Civil Services Chronicle August 2024

1 Underground Coal Gasification Pilot Project: Transforming India’s Energy Landscape

2 India’s DeepTech Startups

3 United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity

4 The Great Nicobar Island Development Project

1 Direct Seeded Rice: Water-Conserving Seeding Technology

2 Value of Output from Agriculture and Allied Sectors 2024

3 ​Krishi Sakhi: Empowering Rural Women

4 ​Indian Bond Now Part of Global Bond Index

5 ​RBI Revises Priority Sector Lending Norms

6 ​RBI Launches Three New Initiatives

7 ​Pump and Dump Scheme

8 ​RBI’s New Proposals to Boost Financial Security

9 ​RBI Finalises Framework for SROs in FinTech Sector

10 ​Vadhavan Port: India’s First Mega Port

11 ​GNSS-Based Electronic Toll Collection

12 ​Partial Reimbursement of Exploration Expenses

1 Environmental Flows (E-flows) Monitoring System

2 FATF Adopts Mutual Evaluation Report of India

3 ‘Bhuvan Panchayat’ & ‘National Database for Emergency Management’

4 National Quality Assurance Standards & Spot Food License Initiative

5 National Forensic Infrastructure Enhancement Scheme

6 WHO Designates NIIMH as Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine Research

7 First National Consultative Meet on Traditional Medicine

8 ​Miniratna Status Accorded to Central Electronics Limited

9 ​PRAGATI-2024: Shaping the Future of Ayurveda

10 ​Supreme Court Mandates Self-Declaration by Advertisers

1 ​EAM’s Official Visit Strengthens India-Sri Lanka Ties

2 ​India-Russia Mutual Logistics Agreement Nears Conclusion

3 India and China Agree to Resolve Border Issues

4 ​Russia-North Korea Pact

5 India Initiates WTO Arbitration against Australia

6 ​Amendments to International Health Regulations 2005

7 ​UN Global Supply Chain Forum Concludes Successfully

8 ​Summit on Peace in Ukraine

9 ​G7 Summit

10 ​BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting

11 ​Global Alliance Formed for Biopharmaceutical Resilience

1 ​ISRO and CNES Collaborate on TRISHNA Mission

2 ​ISRO Develops “PraVaHa” CFD Software

3 ​NASA to Expand Collaboration with India

4 ​RudraM-II Missile

5 ​Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF)

6 ​Novel Method for Mass Production of Recombinant Proteins Using MSG

7 ​New AI Model Predicts El Niño and La Niña 15 Months in Advance

8 ​Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager

9 ​Indian Army and IOCL Partner for Green Transport Solutions

1 ​GEF Council Approves $736.4 Million for Environmental Projects

2 ​DDT Declines; Some POPs Persist in Humans and the Environment

3 ​Bonn Climate Talks

4 ​Global Groundwater Warming

5 ​Two Wetlands Get Ramsar Recognition

6 ​New Limbless Amphibian Discovered in Kaziranga Park

7 ​IUCN Upgrades Iberian Lynx's Conservation Status

8 ​New Snake Eel Species Discovered in Odisha

9 Dinosaur Fossil Unearthed in Zimbabwe

10 ​Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre

11 ​Fork Fern Breaks Genome Size Record

1 Philemon Yang

2 Mark Rutte

3 António Luís Santos da Costa

4 Hansa Mehta

5 Oleg Kononenko

6 Simon Mak

7 Om Birla

8 Tapan Kumar Deka

9 Surama Padhy

10 Sub Lieutenant Anamika B. Rajeev

11 Pravati Parida

12 Judith Suminwa Tuluka

13 Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo

14 Bhartruhari Mahtab

15 Halla Tomasdottir

16 Purnima Shrestha

17 Siddhesh Sakore

18 Juan Jose Zuniga

19 Sujata Saunik

20 Medha Patkar

21 Christina Ernst

22 Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi

23 Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani

24 Cyril Ramaphosa

25 Vikram Misri

26 Pradeep Singh Kharola

27 Atul Kumar Chaudhary

28 Girish Tanti

29 Ajit Doval

30 Ravi Agrawal

31 Dr. B.N. Gangadhar

32 Kapil Dev

33 Frank Duckworth

34 Pandit Rajeev Taranath

35 Sakini Ramachandraih

36 C. V. Chandrasekhar

37 Muchkund Dubey

38 Parameswaran Thankappan Nair

39 Asir Jawahar Thomas Johnsingh

40 Maguni Charan Kuanr

41 T.K. Chathunni

42 Harpal Singh Bedi

43 Important Days/Weeks

44 Joshimath & Kosiyakutoli

45 Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary

46 Pench Tiger Reserve

47 Rajaji Raghati Biosphere (RRB)

48 Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS)

49 Bannerghatta Biological Park

50 Igatpuri Lake

51 Shimla

52 China

53 Khalubar War Memorial

54 Maharajganj (UP)

55 Kenya

56 Gujarat

57 HOPEX

58 JIMEX 24

59 Exercise MAITREE

60 RIMPAC

61 Nomadic Elephant

62 G7 Summit

63 SCO Summit

64 Summit on Peace in Ukraine

65 Indian Analytical Congress (IAC)

66 'Global IndiaAI Summit

67 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024

68 Pen Pinter Prize 2024

69 Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award

70 UN’s WSIS 2024 “Champion” Award

1 ​Srinagar Recognised as World Craft City

2 ​Kozhikode: India's First UNESCO 'City of Literature'

3 ​Ambubachi Mela of Assam

4 ​Raja Parba Celebrated in Rashtrapati Bhavan

5 ​Yuga Yugeen Bharat Museum

6 ​New Campus of Nalanda University

7 ​UNGA President Pays Tribute to Indian Reformer Hansa Mehta

8 ​300th Birth Anniversary of Ahilya Bai Holkar

1 ​NHRC’s Observations & Directives against Human Trafficking

2 ​Living Will

3 ​Ladakh Achieves Full Functional Literacy

4 CSIR-ASPIRE Scheme: Empowering Women Scientists

5 ​Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao

6 ​Campaign on Tobacco Free Educational Institutions

7 ABHA-based Scan and Share Service

8 ​Human Rabies: Now a Notifiable Disease in J&K

9 ​Third Annual Conference on Motor Neuron Diseases

10 ​All-India Survey on ‘Ayush’

11 National Workshop on Sankalp: Hub for Empowerment of Women

Jammu & Kashmir

1 ​Agricultural Partnership with New Zealand

Haryana

1 ​Haryana Clean Air Project for Sustainable Development

2 ​Reservation Hike for OBC Category in Group-A and Group-B Jobs

Karnataka

1 National Yoga Olympiad 2024

Madhya Pradesh

1 ​Second Home for Cheetahs at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary

2 ​PM Shri Tourism Air Service

Uttar Pradesh

1 ​Top Five Districts in 'Catch the Rain Campaign

2 ​World’s First Conservation and Breeding Centre for Asian King Vultures

3 ​Varanasi Kisan Samman Sammelan

Assam

1 ​Janata Bhawan Solar Project

2 ​Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina Scheme

3 ​Solar Power Generation Project

Kerala

1 ​Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution for Renaming State to Keralam

Telangana

1 ​Hyderabad no Longer Joint Capital of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

2 ​Rythu Bharosa Scheme

Bihar

1 ​Bal Hitaishi Gram Panchayat (Child Friendly Gram Panchayat)

2 ​Patna HC Scraps Bihar’s 65% Reservation Hike

Tamil Nadu

1 ​Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir Kaappom

Chhattisgarh

1 ​Forest Developed Using Miyawaki Method

Himachal Pradesh

1 ​Chadwick House: Navigating Audit Heritage

Athletics

1 ​Gold to Neeraj Chopra at Paavo Nurmi Games 2024

Chess

1 ​Norway Chess 2024

2 ​Leon Masters 2024

Cricket

1 ​T20 World Cup

2 ​Women Test Cricket: Recent Records by India

Tennis

1 ​French Open 2024

1 Info Bytes

1 ​Role of Forts in Indian History

2 ​Defence Architecture of Forts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

3 ​Golconda Fort: An Impenetrable Fortress

4 ​Forts of Gujarat: Guardians of Legacy and Lore

5 ​Forts in Delhi

6 ​Bekal: A Confluence of Culture and History Echoing Through Time

7 ​Medieval Ports and Forts

8 ​Innovative Science Projects to Preserve Tribal Culture

9 ​Theyyam: Tribal Cultural Dance

10 ​Vital Role of Tribal Art in Safeguarding Cultural Identity

11 ​Tribal Culture: The Potential for Global Representation

12 ​Agriculture Festivals: Integral Part of Tribal Culture

13 ​Tribal Folk Dances of North-East India

14 ​Embracing Diversity Cultural Heritage of Tribes in India

15 ​Nitroplast: A New Entrant to the Organelle Club

16 ​A Leap towards Carbon Neutrality

17 ​Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal as Potential CO2 Sinks

18 ​Exploring the Ocean Depth with C-Bot

19 ​Oceanography and Marine Geoscience in India

20 Sustainable Land Management: Harmonising Human Needs with Ecology

21 ​Interference of Invasive Species on Achieving SDGs in India

22 ​Blue Carbon Why it is important

23 ​Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: Treasure from the Soil

24 ​A Tiny Fish Loud as a Gunshot

1 ​Fast Track Immigration Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP)

2 ​General Anti-avoidance Rule (GAAR)

3 ​Enemy Agents Ordinance, 2005

4 ​e-Samridhi Portal

5 ​NIPL Partnership with Central Reserve Bank of Peru

6 ​Container Port Performance Index (CPPI)

7 ​Front Running

8 ​External Debt of India

9 ​Variable Rate Repo (VRR)

10 ​Bio-bitumen

11 ​Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao Initiative

12 ​Poori Padhai Desh Ki Bhalai

13 ​Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)

14 ​Saubhagya Scheme

15 ​Ram Prasad Bismil

16 ​Jyotirmath

17 ​Kabir Das

18 ​Nouka Baich Boat Race

19 ​Indiconema

20 ​Paraparatrechina Neela

21 ​Spot Bellied Eagle Owl

22 New Plant Species Discovered

23 ​World’s Oldest Termite Mounds

24 ​Pushpak

25 ​Chang'e-6

26 ​Nagastra-1 Drones

27 ​'Vidyut Rakshak'

28 ​Sensorineural Hearing Loss

29 ​Agnibaan

30 ​Resolve Tibet Act

31 ​New Members of UN Security Council

32 Colombo Process

33 ​Netherlands Is India's Third Largest Export Destination

1 ​Kavach

2 ​Gini Coefficient

3 Angel Tax

4 ​Blood Money

1 August 2024 Model Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

1 ​India’s Space Sector

2 ​National Culture Fund

3 ​Development of Indigenous Climate Forecasting System

1 India’s Real Estate Sector

2 ​India’s Horticulture Sector: Second Advance Estimates of 2023-24

1 ​Telecommunications Act, 2023

2 ​The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024

3 ​CCI’s New Regulations for Big Tech Entities

4 ​The Post Office Act, 2023 Comes into Effect

5 ​New Rules Granting Maternity and Paternity Leave for Surrogacy

1 ​Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises

2 ​Financial Stability Report, 2024

3 ​State of the Ocean Report, 2024

4 ​Child Food Poverty Report, 2024

5 Global Gender Gap Report 2024

6 ​Fostering Effective Energy Transition Report, 2024

7 ​Sustainable Development Report 2024

1 ​Expansion of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

2 Extension of Digital Health Incentive Scheme

3 ​PM Releases 17th Instalment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi

Topper's Interview

Swati Sharma - All India Rank – 17thAIR - UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2023

PSCs Prelims Special

UPPSC

1 ​Uttar Pradesh – At a Glance

2 ​History of Uttar Pradesh

3 ​Culture of Uttar Pradesh

4 ​Geography of Uttar Pradesh

Bio–Diversity And Environment

Climate Change

1 Carbon Trading in India: Challenges and Imperatives

2 ​Rising Heat Stress in Urban India

3 ​Climate Change & Labour

4 ​Fundamental Right against Climate Change

5 National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS): Need, Challenges and Remedies

Biodiversity & Conservation

1 ​India’s Biodiversity Hotspots: Major Ecological Threats

2 ​India's Urban Wetlands: Challenges & Need for Urgent Action

3 ​Threat of Invasive Alien Species: Economic and Ecological Implications

4 ​Challenges Associated with India’s Eco-sensitive Zones

5 ​Mangroves: Threats & Conservation Imperatives

Pollution

1 ​Curbing India's Black Carbon Emissions: Key Imperatives

2 ​Challenges of Grey Water Management in India

3 ​Plastic Pollution: Impact on Environment & Efforts

Sustainable Development

1 ​Role of Agroforestry and ZBNF in ensuring Sustainable Agriculture

2 ​Issues with EVs and Possible Hybrid Solution

3 ​Phasing Out Coal: India’s Challenges

4 Harnessing Biomass Energy: Challenges and Measures

5 ​Green Finance in India: Initiatives and Challenges

6 Environmental Impact Assessment: Loopholes and Steps Needed to Boost Effectiveness

7 ​Desertification and Drought Resilience: Key Imperatives

8 ​India’s Groundwater Resource: Issues and Management Challenges

Disaster Management

1 ​Fragility of Himalayan Ecosystem: Challenges of Disaster Management

2 ​Climate Change-induced Disasters: India’s Preparedness & Challenges

3 ​Urban Floods: Causes and Challenges of Management

Technology Development

Emerging Technologies

1 ​AI Governance in India: Need, Challenges, & Imperatives

2 ​Applications of Quantum Technology and India's Initiatives

3 ​Additive Manufacturing: Application and Challenges

4 ​Electric Vehicle Battery Technologies: Significance & Challenges

5 ​Supercomputing: Applications & India’s Progress

6 ​Green Hydrogen: Technologies & Challenges

7 ​Generative AI: Applications & Socio-Economic Implications

8 ​Securing Cyber-Physical Systems: Challenges & Solutions

9 ​Rare Earth Elements: Applications & Associated Challenges

Space And Defence

1 ​India’s Space Odyssey: Progress and Challenges

2 ​Outer Space Governance: Issues and Concerns

3 ​Applications of Drones in Defence

4 ​Self-reliance in Defence: Role of Indigenous Technologies

5 ​Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology: Significance & India’s Achievements

6 ​Indian Human Spaceflight Programme: Objectives & India’s Progress

7 Threats and Challenges Posed by Space Debris

8 ​NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission: Objectives & Significance

Biotechnology

1 ​Stem Cell-Based Regenerative Therapies: Technologies & Prospects

2 ​Genome India Project: Current Status & Significance

3 ​Applications of Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Allied Sectors

4 ​Bioinformatics and its Application

Health

1 ​Brain Computer Interface (BCI) and its Clinical Applications

2 ​Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Challenges and Containment Measures by India

3 ​India’s Fight Against Rare Diseases

4 ​Generic Drugs: Issues and Concerns
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