IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-November 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I

INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY

1.     KASHI TAMIL SANGAMAM

2.     UN’S LIST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE (ICH)

3.     DALAI LAMA RECEIVES GANDHI MANDELA AWARD

4.     BIRSA MUNDA

5.     UDA DEVI

6.     GURU TEGH BAHADUR

7.     TIPU SULTAN

8.     LACHIT BORPHUKAN

9.     AFZAL KHAN

10.  NADAPRABHU KEMPEGOWDA

11.  SIR CP RAMASWAMY IYER

12.  PATAN PATOLA

13.  CANAANITE

14.  KAMAICHA FOLK MUSIC

15.  WHAT IS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW?

16.  EL NIÑO, LA NIÑA AND CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS

17.  WHAT ARE CORONAL HOLES?

18.  FIVE SPOOKY PLANETS ORBITING DEAD STARS

19.  MAUNA LOA VOLCANO IN HAWAII ERUPTS

20.  THE SHIVELUCH VOLCANO

21.  SOMALIA AND FAMINE DECLARATION

22.  VOLCANISM MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGING ANCIENT VENUS

23.  WHAT IS THE FUJIWHARA EFFECT?

SOCIAL ISSUES

1.     MOTHER TONGUE SURVEY OF INDIA

2.     SHOULD THE AGE OF CONSENT BE CHANGED FOR ADOLESCENTS?

3.     HOW IS INDIA PLANNING TO END CHILD MARRIAGE?

4.     NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY

5.     CHINA AND INDIA POPULATION

6.     UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

7.     GHAR - GO HOME AND RE-UNITE PORTAL

8.     14% CONVICTION IN POCSO

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II

INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1.     22ND LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA

2.     PLACES OF WORSHIP (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1991

3.     GUJARAT SEEKS TO BRING UNIFORM CIVIL CODE

4.     KARNATAKA-MAHARASHTRA BORDER DISPUTE

5.     ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA BORDER DISPUTE

6.     HOW DIFFERENT IS THE NEW DATA PROTECTION BILL?

7.     CONSTITUTION (103RD AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

8.     STATUS OF REMOTE VOTING FOR NRIS

9.     CONVICTION AND DISQUALIFICATION IN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

10.  RULE FOR POLITICAL PARTIES’ SYMBOLS

11.  ELECTION COMMISSION

12.  CHIN-KUKI-MIZO REFUGEES

13.  GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND

14.  JHARKHAND’ NEW QUOTA BILL AND 9TH SCHEDULE

15.  SEALED COVER JURISPRUDENCE

16.  FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

17.  REMOVAL OF THE GOVERNOR

18.  GUIDELINES FOR UPLINKING AND DOWNLINKING OF TELEVISION CHANNELS IN INDIA, 2022

19.  ROLE OF GOVERNOR IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

20.  TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2022

21.  MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES

1.     ENTRY OF WOMEN IN MASJIDS

2.     WHAT IS DISEASE X?

3.     LEGALISING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

4.     MEASLES OUTBREAK IN MUMBAI

5.     NEW HOPE FOR MALARIA VACCINE

6.     NATIONAL LIST OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES (NLEM)

7.     INDIA HAS IMPROVED ITS MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO (MMR)

8.     ZOMBIE VIRUS

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1.     INDIA-U.S. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP

2.     MILITARISATION OF THE ARCTIC

3.     SHADANI DARBAR

4.     17TH G20 SUMMIT 2022

5.     SOUTH CHINA SEA

6.     BLACK SEA GRAIN INITIATIVE

7.     DIGITAL MARKETS ACT (DMA) 

8.     NO MONEY FOR TERROR

9.     NATO’S ARTICLE 4 MEANS

10.  EAST ASIA SUMMIT

11.  ASEAN SUMMIT 2022

12.  CURRENCY MONITORING LIST

13.  INDIA AND DENMARK

14.  COUNCIL OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT (CHG) OF SCO

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1.  CENTRAL DEPOSITORIES SERVICES INDIA LTD

2.  SOVEREIGN GREEN BONDS FRAMEWORK

3.  KALANAMAK RICE

4.  DHARA MUSTARD HYBRID-11 (DMH-11)

5.  AGRI PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

6.  INDIA’S PUSH FOR MILLETS

7.  OLD PENSION SCHEME

8.  VOSTRO ACCOUNT

9.  EUROPEAN SECURITIES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY (ESMA)

10.  A VISION FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

11.  MAARG PORTAL 

12.  PERIODIC LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

13.  DROUGHT RESILIENT WHEAT GENE

14.  AGREEMENT ON PORT STATE MEASURES

15. LIVESTOCK FARMING IS A CRUCIBLE FOR ZOONOTIC DISEASE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1.  LAUNCH VEHICLE MARK-III

2.  VIKRAM-S

3.  WHAT IS BLUEBUGGING?

4.  FALCON HEAVY ROCKET

5.  POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE (PSLV-C54)

6.  GM FOODS AND ANTHOCYANINS

7.  ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

8.  ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY

9. TIANZHOU-5 

10.  RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

11.  ARTEMIS 1

12.  NETWORK READINESS INDEX 2022 (NRI 2022)

13.  GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (GPAI)

14.  WHAT IS MASTODON?

15.  NEW MATERIAL MAY HOLD PROMISE FOR MORE EFFICIENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES 

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1.     TERAI ER

2.     GLOBAL SHIELD FINANCING FACILITY

3.     GLOBAL SHIELD AGAINST CLIMATE RISKS INITIATIVE

4.     BLACK CORALS DISCOVERED NEAR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

5.     AWARE INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AT COP27

6.     GREAT KNOT CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS

7.     GAJOTSAVAM

8.     ARITTAPATTI BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE

9.     METHANE ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS)

10.  IN OUR LIFETIME CAMPAIGN

11.  LONG TERM-LOW EMISSION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

12.  SAVE OUR MANGROVES NOW! INITIATIVE

13.  BLUE NATURAL CAPITAL

14.  MANGROVE BREAKTHROUGH

15.  MANGROVE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE

16.  AIR QUALITY INDEX (AQI)

17.  COP 27 A FIELD GUIDE TO CLIMATE JARGON

18.  MAJOR PLAYERS AT THE COP27 IN EGYPT

19.  A THIRD OF WORLD HERITAGE GLACIERS UNDER THREAT

20.  WHAT IS INDIA’S FUTURE STRATEGY ON EMISSIONS?

21.  IS CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING GLOBAL HEALTH?

22.  APIS KARINJODIAN 

23.  NEW SPECIES OF SHREW

24.  PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022

25.  CITES AND IVORY TRADE

26.  HOW WILL UN CLIMATE DEAL ON LOSS AND DAMAGE WORK?

27.  CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM

28.  UN CLIMATE SCIENCE AGENCY REPORT

29.  WHAT IS GLYPHOSATE?

30.  COP27

31.  OXFAM REPORT ON CARBON EMISSIONS

32.  MIDDLE EAST GREEN INITIATIVE

33.  INTERNATIONAL DROUGHT RESILIENCE ALLIANCE (IDRA) 

34.  INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR FUND

35.  NATIONAL BIOENERGY PROGRAMME

36.  E-WASTE (MANAGEMENT) RULES, 2022

37.  CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX (CCPI, 2023)

38.  RED-CROWNED ROOFED TURTLE & LEITH’S SOFT-SHELL TURTLE

39.  COP 19 AND INDIA

40. CARBON CAPTURE, UTILISATION, AND STORAGE POLICY FRAMEWORK

41.  PROJECT GIB

42.  LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER

43.  JUST ENERGY TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP

44.  BIO-CNG

45.  PAUBRASILIA ECHINATE

46.  STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN ASIA 2021

47. GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION PROGRAM (GSLEP)

48.  BIG CAT TASK FORCE

49.  SOUTHERN WHITE RHINO

50.  NORTH INDIAN ROSEWOOD OR SHISHAM

51.  UNIQUE BIRDS ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF GOING EXTINCT

52.  ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE (IWT) AND CLIMATE CHANGE

53.  AMBITION ON MELTING ICE ON SEA-LEVEL RISE AND MOUNTAIN WATER RESOURCES

54.  SEA CUCUMBERS

55.  THE ADAPTATION FUND

56.  FALCON CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

57.  ENERGY TRANSITION ACCELERATOR (ETA)

58.  REDUCING THE COST OF GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE  BORROWING

59.  GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND ALLIANCE

60.  WUHAN DECLARATION

61.  FOREST AND CLIMATE LEADERS’ PARTNERSHIP (FCLP)

62.  ADAPTATION GAP REPORT 2022

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

1.     THE SC RULING ON PENSIONS FOR WOMEN IAF OFFICERS

2.     BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE (BMD) INTERCEPTOR AD-1         MISSILE

3.  SUBMERSIBLE PLATFORM FOR ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION & EVALUATION (SPACE)

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-IV

ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE

1.     WHAT IS ETHICAL ANIMAL RESEARCH?

2.   ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG, BUT IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE

PRELIMS inFOCUS

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