Civil Services Chronicle May 2024

1 Parliamentary Privileges and Bribery: SC Pronouncement

2 High-Level Committee Report on One Nation, One Election

3 Plastic Waste Management : New Rules

Agriculture

1 Golden Jubilee of Krishi Vigyan Kendras

2 National Cooperative Database

Banking And Finance

1 SCORES 2.0

2 RBI Guidelines on Penal Charges on Loan Accounts

3 T+0 Trading Settlement Cycle

4 RBI Modifies Norms for Investment in AIFs

5 Revenue-based Financing for Startups

6 Digital India Trust Agency (DIGITA)

7 SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

8 SEBI’s Regulatory Framework for Index Providers

Industry

1 Government Expands RoDTEP Scheme

Infrastructure

1 India’s First Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas Unit

Polity & Governance

1 District Election Management Plan

2 Ladakh’s Demand for Inclusion in Sixth Schedule

3 Electoral Trusts

4 Offences under Section 153A of the IPC

5 ECI extends Vote-from-Home to PwDs & Senior Citizens

6 Appeals against the Contempt Orders of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

7 ‘Passing off’ under Trademark Rules

Judiciary

1 Ex-parte Injunction against Media Platforms

International Relations

1 India-Malaysia Bilateral Talks

2 India Launches Operation Indravati

3 India Bolsters Strategic Presence in Indian Ocean

World Issues

1 ICJ Orders Israel to Ensure Gaza's Food Supply

2 Finland Boosts Defence Innovation through NATO's DIANA

3 US Army Initiates Gaza Aid Pier Project

4 Sweden Joins NATO: A Shift in Security Policy

International Treaties

1 India-EFTA Trade Deal

Space Science

1 PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission Ensures Zero Debris

2 ISRO Achieves Breakthrough in Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology

3 India’s Atmospheric Research Testbed (ART) Inaugurated

Defence Technology

1 Successful Test of Agni-5 Missile with MIRV Technology

New Technology & Innovations

1 India Advances in Nuclear Program with FBR Core Loading Initiation

2 India Launches First Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ferry

Sustainable Development

1 First Nuclear Energy Summit

2 India’s Deteriorating Air Quality

3 Global E-Waste Monitor (GEM)

Climate Change

1 Climate Crisis: WMO Shares Insights

2 GBR Faces Devastating Coral Bleaching Crisis

Biodiversity

1 Expert Panel Formed for Great Indian Bustard Protection

2 Leopard Population 2022 Survey Results

Persons In News

1 Ms. Sheetal Devi

2 Suman Kumari

Appointments

1 Sadanand Vasant Date

2 Piyush Anand

3 Rajeev Kumar

4 Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi

5 Hansha Mishra

6 Luis Montenegro

7 Govind Dholakia

8 Mariam Mammen Mathew

9 Ashwani Kumar

10 Rahul Singh

11 Navneet Kumar Sehgal

12 Kishor Makwana

13 Gyanesh Kumar & Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

Obituary

1 Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas

2 Lama Lobzang

3 Paul Alexander

4 Kapildev Prasad

5 Arun Kumar Sharma

6 Daniel Kahneman

7 Herbert Kroemer

8 Hari Sen

9 N. K. Jose

Important Days

1 Important Days

Places In News

1 Gulf of Mannar

2 Mauritania

Military Operations/Exercises

1 IMT TRILAT 2024

2 Tiger Triumph-24

3 LAMITIYE – 2024

4 Security Belt-2024

5 Exercise Cutlass Express - 24

6 Sea Defenders-2024

7 Bharat-Shakti

8 Exercise Samudra Laksamana

Awards

1 Abel Prize

2 Saraswati Samman

3 Miss World 2024

4 Oscars 2024

Art & Culture

1 Hyderabad’s Lac Bangles Awarded GI Tag

2 Monuments of National Importance

3 Mohiniyattam

4 Three Traditional Products of Tripura Awarded GI Tag

5 Six Indian Heritage Sites Included in Tentative UNESCO List

6 Two Indian Sites recognised as Geo-heritage Site

Indian Society

1 India’s declining Fertility Rate & its Impact

Social Issues

1 Khula under Islamic Law

Health

1 WHO launches CoViNet

2 India receives ‘Measles and Rubella Champion’ Award

3 India’s First Indigenous Drug for Sickle Cell Disease

4 Lyme Disease Reported in Kerala

5 Statins

Uttar Pradesh

1 Trinetra App 2.0

Odisha

1 India’s First Indoor Athletics and Aquatic Centres

Kerala

1 India’s 1st FutureLABS at C-DAC

Tamil Nadu

1 ‘Neengal Nalama’ Scheme

Maharashtra

1 Maharashtra Unveils Fourth Women’s Policy for Holistic Development

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

Art And Culture In The Digital Age

1 Traditional Art Forms in Digital Age

2 Popular Music in India

3 Folk Art Reimagined using Modern Techniques and Contexts

4 The Power of Art for Healing and Self Expression

5 Impact of Digital Technology and Social Media on Art Museums

6 From the 'Art with Intelligence' to 'Artificial Intelligence'

Profitable Farming

1 Adaptation of Digital and Innovative Farming Techniques

2 Bamboo Farming: Growing Methods and Reaping Benefits

3 Mushroom Cultivation: Fruitful and Lucrative Industry

4 Apiculture: Scope and Opportunities

5 Floriculture and Commercial Potential of Orchids

6 Organic Farming: Benefits, Present Status and Future Prospects

7 Vertical Farming and Hydroponics: Future Urban Agriculture

Developments In Science

1 Logging and Climate Change Threaten Montane Birds

2 Carnivorous Plant Traps: Explaining the Evolution of Complex 'Composite' Traits

3 For Most Animals Sperm Quality Does Not Reduce with Age

4 Harnessing Technology for Wildlife Conservation in India

5 Urban Area Development and Wildlife Conservation

6 Trans-boundary Animal Diseases: An Indian Perspective

7 Arno Penzians

8 Snailing with Friends

9 YUVIKA: ISRO Announces Young Scientist Programme 2024

10 Snakebites: A Neglected Healthcare Problem in India

11 Snake Eating Birds

12 S&T Media and Communicators Conclave at IISF 2023

13 VIGYANIKA: Science Literature Festival (IISF 2023)

14 Life without the Queen Bee: Inside a Beehive Ordeal

India Watch

1 c-VIGIL App

2 e-shram Portal

3 National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

4 Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA)

5 Border Roads Organisation (BRO)

6 National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)

Economy Watch

1 Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs)

2 Irrigation as a Service (IaaS)

3 Rice Bran

4 Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI)

5 GRID-INDIA

Society Watch

1 PM-SURAJ Portal

2 Zero Food Children

3 Hepatitis B

Art & Culture

1 Gulaal Gota

2 UNESCO Global Geoparks Network

3 Gorsam Kora Festival

Ecology & Environment

1 Avaana Sustainability Fund

2 Tiger Safaris Ban in Core Area

3 New Wasp Species Discovered

4 High Methane Emissions in 2023

Science & Technology

1 Parrot Fever

2 SIMA

3 Devin

World Watch

1 India-Brazil 2+2 Dialogue

2 France Enshrines Right to Abortion in Constitution

3 India Tops Global Arms Import

4 Global Fertility Trends

1 IRIS

2 Hyodol

3 Ecocide

4 Ghost Particles

Geography

1 HPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Indian History

1 HPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Art And Culture

1 HPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Indian Polity

1 HPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Indian Economy

1 HPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Science & Technology

1 HPSC Prelims Exam 2023

Current Affairs

1 HPSC Prelims Exam 2023

1 Current Affairs based Prelims 2024

1 Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar (MGMD) Programme

2 Swadesh Darshan Scheme

3 National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) Scheme

4 MPLADS e-SAKSHI Mobile Application

5 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

6 PM Vishwakarma Scheme

1 Logistics Sector in India

2 India’s Chemical Sector

1 Government Approves E-Vehicle Policy

2 Centre Notifies Rules to Enforce CAA, 2019

3 Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices 2024

4 New Rules on Elephant Transfer

National

1 NITI Aayog Report on Crop Husbandry, Agriculture Inputs, Demand & Supply

2 Report of the Committee on Digital Competition Law

3 Law Commission Report on 'Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage'

International

1 Food Waste Index Report, 2024

2 Understanding the Global Gender Pay Gap

1 Centre Revises MGNREGA Wage Rate

2 Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme, 2024

3 Credit Assistance Program for Jan Aushadhi Kendras

4 Government Introduces Krishi ICCC

5 ‘Vocal for Local' Initiative: Fostering Grassroots Entrepreneurship and Self- reliance

6 IndiaAI Mission

Current Affairs

National

1 Rights of Non-Tribals in Scheduled Areas

2 Judicial Recusal

3 Data Governance Quality Index (DGQI)

4 Article 355

5 Governor's Power to Dismiss the Ministers

6 Commission of Railway Safety

7 Right to Change Name

8 Prevention of Damage to Public Property

9 Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act 2023

10 Rule 176 vs. Rule 267 of Rajya Sabha

11 Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP)

12 Right to Silence

13 Vibrant Villages Programme

14 Bribery Not Protected by Parliamentary Privileges: SC

15 SC Directions for Effective Implementation of POSH Act, 2013

16 e-Court Phase III

17 Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS)

18 The Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

19 The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

20 The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

21 Drugs and Clinical Trial (Amendment) Rules, 2023

22 Telecommunication Act, 2023

23 Tele-Law 2.0

24 e-Cabinet System

25 Serious Fraud Investigation Office

26 Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee

27 Curative Petition

28 AAINA Dashboard for Cities

29 Amplifi 2.0: An Assessment Platform for India’s Urban Development

30 CERT-In exempted from Ambit of RTI Act

31 Deletion of Kuki-Chins Tribe from ST List

32 The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023

33 Vijay Raghavan Committee Report

34 ‘Prior Approval’ to Probe Public Officials

35 Supreme Court Judgment on Inheritance

36 Advisory Board on Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF)

37 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)

38 Anticipatory Bail

International

1 Green Fuels Alliance India

2 Global Alliance for Gender Equality

3 Conflict between Venezuela and Guyana

4 Global Partnership on AI Adopts 'New Delhi Declaration'

5 India Re-elected to IMO Council

6 7th Indian Ocean Conference

7 US-India "Innovation Handshake" Agenda for Tech Collaboration

8 Bletchley Declaration

9 India Re-elected as President of AIBD General Conference

10 World Cooperative Economic Forum (WCEF)

11 Operation Ajay

12 Rafah Crossing

13 India and UN Launch Capacity Building Initiative for Global South

14 US Recognizes Cook Islands and Niue as Independent States

15 India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)

16 African Union: New Permanent Member of G20

17 Trinidad and Tobago Join India Stack Collaboration

18 Ethiopia's Amhara Region Declares Emergency

19 "Duty to Consult" Security Pledge

20 Triton Island

21 UK signs CPTPP Trade Bloc Agreement

22 Expansion of BRICS

23 Atlantic Declaration

24 NATO Plus Five

25 India Elected to UN Statistical Commission

26 Finland and Sweden join NATO

Science & Technology

1 India Officially Joins SKA Project

2 Tricholime: IISR's Breakthrough in Crop Care

3 XPoSat: India's First Dedicated Polarimetry Mission

4 ​NASA Relaunches Spacecraft OSIRIS-APEx to Study Apophis

5 AKTOCYTE: A Revolutionary Nutraceutical for Cancer Care

6 Ladakh set to become South East Asia's Inaugural Night Sky Sanctuary

7 NASA's AWE Mission to Decode Mysteries of Space Weather Drivers

8 Russia to Supply and License Igla-S Missiles to India

9 Project Kusha: India's Indigenous Long-Range Air Defence System

10 Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH)

11 High-Energy Particle “Amaterasu”

12 E Prime Layer

13 Psyche Mission

14 BlueWalker 3

15 Vikram-I

16 ImmunoACT

17 ISRO Successfully Tests CE20 Engine for Gaganyaan Mission

18 NASA's MOXIE Completes Mars Mission

19 'Vibhav' Anti-Tank Mines

20 Aditya-L1 Mission

21 India's First Indigenously Developed MRI Scanner

22 Fediverse

23 Agnibaan SOrTeD

24 Code Llama

25 QakBot Malware Network

26 ISRO’s PSLV-C56/DS-SAR Mission

27 Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever

28 AI-Driven Discovery of Abaucin

29 Dimethyl Ether (DME)-fueled Engine

30 Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA)

31 NASA’s TEMPO Instrument

32 LIGO-India: An Advanced Gravitational-Wave Detector

33 PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 Mission

34 India’s 1st 3D Printed Post Office

35 Six Rare Diseases added to NPRD, 2021

36 National Quantum Mission

Heritage, Art & Culture

1 Uttaramerur Inscription

2 GI Tag to Basohli Painting

3 Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Survey

4 Language Friendship Bridge Project

5 Ladakh's Wood Carving

6 Yakshagana

7 National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC)

8 Meri Maati Mera Desh Campaign

9 Kui Language

10 Bengaluru joins ‘World Cities Culture Forum’

11 Dedicated Cultural Heritage Squad

12 UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger

13 Adopt a Heritage 2.0 Programme

14 Two Indian Sites Join UNESCO World Heritage List

15 Shore Temple: India's First Green Energy Archaeological Site

16 Statue of Oneness

17 Revival of Kashmiri Dogra Architecture

18 Someshwara Inscription of Alupa Dynasty

19 Kozhikode and Gwalior added in UNESCO Creative Cities Network

20 Yogini Sculptures handed over to India

21 Garba Dance Included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List

22 New Additions to Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0

23 Nagara Style of Temple Architecture

24 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

Indian Economy

1 Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana

2 Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

3 Constitutional Validity of Anti-profiteering Provisions in GST

4 Momentum Investing

5 Centre Promoting India as a global MICE Destination

6 New Drone Scheme for Women SHGs

7 RISE Accelerator

8 RBI includes PM Vishwakarma under PIDF Scheme

9 Toll Operate Transfer (TOT) Model

10 Card-on-File Tokenization (CoFT)

11 One CGIAR Global Initiative

12 Overnight Index Swap (OIS)

13 Small Savings Instruments (SSIs)

14 Urban Infrastructure Development Fund

15 Rupee-denominated Social Bonds

16 Indian Green Building Council

17 National Mission on Natural Farming

18 Government Upgrades IREDA to ‘Schedule A’ CPSE

19 Asian Premium

20 SARFAESI Act, 2002

21 RoDTEP Scheme

22 FAO Food Price Index

23 ‘A-HELP’ Program

24 Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio (ICRR)

25 RBI’s UDGAM Portal

26 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023

27 Investor Education and Protection Fund

28 Bharat New Car Assessment Program

29 BHARAT Campaign

30 Corporate Debt Market Development Fund

31 External Commercial Borrowings

32 Logistics Data Bank Project

33 SWAMIH Investment Fund

34 PM-MITRA Scheme

35 Gramodyog Vikas Yojana (GVY)

36 National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF)

37 Open Market Sale Scheme

38 PM-PRANAM Scheme

39 Trade Receivables Discounting System

40 Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 (Series I)

41 SAGAR SAMRIDDHI

42 Hawkish Pause

43 Greedflation

44 ANTARDRISHTI

45 Project Kuber

46 SEBI Complaints Redress System (SCORES)

47 Farmer Distress Index

48 SATHI Portal

49 Mission 50K-EV4ECO

50 India's First REITs and InvITs Index

51 RBI Framework for Green Deposits

52 Cost Inflation Index

53 Revamped CGTMSE Scheme

54 Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP)

Ecology & Environment

1 Report on India's Snow Leopard Population Status

2 India Revises Wildlife Trade Rules after 40 Years

3 “PRITHvi VIgyan” Scheme for Earth System Research

4 WEF Report: Extreme Weather Tops Global Concerns

5 Expansion of ENACT Partnership

6 World Bank's Initiative to Combat Methane Emissions

7 Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme

8 CITES Removes India from Red Sanders Trade Restrictions

9 Mandatory Blending of Compressed Biogas (CBG)

10 International Tropical Timber Council

11 Green Energy Corridor

12 UN High Seas Treaty

13 United Nations Climate Ambition Summit 2023

14 India's Climate Actions Ranked Fourth Strongest

15 Batagaika Crater poses a Warning Sign for Earth

16 Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2023

17 Carbon Market

18 National Working Plan Code-2023

19 GoI-UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

20 International Big Cat Alliance

21 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

22 The Coalition of Coastal Cities
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