Civil Services Chronicle February 2025

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Big Issue :- India-Kuwait Strategic Partnership A New Milestone in India’s Gulf Outreach - By Alok Singh

Issue Analysis :- Urban Wastewater Management India’s Approach, Challenges and the Way Ahead - By Ranjeet Shah

Spotlight :- Preventive Healthcare A National Priority of India to Ensure Health & Wellbeing - By Noopur Joshi

Current Affairs In Focus

1 Groundwater Contamination in India: An Emerging Challenge

2 India State of Forest Report 2023: Gains and Concerns

3 PwDs in India: Challenges and Empowerment Initiatives

Economy Watch

1 RBI Increases Collateral-Free Agricultural Loan Limit

2 Parliamentary Committee Report on Agriculture Distress

3 RBI Committee on FREE-AI

4 State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2024-25

5 55th Meeting of the GST Council

6 SEBI Widens Scope of Optional T+0 Rolling Settlement Cycle

7 Committee of Creditors

8 MuleHunter.AI: Combating the Issue of Mule Accounts

9 Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises, 2023-24

10 India-ADB Agreement under SMILE Program

11 First Report of Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas

India Watch

1 Impact Assessment Studies on Smart Cities Mission

2 Viksit Panchayat Karmayogi Initiative

3 Parliamentary Committee Raises Concerns over MGNREGA

4 CBIC’s Citizen-centric Initiative for Taxpayers

5 Amendment to the Conduct of Election Rules

6 SC Directions on Conservation of Scared Groves

7 Supreme Court Expands NIA’s Powers

8 SC Judgment on Temporary Employment in Government Institutions

9 SC on Misuse of Section 498A of IPC

World Watch

1 Sri Lankan President’s Visit to India

2 India and Liberia Hold First Foreign Office Talks

3 India-China Agree to Strengthen Border Ties

4 India-Armenia Talks on Trade and Connectivity

5 India-Russia 21st Inter-Governmental Defence Meeting

6 India Votes for UNGA Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire

7 India to Chair 68th UN Drug Commission

8 UN Adopts Historic Treaty to Combat Cybercrime

9 Bulgaria and Romania Get Full Membership in Schengen Zone

10 UK Officially Joins Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement

Science & Technology

1 Japan-India Collaboration on Space Debris Removal

2 CE20 Cryogenic Engine: ISRO Achieves Major Milestone

3 India’s Zorawar Light Tank Hits Major Milestone

4 Cellular-Level Map of Growing Foetal Brains

5 New Breakthrough in Haemophilia Treatment

6 Hybrid Aerogel for Gold Extraction from E-Waste

7 Kisan Kavach Suit

Ecology & Environment

1 Arctic Tundra Amplifying Global Warming

2 Ganges River Dolphin Tagged for the First Time

3 India Gets 57th Tiger Reserve

4 Nanoplastics Linked to Antibiotic Resistance Spread

5 Ken-Betwa River Linking National Project

6 Land Degradation Threatens Earth's Future: UN Report

News Notes

1 Sachin Tendulkar

2 Han Duck-soo

3 Kaamya Karthikeyan

4 Bhuvnesh Kumar

5 Vitul Kumar

6 V. Ramasubramanian

7 Justice Madan B Lokur

8 Justice GS Sandhawalia

9 Dr. R Chidambaram

10 Brigadier Amitabh Jha

11 Zakir Hussain Allarakha Qureshi

12 M. T. Vasudevan Nair

13 K.S. Manilal

14 Tulsi Gowda

15 Darshanam Mogilaiah

16 Jodhaiya Bai Baiga

17 Brigadier Raj Manchanda

18 Shyam Benegal

19 Hamida Bano

20 Kushang Dorjee Sherpa

21 Purushottam Upadhyay

22 Jimmy Carter

23 Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat

24 Harish Chandra Shukla

25 Bordoibam-Bilmukh Bird Sanctuary

26 Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary

27 Pangong Tso

28 Chhattisgarh

29 “Desert Knight”

30 SLINEX

31 Surya Kiran

32 World Ayurveda Congress

33 WAVES Summit

34 Vyas Samman 2024

35 'Champions of the Earth’ 2014

36 Tansen Samman

37 Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer

38 Sahitya Akademi Award 2024

39 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024

Art & Culture

1 First India Maritime Heritage Conclave 2024

2 Gujarat’s 'Gharchola' Craft gets GI Tag

3 Yuga Yugeen Bharat National Museum

4 Revitalising Kashmiri Papier-Mache Art

5 Jallikattu

6 Abathsahayeswarar Temple chosen for UNESCO Award

7 Hornbill Festival: Festival of Festivals

8 Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav

9 VIRAASAT 2024

Society Watch

1 Reservation cannot be on the Basis of Religion: SC

2 Ageing in India: Actionable Solutions

3 Impact of JJM on Women Empowerment in Rural Areas

4 HC directs Delhi Govt. to Implement PM-ABHIM Scheme

5 UDISE+ Report 2023-24

6 UGC’s Guidelines for RPL in Higher Education

7 Social Dialogue Report 2024

8 Bima Sakhi Yojana

State Watch

Uttar Pradesh

1 'Maha Kumbh Area'– A New District for 2025 Mela

2 Atal Yuva Maha Kumbh

Maharashtra

1 Prison Reforms Bill, 2024

Uttarakhand

1 Yoga Policy

Madhya Pradesh

1 Indore Airport Launches Green Waste Unit

2 Go-To Global Destination for 2025

Gujarat

1 Masali: India’s First Border Solar Village

Rajasthan

1 M-Sand Policy 2024

Assam

1 Assam International Skill Centre

Telangana

1 Mineral Auction Regime

Manipur

1 Nupi Lal Numit 2024

Sports In News

Athletics

1 38th National Games

Chess

1 World Chess Championship 2024

2 World Rapid Championship 2024

3 World Blitz Chess Championship 2024

Cricket

1 U-19 Women’s Asia Cup

2 U19 Men’s Asia Cup

Football

1 Santosh Trophy 2024-25

Sports Bits

1 Sports Bits

Info Bytes

1 February 2025 Oneliner Current Affairs From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

Govt. Magazines Exam Pointers

1 India’s Transformational Leap

2 Reaping India's Demographic Dividend

3 Vision and Roadmap for Science and Technology

4 India’s Emergence as a Hub of Knowledge and Technology

5 2024: The Year of India's Strategic Emergence

6 Making Indian Agriculture Future Ready

7 Government Initiatives on Climate Change

8 Milestones and Initiatives in Science and Technology

9 Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

10 Skilling India: Empowering the Workforce

11 Skilled Farmers: Bright Future of Agriculture

12 Skilling the Youth through Technology

13 Building a Skilled Workforce in Rural India

14 Stubble Burning: Effects and Alternative Solutions

15 Digital Arrest and Its Science

16 Gaganyaan Mission

17 Interceptor Missile

News Snippets

1 India Internet Governance Forum

2 Amrit Gyaan Kosh Portal

3 RuTAG 2.0

4 'Rashtraparv' Website & Mobile App

5 Henderson Doctrine

6 Variable Rate Repo Auction (VRR)

7 Trade Receivables Electronic Discounting System (TReDS)

8 Rajmarg Saathi

9 Khorlochhu Hydro Plant

10 NHAI Contractor Rating System

11 SVAGRIHA Rating

12 Birhor Tribe

13 Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Scheme

14 Durgadi Fort

15 Hanukkah

16 India and Portugal Strengthen Bilateral Ties

17 India & EU to Hold Strategic Foreign Policy Dialogue

18 India-Kuwait Joint Commission for Cooperation

19 India-UK 2+2 Foreign and Defence Dialogue

20 Indian Researchers use AI to Discover Anti-Ageing Molecules

21 Willow Chip: Google's Quantum Computing Breakthrough

22 Shockwave-based Syringe for Needle-Free, Painless Drug Delivery

23 GenCast AI Model Revolutionizes Weather Forecasting

24 ICJ Hearings on States’ Legal Obligations to Combat Climate Change

25 Lion-Tailed Macaque Faces Growing Threats

26 Sea Otters Help Restore Ecosystem Balance

Terms In Vogue

1 Lake Effect Snow

2 Dark Comets

3 AI Agents

4 Brain Rot

5 Athlete Biological Passports

6 Demerit Goods

Current Affairs MCQs

1 February 2025 Model Current Affairs based Prelims

Parliament Q & A

1 Digital Agriculture Mission

2 National Mission on Cultural Mapping and Roadmap (NMCMR)

3 Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA)

4 Steps Towards Decarbonisation in the Steel Sector

5 Schemes for Senior Citizens

Fact Sheet

1 India’s Global Trade Competitiveness

2 India’s Digital Revolution

Public Policy

1 Centre Ends No-Detention Policy for Classes 5 and 8

2 Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024

3 Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024

4 New Telecommunications Interception Rules, 2024

5 The Boilers Bill, 2024

6 The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024

7 The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024

Reports & Indices

1 SAFE Accommodation & Manufacturing Growth

2 India Skill Report, 2025

3 Global Status of Salt-Affected Soils

4 World Malaria Report, 2024

5 Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers

Welfare Schemes

1 SVAMITVA Scheme: Empowering Rural India

2 Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR-Based Pledge Financing

3 Jalvahak Scheme

Prelims Specials

Model Test Questions

Geography

1 UPSC Prelims 2025 Geography 200 Model MCQs

PSCs Prelims Special

RPSC- RAS

1 History of Rajasthan

2 The Revolt of 1857: Major Events in Rajasthan

3 Farmer Movements

4 Major Newspapers

5 Major Tribal Movements

6 Prajamandal Movements in Rajasthan

7 Noted Personalities

8 Art and Culture of Rajasthan

MPPSC

1 Constitutional System of Madhya Pradesh

2 Economy

3 Current Affairs

UPPSC

1 Uttar Pradesh Preliminary Exam Solved Paper Conducted by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission

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