Civil Services Chronicle September 2024

1 ​Climate Finance Taxonomy: Mobilising Investments towards a Sustainable Future

2 ​Supreme Court’s Ruling on States’ Taxation of Mining Activities

3 ​India-Austria: Boosting Bilateral Partnership

1 ​Digital System for Fertiliser Subsidy Targeting

2 ​‘Agri SURE’ Fund: Promoting Innovation in Agriculture

3 ​Promotion of Natural Farming

4 ​Removal of Indexation Benefit

5 ​RBI Allows Foreign Currency Accounts in IFSC

6 ​PCA Framework for Urban Cooperative Banks

7 ​SEBI’s Uniform Charge Structure for Stockbrokers

8 ​World Bank Group Guarantee Platform

9 ​RBI’s Report on Currency and Finance

10 ​Critical Mineral Asset

11 ​India’s First Green Steel Initiative

1 ​9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog

2 ​Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN)

3 ​32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists

4 ​Initiatives to Promote Indian Languages

5 ​International Centre for Audit of Local Governance (iCAL)

6 New Advisory for Food and Health Sector Advertisements

7 Supreme Court’s Split Verdict on GM Mustard Crop

8 ​Balance Infrastructure Development & the Fundamental Right to Shelter: SC

9 ​Supreme Court Judgment on CIC’s Authority

10 ​Special Lok Adalat

1 ​India-Mauritius: EAM Visit Reinforces Ties

2 ​India and USA Sign 'Cultural Property Agreement’

3 ​India’s Bilateral Meetings at SCO Summit

4 ​Russia and China Counter US Criticism over Arctic Cooperation

5 ​China and the Philippines De-Escalate Tensions at Disputed South China Sea Shoal

6 ​ICJ Declares Israel's Occupation of Palestinian Territories Illegal

7 ​India Urges Action on Seafarer Abandonment at IMO

8 ​Bangladesh Joins Colombo Security Conclave

1 ​New Tool to Generate Infrared Star Catalogue for TMT

2 ​India Launches First Advanced Frigate 'Triput'

3 ​Indian Navy Certifies SEBEX 2: A Powerful New Explosive

4 ​DRDO Unveils ‘Zorawar’ Light Tank

5 ​DRDO Successfully Tests HEAT 'ABHYAS'

6 ​Asia's First Health Research-related Pre-Clinical Network Facility

7 ​Global Disruption in Microsoft Cloud Services

8 ​Centre of Excellence on “Classical and Quantum Communications for 6G”

9 ​World's First Hydrogen-powered Commercial Ferry

10 ​China Unveils World's First Dual-Tower Solar Thermal Plant

1 ​Rising Carbon Emissions from Arctic Wildfires

2 ​Impact of Climate Change on Education and Child Development

3 ​Potential Decline in Exploitable Fish Biomass

4 ​India’s New Plant & Animal Discoveries in 2023

5 ​New Shield-Tail Snake Species Discovered in Western Ghats

6 ​‘White Category’ Industries Could Be Exempt from Environmental Permits

7 ​UNESCO Warns of Severe Land Degradation

1 Captain Supreetha C.T

2 Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair

3 Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh

4 Roberta Metsola

5 Dr. George Matthew

6 Nita Ambani

7 Lieutenant Colonel Kabilan Sai Ashok

8 Nicolas Maduro

9 Jiya Rai

10 Keir Starmer

11 Vinay Mohan Kwatra

12 K.P. Sharma

13 Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

14 Gautam Gambhir

15 Elisa de Anda Madrazo

16 Rachel Reeves

17 Preeti Sudan

18 Kamala Pujari

19 M. S. Valiathan

20 John Robin Warren

21 Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson

22 Anshuman Gaekwad

23 Important Days

24 Davis Strait proto-microcontinent

25 KHAAN QUEST

26 Joint Sea 2024/Maritime Interaction 2024

27 Maitree 2024

28 Nomadic Elephant 2024

29 Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)

30 Supply Chain Council of IPEF

31 'Global IndiaAI Summit'

32 ICAE-2024

33 Gandhi Mandela Award 2020

34 Order of St. Andrew the Apostle

35 World Space Award

36 Olympic Order

37 Mesembrius bengalensis and M. quadrivittatus

38 Squalus hima

39 Uropeltis caudomaculata

1 ​Charaideo Moidams Included in World Heritage Sites List

2 ​Kharchi Puja

3 ​Vishnupad Temple and Mahabodhi Temple Corridor Projects

4 ​46th Session of the World Heritage Committee Meeting

5 ​Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum

6 ​World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2024

1 ​Divorced Muslim Women’s Maintenance Rights

2 ​Government Launches Revised Model Skill Loan Scheme

3 ​Women Entrepreneurship Program

4 ​Second Phase of KIRTI Programme Launched

5 ​Centre Halts Funding over PM SHRI Dispute

6 ​PARAKH: Recommendations to Standardise Evaluation Process

7 WHO Data on India’s Childhood Immunisation Coverage

Tamil Nadu

1 ​Classical and Quantum Communications for 6G

Assam

1 ​Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act, 1935

Meghalaya

1 ​OTT Platform Hello Meghalaya

Haryana

1 ​10 Per cent Quota for Agniveers

2 ​IT Saksham Yuva Scheme

Uttarakhand

1 ​eSwasthya Dham Portal

2 ​State’s First-Ever Bird Gallery

Himachal Pradesh

1 ​Himachal Cabinet Rationalizes Free Electricity Plan

Uttar Pradesh

1 ​‘Mitra Van’ Plantation Campaign

2 ​Ghar Ghar Solar Initiative

Maharashtra

1 ​Best Agriculture State Award for 2024

2 ​South Asia's Largest Flight TrainingOrganisation

Athletics

1 ​Summer Olympics 2024

Shooting

1 ​Manu Bhaker: First Indian Woman to win an Olympic Medal in Shooting

2 ​Olympic Bronze to Swapnil Kusale

Billiards

1 ​Asian Billiards Championship 2024

2 ​Pankaj Advani inducted into the Hall of Fame

Cricket

1 ​Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup 2024

Tennis

1 ​Wimbledon Tennis 2024

1 September 2024 Oneliner Current Affairs From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 ​Impact of Food Processing on Employment Generation and Skill Development

2 ​India’s Food Regulatory Landscape: Transitioning towards a Robust and Contemporary System

3 ​Export Potential and Global Competitiveness of Indian Processed Foods

4 ​The Coconut Craze

5 ​Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry

6 ​SUFLAM

7 ​Smart Food Processing in India: Innovations and Future Prospects

8 ​Making Lakhpati Didis: Multiple Livelihoods Show the Way

9 ​Cultivating Progress: Enhancing Innovations in Rural India

10 ​Adoption of Digital Technologies in Rural India

11 ​Rural India: Innovation for Inclusiveness

12 ​West Nile Fever

13 ​Origin of Life in the Universe

14 Revolutionising Aerospace: Wood Composites Elevate Aerospace Innovation

15 ​High Altitude Platform Vehicle Redefines Aerial Surveillance

16 ​The Power and Potential of Biomanufacturing

17 ​AI Revolutionising Drug Discovery: A Scientific Perspective

1 ​Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)

2 ​Bhusanket Web Portal

3 ​NIRMAN Portal

4 ​Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)

5 ​Asia’s First "Pre-clinical Network Facility"

6 ​E-Upahaar Portal

7 ​Greenium

8 ​RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index

9 ​National District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Portal

10 ​Angel Tax

11 ​Equalisation Levy

12 ​Steel Import Monitoring System 2.0 Portal

13 ​PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana

14 ​Panchamasali Lingayats

15 ​Right to be Forgotten

16 ​Chhatrapati Shivaji’s “Wagh Nakh”

17 Sangameswara Temple

18 ​Tell Umm Amer Heritage Site

19 ​India Gains Significant Forest Area

20 ​Horned Frog of Arunachal Pradesh

21 ​New Species of Flower Flies

22 ​Bannerghatta Biological Park

23 ​Squalus Hima

24 ​Snowblind Malware

25 ​Magnetofossils in Ladakh’s Rock Varnish

26 ​Dark Oxygen

27 ​'2011 MW1'

28 ​Apophis Asteroid

29 ​Romania, Bulgaria and Greece Sign Strategic Deal

30 ​Paraguay Joins ISA

31 ​UN Water Convention

32 ​EAM’s Visit to Qatar

1 ​Brown Dwarfs

2 ​Rogue Waves

3 Money Mules

4 ​Junk DNA

5 ​AI Washing

1 September 2024 Model Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

1 Budget Outlay of Ministry of Tribal Affairs Increased

2 ​Inclusive Human Resource Development and Social Justice

3 ​Purvodaya: Development of the Eastern Region

4 ​Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act

5 ​Labour-related Reforms

1 Thermal Power in India

2 Nuclear Power in India

1 ​Administrative Role of J&K Lieutenant Governor: Centre Amends Rules

2 ​Draft Rules to Operationalize Digital Bharat Nidhi

1 ​SDG India Index 2023-24

2 ​Electronics: Powering India’s Participation in Global Value Chains

3 ​India's G20 Task Force Report on Digital Public Infrastructure

4 ​The State of the World’s Forests, 2024

5 ​The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024

1 ​Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan

2 ​Centre Extends Smart Cities Mission until March 31, 2025

3 ​NITI Aayog Launches ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan’ Campaign

Budget 2024-25

1 ​Priority 1: Productivity and Resilience in Agriculture

2 ​Priority 2: Employment & Skilling

3 ​Priority 3: Inclusive Human Resource Development and Social Justice

4 ​Priority 4: Manufacturing & Services

5 ​Priority 5: Urban Development

6 ​Priority 6: Energy Security

7 ​Priority 7: Infrastructure

8 ​Priority 8: Innovation, Research & Development

9 ​Priority 9: Next Generation Reforms

10 ​Indirect Taxes (Sector specific Customs Duty Proposals)

11 ​Direct Taxes

PSCs Prelims Special

UPPSC

1 Economy of Uttar Pradesh

2 ​Agriculture

3 ​Industries in Uttar Pradesh

4 ​Census 2011 Data of Uttar Pradesh

5 ​Recent Policies of Uttar Pradesh

PYQ Solved Paper

1 Uttarakhand Combined State Civil/Upper Subordinate Services Examination-2024

Indian Heritage & Culture

General Studies Paper I

1 Urban Town Planning during IVC

2 Cave Architecture in India

3 Dravidian Art and Culture: Role of Chola Dynasty

4 Indo-Islamic Architecture’s contribution to India’s Cultural Heritage

5 Swadeshi Movement: Fostering a Sense of National Pride and Unity

6 Impact of Sufi Movement on Indian Society

7 Impact of Second World War on Indian Nationalism

Geography of the World

General Studies Paper I

1 Causes and Impact of Soil Erosion in India

2 Factors of Ocean Current Formations

3 Impact of El NINO and La NINA on India

4 Impact of Glacial Retreat on India’s Coastal Cities

5 Ecological Significance of Himalayan Biodiversity

6 Marine Cloud Brightening: Significance and Impacts

7 Inland Waterways Development in India: Challenges and Measures

8 Ensuring Sustainable Agriculture without Affecting Food Security

Society

General Studies Paper I

1 Globalization: Socio-Cultural Impact on Indian Society

2 Caste-based Census: Social Implications

3 Challenges and Implications of Communalism on Social Cohesion

4 Urbanization: A Double-edged Sword for Women

Constitution, Polity & Governance

General Studies Paper II

1 Financial Empowerment of PRIs: Measures and Challenges

2 Significance of DPSP in promoting Social Justice in India

3 Special Category States: Demand for Additional Finance

4 Discretionary Powers of Governors

5 Digitalization: A Game Changer for Local Governments

6 Fostering Decentralized Governance: Role of Sixth Schedule

7 India’s Criminal Law Overhaul: Impact on Criminal Justice System

Social Justice

General Studies Paper II

1 Bodily Autonomy vs. Foetal Rights

2 Mainstreaming Tribal Society: Challenges & Key Imperatives

3 India’s Ageing Population: Need for Inclusive Social Infrastructure

4 Menstrual Hygiene in Indian Prisons

International Relations

General Studies Paper II

1 Multi-Polar World: Opportunities & Challenges for India

2 IMEC: Strategic Significance for India & Implementation Hurdles

3 India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement: Significance & Implications

4 Colombo Process and India: Challenges of Labour Migration and Way Forward

5 India-Mauritius: Geo-Strategic and Geo-Economic Cooperation

Economic Development

General Studies Paper III

1 Strengthening MSMEs: Challenges & Opportunities

2 Need for Reforms in Agricultural Marketing

3 Reforming the PDS for Better Nutrition

4 Monetary Policy & Poverty Alleviation: Challenges and Suggestions

5 Public Debt Management: Challenges and Way Forward

6 India's Agri-Subsidy and WTO Norms

7 FRBM Act: Fiscal Prudence vs. Contingent Compulsions

8 Regulation of Pharma Sector in India

Bio–Diversity And Environment

General Studies Paper III

1 Dam Management and Water Security in India

2 Plastic Pollution in Indian Himalayan Region

3 Developing Climate Resilience in Indian Cities

4 Heat Waves: Causes, Effects and Impacts

5 India’s Current Achievements in Renewable Energy

Disaster Management

General Studies Paper III

1 ​Landslides in India: Causes & Mitigation Measures

2 Pathways to Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Security

General Studies Paper III

1 Role of Semiconductors in India's National Security

2 India’s Need for a Comprehensive National Security Strategy

Technology Development

General Studies Paper III

1 Cyber Attacks: Challenges to India’s Digitalization Boom

2 Role of Nanotechnology in Mitigating Effects of Climate Change

3 Deep-Ocean Exploration: India’s Progress & Challenges

4 India's Space Collaboration with other Countries: Advantages & Achievements

5 Ballistic Missile Defence System: India's Capabilities

Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

General Studies Paper IV

1 Impact of Probity in Governance on Administrative Effectiveness and Public Trust

2 AI in Decision Making: Impact on Administration

3 Ethical Issues and Challenges in Social Media

4 Moral Values and Ethical Leadership

5 Moral Relativism vs. Moral Universalism

6 Ethical Dimensions of Celebrity Endorsements

7 Bioethics and its Significance

8 Foundational Values of Civil Services: Measures to Ensure their Effectiveness

9 Relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s Moral Philosophy in Contemporary Society

10 Role of Impartiality and Non-Partisanship in Building Ethical Integrity of Public Service

Survey

1 ​Chapter 1: State of the Economy – Steady as She Goes

2 ​Chapter 2: Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation- Stability is the Watchword

3 ​Chapter 3: Prices and Inflation - Under Control

4 ​Chapter 4: External Sector - Stability amid Plenty

5 ​Chapter 5: Medium-Term Outlook – A Growth Strategy for New India

6 ​Chapter 6: Climate Change and Energy Transition: Dealing with Trade-Offs

7 ​Chapter 7: Social Sector - Benefits that Empower

8 ​Chapter 8: Employment and Skill Development: Towards Quality

9 ​Chapter 9: Agriculture and Food Management – Plenty of Upside Left If We Get It Right

10 ​Chapter 10: Industry - Small and Medium Matters

11 ​Chapter 11: Services - Fuelling Growth Opportunities

12 ​Chapter 12: Infrastructure – Lifting Potential Growth

13 ​Chapter 13: Climate Change and India: Why We Must Look at the Problem through Our Lens
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