Civil Services Chronicle April 2019

1 Threat of Monoculture in Crop Production

2 Government Panel for Raising Minimum Wage

3 We Need a Leap in Healthcare Spending

4 How Social Protection Systems Support Growth Process

5 Current Affairs Quiz

6 Education Qualification for Local Body Elections

7 Reconciling Tribal Rights with Biodiversity Conservation

8 Regulating Bias in Algorithms

9 Current Affairs Question

10 India at OIC

11 India-Pakistan Conflict: Role of SCO

12 Saudi Crown Prince’s Visit to India

13 Terrorism: What should be India’s Strategy against Nuclear-Armed Pakistan?

14 Scientists Discover Massive Mountains under Earth’s Crust

15 The Mystery of Moving North Pole

16 Current Affairs Questions

17 Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

STRATEGIC LOCATION OF SAUDI ARABIA

Geographical similarity between India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Italy

1 PM-Kisan Scheme

2 Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog

3 Agriculture Sector Credit Stagnates

4 Dam and Irrigation

5 Umbrella SPV to Fund Metro Projects

6 Bank Recapitalisation Plan

7 Amendments to the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018

8 Unified Authority for Regulating all Financial Services

1 Permanent Resident Status Problem in Arunachal Pradesh

2 All India Services Rules for Conduct, Disciplinary Action

3 Criteria for Inclusion in ST List

4 Twitter CEO Summoned by Parliament

5 Bribe Allegation against the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha

6 How Much Time can a Chief Minister Take before Announcing his Council of Ministers?

1 Significance of Balakot Air Strike

2 India-Indonesia Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space

3 India, EMs Make Case for Special Treatment at WTO

4 4th India-Asean Expo and Summit

5 India-Pakistan Conflict: Is There a Role for SAARC?

6 UN Court Rejects UK’s Claim of Sovereignty over Chagos Islands

1 NASA Solves Mystery of Lunar Swirls

2 NASA’s New Mission to Study Space Weather from ISS

3 New NASA Telescope Could Find over 1,000 Planets

4 ISRO’s New Rocket Likely to Carry Two Defence Satellites

5 India’s 40th Communication Satellite Launched

6 NASA Discovers Oldest and Coldest White Dwarf Star

7 Scientists Can Now Turn Carbon Dioxide Back into Coal

8 Scientists Perform First ‘In Body’ Gene Editing

1 Pharmaceutical Residues in Fresh water Pose Environmental Risk

2 Chemical Nose

3 Pollution in Ganga Harming Riverbed Sediments

4 Plastic Fuel

5 Researchers Convert Carbon Dioxide into Coal

6 Sundarban Reserve Forest Now a Wetland of International Importance

7 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species

8 2nd Phase of River Information System Launched

9 Hilsa Passage through Farakka Navigation Lock

10 Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Meeting on Disaster Risk Management

11 India and China Greening Faster than Rest of the World

1 PERSONS IN THE NEWS

2 ON THE HOT SEAT

3 FACES ONLY IN MEMORY

4 AWARDS

5 CONFERENCE/SUMMITS

6 SURVEY/REPORTS/INDEX

7 COMMITTEES/PANELS

1 MSP for Minor Forest Produce Extended

2 Fertility Gap and Religion

3 National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use

4 Gender Gap in Wages

5 Adoption of Girl Child

1 Rise in Crop Failures Predicted in Ganga Basin States

2 Oil Supply Deal

3 Interim Dividend by RBI

4 42 Non-scheduled Cancer Drugs under Price Control

5 ‘SWAYATT’ on GeM

6 Three Banks Taken out of the PCA framework

7 Women’s Livelihood Bond

8 Asteroid Bennu

9 SpaceX’s New Astronaut Capsule Docks on International Space Station

10 Japanese Space Probe Lands on Asteroid

11 ‘Inkjet’ Solar Panels Set to Reshape Green Energy

12 The Table that Defines Chemistry Turns 150

13 First Mammal to Go Extinct Due to Climate Change

14 Vulture Safe Zone

15 Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS)

16 Current Affairs Questions

1 India’s Performance in IP Sector Improves

2 Public Utility Service Expanded

3 Startups Exempted from Angel tax

4 National Policy on Electronics 2019

Topper's Interview

JAIJEET KAUR HORA - 1st AIR - UPPCS 2016

Science & Technology

Biotechnology

1 Harvesting wild Genes Gives Crops Renewed Resistance to Disease

2 Medical Biotechnology

3 Agricultural Biotechnology

4 Environmental Biotechnology

5 Industrial Biotechnology

6 Bioinformatics

7 Biotechnology Sector is the New Favorite

Defence

1 Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet

2 Classification of Indian Missiles

3 Major Missiles

4 Defence Technology is Another Constant

Nanotechnology

1 DNA ORIGAMI

2 Nanomaterials

3 Nanotechnology in Agriculture

4 Nanotechnology in Medicine

5 Nanotechnology in Electronics

6 Nanotechnology in Environment

7 Nanotechnology in Consumer Products

8 Nanotechnology in Defence

9 Nanotechnology in Space

Nuclear Technology

1 Kaiga 1 Nuclear Reactor

2 Nuclear Energy and Fuel

3 Nuclear Technology in India

4 Installed Nuclear Reactors in India

5 Applications of Nuclear Technology

Space Technology

1 Microsat R

2 Types of Satellites Launched by ISRO

3 Space Science & Exploration

4 ISRO’s Launch Vehicles

5 Recent Achievements

6 Applications of Space Technology

7 Space Related Questions are here to Stay

IT And Other Technologies

1 Linking Items of Daily use with General Science

Information & Communication Techology

1 ICT-based Questions are Appearing in all Flavors

General Science

Biology

1 World’s First Trial Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS)

2 Human Stem Cells

3 Genetics - Gene Editing Applied to Banana Genome

4 Genetics - Genes

5 Genetics - DNA

6 Genetics - Heredity

7 Genetics - Common Genetic Diseases

8 Genetics - Techniques in Genetics

9 Glands & Hormones - Global Athlete

10 Glands & Hormones - Endocrine System

11 Glands & Hormones - Hormones

12 Human Nutrition - National Nutrition Mission

13 Human Nutrition - Functions & Types

14 Human Nutrition - Carbohydrate

15 Human Nutrition - Protein

16 Human Nutrition - Lipid

17 Diseases - Zika Virus Outbreak

18 Diseases - Immunology

Current Affairs

1 REPORTS & INDICES

Essays

1 Reservation has Failed to Accomplish Social Justice