IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-December 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I
INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY
1. PANINI, THE ‘FATHER OF LINGUISTICS’
2. ANGKOR WAT TEMPLE
3. UNAKOTI
4. MEITEI MAYEK OR THE MANIPURI SCRIPT
5. THOUSAND PILLAR TEMPLE
6. BATTLE OF WANDIWASH
7. CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS
8. ZONAL CULTURAL CENTRES
9. THE BOAR HAS MUCH SIGNIFICANCE IN MYTHOLOGY
10. THE WOMEN IN BUDDHISM
11. SUKAPHA DIWAS
12. ‘BUDDHISM ULTIMATE AID TO SUSTAIN COMMUNISM’
13. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA (NAI)
14. TENTATIVE LIST OF UNESCO
15. RATNAGIRI PRE-HISTORIC ROCK ART
16. BAGUETTE
17. AHILYABAI HOLKAR
18. 138TH FOUNDATION DAY OF INC
19. GOA LIBERATION DAY
20. KAKORI TRAIN ROBBERY
21. WHAT IS A BOMB CYCLONE?
22. UNITED NATIONS-WATER SUMMIT 2022
23. CYCLONE MANDOUS
24. COMMUNITY-DRIVEN WATER CONSERVATION
25. POLAR VORTEX
26. MEGATSUNAMI ON MARS
27. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
SOCIAL ISSUES
28. URBAN-20 (U20)
29. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY
30. INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
31. ALCOHOL BAN
32. DNA FINGERPRINTING IN INDIA
33. ACID ATTACKS: THE CRIME, THE LAW, REGULATION
34. URBAN TRANSPORT BETTER FOR INDIAN WOMEN
35. INDIA INEQUALITY REPORT 2022
36. PRADHAN MANTRI ADI ADARSH GRAM YOJANA
37. SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX (SPI)
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II
INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE
38. RULE 267 OF THE RAJYA SABHA RULEBOOK
39. ECI INITIATES DELIMITATION IN ASSAM
40. MAHARASHTRA AND KARNATAKA BORDER DISPUTE
41. REMOTE VOTING MACHINE (RVM)
42. PENDENCY OF CASES IN DISTRICT COURTS WENT UP
43. CAG AUDIT REPORT ON ASSAM’S NRC
44. FRICTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE JUDICIARY
45. COMMITTEE ON CONTENT REGULATION IN GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING
46. WHAT ARE THE EXISTING LAWS ON RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS?
47. WHAT IS TRIPLE TEST?
48. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR INDIA TO QUALIFY FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP?
49. THE MANY LATIN TERMS IN LEGAL JARGON
50. WHAT IS A REVIEW PETITION?
51. COURT VACATIONS
52. UTTARAKHAND PUBLIC SERVICES (HORIZONTAL RESERVATION FOR WOMEN) BILL, 2022
53. WHAT ARE POSTAL BALLOTS?
54. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS AFTER POLLING IS OVER
55. KARNATAKA RECLASSIFIES VOKKALIGAS, LINGAYATS
57. GOOD GOVERNANCE THROUGH E-GOVERNANCE
58. NARIKORAVAN AND KURIVIKKARAN COMMUNITIES
59. NEW DELHI INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE (NDIAC)
60. MARITIME ANTI-PIRACY BILL 2022
61. NATIONAL PARTY
62. ALL-WOMEN BENCH
63. CONJUGAL RIGHTS
64. ARTICLE 200 OF THE CONSTITUTION
65. DELEGATED LEGISLATION
ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES
66. PARHIYA TRIBE
67. KEEPING UP WITH VIRUSES
68. GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND USE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (GLASS) REPORT
70. DEFINING MOMENTS FOR WOMEN
71. HOW IS INDIA TRYING TO BEAT CERVICAL CANCER?
72. WHAT IS LECANEMAB
73. NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
74. THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM
75. RAINBOW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
76. PRADHAN MANTRI VIRASAT KA SAMVARDHAN (PM VIKAS) SCHEME
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
77. CHANGES IN INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
78. GROUP OF FRIENDS
79. INDIA AND NEPAL
80. RESOLVING LAC DISPUTE
81. INDIA’S IMPORTS FROM CHINA ROSE SHARPLY
82. INDIA’S APPROACH TO RUSSIA
83. CHINA-INDIAN OCEAN REGION FORUM
84. OPPORTUNITIES & CONCERNS FOR INDIA IN 2023
85. CARBON BORDER TAX AND INDIA’S STAND
86. US GOVT’S EAGLE ACT
87. INDIA'S CENTRAL ASIA OUTREACH
88. GLOBAL SOUTH
89. INDIA ASSUMING THE PRESIDENCY OF TWO GLOBAL BODIES
90. HOW THE G20 EVOLVED?
91. U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL TIES
92. SOUTH CHINA SEA CONFLICT
93. SINGAPORE DECLARATION
94. ARTEMIS ACCORDS
95. INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
96. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
97. INDONESIA CRIMINALISED ADULTERY
98. DIGITAL INNOVATION ALLIANCE
99. MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TREATY
100. CHINA’S NEW ‘HEAVENLY PALACE’ SPACE STATION
101. GULF OF ADEN
102. UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2593
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
103. PRIVATE MINING OF RARE EARTH METALS
104. GI TAGS
105. BEYPORE URU
106. E-RUPEE LAUNCHED BY RBI
107. STATUS OF FARMERS’ INCOME
108. THE ENERGY CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022
109. DECRIMINALISATION OF OFFENCES UNDER GST
110. WHAT ARE CARBON MARKETS AND HOW DO THEY OPERATE?
111. MULTI-STATE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES (MSCS) ACT, 2022
112. WHAT ARE MILLETS
113. RBI GOLD BONDS
114. THE NEED TO REFORM INDIA’S PENSIONS SYSTEM
115. GOVT MAY MAKE ‘GREEN STEEL’ MANDATORY
116. FIRST LOSS DEFAULT GUARANTEE (FLDG)
117. BIOFLOC TECHNOLOGY
118. BHARAT BILL PAYMENT SYSTEM (BBPS)
119. DISTRICTS AS EXPORT HUB (DEH) INITIATIVE
120. KRISHI–DSS
121. SURETY BOND INSURANCE
122. REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
123. RIGHT-TO-REPAIR PORTAL
124. STRATEGIC INTERVENTION FOR GREEN HYDROGEN TRANSITION (SIGHT)
125. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT (QIP)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
126. DUSP6 MOLECULE
127. ISRO LINES UP SCIENCE MISSIONS FOR 2023
128. NAEGLERIA FOWLERI THE BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA
129. T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA: T-ALL
130. THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM
131. STREP A BACTERIAL INFECTION
132. INCOVACC
133. THE ANTIMICROBIAL FILTERS
134. TWO ALIEN PLANETS
135. CAR-T CELL THERAPY
136. KILONOVA AND SUPERNOVA
137. LIONS OF THE MICROBIAL WORLD
138. TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENT (TDE)
139. ROCKET STAGES AND UNCONTROLLED RE-ENTRIES
140. DEEPFAKE TECHNOLOGY
141. HOW GENE THERAPY COULD CURE CANCER
142. CALLING NAME PRESENTATION (CNAP)
143. COVID AND YOUR GUT
144. OMEGA CENTAURI
145. JUPITER ICY MOONS EXPLORER
146. SENSORS TO DETECT TOXIC CHEMICALS
147. GNB1 ENCEPHALOPATHY
148. SEPSIS
149. SCHIZOPHRENIA
150. GEMINID METEOR SHOWER
151. ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (EDNA)
152. NUCLEAR FUSION ENERGY
153. INTRACLUSTER LIGHT (ICL)
154. DEMODEX
155. WIDEFIELD ASKAP L-BAND LEGACY ALL-SKY BLIND SURVEY
156. CAPTIVE NON-PUBLIC NETWORK (CNPN)
157. L1 FREQUENCY
158. ARTEMIS 1 MISSION
159. SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY
160. ANDROMEDA GALAXY AND GALACTIC CANNIBALISM
161. CHATGPT
162. AMERICIUM (AM)
163. HAKUTO-R MISSION
164. PANDORAVIRUS
165. WHAT ARE DARK PATTERNS?
166. DIEBACK DISEASE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES /CONVENTIONS /FRAMEWORK
167. KUNMING-MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK (GBF)
168. GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE BIODIVERSITY STANDARD
169. SPORTS FOR NATURE FRAMEWORK
170. PRIMARY FOREST ALLIANCE
171. INDO-PACIFIC PARKS PARTNERSHIP
172. AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS
173. NATURE POSITIVE FUND
174. U.N. RECOGNISES GANGA PROJECT
PROTECTED AREAS IN NEWS
175. KANGER VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
176. KOLLERU LAKE
177. KOUNDINYA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
178. TUNGARESHWAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
179. HADAGARH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
180. TAL CHHAPAR SANCTUARY
181. COMMUNITY-CONSERVED SACRED SPACES
182. OKAVANGO, MURCHISON FALLS
SPECIES IN NEWS
183. CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES IN INDIA
184. MUSSEL
185. WEASEL
186. BAR-HEADED GOOSE
187. PROJECT NILGIRI TAHR
188. MOST THREATENED INDIAN SPECIES
189. MELANOCHLAMYS BENGALENSIS
190. GREAT HORNBILL
191. HYALINOBATRACHIUM FLEISCHMANNI
192. MOUNTAIN MIST FROG
193. STUMP-TAILED MACAQUES
194. WREN BABBLER
195. HAMMERHEAD SHARK
196. ANNUAL CENSUS OF DOLPHINS
197. HUMPBACK DOLPHINS
198. CRYPTOVARANOIDES
199. BINTURONG
200. ASIAN GIANT TORTOISE
201. ENDANGERED ORCAS
202. ABALONE, DUGONG, PILLAR CORAL
203. PROJECT GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD (GIB)
204. GLASS FROGS
205. NATOVENATOR POLYDONTUS
206. GONDWANA ‘WELLSPRING’ OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION
207. FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE
208. HIMALAYAN MEDICINAL PLANTS IN IUCN RED LIST
209. WHITE-CHEEKED DANCING FROG, ANDAMAN SMOOTHHOUND SHARK AND YELLOW HIMALAYAN FRITILLARY
210. KEY LAWS, POLICIES AND RULES
211. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT (EP ACT), 1986
212. WILDLIFE (PROTECTION) AMENDMENT BILL 2022
KEY REPORTS AND INDICES
213. INDIA’S ATLAS ON WEATHER DISASTERS
214. PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES LACKS TEETH
215. GREAT LAKES
216. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL
217. AGNI-5
218. ARNALA
219. VOICE TECHNOLOGY TO COMBAT CYBER-FRAUD
220. THE INS MORMUGAO AND ITS CAPABILITIES
221. PATRIOT MISSILE
222. SURYA KIRAN
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-IV
ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE
223. LIKE CAESAR’S WIFE, SHOULD BE ABOVE SUSPICION”
224. FRATERNITY IS ONLY ANOTHER NAME FOR DEMOCRACY
225. YOU DON’T STEP INTO THE SAME RIVER TWICE
226. WHAT IS CHATGPT?
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