Civil Services Chronicle February 2024

1 SC Verdict on Abrogation of Article 370

2 Logistics Ease Across Different States 2023

3 Red Sea Crises: Impact on Global Trade

4 Struggles of Illegal Indian Migrants

1 Electronic Soil

2 RBI Issues Norms on Dividend Declaration by Banks

3 SEBI Proposes T+0 and Instant Settlement Cycle

4 SEBI amends Rules for Zero Coupon Zero Principle Instruments

5 RBI expands the Scope of COFT

6 RBI’s Clarifications on Green Deposits

7 Payments Infrastructure Development Fund Scheme

8 Surrender Value in Insurance

9 Securities Appellate Tribunal

10 Centre Extends PLI Scheme for Auto Sector

11 Interest Equalisation Scheme on Pre- and Post-Shipment Rupee Export Credit

12 Centre Promoting India as a global MICE Destination

1 Constitutional Validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955

2 The Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023

3 The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023

4 The Post Office Act, 2023

5 The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2023

6 The Advocates (Amendment) Act, 2023

7 The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Act, 2023

8 The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Act, 2023

9 President Advocates for All India Judicial Service

10 Centre, Assam & ULFA Sign Tripartite Peace Accord

1 Ex-Post Facto Approval to Migration and Mobility Agreement between India and Italy

2 Qatar Commutes Death Sentence of Indian Navy Veterans

3 Maldives Not to Renew Hydrography Cooperation MoU with India

4 India and Oman Launch Third Tranche of Joint Investment Fund

5 India Extends $250 Million Loan to Kenya

6 EU Reaches Agreement on Overhaul of Migration Laws

7 Italy Withdraws from China's Belt and Road Initiative

8 Conflict between Venezuela and Guyana

9 China Bans Rare Earth Technology Exports

10 India's Shift in Stance at UNGA

11 Global Partnership on AI Adopts 'New Delhi Declaration'

12 India Re-elected to IMO Council

1 XPoSat: India's First Dedicated Polarimetry Mission

2 Japan's SLIM 'Moon Sniper' Achieves Lunar Orbit

3 Saturn's Moon Enceladus Holds Hydrogen Cyanide

4 NASA Relaunches Spacecraft OSIRIS-APEx to Study Apophis

5 Indian Navy Commissions INS Imphal

6 Indian Scientists Develop Lead-Free Perovskite Photodetector

7 DeepMind's GNoME Unveils Structures of Two Million New Materials

8 Barracuda: India's Fastest Solar-Electric Boat Sets Sail

9 New Formaldehyde Sensor Detects Adulterated Fish

10 Kakrapar Atomic Power Project's Fourth Unit Achieves Criticality

11 AKTOCYTE: A Revolutionary Nutraceutical for Cancer Care

1 Arctic Ocean Faces Carbon Release Threat

2 2011-2020: Warmest Decade, yet Fewest Deaths due to Extreme Climate Events

3 Global Cooling Watch 2023 Report

4 Katabatic Winds in the Himalayas

5 Mass Nesting of Olive Ridley Turtles: DRDO to Halt Missile Testing

6 Cheetah Conservation Hub in Banni Grassland

7 Global Coal Demand to Decline by 2026

8 ​Expansion of ENACT Partnership

9 World Bank's Initiative to Combat Methane Emissions

1 Arvind Panagariya

2 Pramod Agrawal

3 Justice Sanjiv Khanna

4 Ansuman Pattnaik

5 Sandeep Batra

6 Parama Sen

7 Jithesh John

8 Reuven Azar

9 Nina Singh

10 Samir Shah

11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi

12 Robert Merton Solow

13 Thanga Darlong

14 Dr. V Mohini Giri

15 Dr. Gao Yaojie

16 Leelavathi

17 Junior Mehmood

18 R. Subbalakshmi

19 Important Days

20 Malta Capital: Valletta

21 VINBAX-23

22 EXERCISE ‘DESERT CYCLONE’

23 Prasthan

24 Table-Top Exercise

25 World Investment Conference

26 Global Investors Summit

27 LeadIT 2.0

28 Man of the Year 2023

29 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize

30 UNESCO's Prix Versailles 2023

31 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2023

32 Men’s FIH Player of the Year 2023

33 Leif Erikson Lunar Prize

34 Golden Bengal Tiger Award

35 International Gender Equality Honor

36 Nyholm Prize for Chemistry Education Excellence

37 UWW Rising Star of the Year

38 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

39 Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award

40 The Power of One Award 2023

41 33rd Vyas Samman

42 Athlete of the Year’ for 2023

1 Garba Dance Included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List

2 SHG Kudumbashree Performed Chavittu Natakam

3 Srimukhalingam Temple

4 Channapatna Toys Inducted in Children’s Academic Activities in Afghanistan

5 Warli Paintings Showcased by Inherited Arts Forum

6 Kolattam Dance of South India

7 Buddhist Teaching on Bodhichitta

8 Bahmani Kingdom

9 PM Releases ‘Collected Works of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya’

1 ECI Issues Guidelines to Move towards Respectful Discourse for PwDs

2 Enhancing Outreach of Self-Help Groups

3 Assessment of National Policy on Child Labour

4 Supreme Court's Verdict on Section 498A of IPC

5 WHO declares ‘Noma’ as Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD)

6 Bubble Baby Syndrome

Meghalaya

1 Lakadong Turmeric

2 Garo Dakmanda

3 Larnai Pottery

4 Meghalaya Chubitchi

Gujarat

1 Surat Diamond Bourse

Uttar Pradesh

1 India’s First Telecom Center of Excellence

2 U.P. Police Launches WhatsApp Channels for Districts

3 Agra-Mathura First Intra-District Helicopter Service

Maharashtra

1 Pune Enters Guinness World Record for Largest Reading Activity

2 Statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj unveiled at Rajkot

Haryana

1 International Gita Mahotsav

Telangana

1 Maha Lakshmi Scheme

Nagaland

1 5th Nagaland Honey Bee Day

Punjab

1 TATA opens Fourth Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility in Chandigarh

Karnataka

1 Namma Cargo

West Bengal

1 Kolkata: Safest City in India

Bihar

1 Mission Investigation@75 Days

2 Bihar Garners International Recognition at COP-28 for Afforestation Efforts

Arunachal Pradesh

1 Hump WWII Museum

Badminton

1 75th Inter State-Inter Zonal Badminton Championship

Cricket

1 Vijay Hazare Trophy

1 February 2024 Oneliner Current Affairs From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 India's Moonshot

2 India's Growing Stature: A Rising Power

3 Sporting Prowess: The Year of Historic Wins

4 Redefining Mobility: Transforming Landscape of Transport Sector

5 India's Industry Sector

6 Agriculture and Rural Development: Key Initiative and Achievements

7 Towards Making Villages Self-Reliant: Role of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

8 Aspirational Districts and Blocks Program

9 Lab to Land: Empowering Farmers Technically

10 Sustainable Industries: The Backbone of Self Resilient Villages

11 Empowering Rural India: Digital Transformation as a Sustainability Catalyst

12 Accelerating Economic Growth in Villages

13 Handloom and Handicraft Artisans Preserving Traditional and Cultural Heritage

14 Petrified Wood

15 Prince Rupert’s Drops

16 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

17 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

18 2023 Nobel Prize in Psychology or Medicine

19 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2022

1 Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2023

2 Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998

3 Financial Intelligence Unit India

4 National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)

5 National Research Centre on Litchi (NRCL)

6 Paat-Mitro

7 National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL)

8 Methanol Diesel-15 fuel (MD15)

9 National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Act, 2023

10 MedTech Mitra

11 SAANS Campaign 2023-24 for Pneumonia Prevention

12 Odisha declared Leprosy a ‘Reportable Disease’

13 Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY)

14 TechSaksham

15 National Culture Fund

16 Yogmaya Temple

17 Krishnaveni Sangeetha Neerajanam

18 Tansen Samaroh

19 Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary

20 International Year of Camelids

21 India’s Extreme Rain Corridor

22 Climate Change Performance Index

23 Re-Introduction of Dodo

24 National Geoscience Data Repository Portal

25 India at Artic

26 JT-60SA

27 Gemini

28 Bab el-Mandeb

29 Article 99 of the UN Charter

30 BRICS

31 EU Artificial Intelligence Act

32 NATO Membership

1 INSUQUICK

2 AKTOCYTE

3 Red Sprite

4 Vitrimer

5 NanoPtA

1 MPPSC State Service Prelims Exam 2023

2 MPPSC State Service Prelims Exam 2023

3 MPPSC State Service Prelims Exam 2023

4 MPPSC State Service Prelims Exam 2023

5 MPPSC State Service Prelims Exam 2023

6 MPPSC State Service Prelims Exam 2023

7 MPPSC State Service Prelims Exam 2023

1 February 2024 Model Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

1 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

2 Heat Action Plan

3 Provisions for Conservation of Marine Species

4 Amrit Technology for Removal of Arsenic and Metal Ions from Water

1 Indian Retail & E-commerce Industry

2 Indian Aviation Sector

1 Achieving Localized SDGs through PDI

2 20 Years of Know India Programme

3 Project PRAYAS

4 The Telecommunications Act, 2023

5 The Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 2023

6 Offshore Mineral Blocks Auction Rules

7 Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme

1 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023

2 Global Study on Homicide, 2023

3 Lancet Report on Prevalence of Child Marriages in India

4 International Debt Report

1 Ministry of Education Launches Prerana Programme

2 National Programme on Anganwadi-cum-Crèche (Palna)

3 Centre Urges Odisha to Implement PM-USHA Scheme

4 Achievements of Ayushman Bharat Scheme

5 New Additions to Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0

Ecology & Environment

Climate Change

1 Carbon Credit Trading in India

2 Methane Emissions: Sources, Impacts & Initiatives

3 ​Ozone Depleting Substances

4 Urban Heat Island: Causes, Effects and Solutions

5 Marine Heatwaves: Causes & Impacts

Biodiversity

1 Biodiversity Conservation: Methods and Strategies

2 Biodiversity Hotspots in India: Endemic Species & Threats

3 Coral Bleaching: Causes & Effects

4 Compensatory Afforestation: Initiatives in India

5 Seaweeds: Characteristics, Habitat and Uses

Pollution

1 Countering Plastic Pollution in India

2 Ocean Acidification: Causes & Effects

3 Land Degradation in India: Causes, Impacts & Initiatives

4 Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ): Prohibited, Regulated & Permitted Activities

Sustainable Development

1 Wetland Conservation: Laws, Conventions & Other Initiatives

2 Environmental Governance: Organizations in India

3 Environmental Impact Assessment: Mechanism & Procedure in India

4 Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA): Major Initiatives

5 Clean Urban Mobility Initiatives in India

Disaster Management

1 Cyclone Preparedness & Early Warning Systems in India

Waste Management

1 Biomedical Waste Management in India

New & Renewable Energy

1 Renewable Energy: Current Status in India

2 Ethanol Blending in India

Science & Technology

New Technologies & Innovation

1 Supercomputing: India’s Achievements

2 Recent Advances in Quantum Technology

3 Generative Pre-Trained Transformers (GPT)

4 Proof-of-Stake Technology

5 Extended Reality (XR)

6 Organoid Intelligence and Bio-Computers

7 Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS): Technologies & Uses

8 Semiconductors: Technologies & Initiatives

Information & Communication Techology

1 Open Network for Digital Commerce

2 ICT: Technologies & Terminologies

3 Strengthening Cyber Security in India: Key Initiatives

4 Internet of Behaviors (IoB)

Health & Disease

1 Rare Diseases: Indian Scenario

2 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

3 Food Safety: Standards & Mechanism in India

4 One Health Approach: Global & Indian Initiatives

5 Enzymes, Vitamins and Minerals: Deficiency Diseases

Nanotechnology

1 Nano-Materials: Applications

Biotechnology

1 Applications of Synthetic Biology

Microbiology

1 Useful & Harmful Microorganisms

Space Technology

1 Space Debris

2 Chandrayaan-3: Technology & Payloads

Defence

1 India’s Ballistic Missile Defence System (BMDS)

Environmental Technology

1 CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) Technologies