July 2020 Monthly Current Affairs Digest (CAD) with Pre-Bits Flash Liner

CONTENTS

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE 1. INDIA AND INDONESIA 2. INDIA-UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 3. INDIA-EUROPEAN UNION 4. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) 5. UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC) 6. INDIA AND THE USA SEP 7. INDIA’S SECOND VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW 8. WORLD POPULATION DAY 2020 9. NAGORNO-KARABAKH 10. MONGOLIAN KANJUR 11. OPEN SKY AGREEMENT 12. KUWAIT EXPATRIATE BILL 13. ISTANBUL CONVENTION 14. HAGIA SOPHIA 15. US’ TRINITY TEST 16. DHARMA CHAKRA DAY 17. ZARDOZI ART 18. THE MYSTICAL TRIANGLE- MAHESHWAR, MANDU & OMKARESHWAR

CONSTITUTION, POLITY AND GOVERNANCE 1. GOVERNOR’S SUMMONING POWER 2. REPORT ON SLAVERY 3. PRAGYATA: GUIDELINES ON DIGITAL EDUCATION 4. PROTESTING IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT: UN 5. MERGER UNDER THE TENTH SCHEDULE 6. CONTEMPT OF COURT 7. PRESIDENTIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT 8. TRIBUNAL, APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES RULES, 2020 9. ANTI-DEFECTION LAW 10. CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019 11. DELIMITATION IN NORTH-EAST ILLEGAL 12. INDIA’S POPULATION TREND 13. TANGAMS LANGUAGE 14. ELECTION COMMISSION 15. RABARI, BHARVAD AND CHARAN 16. STATE OF WORLD POPULATION REPORT, 2020 17. PLEA BARGAINING 18. SIDDI COMMUNITY

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1. 100% FDI IN AIR INDIA FOR NRIS 2. PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE (PLI) SCHEME 3. KAKRAPAR ATOMIC POWER PROJECT 4. STATE OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE WORLD 5. MEGA FOOD PARK (MFP) 6. GLOBAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX 2020 7. VALLARPADAM TERMINAL 8. ASEEM PORTAL 9. REWA SOLAR PROJECT 10. AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING 11. AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 12. NATIONAL LOGISTICS EFFICIENCY AND ADVANCEMENT PREDICTABILITY AND SAFETY ACT 13. SPECIAL LIQUIDITY SCHEME 14. ROUND-THE-CLOCK POWER SUPPLY 15. YUWAAH

DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1. ‘INTERPLANETARY CONTAMINATION’ ON MARS 2. ‘AIM-ICREST’ 3. WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 4. BIS-CARE APP 5. ORIGIN OF SMALLPOX 6. ASPIRE 7. ZYCOV-D 8. PNEUMONIA CONJUGATE VACCINE 9. ‘HOPE’ MARS MISSION 10. CORONAVIRUS AND T CELL 11. NEOWISE 12. ITOLIZUMAB 13. KUAIZHOU-11 14. DIGITAL INDIA ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT INNOVATE CHALLENGE 15. MEASLES AND RUBELLA 16. MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS GENETIC RESOURCES 17. LI PRODUCTION 18. G4 EA H1N1 19. WINTER DIESEL 20. ACCELERATE VIGYAN 21. KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTRE NETWORK (KRCNET) 22. 'MAUSAM' 23. LATENT VIRUS 24. DRUG DISCOVERY HACKATHON 2020 25. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER 26. NON-CALORIC NATURAL SWEETENER STEVIOSIDE 27. ELYMENTS APP 28. PANSEER TEST
29. LY6E AND PLPRO PROTEIN

ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY 1. KURMA APP 2. HALOARCHAEA’ MICROBES 3. AERIAL SEEDING TECHNIQUES 4. GLOBAL TIGER DAY 5. PIED CUCKOO BIRD 6. INDIAN BULLFROG 7. RAKSASA COCKROACH 8. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION (GI) TAG FOR BASMATI 9. KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK 10. RAISE INITIATIVE 11. MELGHAT TIGER RESERVE 12. REDUCTION OF DOLPHINS IN CHAMBAL RIVER 13. INDIA’S 2018 TIGER CENSUS 14. RANJIT SUB1, SWARNA SUB1 AND BAHADUR SUB1 15. ORCHID SPECIES 16. DEHING PATKAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 17. BON BIBI 18. OPHIOCORDYCEPS NUTANS 19. VIRTUAL MINISTERIAL ON CLIMATE ACTION 20. GOLDEN BIRDWING 21. BUBONIC PLAGUE 22. MOON IS MORE METALLIC 23. PRERAK DAUUR SAMMAN 24. UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY (UNU) REPORT 25. TILLARI CONSERVATION RESERVE AREA 26. ASSAM KEELBACK 27. GLOBBA ANDERSONII 28. STRIPED HAIRSTREAK AND ELUSIVE PRINCE 29. GREEN-AG PROJECT 30. KAZI 106F 31. BLACK PANTHER 32. DIGANTARA 33. GI TAG TO KASHMIR SAFFRON 34. FAULTS AT HIMALAYA 35. HIMALAYAN VIAGRA 36. VRIKSHAROPAN ABHIYAN 37. LOCUST PLAGUE, UPSURGE AND OUTBREAK 38. SHIVALIK FOREST AS TIGER RESERVE 39. SAIGA, SASA KURILENSIS AND FUNGI SPECIES 40. NARCONDAM HORNBILL 41. SCARLET SKIMMER

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