 19. ‘TRIPLE DIP’ LA NIÑA 20. ADVANCED DVORAK TECHNIQUE (ADT) 21. ONE WATER APPROACH

SOCIAL ISSUES 22. PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (PCA) ACT, 1960 23. TIBETAN DEMOCRACY DAY 24. 2021 GLOBAL ESTIMATES OF MODERN SLAVERY 25. THE CONSEQUENCES OF DECLINING FERTILITY ARE MANY 26. DOMESTIC DRUDGERY

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 27. ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR INDIA 28. SHOULD THE ECI INSIST ON INNER-PARTY ELECTIONS? 29. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND CONTROVERSIES 30. ELECTORAL BONDS SCHEME AND THE CHALLENGES 31. SOCIALIST AND SECULAR IN THE PREAMBLE 32. NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT 33. HOW UAPA TRIBUNAL WORKS? 34. SC RESERVES VERDICT ON EWS QUOTA 35. LIVE STREAMING OF SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS: THE RATIONALE AND THE CONCERNS 36. HOW ARE SC AND HC JUDGES APPOINTED? 37. SUPREME COURT TAKES UP CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT CHALLENGE 38. WHAT IS CONTEMPT OF COURT? 39. DEATH SENTENCE AND COURT’S APPROACH 40. ROAD SAFETY AND PEOPLE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS SEATBELTS 41. RULES FOR IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS 42. FROM LODHA TO RAMANA 43. FREEING THE CAGED PARROT 44. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT (ED) 45. KURMI COMMUNITY

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 46. NATIONAL LIST OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES 2022 47. PM SHRI SCHOOL SCHEME 48. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 2021 49. SUPREME COURT’S ABORTION RULING 50. CHILD MORTALITY 51. WOMEN IN ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY 52. GOVT’S FY19 HEALTH SPENDING DROPPED 53. CERVAVAC 54. INDIA DISCRIMINATION REPORT 55. STATE OF EDUCATION REPORT FOR INDIA 2022 56. WHAT AILS THE CURRENT APPROACH TO AYURVEDA? 57. THE GENDER SNAPSHOT 2022 58. WORLD’S HEALTHCARE FACILITIES 59. STUDENTSHIP PROGRAM FOR AYURVEDA RESEARCH KEN (SPARK) FOR AYURVEDA

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 60. INDIA AND BANGLADESH 61. INDIA-JAPAN 2+2 MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE 62. INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (IPEF) MINISTERIAL MEETING 63. BIMSTEC 64. EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM AND INDIA’S BALANCING ACT 65. ABRAHAM ACCORDS 66. CANADA AND THE KHALISTAN MOVEMENT 67. QIMINGXING-50 68. RUSSIA’S ‘STRATEGIC’ AND ‘TACTICAL’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS 69. COLOUR REVOLUTIONS 70. SUBPOENAS TO FORMER PRESIDENT OF US 71. ASIA-PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENT

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 72. WHAT IS KURKI ISSUE IN PUNJAB? 73. US STARTUP SETU 74. INDIA BECOME WORLD’S FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY 75. ASIAN PALM OIL ALLIANCE (APOA) 76. OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERCE 77. INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (ITPGRFA) 78. GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR INDUSTRY DECARBONIZATION (GAID) 79. PM-GKAY AND NFSA 80. FLEX FUEL TECHNOLOGY 81. NATIONAL LOGISTICS POLICY 82. PM PRANAM SCHEME 83. DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE RBI AND GOVT ON MONETARY POLICY 84. GOVERNMENTS ACROSS ASIA IMPLEMENTED EXPORT CURBS 85. LUMPI-PROVACIND 86. AGRITECH REPORT 2022 87. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 88. LIVESTOCK FARMING 89. THE COMPETITIVENESS ROADMAP FOR INDIA@100 90. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN RUPEE 91. INDIAN PORTS BILL 2022

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 92. NAVIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM 93. HANLE DARK SKY RESERVE 94. CARBON DATING 95. INDIAN TELECOMMUNICATION BILL, 2022 96. THE CRISPR TECHNOLOGY 97. WHAT IS A NASAL VACCINE? 98. UNDERSTANDING ESIMS 99. DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST (DART) MISSION

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 100. SIGNIFICANT DROP IN SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2) LEVELS IN INDIA 101. GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY ACTION FORUM 102. NIGHT SAFARI IN WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES 103. GREEN EVENTS TOOL (GET) 104. CHEETAH MITRAS 105. GREEN FINS HUB 106. CHEETAHS AND OTHERS: KNOW THE 7 BIG CATS 107. TOF INITIATIVE 108. TOMISTOMA 109. CHANGTHANG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 110. COASTAL REGULATION ZONE (CRZ) RULES 111. STOCKHOLM CONVENTION 112. RANIPUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 113. CARL-GUSTAF M4 114. CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF (CDS) 115. THE NEW NAVAL ENSIGN 116. INTERNATIONAL COUNTER RANSOMWARE INITIATIVE

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-IV ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE 117. CODE OF ETHICS FOR MEDIA 118. SOFT POLICING 119. CAN CIVIL SERVANTS EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON LAW, GOVERNANCE?

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