Civil Services Chronicle February 2022

1 Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021

2 Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021

3 Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun

4 SOLAW 2021 Synthesis Report: Systems at Breaking Point

1 Centre Approves Implementation of PMKSY for 2021-26

2 Floating Rate Bond

3 Non-Convertible Debentures

4 SEBI Proposes Rules for Retail Algo Trading

5 RBI Introduces PCA Framework for NBFCs

6 Centre Bans Futures Trading in 7 Commodities

7 SEBI's new IPO Norms

8 GST Compensation

9 India Loses WTO Dispute over Sugar Subsidies

10 One Commodity One Exchange

11 CAG Report on Indian Railways

12 Centre Clears Ken-Betwa River Interlinking Project

1 Good Governance Week

2 Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021

3 Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021

4 NIPER Amendment Bill 2021

5 Default Bail

6 Yellow Journalism

1 India-Poland : Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

2 India’s Humanitarian Support to Myanmar

3 India and Pakistan Exchange Lists of Nuclear Installations

4 8th Edition of Indian Ocean Dialogue

5 OIC’s Humanitarian Trust Fund for Afghanistan

6 RATS SCO Seminar on Securing Cyberspace

7 First Summit for Democracy

8 OECD Releases Pillar Two Model Rules on International Taxation

9 UNSC Adopts Resolution 2615

1 Study of Distant Magnetar Gives Clues about Exotic Star

2 NASA’s IXPE Mission

3 James Webb Space Telescope Launched

4 NASA’s LCRD Communication System

5 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Discovers Water in Mars’ Valles Marineris Canyon

6 DRDO Successfully Flight-tests ‘Pralay’

7 Silver Nanomaterials as Antimicrobial Agents

8 5G Launch in India

9 Earth’s Black Box

1 Himalayan Glaciers Melting at an Exceptional Rate

2 Highest Ever Temperature Recorded in Arctic Region

3 India Votes against UN Draft Resolution on Climate Change

4 India’s 47th Ramsar Site

5 Air Pollution in Some Parts of India Increased During the Pandemic

6 Adverse Impact of Plastic Production on Health and Climate

7 AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge

1 Rani Velu Nachiyar

2 Captain Harpreet Chandi

3 Elon Musk

4 M.M. Naravane

5 Catherine Russell

6 V S Pathania

7 Atul Dinkar Rane

8 Pradeep Kumar Rawat

9 Alka Mittal

10 Anupam Ray

11 G Asok Kumar

12 Vikram Misri

13 Alka Upadhyaya

14 Sanjay Bandopadhyay

15 Sundeep Kumar Nayak

16 Sanjiv Mehta

17 Desmond Tutu

18 General Bipin Laxman Singh Rawat

19 Col Prithipal Singh Gill

20 Sindhutai Sapkal

21 Girish Thakorlal Nanavati

22 M. Sarada Menon

23 Nanda Kishore Prusty

24 Naren Chandra Das

25 Telangana

26 Himachal Pradesh

27 Ganjam

28 Ex Ekuverin 2021

29 Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo: Bhutan’s Highest Civilian Award to Modi

30 56th & 57th Jnanpith Award

31 Damodar Mauzo

32 Nilmani Phookan Jr

33 Sahitya Academy Awards 2021

34 Ciprian Foias Prize

35 Ramanujan Prize 2021

36 Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021

37 Important Days (December 2021)

1 Significance of Raigad Fort in Maratha History

2 Hindi Translation of ‘Tolkappiyam’

3 Chalcolithic Cultures of Central India

4 Kaavi Art of Goa

5 Durga Puja Enters UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List

6 Sri Ramna Kali Mandir

7 Maha Rishi Sri Agathiyar

8 Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

1 The National Anti-Doping Bill 2021

2 Decline in Fertility Rate

Himachal Pradesh

1 'Samanya Varg Aayog'

Jammu & Kashmir

1 First UT to have a District Level Good Governance Index

Tamil Nadu

1 Tamil Nadu State New Policy for Women 2021

Uttarakhand

1 First Crocodile Trail

2 Askot Wildlife Sanctuary Declared Eco-Sensitive Zone

Nagaland

1 Committee on Withdrawal of AFSPA from Nagaland

Jharkhand

1 SAHAY Scheme

Cricket

1 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021

2 U-19 Asia Cup 2021

Football

1 SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship

2 Senior Women’s National Football Championship

Hockey

1 Junior Hockey World Cup 2021

Billiards

1 National Billiards Championship 2021

Chess

1 FIDE World Chess Championship

Skiing

1 Aanchal Thakur

1 Juvenile Justice Board

2 Adjournment Sine Die

3 ESG Fund

4 Poverty Trap

5 Atmanirbhar Hastshilpkar Scheme

6 UN Women

7 Amuktamalyada

8 Nagaswaram

9 Waguw

10 Chillai Kalan

11 Prithvi Raj Chauhan

12 Hornbill Festival

13 Apatani Textile Product

14 Sankalp Smarak

15 Value at Risk (VaR)

16 Certificate of Origin (CoO)

17 NSE Prime

18 Memorial International

19 Mission SAGAR

20 Asia Power Index 2021

21 Golan Heights

22 Pangong Tso

23 Neurocysticercosis (NCC)

24 Pinaka-ER

25 Paxlovid

26 Controlled Aerial Delivery System (CADS)

27 Log4 Shell

28 Indravati Tiger Reserve

29 Flex Fuel Vehicles

1 Beti Bachao & Beti Padhao Scheme

2 NITI Aayog’s Vernacular Innovation Program

3 Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules 2021

4 Proposal to Amend Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act 2002

5 New Scheme for Semiconductor and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem

6 Army Establishes Quantum Lab and AI Centre

1 Joint Committee Report on Data Protection Bill 2019

2 Good Governance Index 2021

3 Geo-relief Enabled Governance for Decision Making

4 NITI Aayog Releases Fourth Edition of State Health Index

5 Report on Emergency Care at Secondary, Tertiary Level Centers

6 World Inequality Report 2022

7 ARIIA Rankings 2021

8 Coal 2021

9 CAG Report on Groundwater Management & Regulation

1 PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Scheme

2 Hunar Haat

Topper's Interview

Ishank - Rank-15th AIR - Uttarakhand Judicial Services Examination - 2020

Model Test Questions

1 Prelims 2022: General Studies Paper I MCQs

2 Prelims 2022: Current Affairs Based MCQs

Indian History

1 Indus Valley Civilization

2 Habitation Site along Mythical River ‘Saraswati’

3 Important Aspects of Vedic Age (1500 – 600 BCE) to Remember

4 Economy, Social Life and Polity during Vedic Age

5 Various Religions (Buddhist)

6 Various Religions (Jain)

7 Mauryan Period - Major Rulers and their Contributions

8 Post-Mauryan Period - Major Dynasties

9 Major Developments during Post-Mauryan Period

10 Thaporunai River (Thamirabarani) Civilization

11 Ancient Temple of Gupta Period

12 Vijay Nagar Empire

13 Why Religious Movements Emerged

14 Bhakti Movement in South India

15 Bhakti Movement in North India

16 Sufi Movement

17 Slave Dynasty/ Mamluk/ Ilbari Dynasty (1206-1290)

18 Khilji Dynasty (1290-1320)

19 Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1414)

20 Sayyid Dynasty (1414-51)

21 Maratha Empire

22 Mughal Empire

23 Rise of Independent Kingdoms

24 Arrival of Europeans

25 Constitutional Structure of British State in India - Acts and Laws

26 Civil, Police and Judicial Reforms under British

27 Education in British India

28 Consolidation of Power by British in India

29 Impact of British Rule on Indian Economy

30 Moplah Rebellion

31 Socio-Religious Movements

32 Tribal Movements

33 Gurudwara Reform Movement

34 Ramakrishna Mission (Prabuddha Bharata)

35 Social Reformers and Movements

36 Pre-INC Organizations and Founders

37 Formation of Indian National Congress

38 Extremist Phase of Freedom Struggle (1905-16)

39 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

40 Indian Freedom Struggle (Post-Gandhi)

41 Intermediate Events

Architecture

1 Kalamkari Painting

2 Meenakari

3 Rudreshwara Temple

4 Cave Paintings

5 Nihangs

6 'Janjatiya Gaurav Divas' marks Birth Anniversary of Birsa Munda

7 Ahom Kingdom (Prime Minister’s visit to Sivasagar’s Jerenga Pothar in Assam)

Essays

1 Jan Bhagidari as a Model of Effective Local Governance