CURRENT AFFAIRS

MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS (MITs) OF 2022-23

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Space:
India: Small Satellite Launch Vehicle , Chandrayaan-3 Mission , GSLV-F10 , GSAT 7B, , India’s First Liquid Mirror
Telescope, India’s First Commercial SSA Observatory , Rohini Sounding Rocket, , Abort Mission for Gaganyaan
Project, Vikram-S: India’s first private sector rocket launched under Mission Prarambh, Indian Space
Association (ISpA) , ISRO to launch PSLV-C54/Oceansat-3 , Mangalyaan mission over , SARAS 3 Telescope,
Launch Vehicle Mark 3

International: China’s Tiangong Space Station, Launch of Artemis I Mission, Double Asteroid Redirection Test
(DART) Mission: NASA, James Webb Space Telescope’s First Images, Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT),James
Webb Space telescope,International Space Station,Chines Space Station Tiangong, Outer Space Treaty. ,
World Space Week 2022, Defence Space Command Agency of Australia

2. NIRF Rankings 2022 ,QS Ranking, THE ranking

3. 5G & Fiberization/Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)
4. Supercomputer PARAM Ganga: NSM , PARAM PORUL Supercomputing Facility,
5. Deep Ocean Mission
6. Amendments to the IT Rules, 2021,Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
7. Nobel Prize 2021-22
8. What is Digital Rupee? The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)/The Journey of Cryptocurrencies in
India/Blockchain Technology.
9. What is Pegasus Spyware Controversy?/Aadhaar (Targeted. Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies,
Benefits and Services) Act, 2016/Right to Privacy. SOVA malware
10. Booker Prize/International Booker Prize
11. Ethanol Blending
12. Green Hydrogen
13. iNCOVACC - First Intranasal Vaccine For Covid-19
14. iNCOVACC and CERVAVAC
15. India Semiconductor Mission
16. India's first solar-powered village -Modhera
17. Large Hadron Collider
18. Monkey Pox

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 19. NFHS-5 report
20. Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21. UDAN completed 5 years
22. WHO released guidelines for TB
23. One Nation-One Grid-One Frequency: National Grid
24. Web 3.0
25. Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0
26. India’s First Graphene Innovation Centre in Kerala
27. Chemical Weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention
28. Kavach: Automatic Train Protection System
29. Commercial Cultivation of GM Mustard
30. Uniform Safety Standards for EVs
31. Lassa Fever
32. Defense Program of India, BrahMos Export to Philippines, INS Valsura , INS Visakhapatnam , INS Surat and
frigate INS Udaygiri , AK-203 Rifles, , 17A and INS Taragiri , Indian Navy Ensign Vostok Exercise 2022,
Defense Expo-2022, Project-75, India’s latest aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. Astra MK-1 missile , C-295 Aircraft
, IN-SPACe Sanctions waiver for S-400 Missile Syste , SIPRI Yearbook 2022, Flying Trainer HANSA-NG,
PACER Scheme, Agni Prime
33. NPT/CTBT/ MTCR/Wassenaar Arrangement/ Nuclear Disarmament, Tenth Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference ,Nuclear Policy and Program
34. Role of CDS

INTERNATIONAL
1. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) Summit 2022
2. China Isssues: Taiwan,Hong Kong,South China Sea,IPEF,uighur, Semiconductors, China new border law, China-
Lithuania Tensions
3. I2U2 Summit,Israel-Palestine
4. India Border Issues : Chinese Bridge on Pangong Tso,Chinese vessel in Sri Lanka (India's concern), India China
disengagement at Hot Springs and Gogra Post, Ban on Chinese Apps
5. New START Treaty
6. 48thG-7 Summit , G7 proposed Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
(IPEF), FATF retains Pakistan in Grey List , Third No Money for Terror (NMFT)Conference, ED/PMLA
7. 14th BRICS Summit
8. Expansionism of NATO , Black Sea Grain Deal
9. Iranian Crisis, CAATSA, Iran Nuclear Deal , Hijab & Freedom of Religion , International Religious Freedom Report
2022
10. Sudan Crisis
11. Pakistan’s Devastating Floods, Pakistan Political Crisis , India Pakistan bilateral relations
12. The Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Delhi
13. Political and Economic Crisis in Srilanka ,Rajiv Gandhi Assasination Case, Article 142 ,Pardoning Power of
President (Article 72) and Governor (161)

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 14. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
15. Military Coup in Myanmar/Act East Policy/ /Refugee Convention 1951/Protocol 1967.
16. UNSC Reforms/G-4 /L69/ Coffee Club/Indian foreign minister’s new book – “The India Way/NORMS.
17. Assassination of Shinzo Abe/ Quad/New Quad/Malabar Exercise/ Indo Japan Relations.
18. United Nations (UN) World Population Prospects 2022/global population reached eight billion/National Population
Policy 2000.
19. India EU BTIA agreement/UK financial and political crisis/BREXIT. Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving
monarch, has passed away/What is Operation London Bridge
20. OBOR,Gilgit Baltistan,INSTC Corridor,Ashghabat Agreement
21. Houthi Rebels and Yemen Civil War
22. The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
23. Ethiopia Crisis
24. BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement
25. BHIM-UPI launched in Bhutan and Nepal
26. BIMSTEC summit
27. Cough syrup deaths in Gambia
28. Demise of Mikhail Gorbachev (Last leader of Soviet Union)
29. First Central Asia meet
30. India – Bangladesh River Disputes
31. India - US 2+2 Dialogue,India – US codeveloping drones
32. 'India out campaign' in Maldives
33. India re-elected to UNESCO board
34. India-Bangladesh railway lines restored
35. Iran Nuclear Deal or JCPOA
36. Israel signs free trade deal with UAE,Israel-Palestine ceasefire
37. Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
38. Nord Stream pipeline leak
39. One Year of Taliban regime in Afghanistan
40. Operation Ganga
41. Political turmoil in Pakistan
42. Raisina Dialogue 2022
43. Russia-Ukraine conflict, Rupee-Ruble Payment, US and EU sanctions on Russia, Independence of the Donetsk
People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic/Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
44. 19th ASEAN Summit/ East Asia Summit/RCEP
45. United Nations Ocean Conference 2022
46. Unrest in Kazakhstan
47. New Bridge: India & Nepal
48. Falkland Islands Issue
49. Permanent Indus Commission Meeting
50. Fifth BIMSTEC Summit
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 51. IONS Maritime Exercise 2022
52. Conflict in the Korean Peninsula

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Interim Report of J&K Delimitation Commission,
2. Ban on PFI AND UAPA, Bhima Koregaon Case/UAPA Act 1967 and recent amendments.
3. PM SHRI Schools,
4. Agnipath Scheme ,
5. Har Ghar Jal
6. National Logistics Policy 2022 ,
7. Flag Code of India , National Emblem
8. Abortion Law in India The History of Abortion Rights In India and the US
9. NFHS
10. Anti-Defection Law
11. Electoral Bonds
12. Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission
13. Ten years after the enactment of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
14. Farm Laws and Right to Protest/ Disha Ravi/Twitter Toolkit Case/Law of Sedition Section 124-A IPC
15. Gujarat Cable Bridge Collapse/NDMA/National Disaster Response Force/Prime Minister's National Relief Fund
(PMNRF)
16. National Population Register (NPR)/National Register of Citizens (NRC)/Citizenship (Amendment)
Act,2019/Assam Accord 1985,
17. Collegium System and NJAC/Live Streaming of Court Cases and Legal Aid /NALSA
18. Reservation/EWS/ OBC Subcategorization/Reservation in Promotion/Recent Judgements.
19. National Infrastructure Pipeline, PM Gati Shakti and National Infrastructure Corridor/National Investment and
Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).
20. First amendment to Constitution challenged
21. Why is the Supreme Court seeking a separate bail law? Right to Bail and Bail Reforms.
22. Electoral Bonds and Electoral Reforms in India/One Nation one election/Police reforms.
23. Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Goa Model of Civil Code and SCs judgements/Anti-Conversion Laws.
24. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme/Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises/National Automobile Scrappage
Policy /LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States) 2021 Report/National Urban Digital Mission /Consumer
Protection (E- commerce) Rules,2020/ UPI/NPCI.
25. Indian Presidential Election 2022
26. AFSPA extended in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland
27. Amar Jawan Jyoti merged with National War Memorial
28. Amrit Sarovar Mission
29. ASHA workers honoured by WHO
30. Ban on Export of Wheat & Sugar

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 31. BSNL - Revival Package
32. Central Vista Re-development Project
33. Committee on MSP
34. Criminal Procedure Identification Act 2022
35. Freebie culture
36. Gender Pay Parity
37. Hyderabad Liberation Day
38. India’s Civil Registration System Report
39. Indo-Naga ceasefire agreement completes 25 years
40. Mediation Bill
41. National Maritime Heritage Complex
42. Netaji Hologram Statue unveiled
43. One Nation One Ration Card
44. PM DevINE
45. PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) extended
46. PM PRANAM
47. Revamped Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
48. SEZ Rules
49. UNESCO's convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage
50. Increased Election Expenditure Limit
51. Criminalising Marital Rape
52. Parvatmala Scheme
53. 100 Years of Chauri Chaura Incident
54. Draft Bill for a New National Public Health Law
55. International Day to Combat Islamophobia
56. Translation of India’s Constitution into Ol Chiki Script
57. Pay Parity in Cricket
58. Aliva :A Data-Driven Approach to Eradicate Child Marriage
59. Megh Chankra Operation

ECONOMY
1. Budget 2022-23, First Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal
2. RBI hikes Repo Rate and CRR , Inflation and Recession ,MPC, RBI Financial Inclusion Index
3. Bad Bank and Neo Bank
4. 12th WTO Ministerial Conference , Developing Country Tag to China: WTO Sugarcane
5. WPI/CPI/Great Depression 1929-30/Global Financial Crisis 2008/
6. IMF/World Bank/Forex Reserves/ Global Minimum Corporate Tax.
7. Privatization of Public Sector Banks/NPA/Prompt Corrective Action (PCA)/Payment Bank/

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 8. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)/National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) and India
Debt Resolution Company Limited (IDRCL
9. Green Bonds/RBI Surplus Transfer
10. Demonetization challenged in Supreme Court/ Black Money/MB Shah Committee/Fugitive Economic
Offenders/FATF Grey and Black List /Pak ouster from grey list.
11. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav/75th Anniversary of India’s Independence.
12. Account Aggregator
13. Air India Disinvestment
14. ARTH GANGA
15. Card Tokenisation
16. Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES)
17. Digital tax (OECD)
18. Global Fintech Fest 2022
19. India's declining Forex Reserves, India's export surpassed $400bn, Indian Currency Design Mechanism
20. Internationalization of Rupee
21. National Credit Framework (NCrF)
22. Vande Bharat Express
23. Windfall Tax
24. RBI's Digital Currency
25. GST Compensation Extension
26. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Urjit Patel
27. Davos Summit:World Economic Forum
28. K-Shaped Economic Recovery
29. Retrospective Taxation by Amending Income Tax Act
30. Surety Bonds
31. Sovereign Green Bonds
32. Reforms in FDI Policy ahead of LIC IPO
33. Brahmaputra (NW2) gets connected with Ganga (NW1)
34. Dispute over Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal
35. Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act (FCRA), 2020.
36. Tokenisation of Cards in India
37. Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022
38. Quality Council of India (QCI)
39. Purple Revolution
40. Amendments in IBBI Regulations
41. India Becomes the World’s Largest Producer of Sugar

ENVIRONMENT

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 1. Climate change, IPCC: Part Three of Sixth Assessment Report,COP 27,Loss and Damage/ Mangrove Alliance
for Climate/Paris Climate Deal /Kyoto Protocol/IPCC/UNEP/Climate Performance Index, Tipping Points - Climate
Crisis, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII)Global Methane
Assessment, Breakthrough Agenda Report 2022 , ICAO Joins International Solar Alliance
2. Earth Day, Earth Hour ,Earth Overshoot Day,World Environment Day, Fifth Session of the United Nations
Environment Assembly, Emissions Gap Report 2022: UNEP
3. Draft Indian Antarctic Bill 2022 , India’s Arctic Policy, Draft e-waste management policy, E-Waste Day
4. Ramsar and Montreux Convention
5. Reintroduction of Cheetah ,Project tiger , Elephant, Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and other animals in news
6. Cyclone Sitrang , Tropical Cyclones
7. Air Pollution in Delhi/ AQI/GRAP/SAFAR/NGT/CPCB/BS-VI norms/ Stubble Burning and SC, National Clean Air
Programme
8. National Electric Mobility Mission: 2020/FAME India /Ethanol Blending in India/India’s first cryptogamic garden
9. Afghanistan Earthquake
10. Green Crackers
11. World water Week 2022
12. 50 years of Stockholm conference
13. Ban on Single Use Plastic
14. Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment)
15. Project Tiger to complete 50 years in 2023
16. MAB UNESCO(International day for biosphere reserve)
17. Sustainable Development Goals
18. Amendments to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2019
19. India State of Forest Report-2021
20. Blue Flag Certification
21. One Water Approach

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 SPORTS
1. Cricket World Cup-2022/Olympics 2022/Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games/Indian Olympic
Association/FIFA lifts ban on All India Football Federation/ Target Olympic Podium Scheme/National Games-
2022/National Sports Awards-22, FIFA ban on India

MISCELLANEOUS
1. Global Hunger Index
2. Human Development Report 2021-22
3. India Discrimination Report 2022
4. Living Planet Report
5. World Press Freedom Index 2022
6. Corruption Perception Index 2021
7. Oxfam Report: Inequality Kills
8. Democracy Report 2022
9. Export Preparedness Index 2021: NITI Aayog
10. World Air Quality Report 2021
11. World Water Day 2022
12. World Meteorological Day
13. World Energy Transitions Outlook 2022
14. World Happiness Report 2022
15. Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2022
16. World Food Day
17. World Economic Outlook: IMF
18. International Day of Peace 2022

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