Civil Services Chronicle February 2021

1 Human Development Report 2020

2 National Family Health Survey-5

3 Global Wage Report 2020-21

4 China's New Export Control Law Comes into Effect

5 Unregulated Use of Facial Recognition Systems

6 Carbon Capture Technology Behind Track to Reduce CO2 Emissions

7 Honey Gate: 10 Out of 13 Honey Brands Fail Purity Test

Spain

1 Participation of Women in Workforce

2 Pre-School Education

3 Empowerment of Tribal Women

4 Unorganised Workers

5 Trial by Media

6 Arth-Ganga Project

1 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

2 Lakshadweep Declared 100% Organic

3 Government Issues Zero-Coupon Bonds

4 Equalisation Levy: Taxing the Digital Economy

5 International Financial Services Centres Authority

6 Better Than Cash Alliance

7 RBI Cautions against Unauthorised Digital Lending Platforms/Mobile Apps

8 Export Promotion Council for Technical Textile

9 100% FDI allowed in DTH Service

10 QCI Launches Scheme for Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies

11 National Consumer Rights Day

12 Green National Highways Corridor Project

13 Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

14 National Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project

15 Lucknow Municipal Bonds

1 Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020

2 New Parliament Building of Central Vista Project

3 ECI Plans to Extend Postal Ballots to NRIs

4 Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT Scheme for Residents of J&K

5 SC Directs Centre to Install CCTV Cameras in Offices Investigating Agencies

6 Government Against Forcing Couples into Family Planning

1 Post-Brexit Deal

2 Countries of Particular Concern

3 France’s Draft Law Against Islamism

4 20th IORA Council of Ministers Meeting Held in UAE

5 Tibetan Policy and Support Act 2020

6 U.S. Imposes CAATSA Sanctions on Turkey

7 Morocco Normalises Relations with Israel

8 Oman-India Friendship Association

9 Fifth BRICS Media Forum

10 India-Bangladesh Virtual Summit

11 UNESCO Launches Bangabandhu Award on Creative Economy

12 UN Commission Reclassifies Cannabis

1 Jupiter-Saturn Great Conjunction: Christmas Star

2 CMS-01 Communication Satellite

3 MR-SAM Tested Successfully

4 Coastal Surveillance Radar Systems

5 IND-INDO CORPAT

6 SolarWinds Hack

7 Lab Grown Meat or Cultured Meat

1 World’s Largest Hybrid Renewable Energy Park Coming Up in Gujarat

2 Climate Warming Countdown: Research Predicts Breach of 1.5°C Climate threshold by 2027-2042

3 Climate Change Performance Index 2021

4 Emissions Gap Report 2020

5 State of the Global Climate 2020 Provisional Report

6 Over 75% Districts Hotspots of Extreme Weather Events in India: CEEW Study

7 Indo Gangetic Plain a Global Hotspot of Atmospheric Ammonia

8 Production Gap Report 2020

9 Himalayan trillium Declared Endangered by ICUN

10 Status of Leopard in India 2018 Report

11 Firefly Bird Diverters to Protect Great Indian Bustard

12 IUCN Updated Red List: All Freshwater Dolphins Threatened

13 New, Rare & Rediscovered Species Found in the Pristine Andes of Bolivia

1 Newsmakers

2 On the Hot Seat

3 Faces Only in Memory

4 States in News

5 Places in News

6 Tribes/Ethnic Groups in News

7 Art/Culture/Heritage

8 New Initiative

9 Science & Technology

10 Defence

11 Ecology & Environment

12 Miscellaneous

13 World of Awards

1 Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

2 Gwalior, Orchha in UNESCO world heritage cities list

3 Indus Valley Civilisation

4 Four Indigenous Games in Khelo India Youth Games

5 Monpa Handmade Paper Revived

6 Kashmir’s Papier-mache Art

1 Priority Beneficiaries for COVID-19 Vaccine to be Identified by Electoral Rolls

2 World Malaria Report 2020

3 1.7 million Indians Died due to Air Pollution in 2019: Lancet Report

4 Anthropological Survey of India Policy Document on Sentinelese Tribe

1 PIB Corner

2 PIB Corner

3 PIB Corner

4 PIB Corner

5 PIB Corner

1 NITI Aayog’s ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’

2 State of the Education Report for India 2020: Vocational Education First

3 Scheduled Castes Post-Matric Scholarship Plan Amended

4 Revealing Names of Electoral Bond Donors against Public Interest-CIC

5 E-Sampada Mobile App

6 New Infrastructure Projects Approved by CCEA

7 DaKPay

8 Draft National Rail Plan

9 Draft Indian Ports Bill 2020

10 Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020

11 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

12 India’s first 100 Octane Petrol Launched

13 Jagananna Jeeva Kranthi Scheme

14 India to Open 3 Indian Missions

15 International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

16 SAARC Charter Day

17 Passage Exercise

18 Ransomware 2.0

19 Himgiri: 1st Ship of Project 17A by GSRE Kolkata

20 Tokamak Reactor: China's "Artificial Sun"

21 India to Export Akash Missile System

22 Post COVID-19 Security Challenges

23 Aerosols in Indo-Gangetic Plain Enhanced High Rainfall Near the Himalayan Foothills

24 Malayan Giant Squirrel Could Vanish from NE After 2050

25 Ladakh's Tso Kar Wetland Complex Declared 42nd Ramsar Site in India

1 Cabinet Approves Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana

2 Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure

3 Digital Ocean Platform

4 DRDO Lab Develops QRNG

5 TiHAN Navigation Systems

6 NB-IoT: Narrow Band-Internet of Things

Case Study

1 Case Study

History of India and The World

General Studies Paper I

1 Pre-History

2 Harappa/Indus Valley Civilisation (2600-1900 BC)/Bronze Age

3 Vedic Period (1500-600 BC)

4 Mahajanapadas

5 Buddhism

6 Jainism

7 Mauryan Period (321 BCE to 185 BCE)

8 Post-Mauryan and Pre-Gupta Period

9 Gupta Period (319 CE - 540 CE)

10 Ancient History of South India

11 Tripartite Struggle

12 North Indian Kingdoms (36 Rajput Clans)

13 Delhi Sultanate

14 Vijayanagara Empire

15 Bahamani Kingdom (1347-1527)

16 Mughal Empire (1526-1857)

17 Decline of Mughal Empire

18 Rise of Independent States

19 Advent of European Powers (Portuguese, Dutch, English and French)

20 Maratha Empire

21 The Peshwas (1713-1818)

22 Social, Administrative and Revenue System of Major Empires

23 Consolidation of British Rule in India

24 Commercialization of Agriculture

25 Indian Renaissance: Socio-Religious and Socio- Cultural Reform Movements

26 Revolt of 1857

27 Precursor Events till the formation of Congress

28 Moderate Phase of Freedom Struggle (1885-1905)

29 Extremist Phase of Freedom Struggle (1905-16)

30 Gandhian Phase of Freedom Struggle

31 Post-Civil Disobedience till Independence

32 Socio-Religious Movements

33 Tribal Movements

34 Peasant Revolt

35 Nationalist Movements Outside India

36 Status of Education and Press Under British Rule

37 Judicial Reforms under British

38 Police Reform under British

39 Civil Services under British

40 Constitutional Evolution before Independence- Charter Acts, Indian Council Acts etc.

41 Post-Independence- Major Landmark Events

Indian Heritage & Culture

General Studies Paper I

1 Harappan

2 Mauryan

3 Schools of Art- Gandhara, Mathura and Amravati school

4 Cave Architecture

5 Basic Form of Hindu Temple

6 Indo-Islamic Art and Architecture: Delhi Sultanate style

7 Mughal Architecture

8 UNESCO List of Tangible & Intangible Sites in India

9 Indian Paintings

10 Indian Literature

11 Indian Music

12 Indian Dance Forms

13 Indian Puppetry

14 Festivals and Fairs

15 Indian Schools of Philosophy

16 Bhakti and Sufi Movements

17 Developments of S&T in Ancient India

18 Development of S&T in Medieval India

19 Government Schemes and Programmes

20 GI Tags

21 Sadikpur Sinauli site in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh

22 Naukhai Juhar Festival

23 Megalithic Belief

24 Cultural Festivals in News

25 Tangam: Critically Endangered Language of Arunachal Pradesh

26 July 4: Dharma Chakra Day

27 Renati Cholas

28 Sant Ravidas

29 Sarna Religion

30 All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)

31 Char Chapori Culture

32 ‘Adopt a Heritage’ Project

33 Tharu Tribe

34 Warli Painting