IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-April 2023

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I

INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY

1.     NEW DELHI DECLARATION

2.     VILAKKUMADOM

3.     THULLAL DANCE

4.     MANAMADURAI POTTERY

5.     GOND PAINTING

6.     BASOHLI PAINTINGS

7.     UTTARAMERUR INSCRIPTION

8.     KAMAKHYA TEMPLE

9.     GRAMDAN ACT

10.  WEST EURASIAN GENETIC IMPRINTS

11.  PATTANAM MYSTERY

12.  SEAMOUNT

13.  CENSUS OF WATER BODIES IN INDIA

14.  CORRUGATION RIDGES

15.  HEAT DOME

SOCIAL ISSUES

16.  STATE OF WORLD POPULATION REPORT

17.  AGEING, THE REAL POPULATION BOMB

18.  SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS DEFINED ‘SEX’ AND ‘GENDER IDENTITY’

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II

INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE

19.  17TH LOK SABHA SHORTEST SINCE 1952

20.  NATIONAL PARTY STATUS

21.  TN PROHIBITION OF ONLINE GAMBLING AND REGULATION OF ONLINE GAMES ACT, 2022

22.  HOW DOES A CHILD GET TRIED AS AN ADULT?

23.  JUDGES VACANCY REMAIN HIGH

24.  THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

25.  A REMINDER ABOUT UNFETTERED CONSTITUTIONAL POSTS

26.  A JUDGMENT THAT UPHOLDS THE CONSTITUTION

27.  24TH AMENDMENT ACT, 1971

28.  WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS OF PERFORMERS UNDER INDIAN COPYRIGHT LAW?

29.  PROMOTION OF TRIBAL PRODUCTS FROM NER

30.  RULE OF LAW AND WORLD JUSTICE REPORT

31.  EGRAMSWARAJ

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES

32.  NATIONAL HEALTH ACCOUNT ESTIMATES 2019-20

33.  CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY-INDIA

34.  UNIFORM POLICY TO ENSURE MENSTRUAL HYGIENE

35.  NATIONAL HEALTH ACCOUNTS ESTIMATES FOR INDIA (2019-20) 

36.  INDIA JUSTICE REPORT 2022

37.  NEW EDGE TO THE FIGHT TB

38.  MARBURG VIRUS

39.  GLOBAL REPORT ON SODIUM INTAKE REDUCTION

40.  AZERBAIJAN AND TAJIKISTAN ARE NOW MALARIA FREE

41.  STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2023

42.  PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE FOR EMERGING THREATS (PRET)

43.  BLASTOMYCES FUNGUS

44. WORLD CHAGAS DISEASE DAY

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

45.  INDIA AND US

46.  INDIA-UAE

47.  INDIA-JAPAN INTELLECTUAL DIALOGUE

48.  CIVIL LIABILITY FOR NUCLEAR DAMAGE ACT (CLNDA)

49.  WAGNER GROUP

50.  MARKETS IN CRYPTO ASSETS (MICA)

51.  LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN YEMEN

52.  FINLAND JOINED NATO

53.  JAPAN’S NEW PLAN FOR A FREE AND OPEN INDO-PACIFIC

54.  HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM (HLPF) 2023

55.  UN STATISTICAL COMMISSION

56.  INVESTMENT FACILITATION AGREEMENT

57.  SUSTAINABLE CRITICAL MINERALS ALLIANCE

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

58.  PREPAID PAYMENT INSTRUMENTS 

59.  LEGAL REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO GIG WORKERS

60.  DABBA TRADING

61.  CSIR SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY RARE-EARTH ELEMENT DEPOSIT IN ANANTAPUR

62.  LUCRATIVE METALS IN ODISHA BAUXITE WASTE

63.  URANIUM-241

64.  PM MITRA SCHEME

65.  APPLICATION SUPPORTED BY BLOCKED AMOUNT

66.  A NEW ECONOMICS FOR A NEW WORLD

67.  URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (UIDF)

68.  PRADAN MANTRI KISAN SAMRUDDHI KENDRAS

69.  SHAKTI POLICY

70.  MIRCHA’ RICE

71.  ONE HEALTH APPROACH FOR ANIMALS

72.  LOGISTIC PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) 2023

73.  CRITICAL MINERALS AND INDIA

74.  MAHILA SAMMAN SAVINGS CERTIFICATE SCHEME

75.  INDIA’S SUSTAINABLE JET FUEL

76.  MISSION 50K-EV4ECO

77.  GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT, 2023

78.  GREEN ENERGY OPEN ACCESS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

79.  NATIONAL QUANTUM MISSION

80.  CAN PSYCHEDELICS TREAT DEPRESSION?

81.  LUPEX MISSION

82.  PSLV-C55

83.  JUICE MISSION

84.  GAGANYAN MISSION 

85.  EUROPA CLIPPER 

86.  DRAGONFLY MISSION

87.  INDIAN SPACE POLICY 2023

88.  MHC I INHIBITION BY OMICRON VARIANTS

89.  YZ CETI B

90.  RECREATIONAL DRUG USE DURING THE LATE BRONZE AGE

91.  MAGNETORESISTANCE

92.  LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC)

93.  LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE OBSERVATORIES (LIGO)

94.  REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE-TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (RLV-TD)

95.  NOVEL ULTRAMICRO SUPERCAPACITOR

96.  WHAT IS WATER ELECTROLYSIS?

97.  WHAT IS THE PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT?

98.  WHY IS DNA PREFERRED OVER RNA?

99.  GENOME INDIA PROJECT

100. IT (INTERMEDIARY GUIDELINES AND DIGITAL MEDIA ETHICS CODE) RULES, 2021

101. LEISHMANIA DONOVAN

102. LIFTING SECOND SPACE AGE

103. WEB3 AND INDIA

104. POWERFUL SOLAR FLARE

105. MOON TO MARS PROGRAM OFFICE

106. SNAP-10A

107. DHAWAN II ENGINE

108. TROPOSPHERIC EMISSIONS: MONITORING OF POLLUTION

109. ANTINEUTRINOS

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES /CONVENTIONS /FRAMEWORK

110.           INTERNATIONAL BIG CAT ALLIANCE

111.           COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES (CCAMLR)

112.           SAFETY ACROSS ASIA FOR THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT (SAFE)

113.           GREEN EQUITY APPROACH (GEA)

114.           GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

115.           UNITED NATIONS 2023 WATER CONFERENCE

116.           WATER FOR WOMEN FUND

117.           COALITION OF COASTAL CITIES TO COMBAT MARINE LITTER 

118.           COALITION LINKING ENERGY AND NATURE FOR     ACTION (CLEANACTION) 

119.           GREEN CREDIT PROGRAMME (GCP)

120.           DEEP SEA MINING

PROTECTED AREAS IN NEWS

121.           ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK

122.           BANDIPUR TIGER RESERVE

123.           PULICAT LAKE

124.           PERUMBAKKAM WETLAND

125.           BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITES

126.           ECO-SENSITIVE ZONES (ESZ)

SPECIES IN NEWS

127.           AMOLOPS SIJU

128.           PYGMY HOGS 

129.           MANGROVE PITTA BIRDS 

130.           PROSOPIS CHILENSIS

131.           CNEMASPIS CHENGODUMALAENSIS

132.           SMALL CATS

133.           SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNAS 

134.           SPIRANTHES HACHIJOENSIS

135.           PSEUDOLIPARIS BELYAEVI

136.           CHONDROSTEREUM PURPUREUM

137.           STAPHYLOCOCCUS AND STREPTOCOCCUS

138.           NEW CORAL REEFS IN ECUADOR'S GALAPAGOS    ISLANDS

139.           CYCAS PECTINATE

140.           ‘SLOCUM’ GLIDERS

MISCELLANEOUS

141.           TIGERS CENSUS 2022

142.           BIOLUMINESCENCE

143.           THE FOREST (CONSERVATION) AMENDMENT BILL, 2023

144.           GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE 

145.           FOREST FIRE

146.           SPHEROIDAL CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES (SCP)

147.           PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES 

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

148.            INTER-SERVICES ORGANISATIONS (COMMAND, CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE) BILL, 2023

PRELIMS inFOCUS

PLACES inNEWS