Civil Services Chronicle October 2023

1 The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

2 CAG Report on AB-PMJAY

3 Amitabh Kant Committee Report

4 Preserving the Amazon Rainforest: A Call to Action

1 ‘A-HELP’ Program

2 Hydroponics

3 Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDF)

4 Compulsorily Convertible Debentures (CCDs)

5 Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio (ICRR)

6 Public Tech Platform for Frictionless Credit

7 RBI Revises Guidelines for Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDF-NBFCs)

8 Surety Insurance Bond

9 RBI Launches UDGAM Portal

10 Floating Interest Rate

11 Bharat New Car Assessment Program

1 Advisory Board on Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF)

2 National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

3 Cauvery Water Dispute

4 National Media Campaign of Department of Land Resources

5 9th CPA India Region Conference

6 The Bhartiya Sakshya Bill, 2023

7 The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023

8 The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023

9 Centralized Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System Report

10 Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

11 Supreme Court unveils Handbook to Eliminate Gender Stereotypes

12 CAG’s Audit Report on Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN

13 Specific Aspects of Election Process and their Reform

1 India and Greece Elevate Ties to Strategic Partnership

2 G20 Trade and Investment Ministers’ Meeting

3 India and China Agree to Resolve LAC Issues

4 Trinidad and Tobago Join India Stack Collaboration

5 India and Vietnam Discuss Bilateral Trade Challenges

6 Cabinet Approves India-Suriname MoU on Medicines Cooperation

7 Russia Targets Ukrainian Grain Route along Danube

8 Iran and Saudi Arabia Hold Diplomatic Talks

9 African Union and European Union Respond to Niger's Military Coup

10 Ethiopia's Amhara Region Declares Emergency

11 Disputed Gas Field in Middle East Raises Regional Tensions

12 India's Growing Role in Murmansk's Arctic Cargo Traffic

1 Aditya-L1 Mission Successfully Launched

2 Perseid Meteor Shower Enchants Skywatchers

3 ISRO Rocket Debris Found on Australian Shores

4 Luna-25 Crashes on Moon

5 Defence Ministry Adopts OS "Maya" to Enhance Cybersecurity

6 India's First Indigenously Developed MRI Scanner

7 Acoustic Side Channel Attacks

8 Muon's Peculiar Wobble Hints at Physics Mystery

9 PM2.5 Linked to Antibiotic Resistance

10 Microplastics Detected in Human Hearts Raise Health Concerns

11 Global Summit Unites Traditional Medicine and Modern Science

12 New Lotus Variety with 108 Petals

1 India's Greenhouse Emissions Drop 33%

2 Yamuna River's Water Quality Shows Improvement

3 Japan Releases Nuclear Wastewater into Pacific Ocean

4 India's Tiger Population Distribution Raises Conservation Concerns

5 Italy Allocates Funds for Invasive Crab

6 Vaquita Porpoise Faces Crisis

7 India's Unique Birds: A Conservation Call

8 New Salamander Species Discovered in Manipur

9 Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low

10 Hawaii Devastated by Large-Scale Wildfires

11 Rising Waves Signal Climate Impact

12 Great Barrier Reef: Serious Threat Remains

13 Deterioration of Gulf of Eilat Coral Reefs

14 Climate Change Threatens Sacred Shaligrams in the Himalayas

15 Europe Grapples with Escalating Heatwaves

16 Rising Sea Levels and Climate Hazards Threaten Pacific Islands

17 NOAA Warns of Heightened Atlantic Hurricane Season

18 Marine Heat Wave Threatens Florida’s Coral Reefs

19 Hurricane Hilary Lands in US West Coast

20 China's "Sponge Cities" and Flood Vulnerability

21 CWC Launches 'Floodwatch' App for Advanced Flood Forecasting

1 Ram Nath Kovind

2 Tharman Shanmugaratnam

3 Rajiv Gauba

4 Sachin Tendulkar

5 Geetika Srivastava

6 Adille Sumariwalla

7 Jaya Verma Sinha

8 NV Ramana

9 Neelkanth Mishra

10 Justice Prakash Srivastava

11 Sanjay Kumar Agarwal

12 Subhasis Talapatra

13 Nisha Biswal

14 R Madhavan

15 Bindeshwar Pathak

16 Bikash Sinha

17 Dr. John Warnock

18 Mohammed Habib

19 Piloo Reporter

20 N Vittal

21 N Valarmathi

22 C. R. Rao

23 V. S. R. Arunachalam

24 Heath Streak

25 Mediterranean Sea

26 Ethiopia (Capital: Addis Ababa)

27 Niger (Capital: Niamey)

28 Red Sea

29 BRIGHT STAR-23

30 Tarang Shakti

31 MALABAR 2023

32 'The Grand Cross of the Order of Honour'

33 Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023

34 National Award For E-Governance 2023

35 Udyog Ratna Award

36 Important Days/Weeks/Month

1 India's Cultural Gifts to BRICS Leaders

2 Chikri Wood Craft from J&K receives GI Tag

3 Shinon Meeras Museum

4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

5 UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger

6 Yelagiri Hut Shelters

7 Mylara Cult

8 Seethakali Folk Art

9 Megalithic Hat Stones Unearthed in Kerala

10 Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society

11 Adopt a Heritage 2.0 Programme

12 Kashi Culture Pathway

13 One District One Product Wall

14 President Hailed Women Freedom Fighters

15 Mangri Orang (Malati Mem)

16 Anduri Utsav

17 Onam Festival

18 Abanindranath Tagore

19 Pulikkali (Tiger Dance)

1 Supreme Court Judgment on Inheritance

2 Self-respect Marriages

3 Justice Gita Mittal Committee

4 Legal Provisions Related to Abortion in India

5 Nikah Halala and Nikah Mut’ah

6 PM Vishwakarma Scheme

7 Mizoram Became First State to Launch ABDM Microsite in India

8 Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 5.0

9 Project AMBER

10 National Curriculum Framework

11 Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH)

12 Nutritional Supplementation Reduces Tuberculosis Incidence

13 Mental Health Care and its Management in Contemporary Times

14 Hmar Community

15 Lakhpati Didi Scheme

16 Direct Incentive Disbursement

17 Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan

18 Preeclampsia

19 Study In India (SII) Portal

20 Meo Muslims

21 MASI Portal

22 Scholarship Schemes for Minorities

Meghalaya

1 CM Solar Mission

Gujarat

1 ‘Sinh Suchna’ App

Kerala

1 Assembly Approves Resolution to Rename State as ‘Keralam’

2 Athidhi Portal

Karnataka

1 ‘Koosina Mane’ Creches

2 Number of Elephants goes up by 346 from Last Count

Goa

1 India's First Village Atlas

2 Knowledge Partnership

Tamil Nadu

1 South-East Asia’s Largest Desalination Plant

1 Info Bytes

1 Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM)

2 Health

3 Sweet Revolution

4 Vision for Industry

5 Leveraging Technology for Accessible Quality Education

6 Indian Economy: Historical Perspective

7 Atal Innovation Mission

8 Agriculture - A Journey From Shortage to Surplus

9 Nutrition

10 Food and Nutritional Security of Families

11 Nutrition Health and School Education

12 Food to Remove Nutritional Deficiencies

13 Millets (Future Foods)

14 World of Tigers

15 Self-reliant India: Infrastructure

16 Weather Forecast

1 Tele-Law 2.0

2 Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

3 Maritime State Development Council (MSDC)

4 Lokniti-CSDS

5 National Space Day

6 Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)

7 National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)

8 Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

9 PUShP Portal

10 Khelo India Centres

11 Gun Jumping

12 Matti Banana

13 Mushkbudji Rice

14 Government e-Marketplace (GeM)

15 Foreign Exchange Reserves

16 Rajmargyatra App

17 Multi-tracking Projects for Indian Railways

18 IFFCO Nano DAP

19 Cott-Ally App

20 Dibang Multipurpose Project

21 Fediverse

22 Cosmic Rays and Earth's Defence

23 WorldCoin

24 Ophidascaris robertsi

25 Agnibaan SOrTeD

26 Genetic Puzzle of Y Chromosome

27 Code Llama

28 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

29 QakBot Malware Network

30 Maisie’s Galaxy

31 Indian Cheetah Project Management

32 July 2023 Marks Hottest Month Ever Recorded

33 Elephant Population in Karnataka Reaches Record High

34 Plastic Overshoot Day

35 India's Pledge to Curb Crop Burning Pollution

36 India-Australia Mutual Recognition for Trusted Exporters

37 Arbitration Clause for Chabahar Port Dropped

38 "Duty to Consult" Security Pledge

39 Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency

40 Multinational Forces Practice Island Retake Drill

41 Triton Island

42 Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity Project (SL-UDI)

43 Pakistan Caretaker Government

1 India Smart Cities Awards Contest (ISAC) 2022

2 Reforms towards Digital Transformation & Customer Protection

3 Annual Capacity Building Plan for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Departments

4 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023

5 Number of Jan Dhan Accounts Crosses 50 Crore

6 Direct Incentive Disbursement Program

7 Investment Attractiveness of Indian States

8 North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)

9 Investor Education and Protection Fund

10 India Mandates Pharmaceutical Companies to Adopt Global Standards

1 Forward Looking Surveys

Indian History

1 Sufi & Bhakti Movement: Personalities

2 Buddhism: Major Sites, Stupas, Texts & Scholars

3 Early Medieval Dynasties

4 Ancient Indian Ports & Trade Centres

5 Ancient Indian Archaeological Sites

6 British Education System in India

Geography Of India

1 Drainage System of India

2 Factors Affecting Indian Monsoon

3 Major Wetlands of India

4 Production of Major Crops in India (Top Ranking States)

5 Mountain Vegetation of India

Indian Polity And Governance

1 Types of Bills

2 Types of Majority

3 Procedure for Constitutional Amendment

4 Parliamentary Form of Government

5 Powers of Governor

6 Powers & Jurisdiction of Supreme Court

7 Local Self-Governance

8 Motions in Parliament

9 Disqualification of Members of Parliament

Indian Economy

1 Functioning of RBI

2 Inflation

3 Debt Management in India

4 Bonds & Securities

5 Infrastructure Finance in India

6 India’s Fiscal Policy

Science & Technology

1 India’s Progress in Space Technology

2 Zoonotic Diseases

3 Applications of Artificial Intelligence

4 Applications of Rare Earth Metals

5 Important Technologies and Terminologies of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology

Ecology & Environment

1 Critically Endangered/Endangered Indian Species

2 Institutional Framework for Protection of Biodiversity in India

3 Climate Change: Global Initiatives

4 E-Waste Management in India

5 Air Quality Guidelines and Mechanisms
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