TABLE OF CONTENTS National & International Issues 1. What is H-4 visa? Why are spouses of Indian H1-B visa holders worried? 2. National Policy and Action Plan 3. HARIMAU SHAKTI 4. India hosted India-Wiesbaden Conference 5. At home and in exile 6. e-Foreigners Regional Registration Office 7. India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) Trilateral Highway 8. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 9. Foal Eagle 10. Peace Mission exercises 11. Chemical Warfare 12. India to ally with china on ‘Asian Premium’ 13. Innovate in India for Inclusiveness Project 14. Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) – 2018 Economic, Social & Government Schemes 1. Uday Kotak Committee 2. Public Credit Registry 3. National Council on Nutrition & National Nutrition Mission 4. World Development Report 2019 5. Development impact bonds in India 6. Social impact bond 7. Atal Jyoti Yojana 8. Bureau of Indian Standards 9. Van Dhan Scheme 10. India’s ranking in press freedom falls to 138 11. What is the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018? 12. Diu Smart City 13. Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY) 14. Liberalised Remittance Scheme 15. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana 16. GST E-Way Bill System Came into Force 17. A digital initiative to promote ease of agricultural exports 18. Index of Economic Freedom 2018 19. Van Dhan Vikas Kendra 20. POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) 21. Exploration and Exploitation of Coal Bed Methane 22. Schemes for welfare of Women and Children 23. Rupashree Scheme 24. Delhi becomes first city to roll-out Euro VI fuel 25. The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2018 26. Integrated Scheme for School Education 27. Krishi Vigyan Kendras 28. SAKSHAM SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME 29. TRIFED 30. Electric and Hybrid Vehicles 31. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan scheme 32. RBI Switches Back to GDP Scale to Measure Economy 33. ‘Expression of Interest’ for first offshore wind energy project of 1000 MW capacity Political Issues 1. National Court of Appeal 2. How the current impeachment law for removal of judges was shaped 3. Scheduled Areas in respect of Rajasthan 4. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 5. Types of questions in Parliament 6. Minorities’ commission to seek constitutional status 7. How is the Chief Justice of India impeached? 8. Reviewing the Contempt of Courts Act 9. Minority institutions panel gets court relief 10. Right to Convert is a Fundamental Right 11. Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018 12. Right to marry 13. National Medical Commission Bill 14. Death penalty proposed for rape of boys under 12 too 15. Cabinet approves death for rape of girls under 12 years 16. SC notice to govt. on petition to outlaw Section 377 17. Aadhaar does not record caste or race, says SC judge 18. Make BCCI a Public Body: Law Panel 19. Simultaneous Elections 20. Election Commission and Powers 21. Scheme of Electoral Bonds Science and Technological Issues 1. SOWA – RIGPA 2. GammaRay Astronomy PeV EnergieS phase-3 3. Iron Fertilization 4. Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty Scheme 5. What is ‘kissing disease’? 6. What are neutrinos and how are they detected? 7. Novel device to rescue humans trapped in rubble 8. 3-D map of Milky Way shows 1.7 bn stars 9. IIT-Delhi launches first 5G radio lab 10. New type of antibiotics to fight drug resistance 11. I-STEM 12. Over-the-counter sales of 14 steroids creams stopped 13. The best from the Science Journals 14. Novel technique to detect paraffin oil contamination in coconut oil 15. A potent molecule to treat chikungunya 16. A new biological ‘switch’
Environment, Ecology & Geographical Issues 1. Ganga Gram Yojana 2. Projects to save threatended species 3. Planet darker than charcoal discovered 4. Plants butterflies 5. Bacteria help remove sulphur from fossil fuels 6. Banyan fig 7. Maharashtra tops in air toxicity 8. New frog species takes historical name of Goa 9. Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations 10. South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF) 11. Earth BioGenome Project 12. Mediterranean citrus under threat 13. National Bamboo Mission 14. Western Ghats reveal world’s smallest land fern 15. New system to measure air quality 16. ‘Exploding’ ants discovered on Borneo 17. Kailadevi tiger births a pointer to space crunch 18. UK joined International Solar Alliance 19. Ganga Gram Yojana 20. Projects to save threatended species 21. Planet darker than charcoal discovered 22. Plants butterflies 23. Bacteria help remove sulphur from fossil fuels 24. Banyan fig 25. Maharashtra tops in air toxicity 26. New frog species takes historical name of Goa 27. Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations 28. South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF) 29. Earth BioGenome Project 30. Mediterranean citrus under threat 31. National Bamboo Mission 32. Western Ghats reveal world’s smallest land fern 33. New system to measure air quality 34. ‘Exploding’ ants discovered on Borneo 35. Kailadevi tiger births a pointer to space crunch 36. UK joined International Solar Alliance 37. National Clean Air Programme 38. Himalayan yak facing threat of climate change 39. New technique developed to monitor coastal landforms 40. World’s first microfactory to help tackle e-waste hazard 41. Indian Blackbuck 42. Turtle with punk hairdo on endangered species list 43. National Forest Policy-2018 44. Project Dhoop 45. Hubble Uncovers the Farthest Star Ever Seen 46. Jaw fossil 47. What is the Carolina Reaper and how hot is it on the Scoville scale? 48. North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study 49. Fimbristylis agasthyamalaensis 50. List of Rare and Endangered Indian Plants 51. Blackbuck: The epitome of grace 52. Rare bird sighted in Coimbatore 53. List of Rare and Endangered Indian Plants 54. Blackbuck: The epitome of grace 55. Rare bird sighted in Coimbatore 56. Lake Victoria species under threat: report 57. The risks in fracking 58. Stubble burning 59. World Bank fillip for natural resources of Meghalaya 60. Govt. Bans imports of hormone oxytocin 61. Restructured Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Miscellaneous Issues 1. Pre-historic rock art site unearthed in Guntur 2. Adilabad Dokra and Warangal Durries get GI tag 3. Srirangam after Ramanuja 4. Gangaikondacholapuram, bustling capital 5. Rediscover Champaner 6. What is green lumber fallacy in logic? 7. Megalithic burial site in a state of neglect 8. Rare dance panel of Nayak period 9. ISRO’s IRNSS-1I satellite 10. India is world’s second largest mobile phone producer 11. Kalamkari art 12. Mars landing 13. World Heritage Site 14. Adopt a Heritage Project 15. Konark Sun temple dedicated to nation 16. Tejas 17. Bakarwals