IAS Abhiyan Current Affairs Digest-May 2023

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I

INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE & GEOGRAPHY

1.     SHILABHATTARIKA

2.     THRISSUR POORAM

3.     CHOMANGKAN

4.     SANTINIKETAN

5.     TAGIN LANGUAGE

6.     THE NEOLITHIC STONE TOOLS

7.     THE NAKED ASCETIC IN INDIA

8.     RAVIDASSIA COMMUNITY

9.     SAMARTH RAMDAS

10.  SC BACKS TN POSITION ON JALLIKATTU

11.  CARBON DATING

12.  DISCOVERING THE DANCING GIRL

13.  SENGOL

14.  HOW CYCLONES FORMED AND NAMED?

15.  FLASH DROUGHTS

16.  EL NINO IS COMING

SOCIAL ISSUES

17.  PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT (POSH) ACT, 2013

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-II

INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & GOVERNANCE

18.  ARTICLE 142 OF THE CONSTITUTION

19.  ARTICLE 299 OF THE CONSTITUTION

20.  ARTICLE 239AA OF THE CONSTITUTION

21.  ORDINANCE MAKING POWER

22.  OLD PARLIAMENT AND SUPREME COURT SITTINGS

23.  UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

24.  MODEL PRISONS ACT, 2023

25.  FORUM SHOPPING PRACTICE

26.  INDIA’S MISSING CENSUS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

27.  DISTINCTION BETWEEN LEGISLATURE PARTY AND POLITICAL PARTY

28.  WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX, 2023

29.  17TH LOK SABHA SHORTEST FULL-TERM SINCE 1952

30.  FOOD ADS AND REGULATIONS

31.  GOVERNOR’S DECISION TO CALL FLOOR TEST WRONG: SC

32.  DELHI GOVT. HAS CONTROL OVER BUREAUCRATS

33.  L-G DOES NOT HAVE SWEEPING EXECUTIVE POWERS: SC

34.  RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED

35.  RECUSAL OF JUDGES

ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL SECTOR / SERVICES

36.  HOW METHANOL POISONING KILLS?

37.  ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII

38.  IRON FORTIFICATION & HEALTH RISKS

39.  AREXVY VACCINE FOR RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV)

40.  MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)

41.  VIABLE DENGUE VACCINE

42.  GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DROWNING PREVENTION

43.  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

44.  TRACHOMA

45.  GLOBAL NETWORK AGAINST FOOD CRISIS

46.  NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PREVENTION & CONTROL OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES [NP-NCD]

47.  DONANEMAB

48.  UN REPORT ON MATERNAL AND NEWBORN DEATHS

49.  INTERNATIONAL PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE NETWORK (IPSN)

50.  COMMISSION FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY (CSTT)

51.  ARE GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE WORKERS PAID ENOUGH TO BE RETAINED?

52.  IDRONE INITIATIVE

53.  WELFARE SPENDING HAS BEEN GETTING A REGULAR PRUNING

54. MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (MRT)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

55.  INDIA AND MALDIVES

56.  INDIA AND SOUTH PACIFIC

57.  INDIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA

58.  INDIA AND WTO

59.   “LAUNDROMAT” COUNTRIES

60.  PANDEMIC TREATY

61.  FIPIC SUMMIT

62.  COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN

63.  INDIA AND EFTA

64.  TURKEY’S ELECTION

65.  WHAT ARE STATE VISITS?

66.  ARAB LEAGUE

67.  SCO CFM MEET

68.  QUAD-LED BIOMANUFACTURING HUB IN INDIA

69.  CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS (CHT)

70.  AIME-2023

71.  WHAT IS WASHINGTON DECLARATION?

72.  U.S. DEBT CEILING

73.  NORTH-SOUTH TRANSPORT CORRIDOR (NSTC)

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-III

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

74.  LIGHTWEIGHT PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENTS SYSTEM

75.  STARTUP INDIA SEED FUND SCHEME (SISFS) 

76.  INDIAN ECONOMY IN 09 YEARS

77.  RS. 75 COIN IN NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING

78.  ANGEL TAX AND STARTUPS

79.  NO TDS ON WINNINGS UP TO RS 100

80.  ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (ADAS)

81.  INDIA’S FARM EXPORTS MAY FACE HEADWINDS

82.  THE SOUTH INDIAN FILTER COFFEE

83.  OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERCE (ONDC)

84.  LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VACCINE AWAITING FOR APPROVAL

85.  GREEN DEPOSITS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK BY RBI

86.  NUTRIENTS IN MILLETS

87.  CVV (CARD VERIFICATION VALUE)

88.  LEIPZIG TRANSPORT SUMMIT

89.  GIG WORKERS AND LEGAL REMEDIES

90.  NATIONAL MANUFACTURING INNOVATION SURVEY (NMIS) 2021-22

91.  GLOBAL FINANCIAL INNOVATION NETWORK (GFIN)

92.  GAPS IN AEPS

93.  LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE (LIBOR) BENCHMARK

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

94.  XPOSAT MISSION

95.  'TROPICS' MISSION

96.  NAVIC SATELLITE

97.  QUANTUM BIOLOGY

98.  SHENZHOU-15 SPACE MISSION

99.  FOUCAULT PENDULUM

100.           DRAFT DIGITAL INDIA BILL

101.           PETAFLOP SUPERCOMPUTER

102.           AI AND FACE RECOGNITION

103.           NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY, 2023

104.           MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY

105.           NEURALINK

106.           TOI4603 OR HD 245134

107.           FAST RADIO BURSTS (FRBS)

108.           EMIRATES MISSION TO THE ASTEROID BELT

109.           BRASS IS COPPER AND ZINC

110.           AXIOM MISSION-2

111.           NVS-01 SATELLITE

112.           REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES

113.           HUMAN PANGENOME MAP

114.           TEST VEHICLE DEMONSTRATION (TVD-1)

115.           AT2021LWX LARGEST COSMIC EXPLOSION

116.           EARTH-SIZED ALIEN PLANET

117.           QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

118.           RADIOMETRIC DATING

119.           LIFE-SIZE REPLICAS OF MISSILES ON DISPLAY

120.           PIEZOELECTRIC MEMS TECHNOLOGY

121.           FOMALHAUT 

122.           MERCURY IN RETROGRADE

123.           CODEC METHOD

124.           HOT JUPITER

125.           SCARY BARBIE

126.           LIGO-INDIA

127.           WHAT IS BLUESKY?

128.           START ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAMME

129.           EVALUATING DNA REPORT AS EVIDENCE

130.           TRANSFORMER, THE ML MODEL THAT POWERS  CHATGPT

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES /CONVENTIONS /FRAMEWORK

131.           UN GLOBAL TREATY TO END PLASTIC         POLLUTION

132.           MERI LIFE, MERA SWACHH SHEHAR’

133.           CARBON CAPTURE COALITION

134.           PETERSBERG DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

135.           CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (CBAM)

136.           UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS (UNFF18)

137.           GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS WATCH

138.           AMAZONFACE

PROTECTED AREAS IN NEWS

139.           PALGHAT GAP IN THE WESTERN GHATS

140.           ANDHRA PRADESH’S 1ST WILD ORCHIDARIUM

141.           50% OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LAKES AND  RESERVOIRS HAVE SHRUNK

142.           WHAT IS THE PETERMANN GLACIER?

SPECIES IN NEWS

143.           HIMALAYAN BROWN BEAR

144.           GANGETIC RIVER DOLPHIN

145.           PISODONOPHIS KALINGA

146.           GHARIALS

147.           MALABAR PIED HORNBILL

148.           BLACK-WINGED STILT

149.           MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES

150.           AXOLOTL

151.           MEIOGYNE ARUNACHALENSIS

152.           LEATHERBACK TURTLES

153.           NILGIRI MARTEN

154.           CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS WORLD’S WORST ANIMAL      DISEASE

155.           GEKKO MIZORAMENSIS

156.           CALIFORNIA CONDOR

MISCELLANEOUS

157.           WHAT IS THE 1.5 DEGREE CELSIUS TARGET?

158.           ABIOGENESIS

159.           GLOBAL WARMING WILL LIKELY SOON CROSS 1.5º C. 

160.           DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAPS

161.           GLOBAL LAND OUTLOOK

162.           CHLAMYDIA

163.           SENDAI FRAMEWORK 

SECURITY CHALLENGES: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

164.           INSURGENCY IN MANIPUR

165.           STORM SHADOW 

166.           THE MAOISTS ARE STILL A THREAT

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-IV

ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE

167.           CODE OF CONDUCT FOR CIVIL SERVICES

168.           25 YEARS OF KUDUMBASHREE

PRELIMS inFOCUS

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