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 The Significance of Indian Diaspora

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

6 74th UNGA Session Held

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

8 Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR)

9 National Resource Efficiency Policy

Sweden

1 Committee on Financial Technology Suggests Sweeping Reforms

2 RBI Directs Banks to Link Loan Rates to External Benchmark

3 RBI Report on Impact of Loan Waivers

4 Draft Report on Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Survey

5 Gujarat Again Tops Perception Based National Logistics Index

1 Marine Fisheries Regulation and Management (MFRM) Bill 2019

2 Government Issues Ordinance to Ban e-Cigarettes

3 The Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act

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

5 UIDAI approves Voluntary Use of Aadhaar for National Populations Register

6 Collegium of Supreme Court Judges Back in the Spotlight

1 Saudi ARAMCO Attack

2 Trump Cancels Afghan Deliberation Process

1 ‘Yank’: A New Term in Biophysics

2 Scientists Discover New Mineral - ‘Goldschmidtite’

3 ISRO is Developing a Methane-Powered Rocket Engine

4 IAF Inducts Eight Apache Attack Helicopters

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

6 India Joins the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub

7 Railways to Adopt HOG System to Save Power Cost

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

9 Maritime Communication Services in India Launched

10 ‘Build for Digital India’ Programme

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

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

1 UNCCD Meeting Held at Delhi

2 Special Climate Meet on the Sidelines of UNGA

3 Emission Trading Scheme of Gujarat

4 Air Pollution in Delhi drops 25% in Four Years

5 Mapping Lightning Across India

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

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

8 Anandan’s Day Gecko Discovered in Western Ghats

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 Study Finds Sangam Era Older than Previously Thought

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

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

1 PIB Corner

2 PIB Corner

3 PIB Corner

4 PIB Corner

5 PIB Corner

1 Hong Kong Controversial Bill Scrapped

2 India and South Korea Sign Defence Logistics Pact

3 India Hosts First SCO Military Medicine Conference

4 National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)

5 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to get Programme Management Unit

6 Market Intervention Scheme

7 Telangana Government Declares 2020 as Artificial Intelligence Year

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

9 Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research Launched

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

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

12 Quantum Supremacy

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

14 Shodh Shuddhi: Fight Against Plagiarism

15 First Ever Mobile Science Exhibition Van Flagged Off in Leh

16 Project REPLAN (REducing PLastic in Nature)

17 Campaign Angikaar and E-Course on Vulnerability Atlas Launched

18 Indian PM Inaugurates Gandhi Solar Park at UN Headquarters

19 Special Tiger Force for Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR)

20 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 Basel Ban Amendment becomes Law

22 Cryodrakon Boreas

23 State-run Companies to Make Green Energy Parks

24 Task Force for Identifying Infrastructure Projects

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

1 Government to Sell Stakes in 7 CPSEs

Topper's Interview

Chitranshi Arora - 15thAIR - Delhi Judicial Services Exam 2019

Case Study

1 Case Study

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

General Studies Paper II

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

14 International Monetary Fund (IMF)

15 World Bank Group

16 World Trade Organisation

17 International Labour Organisation (ILO)

18 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

19 World Economic Forum

20 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)