Civil Services Chronicle August 2021

1 Model Tenancy Act 2021

2 Inland Vessels Bill 2021

3 G7 Summit 2021

4 CAR T-cell Therapy: Heralding a New Era in Cancer Treatment

5 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

15 BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting

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

17 India and the Quad

18 World Food Programme

19 India as Non-Permanent Member of UNSC

20 BIMSTEC

21 Osaka Declaration on Digital Economy

22 Chabahar Port (Zahedan Railway Line)

23 Abraham Accord

24 Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI)

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

26 India’s Draft Arctic Policy

27 Suez Canal and Ever Given Ship

28 Indo-China Border Dispute

29 Military Coup in Myanmar

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

31 New START Treaty

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

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 News Snippets

6 India Joins OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework Tax Deal

7 National Statistics Day 2021

8 Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)

9 Current Account Deficit

10 Seed Minikit Programme

11 News Snippets

12 Maldives wins 76th UNGA Presidential Election

13 Bitcoin: Legalised by El Salvador

14 Joe Biden-Vladimir Putin Geneva Summit

15 G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting

16 Iran refuses to give Nuclear Site Images to IAEA

17 First-Ever Israeli Embassy opens in UAE

18 News Snippets

19 Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG)

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

21 Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)

22 News Snippets

23 Conservation Pact on Black Softshell Turtle in Assam

24 Dihing Patkai National Park Inaugurated

25 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

Model Test Questions

1 ​Prelims 2021 : Current Affairs Based MCQs

Art & Culture

1 Baba Banda Singh Bahadur (350th Anniversary)

2 Jyotiba Phule

3 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

4 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

5 Dara Shikoh

6 Guru Ravidas

7 VD Savarkar

8 Ancient Buddhist Monastery

9 Lingaraja Temple

10 Brihadisvara Temple

11 Cave Paintings

12 Pattachittra

13 Gurudwara Reform Movement

14 Paika Rebellion

15 Malabar Rebellion

16 Kakatiya Dynasty

17 Natesa (Gujara-Pratiharas)

18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

19 UNESCO Creative Cities Network

20 GI Tags

21 Cultural Display at Republic Day 2021

Science & Technology

Space Technology

1 Humans in Space Policy for India 2021

2 NASA’s Mars-2020 Perseverance Rover Mission

3 Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)

4 Joint Lunar Exploration Mission

5 Geospatial Technology

6 Venus Orbiter Mission (Shukrayaan)

7 NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

8 Hope Mission

9 Starlink

Defence

1 Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV)

2 Major Missiles Launched & Technological Advancements

3 Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) System

4 Shaurya Missile

5 ABHYAS Air Vehicle

Biotechnology

1 Genome Sequencing

2 Plasma Bank

IT And Other Technologies

1 National Strategy on Blockchain

2 National Hydrogen Energy Mission NHEM

3 Alternative Medicines

4 Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

5 Trans Fat

6 Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI)

7 Narrow Band-IoT

8 DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019

9 International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)

10 Accelerate Vigyan

11 5th National Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP)

12 Antarctic Treaty

13 Deep Ocean Mission

14 INDIAai

15 Noble Prizes in Physics (2020)

16 Noble Prizes in Chemistry (2020)

17 Noble Prizes in Medicine (2020)

Indian Polity And Governance

Miscellaneous

1 National Start-Up Advisory Council (NSAC)

2 National Recruitment Agency (NRA)

3 National Medical Commission

4 Bureau of Outreach and Communication (BOC)

5 Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising (CCRGA)

Judicial System

1 Maratha Quota Unconstitutional: Supreme Court of India

2 Plenary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India

3 Ad-hoc Judges: Supreme Court paves way for Ad-hoc Judges in High Courts

4 E-Lok Adalats

5 Contempt of Court (associated articles)

6 Nyaya Bandhu App

7 Witness Protection Scheme, 2018

8 Right to Protest

9 Hate Speech

Rights And Duties

1 Legislative Council in West Bengal

2 Pardoning Power of President and Governor

3 Parliamentary Standing Committee

4 Office of Profit

5 Rajya Sabha Elections

6 Breach of Privilege

Federal System

1 Sixth Schedule

2 Inter-State Council

3 Aspirational Districts Programme

4 One Nation, One Ration Card

Mandate Of Constitutional/Non-Constitutional Bodies

1 Articles of the Constitution in News

Essays

1 India’s Policy Options in Middle-East