Civil Services Chronicle January 2021

1 Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2020

2 One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

3 Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0

Ethiopia

1 Artificial Intelligence

2 Trial by Media

3 Informal and Unorganised Sector

4 Poverty of Farmers

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1 PIB Corner

Agriculture

1 Draft Model Act on Land Titles

2 Saffron Cultivation in Northeast

3 World Fisheries Day

Government Policy

1 Bulk Drug Parks Scheme

Industry

1 DIPAM Signs Agreement with World Bank on Asset Monetisation

Infrastructure

1 Revamping of Scheme for Financial Support to PPP in Infrastructure

2 Gujarat Maritime Cluster

3 Luhri Hydropower Project

Reports & Indices

1 RBI’s Internal Working Group Report

2 World Trade Report 2020

News Bytes

1 Innovation Hub for Financial Sector

2 Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

3 Sahakar Pragya

4 Open Acreage Licensing Policy

5 Negative-Yield Bonds

6 Frontier Highway Project

7 Arunachal Kiwi

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1 PIB Corner

Legislative

1 Haryana Reserves 75% Private Jobs for State’s Residents

Executive

1 Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment (Ordinance) 2020

2 Government Sets Up Committee to Review TV Ratings Norms

Judiciary

1 SC Asks Trial Courts to Consider Witness Protection in Cases Against MPs, MLAs

2 Contempt of Court and the Role of Attorney General

Social Issues

1 UN Launches Food Coalitionto Prevent Food Crisis

2 NITI Aayog’s Third Progress Report on Poshan Abhiyan

3 Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge

Art And Culture

1 Char-chapori culture

2 Sarna Religion of Jharkhand

3 Ancient Vishnu Temple Discovered in Northwest Pakistan

4 Lachit Borphukan: The Great Military Commander of Ahom Army

News Bytes

1 Right to Recall Panchayat Member

2 Kerala Police Act 2011 Amendment

3 Indian Medicine Central Council (Post Graduate Ayurveda Education) Amendment Regulations, 2020

4 E-Lok Adalat

5 Goddess Annapurna Idol

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1 PIB Corner

World Issues

1 New Peace Deal Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

2 Governance Reforms Approved by Russia

3 Defence Pact: Japan and Australia

4 Civil War in Ethiopian

5 CARAT: Naval Exercise between Bangladesh and USA

India And Its Bilateral Relations

1 India to build Shahtoot dam in Afghanistan

2 India-Luxembourg Virtual Summit

3 Agreements between India and Maldives

International Organisations

1 Malaysia hosted APEC Summit 2020

2 G20 Summit 2020 held at Saudi Arabia

3 BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy

4 India Attended 20th SCO Summit

5 First India-Nordic-Baltic Conclave

News Bytes

1 MoU between India-Kazakhstan

In Focus

1 UN Adopts India Sponsored Resolutions on Nuclear Disarmament

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1 PIB Corner

Astronomy

1 Hayabusa 2: Samples from Asteroid Ryugu

2 Change-5 Lunar Mission

Space Organisations

1 Sentinel-6A Satellite

2 Ariel Space Mission

Bio Science

1 Desalination: A Panacea for Water Scarcity

2 mRNA Vaccines for COVID-19

Defence

1 QRSAM Tested Successfully

2 Sea Guardian Drones for Indian Navy

3 Varunastra

News Bytes

1 Extended Range Version of BrahMos Missile

2 Crew 1 Mission

3 nOPV 2 Vaccine

4 Dry Swab RT-PCR Test

5 Microwave Weapon

Security

1 43 New Chinese Apps Banned in India

2 Conference on Criminal Finance and Cryptography

In Focus

1 First Observation of Fast Radio Burst in Galaxy

New Initiatives

1 Centre Launches Initiativesfor Data Ecosystem of Cities

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1 PIB Corner

Climate Change

1 Brown Carbon ‘Tarballs’ Detectedin Himalayan Atmosphere

2 Government Constitutes Apex Committee For Implementation of Paris Agreement

Sustainable Development

1 State of Food and Agriculture 2020 Report

2 Sustainable Peatland Management Can Prevent Future Pandemics: Study

3 MNRE Proposes Scheme for Development of Wind-Solar Hybrid Parks

4 Lonar lake, Sur Sarovar Declared as Ramsar sites

5 WWF Identifies 100 Cities, Including 30 In India, Facing ‘Severe Water Risk’ By 2050

6 WII Survey Finds High Biodiversity in almost Half of the Ganga Main River

Flora And Fauna

1 Five New Species of Vine Snakes Discovered in Peninsular India

2 New Frog Genus Found in Andamans

Disaster Management

1 Typhoon Goni: Asia’s Most Powerful Tropical Storm in 2020

2 Cyclone Nivar

News Bytes

1 First Snow Leopard Census Starts in Uttarakhand

2 Panna Tiger Reserve Declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO

3 India’s First Moss Inaugurated Garden in Uttarakhand

4 Four More Biodiversity Heritage Sites For Karnataka

5 National Water Awards 2019

6 India Climate Change Knowledge Portal

In Focus

1 New Research Identifies 'Triple Trouble' for Mangrove Coasts

1 On the Hot Seat

2 Faces Only in Memory

3 States in News

4 Places in News

5 Study/Survey/Report

6 Defence

7 Summit/Seminar

8 Miscellaneous

9 World of Awards

10 World of Sports

Security

1 Data Protection Framework of India

Economic Development

1 Agritech in India: Challenges and Opportunities

2 Social Capitalin the Times of Pandemic

3 Socio-economic Impact of Recent Scientific Technologies

4 Status of Digital Payments in India

5 Government Missions and their Achievements

6 Gig Economy in India

Case Study

1 Case Study

General Studies Mains Questions And Answers

1 1.Munich Pact, instead of easing tensions proved to be the last act of appeasement by Imperialist nations towards Fascism. Comment.
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