Civil Services Chronicle November 2019

1 Bank Consolidation Drive Results in Merger of Ten Public Sector Banks

2 Ailing Power Supply Chain

3 New Fiscal Reforms

4 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act (UAPA), 2019

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Government Policy

1 Government to Sell Stakes in 7 CPSEs

Industry

1 Gujarat Again Tops Perception Based National Logistics Index

News Bytes

1 State-run Companies to Make Green Energy Parks

2 Task Force for Identifying Infrastructure Projects

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1 PIB Corner

Legislative

1 Marine Fisheries Regulation and Management (MFRM) Bill 2019

2 Government Issues Ordinance to Ban e-Cigarettes

Executive

1 The Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act

2 Home Minister Pitches for Hindi as India’s Unifying Force

3 UIDAI approves Voluntary Use of Aadhaar for National Populations Register

Judiciary

1 Collegium of Supreme Court Judges Back in the Spotlight

Social Issues

1 All India Survey on Higher Education Report (2018-19)

2 Two out of Three Child Deaths in India due to Malnutrition: Lancet

3 10-year Sanitation Plan to Focus on Waste Management

Art And Culture

1 Study Finds Sangam Era Older than Previously Thought

2 Shore Temple to get World Class Illumination for Modi-Xi Summit

News Bytes

1 National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)

2 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to get Programme Management Unit

3 Market Intervention Scheme

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India And The World

1 Saudi ARAMCO Attack

2 Trump Cancels Afghan Deliberation Process

News Bytes

1 Hong Kong Controversial Bill Scrapped

2 India and South Korea Sign Defence Logistics Pact

3 India Hosts First SCO Military Medicine Conference

In Focus

1 The Significance of Indian Diaspora

2 India Convinces ASEAN to Review India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

3 74th UNGA Session Held

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Physics

1 ‘Yank’: A New Term in Biophysics

2 Scientists Discover New Mineral - ‘Goldschmidtite’

Space Organisations

1 ISRO is Developing a Methane-Powered Rocket Engine

Defence

1 IAF Inducts Eight Apache Attack Helicopters

2 DRDO Successfully Test Fires Indigenous Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile System

Bio Science

1 India Joins the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub

Developing New Technology

1 Railways to Adopt HOG System to Save Power Cost

Achievements Of Indians In Science & Technology

1 Engineer’s Day: Sir Visvesvaraya’s Contribution to Nation Building

Information Technology

1 Maritime Communication Services in India Launched

2 ‘Build for Digital India’ Programme

Astronomy

1 Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment (AIDA) Meeting Held at Rome

2 Sagittarius A*: A Black hole at the Centre of the Milky Way

News Bytes

1 Telangana Government Declares 2020 as Artificial Intelligence Year

2 ISRO, DRDO sign MoUs to Provide Technologies for Human Space Mission

3 Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research Launched

4 Survey of India to Deploy 300 Drones for Mapping the Country

5 India’s Longest Electrified Rail Tunnel inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh

6 Quantum Supremacy

7 K2-18b: Does the Planet Support Life?

8 Shodh Shuddhi: Fight Against Plagiarism

9 First Ever Mobile Science Exhibition Van Flagged Off in Leh

In Focus

1 Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR)

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Sustainable Development

1 UNCCD Meeting Held at Delhi

2 Special Climate Meet on the Sidelines of UNGA

Pollution

1 Emission Trading Scheme of Gujarat

2 Air Pollution in Delhi drops 25% in Four Years

Disaster Management

1 Mapping Lightning Across India

Fauna

1 Microhyla Eos: A newly Discovered Species of Frog from Arunachal Pradesh

2 Indian Cheetah, Pink-Headed Duck, and Great Indian Bustard Become Extinct

3 Anandan’s Day Gecko Discovered in Western Ghats

News Bytes

1 Project REPLAN (REducing PLastic in Nature)

2 Campaign Angikaar and E-Course on Vulnerability Atlas Launched

3 Indian PM Inaugurates Gandhi Solar Park at UN Headquarters

4 Special Tiger Force for Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR)

5 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

6 Basel Ban Amendment becomes Law

7 Cryodrakon Boreas

In Focus

1 National Resource Efficiency Policy

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1 PERSONS IN NEWS

2 ON THE HOT SEAT

3 FACES ONLY IN MEMORY

4 STATES IN NEWS

5 DEFENCE EXERCISES

6 MISCELLANEOUS

7 WORLD OF AWARDS

8 WORLD OF SPORTS

1 Population Characteristics

2 Status of Health Indicators

3 Human Development Index

4 SDG Index

5 Skill Development

6 Employment Scenario

7 State of the Economy

8 Judiciary

9 Rural Development

10 Agriculture & Food Management

11 Industry & Infrastructure

12 Leather industry

13 Special Economic Zones

14 Textile Sector

15 Level of Urbanisation

16 Logistics Sector

17 Road Sector

18 Civil Aviation

19 Railways

20 Energy Sector

21 Transport Sector

22 Telecom Sector

23 Smart Cities Mission

24 Swachh Bharat Mission Status

25 Banking

26 Software Industry

27 State of Forest Report 2017

28 Tiger Census

29 Air Pollution

30 Water Resources, Pollution and Conservation

Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

1 For Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

Essays

1 BEST FOR AN INDIVIDUAL IS NOT NECESSARILY BEST FOR THE SOCIETY

2 BIASED MEDIA IS A REAL THREAT TO INDIAN DEMOCRACY

3 COURAGE TO ACCEPT AND DEDICATION TO IMPROVE ARE TWO KEYS TO SUCCESS

4 VALUES ARE NOT WHAT HUMANITY IS, BUT WHAT HUMANITY OUGHT TO BE

5 WISDOM FINDS TRUTH

6 NEGLECT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION IN INDIA ARE REASONS FOR ITS BACKWARDNESS

7 SOUTH ASIAN SOCIETIES ARE WOVEN NOT AROUND THE STATE, BUT AROUND THEIR PLURAL CULTURES AND IDENTITIES

8 RISE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE THREAT OF JOBLESS FUTURE OR BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESKILLING AND UPSKILLING

9 Poverty Anywhere is a threat to Prosperity Everywhere

International Relations

Intergovernmental, Socio-Economic And Cultural Organisations

1 United Nations

2 Unesco

3 World Health Organization

4 International Maritime Organization (IMO)

5 International Fund for Agricultural Development

6 United Nations Human Rights Council

7 UN-Habitat

8 World Food Programme

9 United Nations Development Programme

10 UN Women

11 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

12 UN Disarmament Commission

13 Permanent Court of Arbitration

Economic Organisations

1 International Monetary Fund (IMF)

2 World Bank Group

3 World Trade Organisation

4 International Labour Organisation (ILO)

5 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

6 World Economic Forum

7 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
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