Civil Services Chronicle July 2024

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Big Issue :- Climate Change: Impact on Women and Children Urgent Need to Address the Vulnerabilities - By Alok Singh

Spotlight :- DPI: A Fundamental Driver of India's Social Transformation - By Dr. Amarjeet Bhargava

Issue Analysis :- India’s Poor Solid Waste Management Posing Critical Threat to Public Health & Environment

Current Affairs In Focus

1 Carbon Farming: Path to Sustainable Agriculture & Decarbonization

2 FGD Technology: Combating Environmental Pollution

3 New WIPO Treaty

4 IUCN’s First Global Mangrove Assessment

Economy Watch

1 India Volatility Index (VIX)

2 Loan-to-Value Ratios in Gold Loans

3 SEBI Amends BRSR Framework

4 Delisting of Shares

5 Swing Trading

6 Government Bond Buyback

7 FPIs allowed to Issue P-Notes

8 Reduction in Government Treasury Bill Sales

9 SEBI’s New Framework for Regulating Stock Market

10 Inverted Duty Structure

11 RBI’s Framework to Strengthen Project Financing

12 Insurance Surety Bonds in National Highway Contracts

13 National Workshop on "Forging Sustainability in the Steel Sector"

14 PM Gati Shakti to Aid in Social Security Push

15 Aggregate Measurement of Support

India Watch

1 Conference on Criminal Justice System

2 Framework for Holistic Development of Trainers in Skilling Ecosystem

3 Blue Corner Notice of Interpol

4 SC Directives to Strengthen JJ Act, 2015

5 Supreme Court’s Observation on SC & ST Act, 1989

6 Supreme Court Orders against Illegal Mining in Tiger Reserve

7 Supreme Court Limits ED’s Power to Arrest under PMLA

8 Supreme Court Judgment on Private Property Acquisition

9 Lawyers’ Services not covered under CPA: SC

10 Reservation for Women in SC Bar Association Committee

11 Government forms Committee to Combat Transnational Cybercrimes

World Watch

1 India, UK Reaffirm Commitment to Free Trade Agreement

2 India-Iran: 10-Year Deal for Chabahar Port Operations

3 Nepal Adds Disputed Territory to Currency Note

4 Norway, Ireland and Spain Formally Recognize a Palestinian State

5 EU's AI Act Set to Enforce Landmark Rules

6 Vietnam Urges US to Reclassify Economy

7 ICC Requests Arrest Warrants against Hamas Leaders and Israeli PM

8 Russia and China Reaffirm “No-Limits” Partnership

9 NHRC Faces Accreditation Deferral by UN-Affiliated Body

10 Japan and China Express Concern Over India’s Laptop Import Licensing Measure

Science & Technology

1 NASA Launches PREFIRE Mission

2 Recent Solar Storm: ISRO’s Findings

3 ISRO Successfully Tests 3D-Printed Rocket Engine

4 JWST Unveils Farthest Black Hole Merger

5 FWD-200B: Indigenous Bomber UAV

6 DRDO Successfully Tests SMART System

7 Contactless Voltage Measurement Device

8 China's HEPS Synchrotron

9 Iron-Based Cathode Breakthrough for Cheaper Batteries

10 Revolutionary Nanopatterning Technique Developed

11 Goldene: One-Atom Thick Gold Sheet

12 IIT Guwahati's Breakthrough in Speech Technology

Ecology & Environment

1 Five Nations Unite to Combat Mercury Pollution in Healthcare

2 Severe Coral Bleaching in Lakshadweep Sea

3 Venezuela Loses Its Last Glacier

4 Climate Change Amplified Antarctic Sea Ice Decline in 2023

5 New Spider Species Discovered in Western Ghats

6 Spread of Invasive Catfish in Eastern Ghats

7 Red Colobus: Guardians of Africa's Forests

8 New Spider Species Discovered in Tal Chhapar Sanctuary

9 Tiger Translocation Initiative in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve

10 Half of the World's Rangelands Degraded: UNCCD Report

11 Grass Slope Stabilization Initiative in Nilgiris

News Notes

1 Md. Golam Sarwar

2 Kareena Kapoor Khan

3 Idashisha Nongrang

4 R. Lakshmi Kanth Rao

5 Kapil Sibal

6 Kamla Beniwal

7 Alice Munro

8 Malti Joshi

9 N Vaghul

10 Ebrahim Raisi

11 Birubala Rabha

12 Surjit Patar

13 Important Days/Weeks

14 Gulf of Aden

15 New Caledonia (Capital: Nouméa)

16 Hopen Island

17 Exercise Cyber Suraksha – 2024

18 Exercise Shakti

19 Gagan Strike-II

20 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

21 GalaxEye

22 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

23 Securities and Exchange Board of India

24 International Energy Agency

25 G7 Summit

26 AI Seoul Summit

27 Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa

28 SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting

29 India-Nordic Summit

30 ‘La Cinef’

31 International Booker Prize

32 World Press Freedom Prize

33 Shaw Prize in Astronomy

34 Sahitya Akademi Fellowship

35 Global Pride of Sindhi Award 2024

36 UNESCO/ Guillermo Cano Prize 2024

Art & Culture

1 Indian Literary Works included in UNESCO’s MoW Asia-Pacific Regional Register

2 Project Udbhav: Army's Initiative to Rediscover Heritage

3 Saga Dawa Festival Celebrated in Sikkim

4 Gangamma Jatara Festival

5 Hampi’s Virupaksha Temple

6 First Evidence of Rock Art Found in Mangaluru City

7 Sri Madhava Perumal Temple Inscriptions

Society Watch

1 NCBC Recommendations on Reservation Quota for OBCs

2 Nyishi Community

3 77th World Health Assembly

4 WHO Updates Bacterial Priority Pathogens List

5 R21/Matrix-M Malaria Vaccines

State Watch

Uttar Pradesh

1 UP’s 1st Eco-friendly Aroma Cluster

2 BHISHM Portable Hospital Cubes

Assam

1 Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS)

Uttarakhand

1 Pirul Lao Paise Pao Campaign

2 'Nakshatra Sabha'

Manipur

1 'School on Wheels' Initiative

Gujarat

1 IREDA Establishes Subsidiary in GIFT City

2 Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act

Madhya Pradesh

1 MP's First-ever City Museum

Maharashtra

1 Constitution Park

Chhattisgarh

1 Chhattisgarh's First Floating Solar Plant

Rajasthan

1 Barabandi (Water Distribution) Online System

Sports In News

Athletics

1 World Para-Athletics Championships

Hockey

1 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2024

Badminton

1 Thailand Open 2024

2 Thomas & Uber Cup

Football

1 FIFA Women's World Cup 2027

2 AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026

3 World Football Day

Tournament

1 “Let’s Move India” Campaign

Sports Persons In News

1 Dipa Karmakar

2 Sunil Chhetri

3 P Shyaamnikhil

4 Alexander Zverev

5 Iga Swiatek

6 Neeraj Chopra

Info Bytes

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

Govt. Magazines Exam Pointers

1 Vibrant World of Weaves: Regional Diversity in Indian Weaving

2 Collaboration and Cross-cultural Influences

3 Exploring Rare Weaves and Textiles of Gujarat

4 Handloom Products of India: From Local to Global

5 Indian Weaving Fabric and Technological Development

6 Do You Know?

7 Green Technologies: Current Status, Challenges and Way Ahead

8 Understanding Green Technologies for Future

9 Green Technologies for Clean and Renewable Energy

10 Empowering Rural Communities: Embracing Green Waste Tech in India

11 Biodiversity Conservation using Remote Sensing and GIS Tools

12 Usage of Green Technologies in Sustainable Water Management

13 Sensor to Track Disease Progression

14 Novel Hydro-gel Removes Micro-Plastics from Water

15 Role of AgTech Companies in Digitalizing Indian Agriculture

16 2024 will be a Watershed Year for PCs and Smartphones

17 Artificial Womb: A Revolutionary Reproductive Technology

18 MATH: A Centre of Excellence Dedicated to AI & ML

19 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

20 Unveiling the Future of AI: BINNs–Biologically Inspired Neural Networks

News Snippets

1 Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL)

2 D-voters

3 National Savings Certificate (NSC) Scheme

4 ECI’s Guidelines for Ethical Social Media Use in Campaigns

5 NTIPRIT

6 Cost Inflation Index (CII)

7 HD 3386

8 Pig Butchering Scams

9 Drip Pricing

10 SBI becomes First Trading-Clearing Member of IIBX

11 Co-lending

12 POWERGRID Accorded ATD BEST Awards

13 Nifty Non-Cyclical Consumer Index Fund

14 Telecom Design Collaboration Sprint

15 Indian Tea Association (ITA)

16 Child in Conflict with Law (CCL)

17 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)

18 National Archives of India (NAI)

19 Maasika Mahotsav

20 Fakir Lalon Shah

21 Vivekananda Rock Memorial

22 138th Birth Anniversary of Rash Behari Bose

23 Oedocladium sahyadricum

24 Glyptothorax punyabratai

25 United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)

26 World Wildlife Crime Report

27 Baobab Tree Origins and Threats

28 Ghugwa National Fossil Park

29 Xenotransplantation

30 SMaRT-PCR Mask

31 Cryptosporidiosis

32 Second Dengue Vaccine

33 Biocontrol Agent for Foot Rot Disease

34 ETO (ethylene oxide)

35 Naegleria fowleri (Brain-eating Amoeba)

36 Cryonics

37 Japan-US Sign New Missile Defence System Deal

38 High-Level Mediation Talks in South Sudan

39 EU Nations Approve Migration Pact

40 US Removes Cuba from Terrorism Non-Cooperation List

41 Taiwan Confident Amid China's "Punishment" Drills

42 UN Counter-Terrorism Trust Fund

Terms In Vogue

1 Keeling Curve

2 Antares

3 Digital Arrest

4 Vishing

5 Openwashing

6 Heat Dome

7 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)

8 Preeclampsia

9 LignoSat

10 ZiG

11 Ferroptosis

12 Blue Hole

Current Affairs MCQs

1 July 2024 Model Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

Parliament Q & A

1 Increasing Domestic Coal Production: Steps Taken by the Government

2 Promoting Export of Agricultural Products: APEDA’s Role

3 Ease of Doing Business

4 Promotion of Inclusive Education

5 PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI) Scheme

6 Exemption of Income Tax for Dairy Cooperative Society

7 Role of Rashtriya Gokul Mission

8 National Policy to Combat Left Wing Extremism

9 One Nation One Portal

10 PM-Gati Shakti Scheme

Fact Sheet

1 Textiles and Apparel Sector in India

2 India’s Gaming Sector

Public Policy

1 India Proposes New Digital Competition Law to Regulate Big Tech

2 Inter-Services Organisations Act for Enhanced Military Integration

Reports & Indices

1 Periodic Labour Force Survey

2 World Migration Report, 2024

3 Global Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2024

4 WEF’s Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024

5 "Water For Shared Prosperity"

Welfare Schemes

1 PM-KUSUM Scheme: Key Achievements & Issues

Prelims Specials

PYQ Solved Paper

1 Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Prelims Exam 2023

Mains Specials

International Relations

India & Its Neighbours

1 India-Sri Lanka: Major Issues and their Resolution

2 India-Indian Ocean Islands Nations: Initiatives & Impacts

3 India-Bangladesh Relations: Challenges and Significance

4 India-Maldives Relations: Key Aspects and Challenges

5 India-Nepal Bilateral Relations: Major Challenges and the Road Ahead

6 India-Bhutan Relations: Bilateral Progress and Development

7 Myanmar India's Gateway to ASEAN

8 Maritime Security Challenges in the IOR: Need for Enhanced Cooperation

9 India's Development Projects in Neighbouring Countries

India’s Relations With Some Major Countries & Regions

1 India-Africa Relations and the Changing Global Order

2 India-US Multidimensional Relations

3 India-Russia Relations: Partners in Progress

4 India-West Asia Relations: Significance and Challenges

5 India-France Relations: Economic and Strategic Partnership

6 India's Ambitions and Challenges in Central Asia

Global Institutions/Groupings/Agreements

1 International Financial Architecture: Need for Comprehensive Reforms

2 SCO and India: Challenges and Opportunities

3 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)

4 Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)

5 BRICS: Significance and Challenges for India

6 Global South: India's Leadership Role

7 BIMSTEC: Contemporary Relevance & India's Engagement

8 Reforming the UN: Need and India's Stance

Changing Global Dynamics & India’s Foreign Policy

1 Indo-Pacific Region and India: Strategic Perspectives and Engagement

2 South China Sea: India's Strategic and Economic Priorities

3 India’s Neighbourhood First Policy: Progress and Review

4 India's Global Rise and Regional Decline: A Paradox

5 India's International Humanitarian Assistance: Diplomatic Benefits

6 Bilateral Investment Treaties: India’s Approach and Concerns

7 Indian Diaspora: Contribution to India’s Development

Security

Terrorism/Extremism

1 Challenges of International Terrorism

2 Terrorism Financing: Sources, Challenges & Impact on India’s Security

3 Left Wing Extremism and its Varied Dimensions

4 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] and its Relevance

5 Terror Drones and Threat to India’s Security

6 Ethnic Conflicts in North-East India: Impact on Internal Security

7 Role of Local Communities in Countering Naxalism & Insurgency

8 India’s Counter Terrorism Measures

9 Role of Central Intelligence and Investigative Agencies in countering Internal Security Threats

Cross Border Issues

1 Global Nuclear Regulation & Nuclear Disarmament

2 India’s Border Management Challenges

3 Infrastructure Development in Border Areas

Organized Crime/Money Laundering

1 Drug Trafficking in India

2 Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA): Concerns and Key Imperatives

3 Mob Violence

4 Nexus between Terrorism and Organized Crime

Data And Cyber Security

1 Cross-Border Cyber-Attacks: Impact on India’s Cyber Security

2 Data Protection: Challenges & Government Interventions

Emerging Security Challenges

1 Security Threats of Artificial Intelligence

2 Space Warfare: Emerging Security Challenges