Civil Services Chronicle September 2020

1 PRELIMS Mock Test 2020

1 Indices and Reports

1 Indian Issues

2 World Issues

3 Organisations

1 Training Events & Military Exercises

1 UMMID and NIDAN

2 Global Bio-India Summit

3 Rare Diseases

1 MANAV: Human Atlas Initiative

2 AJIT Microprocessor

3 India Unveils 28 new Milky Way Stars

4 Gaganyaan & Gaganyaan National Advisory Council

5 Chandrayaan-2 Mission

6 Black Gold

7 3GPP Approves NaVIC

8 CARTOSAT-3

9 RISAT-2BR1

10 GSAT-30

11 National Mission on Quantum Technologies & Applications

1 First Image of Black Hole

2 TOI 270 System

3 New Sensory Organ by Karolinska Institute: nociceptive Glio-neural Complex

4 Geotail

5 Gagan Enabled Mariner’s Instrument for Navigation and Information (GEMINI) Device

6 Greater Adria

7 Noble Prize 2019

8 ’Bibha’ and ‘Santamasa’

9 Henneguya Salminicola

10 GJ 357d: First Nearby Habitual Super-Earth

11 New Plastic Eating Bacteria

12 Crypto Currency

13 Blockchain Technology

14 Genome India Project

1 Vedanta Desikan and Srivaishnava Tradition

2 Jaipur Awarded UNESCO World Heritage Sites Status

3 Cultural Festivals in News

4 Chaukhandi Stupa

5 Mahabalipuram and Shore Temple

6 Graves of Chalukyan Kings Unearthed in Karnataka

7 Tipu Sultan

8 Guru Nanak Dev

9 2019: United Nations' International Year of Indigenous Languages

10 Noble Prize in Literature

11 UNESCO’S Creative Cities Network Includes Mumbai and Hyderabad

12 Important Jhanki’s of Republic Day Parade

13 Central Sanskrit Universities

14 Maharaja Ranjit Singh

15 Pattachitra

16 Intangible Cultural Heritage of India

17 New GI Tags

18 PuriRath Yatra

19 Megalithic Culture

20 Tablighi Jamaat: A Society of Preachers

1 Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019

2 Labour Code on Industrial Relations 2019

3 National Statistical Commission (NSC) Bill, 2019

4 Direct Tax Vivaad se Vishwas Bill, 2020

5 RBI'S 'Vision 2021' Document on Payment Systems

6 UK Sinha Report on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

7 Economic Capital Framework

8 Travel and Tourism Competitive Report

9 Global Microscope on Financial Inclusion Report 2019

10 World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2020 Report

11 Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

1 Development Banks

2 Corporate Bond Market

3 Alternative Investment Funds

4 National Anti-profiteering Authority

5 Leverage Ratio

6 Social Stock Exchange

7 Non-Banking Financial Company

8 Cooperative Banks under SARFAESI Act

9 Counter-Cyclical Capital Buffer

10 Sabka Vishwas / Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2019

11 eBkray – Common e-auction platform

12 Bond Yield and Bond Yield Inversion

1 Hybrid Annuity Model

2 National Infrastructure Pipeline

3 National Infrastructure Pipeline

4 Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises

5 Mission Purvodaya

6 Silver Line Project

1 Economic Survey

1 Budget 2020-21

1 Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

1 IUCN lists Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered

2 Supreme Court Allows Introduction of African Cheetahs to India

3 Odisha Renews Effort to Revive Gharial Population

4 Eurasian Lynx

5 Great Indian Bustard

6 PurpleFrog

7 Project Dolphin

8 Snow Leopard

9 Olive Ridley Turtle

10 Tamil yeoman:State Butterfly of Tamil Nadu

11 India’s First Dragon Blood-oozing Tree

12 Scaly-Foot Snail: First ever Species Endangered due to Deep Sea Mining

13 Kappaphycusalvarezii Invades Gulf of Mannar

14 Miracle Plant ‘Arogyapacha’

15 Sparkling Blue Waves in Chennai

16 Star tortoise, otters get Higher Protection at CITES

17 Magadha Burrowing Frog

18 Scientists Discover New Antibiotic in Tropical Forest

19 Scientists Discover New Antibiotic in Tropical Forest

20 Rubigala: National Games Mascot

21 Operation‘Clean Art’

22 Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Bihar

1 Last Captive White Tiger Dead

2 Tiger Territory Threatened in Arunachal Pradesh

3 Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary

1 State of Global Air 2019

2 Face of Disasters 2019 Report

3 UNEP Releases Sand and Sustainability Report

4 The Future of Earth 2020 Report

5 India State of Forest Report 2019

6 Carbon Disclosure Project

7 Brown to Green Report 2019

8 Emissions Gap Report

9 State of India’s Birds 2020

10 World Air Quality Report 2019

11 Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

12 Comprehensive Census of Orchids of India

13 Smallest Ozone Hole in Decades

14 Curious Case of Drying Northeast India

15 Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha

16 Meghdoot: Mobile App to Assist Farmers

17 Gogabeel: Bihar’s First Community Reserve

18 Campaign Angikaar and E-Course on Vulnerability Atlas

19 Swedish technology to Reduce Stubble Burning

20 Dal Lake as Eco-Sensitive Zone

21 National Chambal Sanctuary declared Eco-sensitive Zone

1 Flood Hazard Atlas

2 Mapping Lightning Across India

3 Red Atlas Action Plan Map’ Unveiled for Flood Mitigation in Chennai

4 Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

5 Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan

1 Global Coalition for Clean Cooling Launched

2 Meghalaya becomes 1st state to ensure Water Conservation

3 UNCCD Meeting Held at Delhi

4 10th Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG)

5 CMS COP 13

6 Loss of Ice Cover in the Arctic Sea

7 Ten More Wetlands Declared Ramsar Sites

8 Coral Restoration in Gulf of Kachchh

9 European Green Deal

10 ITPGRFA Session held in Rome

11 Green Climate Fund

12 Basel Ban Amendment becomes law

13 Colombo Declarationto Tackle Global NitrogenChallenge

14 Supreme Court bat against transfer of community resources

15 Earth Hour

16 International Day for Biological Diversity

17 Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

18 Global Assessment of Forest Biodiversity

19 Extended Producers Responsibility

1 National Plan for Polluted Rivers

2 Blue Flag Challenge

3 Microplastics

4 Emission Trading Scheme of Gujarat

5 Smog Tower Project

6 India Completes Phase-out of Ozone Depleting Chemical HCFC-141b

7 UN’s New Rules for Ships in the Arctic Region

8 Status of Trace & Toxic Metals in Indian Rivers 2019 Report

9 CGWB released report on Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in India

10 Green Crackers

1 Rajya Sabha

2 Leader of Opposition

3 Mercy Petition

4 Eight Cabinet Committees

5 e-Gram Swarajya App and Swamitva Scheme

1 Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections

2 Reservation in Promotion

3 Reservation in Job Promotions not a Fundamental Right

4 Human Right Status to Private Property

5 Internet Access a Fundamental Right

6 VidyaDaan 2.0

7 Ease of Living Index and Municipal Performance Index 2019

1 Article 131 of the Constitution

2 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019

3 J&K Domicile Order

4 Bodo Peace Accord 2020

5 Bru Settlement

6 Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

7 National Register of Citizens

8 National Population Register

9 SC/ST (Amendment) Act 2018

10 Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019

11 Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2020

12 Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020

13 Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897

14 National Security Act,1980

15 Annual India TB Report 2020

1 Central Information Commission

2 Central Vigilance Commission

3 Law Commission of India

4 Finance Commission of India

5 Delimitation Commission

6 PM CARES Fund

1 Section 124-A of IPC

2 Section 153A and Section 295 A of IPC

3 Section 309 IPC

4 Office of Profit

5 Domestic Manufacturing of Medical Devices

6 POCSO Rules

7 Shekatkar Committee on Border Infrastructure

1 Collegium System

2 Review Petition

3 Curative Petition

4 Contempt of Court

5 Zero Pendency Court Project

6 Gram Nyayalayas

7 Fast Track Special Courts

8 Judicial Transparency

9 Plea Bargaining

1 Electoral Bonds

2 Election Commission of India

3 First National Party from North-East

4 National e-vidhan Application Project

5 Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System

1 Case Study

1 Analyse the need for strengthening the Civil Rights Act of America in contemporary times.

2 Recently North Korea blew up the joint liaison office with South Korea in Kaesong, an industrial township on its side of the border, making it one of the most serious incidents to have occurred between the two countries, without them actually going to war. In this light, discuss the reasons for Korean War.

3 The Battle of Plassey (1757) was the major reason for the consolidation of the British rule in India. Critically examine.

4 Thunderstorms and lightning have wrought havoc in Bihar recently, claiming hundreds of lives, leaving many injured and causing widespread damage to property. In this light, explain the phenomenon of thunder and lightning.

5 Critically analyse the significance of Rajya Sabha as the second chamber of the Parliament.

6 National law on Mob Lynching is the need of the time. Discuss.

7 Amidstthe COVID-19 pandemic, it is the migrant labourers who were affected the most. What are the problem associated with these Migrating Workers and how is government addressing these problems? Explain.

8 Will One-Nation, One-Ration Card Programme transform Welfare Delivery to migrant workers? Explain.

9 How can SWAYAM facilitate Education enhancement in India and what are the challenges ahead? Discuss.

10 COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the need of enhancing food security across the country. Discuss the strategy adopted by the government in order to provide food security for the vulnerable.

11 The draft Environment Impact assessment notification 2020 is an attempt to dilute the earlier 2006 notification. Elucidate.

12 Discuss the concept of Nagar van or Urban forest scheme. How it is integral to forest resource management to provide improved environment in urban systems?

13 Analyse how lockdown due to Coronavirus has led to reduction in Earth’s seismic noise.

14 What are novel viruses? Discussing its potential threats, suggest measuresto deal with them.

15 Recently, a social media storm has erupted against hindi film industry against nepotism and favouritism. However, many private institutions are also accused of this from time to time. In this light, analyse the ethical concerns in private and business enterprises.