Civil Services Chronicle July 2020

1 India May Miss Nutrition Targets

2 India-China Flare Up

3 Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan

4 Dilution of Labour Laws

5 India Faces Worst Locust attack

6 Visakhapatnam Gas leak: An Avoidable Tragedy

Bangladesh

1 Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana

2 Direct Seeding of Rice

3 Contract Farming System

4 Coir Geo Textile to be used in Rural Roads

5 Scheme for Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises

6 Cooperative Banks under SARFAESI Act

7 Special Liquidity Scheme

1 Fifteen MPs nominated for the Delimitation Commission by Lok Sabha Speaker

2 Government Implements Shekatkar Committee Recommendations

3 Centre Brings Cauvery Water Management Authority under Jal Shakti Ministry

4 SC Orders Centre and States to Provide Transport, Food and Shelter to Migrants

5 J&K High Court Opines ’Darbar Move’ a Burden on Exchequer

1 India and Nepal Fight Over Kalapani

2 India launches Mission Sagar

3 US to Withdraw US from 'Open Skies' Treaty

4 Iran’s Currency to be Renamed and Re-valued

5 ‘Travel bubble’ to Kick Start Economy

6 BoBBLE to Predict Accurate Scale and Impact of Weather Events

7 UN Releases “Lost at Home” Report

1 VLT Captures Signs of Planet Birth

2 New Super-Earth Discovered

3 New Model Explains Growth of Black Holes

4 Cloud Atlas for Exoplanets

5 Tianwen-1 Mission

6 IIT-Guwahati’s Trojan Peptides to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

7 Directed Protein Evolution

8 New Technology from IASST to Detect Carcinogenic Compounds

9 Bio-inspired Micro Robots: Ensuring Targeted Drug Delivery

1 Unusual North Indian Heat Waves

2 Five Initiatives Launched on International Day of Biodiversity

3 Southern Reaches of Western Ghats Yield Three New Plant Species

4 India’s First Dolphin Observatory Coming up in Bihar

5 New Fresh Water Fish “Punitus Sanctus” Found in Tamil Nadu

6 Three new Fish Species Discovered in Western Ghats

7 Super Cyclone Amphan Devastates Bengal

1 Newsmakers

2 On the Hot Seat

3 Faces Only in Memory

4 Survey/Study/Report

5 Organisations

6 Defence

7 Miscellaneous

8 World of Awards

1 Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar Painting, Telangana’s Telia Rumal Get GI Tag

2 Vesak 2020: UN Chief Looks to Buddha’s Message as Humanity Suffers from Covid-19

3 Virtual Programme on Rare Artworks at National Gallery

1 National Infant Mortality Rate at 32 as per Sample Registration System Data

2 Over 42,000 Undertrials Released to Unclog Prisons: NALSA Report

3 Government Announces Several Initiatives to Boost Education Sector

1 J&K Notifies Amended Domicile Certificate Rules

2 Amid lockdown, Tripura Groups Protest Bru Settlement

3 HRD Ministry to Set up Dedicated Research and Innovation Division

4 Agriculture Minister Launches “The Saras Collection” on GeM Portal to Provide SHGs in Rural Areas

5 Oxford Releases Stringency Index

6 SCO States Favour Action Plan to Fight Covid-19

7 Chinese Parliament Approves Controversial Hong Kong Security Law

8 World Press Freedom Conference 2020

9 CHAMPIONS: Technology Platform to Empower MSMEs

10 Bharatmarket: National e-Commerce Marketplace

11 Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana- Gujarat Self Reliant Scheme

12 World Migratory Bird Day

13 India’s CO2 Emissions Fall for the First Time in Four Decades

14 Series of Ash Barges Sinking Raises Concerns on Sundarbans Ecology

15 World Tuna Day

16 Sal Forest Tortoise Habitat Stretches Over Unprotected Areas

17 Troglomyces twitteri Discovered on Twitter

18 CCMB Cultures SARS-CoV-2

19 National Technology Day

20 COVID-19 Indian National Supermodel

21 COVID-19 Bio-banks

1 PARLIAMENT Q & A

1 One Nation One Ration Card Scheme

1 Report on Impact of Energy Efficiency Measures

2 Global Energy Review-2020

Mock Test Papers

Prelims

1 PRELIMS Mock Test 2020

General Studies Mains Questions And Answers

1 ‘Raja Ravi Varma was not only a prolific artist who brought Hindu gods to Indian homes but was also regarded as the most important representative of the Europeanised school of painting in India.’Discuss.

2 Recently, the central government suspended the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme to make the funds available for COVID-19 response. In this light critically examine the significance of MPLADs scheme.

3 Explain how the separation of power with checks and balances is well suited to uphold Constitutional Governance in India.

4 24th April marked the 10th year of the National Panchayati Raj Day in India. Explain how local government should be strengthened and empowered in the context of Covid 19.

5 Analyse the need of reforms of the United Nations as it celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2020.

6 Examine how Covid-19 crisis offers a window to restructure and strengthen the country’s health policy, and reduce dependency on imports of medical devices.

7 Analyze the Agriculture Export Policy, 2018, which aims to double the value of exports. Explain how far this policy will be successful in achieving its objective.

8 MSME sector has enormous potential for growth in the coming years while eradicating poverty & unemployment, which is the biggest enemy of this nation. However, this sector is still hampered by different problems. Explain.

9 One Nation, One Ration Card, could lay the foundation of a truly national and portable benefits system that includes other welfare programmes like LPG subsidy and social pensions. Analyse the Challenges Associated with it.

10 Describe how the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) can address the challenges faced by the BOT and EPC models of infrastructure development through public-private-partnership.

11 Analyze the problems associated with the procurement and distribution of food grains in India.

12 Technology acts as both facilitator and challenge to national security. Considering this statement, discuss how law enforcement agencies can use social media for national security?

13 What are human challenge trials? Examine the concerns surrounding them.

14 What is Tele medicine? Analyse the Scope and Importance of Tele Medicine In India?

15 In Recent times, Viruses have gathered negative Connotations. Explain how Virus are beneficial to us.