IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-March 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I

INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY

1.     ANTIQUITIES AND ART TREASURES ACT, 1972

2.     PUSHPAGIRI KSHETRAM

3.     SISUPALGARH

4.     CHANNAR REVOLT

5.     YAOSHANG FESTIVAL

6.     KOMARAM BHEEM AND ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU

7.     BUMCHU FESTIVAL

8.     GER PROCESSION

9.     HOLA MOHALLA SIKH FESTIVAL

10.  SARBAT KHALSA

11.  VAIKOM SATYAGRAHA

12.  TIBETAN BUDDHISM

13.  DAWOODI BOHRAS

14.  A BRIEF HISTORY OF NOWRUZ

15.  RAJASTHAN DAY

16.  BIHAR DIWAS OR BIHAR DAY

17.  DHARA INITIATIVE ODE TO INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

18.  AMASR AMENDMENT BILL

19.  ASSAMESE GAMOSA AND A BENGALI GAMCHA

20.  BRITAIN’S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND DEINDUSTRIALISATION OF INDIA

21.  WHY PARTS OF NORTH INDIA FELT BIG TREMORS?

SOCIAL ISSUES

22.  NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES (NDPS) ACT

23.  PROTECTION OF DOMESTIC WORKERS IN INDIA

24.  HERSTART

25.  WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2023

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II

INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE

26.  28TH CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS (CGA)

27.  PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE AND COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES

28.  CEC AND EC NEW APPOINTMENT RULES BY SC

29.  DISQUALIFICATION OF MP FROM LS

30.  UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT

31.  WHAT IS GUILLOTINE?

32.  FOREIGN LAWYERS PRACTISE IN INDIA

33.  SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBE (PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES) ACT, 1989

34.  ONE NATION, ONE CHALLAN INITIATIVE

35.  A COUNTRY CANNOT REMAIN A PRISONER OF THE PAST

36.  WHAT IS A ‘WHIP’?

37.  MASTER PLAN FOR DELHI-2041 (MPD)

38.  GST APPELLATE TRIBUNAL

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES

39.  INTEGRATED TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME (ITEP)

40.  NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL (NAAC)

41.  INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023 AND STEM

42.  SCRUB TYPHUS HOTSPOTS IN INDIA

43.  NATIONAL POLICY FOR RARE DISEASES 2021

44.  RIGHT TO HEATH BILL

45.  WORLD TB DAY 2023

46.  INDIA’S ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT

47.  PROTON BEAM THERAPY

48.  SODIUM INTAKE REDUCTION

49. LAKHPATI DIDI INITIATIVE

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

50.  INDIA-BANGLADESH FRIENDSHIP PIPELINE

51.  INDIA-AUSTRALIA

52.  MCMAHON LINE

53.  AIRS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

54.  COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE AGREEMENT FOR TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (CPTPP)

55.  AUKUS SECURITY PARTNERSHIP

56.  INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) BAILOUT

57.  H1-B TO B1/B2 VISA

58.  INTERPOL RED NOTICE

59.  CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP

60.  SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION (SCO)

61.  KILL WEB STRATEGY OF SOUTH KOREA

62.  ISRAEL’S PROPOSED JUDICIAL REFORMS

63.  UN’S LIST OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS)

64.  TOWARDS REFORMED MULTILATERALISM

65.  BIMSTEC ENERGY CENTRE (BEC)

66.  VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

67.  EUROPEAN TRAVEL INFORMATION AND AUTHORISATION SYSTEM (ETIAS)

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

68.  PUMP AND DUMP SCHEME

69.  GREEN TUG TRANSITION PROGRAMME

70.  D-SIB FRAMEWORK 

71.  IS 18149:2023 TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS

72.  SWAMIH INVESTMENT FUND

73.  SOCIAL STOCK EXCHANGE (SSE)

74.  NCLAT FIND GOOGLE GUILTY OF

75.  LONG-TERM CAPITAL GAINS (LTCG)

76.  QUALIFIED STOCK BROKERS

77.  PM MITRA SCHEME

78.  PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING ACT, 2002 (PMLA)

79.  INTERCHANGE FEE

80.  MATSYA-6000

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

81.  MEGHA-TROPIQUES-1 (MT1) SATELLITE

82.  3D THERMOPHYSICAL MODEL FOR THE MOON

83.  BIO-COMPUTERS

84.  LEWIS SUPER ACIDS

85.  INTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY EXPLORER

86.  TSUCHINSHAN-ATLAS - COMET C/2023 A3

87.  ISRO’S SUCCESSFUL LVM-3 LAUNCH

88.  ABEL PRIZE 2023

89.  CALL BEFORE U DIG

90.  WHAT IS GENERATIVE AI?

91.  GPT-4 

92.  WHAT IS THE PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT?

93.  WHY DO MOST DEADLY VIRUSES CONTAIN RNA?

94.  DIGITAL INDIA ACT, 2023 

95.  NISAR SATELLITE

96.  AGI AND ANI

97.  GRIEVANCE APPELLATE COMMITTEE

98.  REACHOUT SCHEME

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES /CONVENTIONS /FRAMEWORK

1.     HIGH SEAS TREATY

2.     INTERNATIONAL BIG CAT ALLIANCE (IBCA)

3.     GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE

4.     COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

5.     MISSION SAHBHAGITA

6.     ARAVALLI GREEN WALL PROJECT

PROTECTED AREAS IN NEWS

7.     GANDHAMARDAN HILL

8.     THANTHAI PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

9.     CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK

10.  ASOLA BHATTI SANCTUARY

11.  MUDUMALAI TIGER RESERVE

12.  OECMS PROTECTED AREAS

SPECIES IN NEWS

1.     MALABAR TREE TOAD

2.     MORAY EEL

3.     EXOSTOMA DHRITIAE

4.     MIMEUSEMIA CEYLONIC

5.     SEAHORSE

6.     HORSESHOE CRABS

7.     JERDON’S NARROW-MOUTHED FROG

8.     REINDEER

9.     PHYLLURUS FIMBRIATUS FOUND IN SCAWFELL ISLAND

10.  RACCOON DOGS

11.  WHISKEY FUNGUS OR BAUDOINIA COMPNIACENSIS

12.  POLYSTOECHOTES PUNCTATA

MISCELLANEOUS

1.     WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT, 1972

2.     FOREST RIGHTS ACT

3.     METHANE GLOBAL TRACKER REPORT

4.     IPCC SYNTHESIS REPORT

5.     LANDSLIDE ATLAS OF INDIA

6.     COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION

7.     CLASSIFICATION OF FORESTS

8.     ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (“ESG”) REGULATIONS

9.     PINK BOLLWORM-RESISTANT GM COTTON 

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

10.  NATIONAL SECURITY ACT

11.  SIPRI REPORT

12.  FRINJEX-23

13.  ATAGS: ADVANCED TOWED ARTILLERY GUN SYSTEM

14.  INDIAN ARMS ACT OF 1959

15.  KUKI INSURGENCY

16.  ARUDHRA MEDIUM POWER RADARS (MPR) 

17.  GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX (GTI) 2023

18.  ‘ABHRA’ WEAPON SYSTEM

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