Civil Services Chronicle April 2024

1 Supreme Court Judgment on Electoral Bond Scheme

2 Amendments to FDI Policy on Space Sector

3 India and Greece to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

4 Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana

Agriculture

1 Global Pulses Conference, 2024

2 Nano Urea: Achieving Self-sufficiency in Urea Production

3 APEDA Creates Dedicated Organic Promotion Division

4 Modification to National Livestock Mission

5 SARTHI Portal

Banking And Finance

1 National Urban Co-operative Finance and Development Corporation Limited

2 Meeting of Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals & Debt Recovery of Tribunals

3 Market Capitalisation

4 RBI Revises Framework for Regulatory Sandbox

Infrastructure

1 66th Meeting of Network Planning Group

Industry

1 “Prabhaav”: Assessment on Fund of Funds for Start-ups

2 Rubber Board

Polity & Governance

1 Raisina Dialogue, 2024

2 Nazool Land

3 Investor Information and Analytics Platform

4 24th Meeting of PM-STIAC

5 Adverse Possession

6 General Diary under the Police Act, 1861

7 Power of Arrest under Section 41A of the CrPC

Judiciary

1 SC Directs Governments to Follow Broad Definition of Forest

International Relations

1 India-US Consular Dialogue Strengthens Bilateral Ties

2 India-Japan Act East Forum Meeting

3 India-Colombia MoU on Digital Transformation Solutions

4 India, Taiwan Ink Migration Agreement to Boost Bilateral Ties

5 India-Poland Agreement for Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

6 Dubai Introduces Five-Year Visa for Indian Travellers

World Issues

1 UAE Dropped from FATF Grey List

2 EU Launches Naval Mission to Protect Red Sea Shipping

3 Europe Vows to Strengthen Defence

International Treaties

1 6th Regional Dialogue on Afghanistan

2 Indian Ocean Conference

Space Science

1 ISRO Successfully Launches INSAT-3DS Weather Satellite

2 ISRO Human-Rates CE-20 Rocket Engine for Gaganyaan Mission

3 India to Send Woman Robot Astronaut 'Vyommitra' to Space

4 DRDO's Green Propulsion System Aces In-Orbit Test

5 NASA's PACE Satellite: A New Era of Earth Observation

6 Solar Activity Ramping Up as Sun Approaches Solar Maximum

7 Discovery of Water on Asteroids

Defence Technology

1 NAL Achieves Breakthrough with Solar-Powered High-Altitude UAV Prototype

New Technology & Innovations

1 Novel Sodium-Catalyzed Method for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis

2 India's First Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility Established

3 Innovative ORAN Base Stations to Democratize Connectivity

4 Chemists Synthesize Unique Fluorine Compound

5 RRI's Breakthrough: Improved Imaging of Cold Atoms

Sustainable Development

1 UN Recognizes World Restoration Flagships

2 Cameroon Adopts Nagoya Protocol

3 Global Biodiversity Funding Strategies Set in GBFF Meeting

4 EU Recommends 90% Emission Cut Target by 2040

Climate Change

1 Vanishing Ice: Africa's Glacial Decline

2 Hindu Kush Himalaya Region Declared Biosphere on the Brink

Biodiversity

1 Giant Anaconda Discovered in Amazon

2 Rare Butterfly Sighted in Himachal Pradesh

3 New Worm for Eco-Friendly Pest Control

4 Rare Lapwing Sighted in India

5 Historic Ban on Donkey Skin Trade in Africa

6 Global Wildlife Accord: CMS COP14 Highlights

7 India Designates Five New Ramsar Sites

Persons In News

1 Shubman Gill

2 Sindhu Ganapathy

3 Narendra Kumar

4 Geeta Batra

5 Shashi Tharoor

Appointments

1 Nawaf Salam

2 Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar

3 Daljit Singh Chaudhary

4 Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal

5 Mio Oka

6 Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi

7 Justice Ritu Bahri

8 Sachin Jain

9 Salil Parekh

10 Sanjay Kumar Jain

11 Ajay Kumar Choudhary

12 Rajendra Prasad Gupta

Obituary

1 Roger Charles Louis Guillemin

2 Fali Sam Nariman

3 Raj Bisaria

4 Ameen Sayani

5 Acharya Shri Vidyasagarji Maharaj

6 Pankaj Udhas

7 Paramjit Singh

8 Manohar Joshi

9 Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad

10 Usha Kiran Khan

11 Achutan Ramachandran Nair

12 Farooq Nazki

13 N. K. Desam

14 Kamla Srivastava

15 Sadhu Meher

Important Days

1 Important Days/Weeks

Places In News

1 Papua New Guinea

2 Campbell Bay & Indira Point

3 Sweden

Military Operations/Exercises

1 Dharma Guardian

2 DOSTI-16

3 Milan

4 Exercise Vayu Shakti-24

Art & Culture

1 Ajanta and Ellora Caves Included in Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0

2 Harappan-era Settlement Discovered in Gujarat

3 Paruveta Utsavam

4 Makha Bucha Ceremony

5 Attukal Pongala

6 Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara

History

1 Kapilvastu Relics of Buddha

2 200th Birth Anniversary of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati

Social Issues

1 Muslim Women’s Right to Maintenance

Indian Society

1 Right to adopt Child not a Fundamental Right

Health

1 Mission Utkarsh to Combat Anaemia

2 Ayush Holistic Wellness Centre Inaugurated in Supreme Court

3 Edwards Syndrome

4 WHO Guidelines for Clinical Management of Diphtheria

5 Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease

Assam

1 Kaji Nemu

2 Mission Basundhara 4.0

3 Northeast’s First Naturopathy Hospital

4 Gunotsav 2024

Uttarakhand

1 “Dhami against Drugs Campaign”

Uttar Pradesh

1 EV Upyog Portal

Rajasthan

1 Nokhra Solar Project

Odisha

1 'LABHA' Scheme

2 Bagchi Sri Shankara Cancer Centre

1 Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024

2 SAFF Women’s U-19 Championships

3 BIMSTEC Aquatic Championship

4 U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024

5 Khelo India Winter Games 2024

6 North East Youth Festival 2024

7 Chennai Open 2024

8 Sportspersons in News

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

Artificial Intelligence

1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Landscape

2 India's Vision of Harnessing AI for Global Good

3 AI in Indian Governance and Public Services

4 India's Tech Services Industry: Harnessing Generative AI

5 Unlocking the Potential and Challenges of Generative AI

6 Use Cases of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in Governance

7 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Media

8 Transformative Role of AI in Media

9 Role and Scope of Artificial Intelligence for Citizen Services

10 Artificial Intelligence and the Ease of Life for Visually Challenged

11 Cyber Security Challenges in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Food Storage Infrastructure

1 Shaping Sustainable Food Systems with Storage Infrastructure

2 Warehousing: Changing Gears to Meet Present Challenges

3 FCI's Role in Storage, Distribution and Transportation of Food Grains

4 Mega Food Storage Plan: Challenges and Way Ahead

5 Development of Storage Facilities

6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Food Storage Infrastructure

7 ODOP: Providing Framework for Value Chain Development

8 Making India the Food Basket of the World

9 Traditional Storage Infrastructure and Practices in India

Developments In Science

1 Development of Materials to Destroy Chemical Warfare Agents

2 Invasive Species in India

3 COP28's Call: 'Transition Away' from Fossil Fuels

4 Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture

5 Science Diplomacy: A New Paradigm in the Post-Truth World

India Watch

1 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)

2 Community Radio in India

3 Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

Economy Watch

1 World’s First Pigeon Pea Speed Breeding Protocol

2 Retail Inflation

3 Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)

4 Financial Stability and Development Council FSDC

Society Watch

1 Footballs for Schools (F4S)

2 Shompen Tribe

Art & Culture

1 Dakshin Bharat Sanskritik Kendra

2 Kotravai Sculpture

3 Hastsal Minar

Ecology & Environment

1 Gupteswar Forest

2 Agasthyagama edge

3 Olive Ridley Nesting Sites

Science & Technology

1 Hanooman

2 Rhodamine-B

3 Sora

4 MXene-Coated Polymer

World Watch

1 India-Peru Trade Talks

2 Expansion of India's UPI Services

3 US Vetoes UN Call

1 khadeen

2 Frozen Smoke

3 Volt Typhoon

4 Right to Disconnect

Geography

1 CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023

History

1 CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Art And Culture

1 CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Polity

1 CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Economy

1 CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023

General Science/Technology

1 CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Current Affairs

1 CGPSC Prelims Exam 2023

1 Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

1 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

2 Pradhan Mantri Kisan MaanDhan Yojana (PM-KMY)

3 Har Ghar Jal Initiative

4 Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)

5 Namo Drone Didi

6 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana - Detailed Project Report based schemes (RKVY-DPR)

7 Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF)

8 Policy Intervention to Boost Copper Production

1 Defence Manufacturing Sector in India

2 India’s Telecommunication Sector

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

2 Amendments to Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022

3 Provisions of ANRF Act Comes into Force

4 Amendment to Water Act, 1974

National

1 NITI Aayog’s Report on Senior Care Reforms in India

2 Law Commission Recommends Creating Epidemic Plan

3 Report on Review of National Ayush Mission

4 Report on Quality of Medical Education in India

International

1 UN Report Flags Taliban's Ties with Terrorist Groups

2 Asia-Pacific Struggles to Meet SDGs

3 Meeting Climate Goals need Trillion-Dollar Investment

1 SWAYAM Plus Platform

2 PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana

3 Science for Women-A Technology & Innovation (SWATI) Portal

4 Rashtriya Udyamita Vikas Pariyojana

5 PFRDA (National Pension System Trust) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023

6 Support to Poor Prisoners Scheme

7 Vidyanjali Scholarship Programme

8 SSPCA Scheme

Model Test Questions

Indian Polity

1 ​Practice Set-I

2 ​Practice Set-II

3 ​Practice Set-III

4 ​Practice Set-IV

5 ​Practice Set-V

6 ​Practice Set-VI

7 ​Practice Set-VII

8 ​Practice Set-VIII

9 ​Practice Set-IX

10 ​Practice Set-X

History

1 Practice Set-I

2 Practice Set-II

3 Practice Set-III

4 Practice Set-IV

5 Practice Set-V

6 Practice Set-VI

7 Practice Set-VII

8 Practice Set-VIII

9 Practice Set-IX

10 Practice Set-X
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