Civil Services Chronicle October 2024

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Issue Analysis :- Debate over Lateral Entry into Civil Services - By Alok Singh

Big Issue :- Addressing Global Challenges :The Global South's Perspective - By Dr. Amarjeet Bhargava

Spotlight :- India-Poland Relations :The Leap towards Strategic Partnership - By Ranjeet Shah

Current Affairs In Focus

1 Indian Carbon Market: Fulfilling Obligations of Paris Agreement

2 SC Ruling on Sub-Classification of SCs & STs

3 India-Singapore: Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation

Economy Watch

1 Krishi-Decision Support System

2 AI-based National Pest Surveillance System

3 Implementation Challenges of the PM KUSUM Scheme

4 MoU to Enhance Cooperative Management in Fisheries

5 Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic)

6 Expansion of Agricultural Infrastructure Fund Scheme

7 Scheme for Trading and Settlement of Sovereign Green Bonds in IFSC

8 Unified Lending Interface

9 Yen Carry Trade

10 Foreign Exchange Management (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2024

11 Framework for Recognition of Self-Regulatory Organisations

12 Development of New Industrial Cities under NICDP

India Watch

1 23rd Law Commission

2 e-DRS Scheme

3 Comprehensive Guidelines for Handling Public Grievances

4 Stakeholder Consultation on Development of Cooperative Sector

5 Gender Budgeting

6 Rule 170 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules

7 National Conference of District Judiciary

8 CAG’s Report Subject to Scrutiny by Parliament: SC

9 SC Directions on Open Prisons

World Watch

1 India & US Sign Defence Agreements

2 Indian PM’s Visit to Kyiv Marks Diplomatic Shift

3 India-Malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

4 India-Japan "2+2" Dialogue

5 Political Turmoil in Bangladesh: Potential Impacts on India

6 Germany Joins US-Led UN Command in South Korea

7 UN Launches Multidimensional Vulnerability Index

8 UN Approves Draft of Global Cybercrime Treaty

Science & Technology

1 ISRO’s Third SSLV Launch: A Milestone for India's Space Program

2 New Satellite Tanager-1 to Track Greenhouse Gases

3 New Solar Cycle Prediction Method

4 Long-Range Glide Bomb "Gaurav"

5 Meghalaya’s Vaccine-Derived Polio Case

6 TENG-Powered Shoes for DRDO

7 CSIR Scientists Unveil Advanced Genome-Editing Tool

8 ‘LEAP’: Advanced Machine Learning Framework for the Semiconductor Industry

9 Carbon-Capturing Construction Material

Ecology & Environment

1 Antarctica’s Record Heatwave

2 Extreme Heatwaves and Rainfall Increase in India

3 India Adds Three New Ramsar Sites

4 Assam Records Mithun for the First Time

5 ZSI and Odisha Forest Department Tag Horseshoe Crabs

6 New Insect Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

7 Neelakurinji Added to IUCN Red List as ‘Vulnerable’

8 Microplastics Found in Human Brains: A Growing Concern

9 DRIPS Portal for Disaster Resilience

10 Global Flood Risk Predicted to Increase by 49%

News Notes

1 Shaktikanta Das

2 Fumio Kishida

3 Rekha Sharma

4 Sheikh Hasina

5 Shubhanshu Shukla and Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair

6 Jay Shah

7 Siddhartha Agarwal

8 Paetongtarn Shinawatra

9 Rahul Navin

10 Sanjeev Raina

11 Daljit Singh Chawdhary

12 Rajwinder Singh Bhatti

13 Lt General Vikas Lakhera

14 B Srinivasan

15 Parvathaneni Harish

16 Challa Sreenivasulu Setty

17 Satish Kumar

18 Sindhu Gangadharan

19 Rajesh Nambiar

20 M Suresh

21 Vinay Mohan Kwatra

22 Lalitha Nataraj

23 Praveena Rai

24 Babita Chauhan

25 Leonard Hayflick

26 Sundararajan Padmanabhan

27 Denzil Keelor

28 Wing Commander Kapil Singh

29 Rakesh Pal

30 Ram Narain Agarwal

31 Godawari Dutta

32 Shobhana Ranade

33 Chandrakant Sheth

34 Tsung-Dao Lee

35 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

36 Kunwar Natwar Singh

37 Manju Mehta

38 Utpalendu Chakrabarty

39 Makrand Mehta

40 Important Days/Weeks

41 Brunei

42 Ladakh

43 Australia

44 Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary

45 Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve

46 Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary and Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary

47 Tawa Reservoir

48 Comoros

49 Manyachiwadi

50 Sedongpu Gully

51 Udara Shakti 2024

52 Exercise Varuna

53 Tarang Shakti

54 'Parvat Prahaar'

55 United Nations Command

56 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

57 3rd Voice of Global South Summit

58 World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit

59 Michael Debabrata Patra Committee

60 Companion of the Order of Fiji

61 Vigyan Ratna Puraskar

62 Yamini Krishnamurthy

Art & Culture

1 Bharatanatyam “Arangetram”

2 Konkan Geoglyphs Notified as ‘Protected Monuments’

3 Saroop of Guru Granth Sahib

4 8th Dharma Dhamma Conference

5 Qutb Shahi Heritage Park

6 Guru Padmasambhava

7 170th Birth Anniversary Shree Narayan Guru

8 Srimanta Sankardeva Chair

Society Watch

1 Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

2 Hema Committee Report

3 New Definitions for ‘Literacy’ and ‘Full Literacy’

4 Model Foster Care Guidelines (MFCG), 2024

5 NCERT Evaluation on Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

6 RESET Programme

7 WHO Declares Mpox a PHEIC

State Watch

Uttar Pradesh

1 Ayodhya: Model Solar City

2 Agriculture Business Project

3 Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyam Vikas Abhiyan Yojana

4 One District One University Plan

5 Toll-Free Number for Vidya Samiksha Kendras

Kerala

1 Kerala Launches FOSS-Based KITE GNU Linux 22.04 OS for Schools

Odisha

1 India’s First ‘Rice ATM’

2 Subhadra Yojana

Bihar

1 Mandatory Registration of Temples, Mutts and Trusts

Gujarat

1 Bill to Ban Human Sacrifice and Black Magic Practices

Rajasthan

1 Rajasthan’s First Aviation Academy Launched

Karnataka

1 Karnataka Cities Face 300% Higher Pollution Burden

Maharashtra

1 Logistics Policy-2024

2 Revised National Pension Scheme (NPS)

3 Lakhpati Didi Sammelan

4 Wainganga-Nalganga River Linking Project

5 Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve

Himachal Pradesh

1 Mukhyamantri Bal Paushtik Aahar Yojana

Haryana

1 First State to Buy all Crops from Farmers at MSP

Assam

1 Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and Divorces Bill, 2024

Info Bytes

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

Govt. Magazines Exam Pointers

1 Cellular Jail: The Saga of Resistance

2 Rani Abbakka: The Unyielding Guardian of Sovereignty and Justice

3 Glorious Guards of Freedom from Gujarat: A Tale often Untold

4 Jambudweep Proclamation

5 Untold Stories of the Freedom Struggle from Northeast India

6 K Kelappan: A Dedicated Freedom Fighter and a Stalwart Social Reformer

7 Gandhian Influence on Freedom in Telugu Region

8 Celluloid Patriotism

9 Contribution of Indian Languages to the Freedom Movement

10 Youth Consciousness for Freedom in Bengal

11 From Classroom to Screens: Future of Learning with Digital Education

12 e-learning Barriers in Rural India

13 e-learning: Artificial Intelligence Transforming the Learning Landscape in India

14 e- Gram Swaraj

15 Skilling for the Future with e-learning

16 Bridging the Gap: e-learning as a Catalyst for Health and Nutrition Awareness

17 3D Printed Engine Rocket

18 CSIR Initiates the “One Week One Theme” Programme

19 Electric Trails across Kerala’s Pristine Backwaters

20 Feynman Point

21 The Science behind Yak Milk

22 Aurora: A Celestial Majesty

23 Limulus: Horse Shoe Crab

24 India Poised to Emerge as a Global Semiconductor Leader

25 The Promise and Challenges of Brain-Computer Interfaces: Neuralink’s Journey

26 Waste Not Want Not: New Approaches to Electronic Waste Management

News Snippets

1 BoCW Management Information System (MIS) Portal

2 National Medical Register (NMR) Portal

3 Price Monitoring System App

4 Surrogate Advertising

5 Indian Association for Gold Excellence & Standard

6 Prime Minister’s WiFi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) Scheme

7 Portal for Online Monitoring of Projects – Thermal (PROMPT)

8 Interest Subvention Scheme for Agricultural Loans

9 Asset Management Companies

10 National Apprenticeship and Training Scheme (NATS) 2.0 Portal

11 Parivesh Portal

12 10th National Handloom Day

13 Kasturi Cotton Bharat

14 JAL VIDYUT DPR Portal

15 India’s First Geothermal Power Project

16 Thadou Tribes

17 Dhangar Tribe

18 Kaanu

19 UNESCO Kalinga Prize

20 Jhumur Dance

21 New Ceropegia Species Named After Shivaji Maharaj

22 New Cashew Hybrid Varieties

23 New Plant Species Discovered in Ambagad Forest

24 Maharashtra Launches Solar Village Scheme

25 Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla

26 T Coronae Borealis

27 NEOWISE

28 Black Hole Finder App

29 RHUMI 1

30 India to Fund Launch of Nepali Satellite

31 Smart Lab for Clean Rivers

32 India Elected Vice-Chair of IPEF Supply Chain Council

33 Sri Lanka Announces Visa-Free Access to Indians

Terms In Vogue

1 Dynamic Reference Rate

2 Yen Carry Trade

3 Rotten-Tail Kids

4 Waterspout

Current Affairs MCQs

1 October 2024 Model Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

Parliament Q & A

1 R&D in Coal Technologies

2 National Cooperation Policy

3 DIKSHA Foundation Learning Portal

4 Software Technology Parks of India

5 Cyber Crimes

Fact Sheet

1 Railways in India

2 India’s Ports and Shipping Sector

Public Policy

1 Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024

2 Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024

3 Boilers Bill, 2024

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

5 Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Reports & Indices

1 Impact Assessment of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana

2 Strategy for Development of Seaweed Value Chain

3 Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024

Welfare Schemes

1 Unified Pension Scheme

2 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) 2.0

3 Second Cycle of Capacity-Building Programme for Specific Learning Disabilities

4 Pilot Project to Transform Fair Price Shops

Prelims Specials

Indian History

Mughal Empire

1 Brief Introduction

2 Decline of the Mughal Empire

European Settlements In India

1 The Portuguese

2 The Dutch

3 The British

4 The Danes

5 The French

The Rise Of British Power

1 From Trading Company to Political Power

Administration Before 1857

1 Characteristic Features of the Administration of East India Company

2 The Regulating Act of 1773

3 Pitt's India Act, 1784

4 Charter Act, 1813

5 Charter Act, 1833

6 Charter Acts, 1853

Resistance Against British Rule

1 Civil Uprisings

2 Tribal Uprisings

3 Peasant Movements

The Revolt Of 1857

1 Major Causes of the Revolt

2 Leaderships of the Revolt

Socio-Religious Reform Movements

1 Reasons for Socio-Religious Reform Movements

2 Socio-Religious Reform Movements Based on Geography

3 Reforms in Western India

4 Reforms in Northern India

5 Reforms in Southern India

6 Socio Religious Reform Based on Religion

Reforms In British Administration After 1858

1 Government of India Act, 1858

2 The Indian Councils Act of 1861

3 Indian Councils Act of 1892

4 Indian Councils Act of 1909 (Morley-Minto Reforms)

5 Government of India Act of 1919 (Montague-Chelmsford Reforms)

6 Government of India Act of 1935

Rise Of Indian Nationalism

1 Causes of Rise of Nationalism in India

2 Political Associations before Congress

Foundation Of Indian National Congress

1 Factors Leading to the Foundation of Congress

2 Indian National Congress (INC)

3 Aims and Objectives of the Congress

Moderate Phase (1885-1905)

1 Methods of Political Work

2 Limitations of Moderates

3 Achievements of the Moderates

4 Prominent Moderate Leaders

Era Of Militant Nationalism (1905-1917)

1 Reasons for the Rise of Militant Nationalism

2 Methods of Work

3 Significance of the Extremists

4 Partition of Bengal (1905)

5 Prominent Extremist Leaders (Lal-Bal-Pal Trio)

6 Partition of Bengal – Annulment

7 Revolutionary Activities

8 Revolutionary Activities Abroad

Foundation Of All India Muslim League

1 Foundation of All India Muslim League

Emergence Of Gandhi

1 Early Career of Gandhi

2 Arrival of Gandhi in India

3 Initial Satyagraha in India

First World War And Nationalist Response (1914-1919)

1 Response of Nationalists to British Participation in War

2 Home Rule League Movement

3 August Declaration (1917)

4 Response of Government

5 Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919

Non-Cooperation & Khilafat Movements

1 Reason for Launch of NCM

2 Special Session of Congress (1920)

3 Nagpur Session of Congress (1920)

4 Spread of Movement

5 Government Response

6 Withdrawal of NCM and its Aftermath

Emergence Of Nationalist Activities (1922-29)

1 Pro-changers (Swarajists) and No-Changers

2 Revolutionary Nationalism

3 Simon Commission (1927)

4 Nehru Report

5 Lahore Session of 1929 (Poorna Swaraj)

Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-34)

1 Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha)

Round Table Conferences

1 First Round Table Conference (Nov 1930 – Jan 1931)

2 Second Round Table Conference (7 Sep - 1 Dec 1931)

3 Third Round Table Conference (17 Nov – 24 Dec, 1932)

Nationalist Movement (1934-39)

1 Provincial Elections of 1937

National Movement During The Second World War

1 Congress Ministries’ Resign

2 Ramgarh Session (March 1940)

3 August Offer-1940

4 Individual Satyagraha (1940)

5 Cripps Mission (1942)

6 Quit India Movement (1942)

7 C.R. Formula (1944)

8 Desai-Liaquat Pact

9 Indian National Army (INA)

Freedom With Partition

1 Attlee’s Announcement (1946)

2 Wavell Plan & Shimla Conference

3 Cabinet Mission (1946)

4 Attlee’s Announcement (1947)

5 Mountbatten Plan (3 June, 1947)

6 Indian Independence Act of 1947

PSCs Prelims Special

UPPSC

1 Mineral Resources

2 Thermal/Nuclear Power Plants

3 Scheduled Tribes

4 National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries

5 Tourism

6 Economy

7 Political Set-up of Uttar Pradesh

JKPSC

1 History of Jammu and Kashmir

2 Geography of Jammu & Kashmir

3 Climate Patterns of Jammu and Kashmir

WBPSC

1 History of West Bengal

2 Geography of West Bengal

3 WBPSC Prelims Special Probable Questions 2024

TNPSC

1 Tamil Nadu Combined Civil Services Examination-I in Group-I Services Solved Paper

Model Test Questions

1 Union Budget 2024-25 Model MCQs

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