Civil Services Chronicle August 2021

1 Model Tenancy Act 2021

2 Inland Vessels Bill 2021

3 G7 Summit 2021

4 Deep Ocean Mission

1 Beed Model of Crop Insurance

2 Green Gold Collection for Bamboo Products

3 Financial Stability Report

4 RBI Releases Consultative Document on Regulation of Microfinance

5 K.P. Krishnan Committee on Variable Capital Company

6 Toycathon 2021

7 Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

1 Delimitation Exercise kicks off in Jammu & Kashmir

2 Censorship of Cinema: Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021

3 Defining Limits of Sedition

4 Draft Model Rules for Live-Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings

1 UN’s Myanmar Resolution

2 At UNHRC, Grave Concerns raised over Xinjiang

3 India - Sri Lanka

4 India-China Relations: A Year after Galwan

5 New Atlantic Charter

6 Antarctic Treaty

7 UNHRC Resolution on Israel Human Right Violation on Palestine

8 OPCW Report on use of Chemical Weapons by Syria

9 42nd Session of FAO Conference

10 2021 NATO Summit

11 India completes Term as Chair of ILO’s Governing Body

12 BRICS opposes Exceptionalism: China

13 EU urged to consider its GSP+ Status given to Sri Lanka

14 SCO Meet 2021

1 Chandrayaan-2 Solar X-ray Monitor Unravels Mysteries of the Solar Corona

2 New Research Points to Possibility of Life on Jupiter

3 PASIPHAE Sky Survey Project

4 Understanding Heavy Metal Abundance in CEMP Stars

5 ESA’s EnVision Mission

6 Shenzhou-12 Manned Mission: Astronauts Dock with Space Station

7 Defence Innovation with iDEX-DIO

8 IISS Report Assesses India’s Cyber Power

9 Novel Technique for Early Detection of Cyclones

1 WMO verifies Record High Temperature for Antarctica

2 UN High-level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought

3 Odisha plans to create Natural Barriers to Cyclonic Storms

4 UN Proposes Global Roadmap for Universal Access to Sustainable Energy

5 UNESCO Launches First Ocean Decade Actions

6 Sustainable Water Management: Insights on Water Source Sustainability

1 Newsmakers

2 Appointments

3 Obituary

4 Defence

5 Survey/Study/Report

6 Places in News

7 Awards

8 World of Sports

1 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

2 Ram Prasad Bismil

3 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

4 Reclining Buddha

5 National Maritime Heritage Complex

6 Raja Parba Festival

7 Copperplate Inscriptions found at Srisailam Temple

8 Tulu Language

9 New Caves discovered at Nashik’s Pandav Leni Complex

10 ‘Snaana Yatra’ of Lord Jagannath

11 News Snippets

1 SAGE Initiative

2 Disability Early Intervention Centres

3 Assam to Implement Two-Child Policy

1 PIB Corner

2 PIB Corner

3 PIB Corner

4 PIB Corner

5 PIB Corner

6 PIB Corner

1 UN CEO’s Water Mandate

2 Attorney General of India

3 Task Force for Mission Karmayogi

4 News Snippets

5 India Joins OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework Tax Deal

6 National Statistics Day 2021

7 Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)

8 Current Account Deficit

9 Seed Minikit Programme

10 News Snippets

11 Maldives wins 76th UNGA Presidential Election

12 Bitcoin: Legalised by El Salvador

13 Joe Biden-Vladimir Putin Geneva Summit

14 G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting

15 Iran refuses to give Nuclear Site Images to IAEA

16 First-Ever Israeli Embassy opens in UAE

17 News Snippets

18 Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG)

19 SERB and Intel India Launch ‘Fund for Industrial Research Engagement’ (FIRE)

20 Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)

21 News Snippets

22 Conservation Pact on Black Softshell Turtle in Assam

23 Dihing Patkai National Park Inaugurated

24 News Snippets

1 6th Anniversary of Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT and PMAY-U

2 Model Panchayat Citizens Charter

3 Government proposes Amendments to Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020

4 New Stimulus Package amid 2nd Covid-19 Wave

5 Bill & Acts in News

1 Niti Aayog Report on Not-for-Profit Hospital Model

2 All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2019-20

3 NITI Aayog Releases “Fast Tracking Freight in India” Report

4 World Investment Report 2021

5 Global Expansion of Nuclear Arsenal: SIPRI Report

6 UNESCO Science Report 2021

7 SDSN’s Sustainable Development Report 2021

Indian Polity And Governance

Miscellaneous

1 Important Bodies in News

Judicial System

1 Judiciary & Important Judgements

Rights And Duties

1 Legislature & Executive

Federal System

1 Governance & Federal Issues

Mandate Of Constitutional/Non-Constitutional Bodies

1 Articles of the Constitution in News

India And Its Bilateral Relations

1 BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting

2 India on US Treasury’s ‘Currency Watch List’

3 India and the Quad

4 World Food Programme

5 India as Non-Permanent Member of UNSC

6 BIMSTEC

7 Osaka Declaration on Digital Economy

8 Chabahar Port (Zahedan Railway Line)

9 Abraham Accord

10 Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI)

11 International Summits (SCO, BRICS, G20, OPEC, RCEP)

12 India’s Draft Arctic Policy

13 Suez Canal and Ever Given Ship

14 Indo-China Border Dispute

15 Military Coup in Myanmar

16 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

17 New START Treaty

Science & Technology

Space Technology

1 Science & Technology (Space Technology)

Defence

1 Science & Technology ( Defence Technology)

Biotechnology

1 Science & Technology (Biotechnology)

IT And Other Technologies

1 Science & Technology (Other Major Developments)

Art & Culture

1 History/ Art & Culture (Personalities in News)

2 History/ Art & Culture (Sculpture & Architecture)

3 History/ Art & Culture (Painting & Other Art Forms)

4 History/ Art & Culture (Historical Events)

5 History/ Art & Culture (Global Initiatives to Conserve Cultural Heritage)

6 History/ Art & Culture (Miscellaneous)

Model Test Questions

1 ​Prelims 2021 : Current Affairs Based MCQs

Essays

1 India’s Policy Options in Middle-East
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