Civil Services Chronicle January 2020

1 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Dehumanising India's Third Gender

2 Revisiting Roles of Constitutional Heads in a Democracy

3 Steel Scrap Recycling Policy: A Shot in the Arm for Steel Industry

4 Essar Steel Verdict: Changes the Rules for Future Insolvency Cases

5 16th India-ASEAN Summit: Catalysing Regional Economic Growth with ASEAN

6 11th BRICS Summit: Boost to Multilateralism

7 IndiGen Project: Sequencing Indian Genes

8 Avian Botulism Kills Migratory Birds in Sambhar Salt Water Lake

1 Cabinet Approves Recycling of Ships Bill – 2019

2 Government Plans to Increase Deposit Insurance Limit

3 Annual Report on Road Accidents in India – 2018

4 Alternative Investment Funds

1 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 comes into Effect

2 India Celebrates 70 years of Adoption of the Constitution

3 Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill Passed in LokSabha

4 NSO Survey Debunks Swachh Bharat Claims

5 Office of CJI Comes Under the Purview of RTI Act

6 Rise in Review Petitions at Supreme Court

1 Nepal Flags Concerns over Kalapani

2 Indo-Bangla MoU on Feni River

3 German Chancellor Calls for Fresh Attempts at EU-India Trade Deal

4 Sri Lankan President visits India

5 Controversial Re-Education Camps of Xinjiang

6 Change in USA’s West Bank Policy

7 SCO Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake, Rescue Held in India

8 BIMSTEC Ports Conclave

9 International Solar Alliance Gets New Members

10 East Asia Summit 2019

1 The Mystery of Coronal Heating

2 NASA Renames Ultima Thule

3 NASA’s Voyager 2 Enters Interstellar Space

4 ISRO Successfully Launches Cartosat-3

5 ISRO Develops Crew Module Design

6 India Plans to Test-fire SLBM K-4

7 Space Internet

8 CRISPR Takes First Steps to Fight Cancer

9 China’s Approach to Treat Alzhiemer’s

1 Australian Bush Fires Point at Climate Change

2 Venice is Going Under Water

3 IndAIR: CSIR-NEERI’s Web Facility

4 Red Atlas Action Plan Map for Flood Mitigation

5 Bengal Tree Frog

6 Marengo sachintendulkar: Rare Species of Asian Jumping Spider

7 Idris Elba: Tiny Parasitic Wasp

8 Sumatran Rhinoceros Now Extinct in Malaysia

9 Chemicals in Garcinia Plants of Northeast Beneficial for Humans

10 India gets 43 million USD to Boost Climate Resilience in Coastal States

1 PERSONS IN NEWS

2 ON THE HOT SEATS

3 FACES ONLY IN MEMORY

4 DEFENCE

5 PLACES IN NEWS

6 STUDY/SURVEY/REPORT

7 MISCELLANEOUS

8 WORLD OF AWARDS

1 Remembering Tipu Sultan: The Tiger of Mysore

2 Revisiting History: Third Battle of Panipat

3 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev

1 National Health Profile, 2019

2 FSSAI Seeks to Clampdown on Junk Food Served in Schools

3 77 million Diabetics Reported in India

4 PM Matru Vandana Yojana: Insufficient Coverage, Dismal Approach

1 NITI Aayog’s Roadmap for Future Health Systems

2 SAANS Campaign

3 Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh

4 North India’s First Sugar Mill to Produce Ethanol

5 India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) Declining: SRS Report

6 WTO’s Appellate Body may be Dysfunctional

7 Khadi gets HS Code

8 GI Tag to Darjeeling Green, White Teas

9 NCDEX AGRIDEX: India's First Agri Index

10 Budapest Convention and India

11 Bougainville Referendum

12 70th Year of India-China Diplomatic Ties

13 Cabinet Approves MoUs with Saudi Arabia to Combat Smuggling of Narcotic Drugs

14 Key Features

15 Aerosol Optical Depth

16 Detection of Argon-40 in the Lunar Exosphere

17 Water on Europa

18 Cortisol: A Stress Hormone that Controls Body Clock

19 Winter-grade Diesel from IOC

20 RT-PCR Machines for Speedy Detection of Dengue

21 Guru Ghasidas National Park Declared as Tiger Reserve

22 India’s Carbon Emission Target

23 Govt Approves Setting up of Six Plastic Parks

24 Geochemical Baseline Atlas of India

25 MARUDHAM

26 New Species of Signal Fish Discovered

27 GRAF: Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System

Sports Persons In News

1 L Sarita Devi

2 Mary Kom OLY

Badminton

1 Lakshya Sen

Football

1 Golden Foot Award 2019

Hockey

1 India to Host Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023

Shooting

1 Golden Target Award

2 Manu Bhaker Scripts History

1 Electoral Bonds: Safeguards of Indian Democracy Falling Apart

2 Meghalaya Makes Registration Mandatory for Non-Resident Visitors

3 International Seed Treaty

4 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting - Plus

5 India Chairs Kimberley Process Meet on Blood Diamonds

6 Kerala Cabinet Approves Fibre Optic Network

7 Relaunch of Anti-Rabies Vaccine

8 First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of Life

9 NASA Unveils Maxwell

10 New Zealand's Zero Carbon Law

11 Madrid to Host Cop 25 UN Climate Talks

12 India Attends IUCN’s 7th Regional Conservation Forum

13 NMCG Organized Ganga Utsav in New Delhi

14 International Conference on Soil and Water Resources Management

15 Fall Armyworm Attack Neutralized

16 Conservation Agriculture

17 ART/CULTURE/HERITAGE

1 The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019

2 Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2019

3 Swachh- Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan

1 Global Microscope for Financial Inclusion Report 2019

2 Working Group on Core Investment Companies

3 High Level Advisory Group Report

4 Company Law Committee Report

Topper's Interview

Amit Chaudhary - AIR - UPPCS-2017

Nilesh Bhardwaj - 61thAIR - Bihar Judicial Services Examination - 2019

Mock Test Papers

Prelims

1 PRELIMS Mock Test 2020

Ecology & Environment

Miscellaneous

1 Ecology Concepts

2 Trophic Levels

3 Carbon Cycle

4 Nitrogen Cycle

5 Population Interactions

6 Terrestrial Ecosystems

7 Major Types of Forests Based on Latitude

8 Aquatic Ecosystem

9 Biodiversity Heritage Sites of India

10 Aquatic Organisms

11 Wetlands

12 Functions of Wetlands

13 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA)

14 Montreux Record

15 Mangroves

Biodiversity

1 ​Biodiversity of India

2 Forests in India

3 Threat to Biodiversity in India

4 Biodiversity Conservation Efforts in India

5 National Efforts

6 International Cooperation

7 Major Wildlife Conservation Initiatives

8 Status of Vultures in India

9 Vulnerable Mammals

Major International Organizations/Conventions/Protocols/Declaration

1 Critically Endangered Mammals of India

2 Endangered Mammals of India

3 Endangered Marine Mammals

4 Critically Endangered Birds

5 Endangered Birds

6 Critically Endangered Reptiles

7 Vulnerable Reptiles

8 Critically Endangered Fish

9 ‘Endangered’ Fishes

10 Critically Endangered Spiders

11 Critically Endangered Corals

Pollution

1 Environmental Pollution

2 Air Pollutants and their Sources

3 Major Primary Pollutants

4 Major Secondary Pollutants

5 Effects of Air Pollutants

6 Measures to Control Air Pollution

7 Indian Initiatives to Combat Air Pollution

8 Reducing Emission by Optimizing the Power Sector

9 Emission Trading Scheme

10 Cleaner Construction Practices

11 Business Model to Reduce Crop Residue

12 Regulatory Framework

13 Air Quality Indexes

14 Soil Pollution

15 Natural Pollutants

16 Effects of Soil Pollution

17 Solid Wastes

18 Government Initiatives for Solid Waste Management

19 Plastic Waste Management

20 Government and Global Interventions

21 E-Waste Management

22 Government Initiatives to handle E-Waste

23 Basic Parameters to Calculate Water Pollution

24 Sources of Groundwater Pollution

25 Main Ground Water Quality Problems in India

26 Sources of Surface Water Pollution

27 Sources of Marine Water Pollution

28 Effects of Water Pollution on Health

29 Effects of Water Pollution on the Environment

30 Effects of Water Pollution on Aquatic Ecosystem

31 Measures to Control Water Pollution

32 Sewage Water Treatment for Domestic Use

33 Sludge Treatment and Disposal

34 Bio-Toilets

35 Government Initiatives to Control Water Pollution

36 Measures to Control River Pollution

Climate Change

1 Global Climate Change

2 Greenhouse Effect

3 Global Warming Potential (GWP)

4 Comparison of GWP of Different GHGs

5 Important Terms related to Climate Change

6 Major Initiatives to Combat Climate Change

7 Impact of Climate Change on India

8 Changing Rainfall Patterns

9 Droughts

10 Groundwater

11 Glacier Melt

12 Sea Level Rise

13 Agriculture and Food Security

14 Energy Security

15 Water Security

16 Migration and Conflict

Essays

1 Medicine for the Ailing Planet