IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-September 2021

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GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY 1. ‘SHANKHALIPI’ INSCRIPTIONS 2. NATIONAL MISSION ON CULTURAL MAPPING 3. BATTLE OF CHAMKAUR 4. BATTLE OF SARAGARHI 5. MEMORY OF THE WORLD (MOW) PROGRAMME 6. THAMIRABARANI CIVILIZATION 7. RAJA MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH 8. ATLANTIC NINO

SOCIAL ISSUES 9. REFORMS IN URBAN PLANNING CAPACITY IN INDIA 10. INDIA’S RELIGIOUS MIX

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE 11. SC INTRODUCES FASTER SYSTEM TO SEND RECORDS 12. PM CARES FUND 13. ANTI-DEFECTION LAW 14. UNDERSTANDING TRIBUNAL REFORMS 15. RIGHT TO GOVT. AID 16. CASTE CENSUS 17. JUDICIAL SELECTION 18. STATE AND TEMPLE 19. SPIRIT OF FEDERALISM 20. INDIA’S RESERVATION SYSTEM 21. APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES 22. DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE LOK SABHA

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES 23. NIPAH VIRUS IN KERALA 24. ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS 25. NATIONAL HEALTH ID 26. AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION (ABDM) 27. GLOBAL ROADMAP TO DEFEAT MENINGITIS BY 2030 28. DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 29. NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK (NCF) 30. HAVANA SYNDROME 31. FRONT-OF-PACK (FOP) LABELLING 32. EMPATHY THROUGH EDUCATION 33. GLUE GRANT SCHEME 34. STATE FOOD SAFETY INDEX (SFSI) 35. PM POSHAN SHAKTI NIRMAN SCHEME 36. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR DOG MEDIATED RABIES ELIMINATION

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 37. INDIA AND SRILANKA 38. INDIA AND CHINA 39. INDIA AND AUSTRALIA 40. INDIA AND GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 41. 21ST SCO SUMMIT 42. WHY THE SAARC MEETING WAS CANCELLED 43. REFORMING BRICS 44. RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE OF LOGISTICS AGREEMENT (RELOS) 45. H-1B VISAS 46. ILLICIT PROLIFERATION 47. RUCKUS OVER AUKUS 48. EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM (EEF)

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 49. MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE (MSP) 50. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 51. ELECTRONIC GOLD RECEIPT 52. NATIONAL EXPORT INSURANCE ACCOUNT (NEIA) 53. SERVICE EXPORTS FROM INDIA SCHEME 54. STABLECOINS CRYPTOCURRENCY 55. HATHEI CHILLI AND TAMENGLONG ORANGE 56. SPIN SCHEME LAUNCHED BY KVIC 57. NATIONAL ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED (NARCL) 58. TRANSPORT AND MARKETING ASSISTANCE SCHEME 59. T+1 SETTLEMENT SYSTEM 60. RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE (REC) 61. ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD 62. CROP VARIETIES WITH SPECIAL TRAITS 63. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA 64. INTERNATIONAL HYDROPOWER ASSOCIATION (IHA) 65. “UNIFORM” PARAMETERS FOR FORTIFIED RICE KERNELS (FRK) 66. END OF THE DOING BUSINESS RANKINGS 67. E-SHRAM PORTAL 68. ACCOUNT AGGREGATOR NETWORK 69. INDIA’S FOOD SYSTEMS 70. GREEN HYDROGEN 71. FOCUS ON HUMAN CAPITAL 72. MANDA BUFFALO 73. SHOONYA CAMPAIGN 74. PRIVATISING INDIA’S RAIL NETWORK

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 75. GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2021 76. WHAT IS A POLLEN CALENDAR? 77. INSPIRATION4 SPACEX MISSION 78. DARK ENERGY 79. MULTIUSE POLYMER SHEETS 80. PLANET NINE 81. WHAT IS A SOLAR STORM? 82. VIPER MISSION 83. LANDSAT 9 84. PRECISION-GUIDED STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT 85. PLANT DISCOVERIES 2020: BSI 86. ORIENTAL WHITE-BACKED VULTURES 87. SAFFRON REEDTAIL DAMSELFLY 88. WHO TIGHTENS GLOBAL AIR QUALITY NORMS 89. HUMBOLDT PENGUIN 90. BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION 91. INDIA'S 1ST EURO GREEN BOND 92. MURA-DRAVA-DANUBE BIOSPHERE RESERVE 93. CLIMATE ACTION AND FINANCE MOBILIZATION DIALOGUE (CAFMD) 94. ARCTIC ICE 95. CLIMATE CHANGE NARRATIVE 96. VISHNUONYX 97. SEA CUCUMBERS 98. BLACK TIGER AND PSEUDO-MELANISM 99. DUGONG CONSERVATION RESERVE 100. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF RIVERS 101. SPECIES OF DINOSAURS 102. BEHLER TURTLE CONSERVATION AWARD 103. LADAKH ADOPTS STATE ANIMAL AND BIRD 104. MUMBAI CLIMATE ACTION PLAN (MCAP) 105. SAND AND DUST STORMS 106. RAPTOR SPECIES 107. IUCN’S LATEST RED LIST 108. GROUNDSWELL REPORT OF WB

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL 109. CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF) 110. NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU 111. KARBI ANGLONG AGREEMENT

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