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Brief Note on NEO IAS Current Affairs Digest ..................................................................................................... 2
Inside the digest ................................................................................................................................................. 3
1 Environment ......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 UV INDEX AND ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ......................................................................................................................... 7
1.2 CLOWNFISH, SYMBIOSIS AND MUTUALISM ......................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 ASIATIC WILD DOG ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
1.4 GYPS VULTURE .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
1.5 HUMPBACK MAHSEER ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
1.6 THE NETWORK FOR CERTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION OF FORESTS (NCCF) .............................................................. 11
1.7 BUMPHEAD PARROT FISH .................................................................................................................................................. 11
1.8 HEAT WAVES ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.9 INDIAN FOREST ACT, 2019 AND PRODUCTION FORESTS ................................................................................................... 13
1.10 UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY ................................................................................................................... 13
1.11 FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE MOVEMENT AND GRETA THUNBERG ............................................................................................. 14
1.12 STARRY FROG AND MAJOR TRIBE COMMUNITIES IN KERALA ............................................................................................ 15
1.13 SUNDARBAN WETLANDS .................................................................................................................................................. 15
1.14 PURPLE FROG .................................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.15 STATE OF FOREST REPORT................................................................................................................................................ 16
1.16 GREEN CRACKERS............................................................................................................................................................. 17
1.17 NEW DELHI DECLARATION AND ONE HORNED RHINOCEROS ........................................................................................... 18
1.18 VAQUITA MARINA AND PORPOISES ................................................................................................................................... 19
1.19 WOOD SNAKE ................................................................................................................................................................... 19
1.20 PATHARIA HILLS .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
1.21 UPDATES: GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD ................................................................................................................................. 19
2 Geography ........................................................................................................................................... 20
2.1 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ....................................................................................................................................................... 20
2.2 BUZI AND IDAI .................................................................................................................................................................. 20
2.3 ASIA’S OLDEST BAMBOO FOSSILS AND MORE ABOUT BAMBOOS ................................................................................... 20
2.4 GOLAN HEIGHTS ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
2.5 CLOUD SEEDING ............................................................................................................................................................... 22
2.6 NURSULTAN...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
2.7 URUZGAN PROVINCE......................................................................................................................................................... 22
2.8 MALHAM CAVE AND DEAD SEA ........................................................................................................................................ 22
2.9 REKO DIQ MINE ................................................................................................................................................................ 23
2.10 NAGARHAR, JALALABAD .................................................................................................................................................. 23
2.11 ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
2.12 TASHIGANG ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23
3 World Affairs ....................................................................................................................................... 23
3.1 INDIA-AFRICA FORUM SUMMIT (IAFS) ............................................................................................................................ 23
3.2 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO) .............................................................................................................. 24
3.3 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY AND ENERGY INTENSITY ........................................................................................... 24
3.4 WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ............................................................................................................................................. 25
3.5 NICE, VIENNA AND LOCARNO AGREEMENTS .................................................................................................................... 26
3.6 LANGKAWI INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AERO EXPO (LIMA) 2019 ................................................................................. 26
3.7 WORLD WATER DAY ........................................................................................................................................................ 26
3.8 SARY ARKA-ANTI TERROR 2019 AND SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION ............................................................ 27
3.9 OPERATION SUNRISE AND KALADAN PROJECT ................................................................................................................. 28
3.10 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION STRATEGY .......................................................................................................................... 28
3.11 INDIA-U.S. STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE .................................................................................................................. 29
3.12 TRANSPORTS INTERNATIONAUX ROUTIERS AND INTERNATIONAL NORTHSOUTH TRANSPORT (INSTC) CORRIDOR ...... 29
3.13 SIPRI................................................................................................................................................................................ 30

3.14 ANTARCTIC TREATY ......................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.15 ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION ...................................................................................................................... 32
3.16 INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE(IFPRI) ......................................................................................... 32
3.17 UNSC 1267 SANCTIONS AND UN RESOLUTION REGIME.................................................................................................... 33
3.18 GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 1949 ...................................................................................................................................... 34
3.19 BIO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION PROGRAM ................................................................................................. 36

3.20 SANUMDONG .................................................................................................................................................................... 36
3.21 SOV ................................................................................................................................................................................. 36
3.22 16+1 COUNTRIES (CHINA-CEEC) ..................................................................................................................................... 36
3.23 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ....................................................................................................................................... 37
3.24 SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN.................................................................................................................................................. 37
3.25 NYEPI ............................................................................................................................................................................... 37
3.26 TONGCHANG RI ................................................................................................................................................................ 37
3.27 SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS ....................................................................................................................................................... 37
4 Science and Technology...................................................................................................................... 38
4.1 MANEUVERING CHARACTERISTICS AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (MCAS) ........................................................................... 38
4.2 HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE .............................................................................................................................................. 38
4.3 CHANDRAYAAN 2 AND RETROREFLECTORS ...................................................................................................................... 39
4.4 PSLV C45 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 40
4.5 GRAPES 3 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 40
4.6 ASTROSAT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 42
4.7 VIRTUAL SIM AND SIM TECHNOLOGY............................................................................................................................. 42
4.8 CHITOSAN ......................................................................................................................................................................... 43
4.9 BLACK BOX ...................................................................................................................................................................... 43
4.10 SMARTSAT SOFTWARE ..................................................................................................................................................... 44
4.11 FASER ............................................................................................................................................................................. 44
4.12 WEST NILE VIRUS ............................................................................................................................................................ 45
4.13 TRACKING BEACON TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................................... 46
4.14 SOLAR TSUNAMI ............................................................................................................................................................... 46
4.15 LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER ................................................................................................................................. 48
4.16 INVERTER AIR CONDITIONERS .......................................................................................................................................... 48
4.17 MEGHA-TROPIQUES, SARAL-ALTIKA AND ALTIMETER .................................................................................................. 49
4.18 TUBERCULOSIS ................................................................................................................................................................. 50
4.19 UNANI MEDICINE AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF UNANI MEDICINE ................................................................................. 51
4.20 PIEZOELECTRIC NANO GENERATOR .................................................................................................................................. 51
4.21 YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAMME ...................................................................................................................................... 53
4.22 TECHNOFERENCE .............................................................................................................................................................. 53
4.23 INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE ....................................................................................................................................... 53
4.24 STADIA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 53
4.25 TWIN-PIT LATRINE ............................................................................................................................................................ 53
4.26 IVERMECTIN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53
4.27 GLOBAL CHEMICALS OUTLOOK........................................................................................................................................ 54
4.28 TURING AWARD ............................................................................................................................................................... 54
4.29 LONG MARCH ................................................................................................................................................................... 54
4.30 BELLE II ........................................................................................................................................................................... 54
4.31 HELICOBACTER PYLORI .................................................................................................................................................... 54
4.32 ICE-FREE ARCTIC SUMMER ............................................................................................................................................... 54
5 Government Interventions .................................................................................................................. 54
5.1 COFFEE BOARD OF INDIA .................................................................................................................................................. 54
5.2 NATIONAL ANNUAL RURAL SANITATION SURVEY (NARSS) 2018-19 ............................................................................. 55
5.3 PADMA AWARDS .............................................................................................................................................................. 55
5.4 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION ............................................................................................................................................ 57
5.5 DIPAM............................................................................................................................................................................. 58
5.6 NATIONAL COMPANY LAW APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (NCLAT) ......................................................................................... 59
5.7 SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2019 ...................................................................................................................................... 59
5.8 FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2019 ............................................................................................... 60
5.9 INDIA ENERGY MODELLING FORUM ................................................................................................................................. 60
5.10 SOLAR PARKS AND ULTRA MEGA SOLAR POWER PROJECTS ............................................................................................ 61
5.11 DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION ................................................................................................................... 62
5.12 PULSE POLIO PROGRAMME 2019 ...................................................................................................................................... 63
5.13 DAM REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (DRIP) AND MAJOR ORGANIZATION UNDER MINISTRY OF WATER
RESOURCES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 63
5.14 NEW HYDROELECTRIC POLICY .......................................................................................................................................... 64
5.15 PM-STIAC AND PRINCIPAL SCIENCE ADVISOR ................................................................................................................. 65

5.16 SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2019 AWARDS ............................................................................................................................. 66
5.17 INDIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ............................................................................................................................ 67
5.18 PRADHAN MANTRI SHRAM YOGI MANDHAN YOJANA...................................................................................................... 67
5.19 NATIONAL COMMON MOBILITY CARD ............................................................................................................................. 68
5.20 NATIONAL POLICY ON SOFTWARE PRODUCTS – 2019....................................................................................................... 68
5.21 FAME II ........................................................................................................................................................................... 69
5.22 KANYASHREE, SWAYANGSIDDHA ..................................................................................................................................... 70
5.23 POSHAN PAKHWADA ........................................................................................................................................................ 70
5.24 PRADHAN MANTRI JL-VAN YOJANA AND ETHANOL BLENDED PETROL PROGRAMME ..................................................... 71
5.25 IMPACT4NUTRITION ......................................................................................................................................................... 72
5.26 YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER FOR 2019.................................................................................................................................. 72
5.27 KARUNYA AROGYA SURAKSHA PADHATHI ...................................................................................................................... 72
5.28 MUKHYAMANTRI ANCHAL AMRIT YOJANA...................................................................................................................... 72
5.29 YUVASHREE ARPAN ......................................................................................................................................................... 72
5.30 BOLO APP.......................................................................................................................................................................... 73
5.31 PRANAM COMMISSION ................................................................................................................................................... 73
6 Polity and Governance ........................................................................................................................ 73
6.1 MINES ACT ,1952 ............................................................................................................................................................. 73
6.2 OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT .................................................................................................................................................... 74
6.3 DELIMITATION COMMISSION ............................................................................................................................................. 74
6.4 NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (NADA) .................................................................................................................... 75
6.5 LOKPAL ............................................................................................................................................................................ 75
6.6 ELECTORAL BONDS .......................................................................................................................................................... 78
6.7 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY............................................................................................................................... 78
6.8 MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT .............................................................................................................................................. 79
6.9 JAMMU AND KASHMIR RESERVATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2019 AND ARTICLE 35A .......................................... 80
6.10 OBSERVER APP ................................................................................................................................................................. 80
7 History and culture ............................................................................................................................. 81
7.1 NAVROZ............................................................................................................................................................................ 81
7.2 DHANGARS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 81
7.3 AZAADI KE DIWANE ......................................................................................................................................................... 81
7.4 SHARADA PEETH .............................................................................................................................................................. 82
7.5 THAKURANI JATRA FESTIVAL ........................................................................................................................................... 82
7.6 SIRSI SUPARI ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82
7.7 MARAYUR JIGGERY .......................................................................................................................................................... 82
8 Economy ............................................................................................................................................. 83
8.1 SECURITIES APPELLATE TRIBUNAL .................................................................................................................................. 83
8.2 ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE .......................................................................................................................................... 83
8.3 FINTECH ........................................................................................................................................................................... 84
8.4 INDAS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 84
8.5 VOLUNTARY RETENTION ROUTE ...................................................................................................................................... 85
8.6 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS ................................................................................................................................. 85
8.7 DOMESTIC SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS (D-SIBS) ................................................................................................ 86
8.8 COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY (CBC) REPORT AND BEPS ACTION 13 REPORT.......................................................................... 86
8.9 IMPORTANT STATISTICS ON INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE .................................................................................................... 87
8.10 IRON ORE IMPORTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 88
8.11 FEDERATION OF INDIAN EXPORT ORGANISATIONS ........................................................................................................... 88
8.12 FOREX SWAP .................................................................................................................................................................. 88
8.13 THE 15TH FINANCE COMMISSION ..................................................................................................................................... 89
8.14 BUREAU OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY (BEE) AND DESIGNATED CONSUMERS ........................................................................ 90
8.15 SWIFT ............................................................................................................................................................................. 90

8.16 GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 91
8.17 BILATERAL SWAP ARRANGEMENT AND CURRENCY SWAP ............................................................................................... 91
8.18 UPDATE ON WHITE LABEL ATMS .................................................................................................................................... 92
8.19 YOU ONLY NEED ONE (YONO) CASH ............................................................................................................................. 92
8.20 EMBEDDED TAX ............................................................................................................................................................... 93

9 Security .............................................................................................................................................. 93
9.1 DHANUSH HOWITZER ....................................................................................................................................................... 93
9.2 NATIONAL CRIME RECORD BUREAU ................................................................................................................................ 93
9.3 MISSION SHAKTI AND OUTER SPACE TREATY ................................................................................................................... 94
9.4 CHINOOK .......................................................................................................................................................................... 95
9.5 BORDER AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (BADP) ..................................................................................................... 95
9.6 INS KHANDERI ................................................................................................................................................................. 96
9.7 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY ................................................................................................................................ 97
9.8 PINAKA .......................................................................................................................................................................... 97
9.9 BOLD-QIT AND COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ......................................................... 98
9.10 CHAKRA 3 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 98
9.11 AK 203 RIFLES ................................................................................................................................................................. 99
9.12 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ...................................................................................................................................... 100
9.13 PORT BEIRA .................................................................................................................................................................... 100
9.14 EXERCISE MITRA SHAKTI-VI .......................................................................................................................................... 100
9.15 TROPEX ........................................................................................................................................................................ 100
9.16 EXERCISE AL NAGAH 2019............................................................................................................................................. 100
9.17 MISSILE SYSTEMS AWARD ............................................................................................................................................. 100
9.18 MAINAMATI MAITREE EXERCISE 2019 ........................................................................................................................... 101
9.19 BHAGWAN MAHAVIR AHIMSA PURASKAR ..................................................................................................................... 101
9.20 ABHEDYA ....................................................................................................................................................................... 101
9.21 AFINDEX-19 ................................................................................................................................................................. 101
10 Index and Surveys............................................................................................................................. 102
10.1 ENERGY TRANSITION INDEX ........................................................................................................................................... 102
10.2 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX .......................................................................................................................... 102
10.3 PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX AND SCHOOL EDUCATION QUALITY INDEX ................................................................. 103
10.4 WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT ........................................................................................................................................... 103
10.5 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK REPORT ................................................................................................................... 104
10.6 WORLDWIDE COST OF LIVING SURVEY .......................................................................................................................... 105
10.7 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX ..................................................................................................................................... 105
11 CUrrent Affairs test series................................................................................................................. 107

1 ENVIRONMENT
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4.28 TURING AWARD

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4.29 LONG MARCH

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4.30 BELLE II
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4.31 HELICOBACTER PYLORI

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4.32 ICE-FREE ARCTIC SUMMER

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5 GOVERNMENT INTERVENT IONS

5.1 COFFEE BOARD OF INDIA

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5.4 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION

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5.7 SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2019

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5.8 FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2019
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5.9 INDIA ENERGY MODELLING FORUM

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5.10 SOLAR PARKS AND ULTRA MEGA SOLAR POWER PROJECTS
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5.12 PULSE POLIO PROGRAMME 2019

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5.13 DAM REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (DRIP) AND MAJOR

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5.15 PM-STIAC AND PRINCIPAL SCIENCE ADVISOR
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5.16 SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2019 AWARDS
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5.17 INDIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
5.18 PRADHAN MANTRI SHRAM YOGI MANDHAN YOJANA
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5.19 NATIONAL COMMON MOBILITY CARD
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5.20 NATIONAL POLICY ON SOFTWARE PRODUCTS – 2019

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5.21 FAME II
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5.22 KANYASHREE, SWAYANGSIDDHA
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5.23 POSHAN PAKHWADA
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5.25 IMPACT4NUTRITION
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5.27 KARUNYA AROGYA SURAKSHA PADHATHI

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5.28 MUKHYAMANTRI ANCHAL AMRIT YOJANA

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5.29 YUVASHREE ARPAN

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5.30 BOLO APP
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5.31 PRANAM COMMISSION

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6 POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

6.1 MINES ACT ,1952
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6.2 OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT

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6.4 NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (NADA)
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6.9 JAMMU AND KASHMIR RESERVATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2019 AND ARTICLE
35A
6.10 OBSERVER APP

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7 HISTORY AND CULTURE
7.1 NAVROZ
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7.2 DHANGARS
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7.3 AZAADI KE DIWANE
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8 ECONOMY
8.1 SECURITIES APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
March 2019 | Economy

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8.2 ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE

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8.6 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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8.7 DOMESTIC SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS (D-SIBS)
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8.8 COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY (CBC) REPORT AND BEPS ACTION 13 REPORT
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8.9 IMPORTANT STATISTICS ON INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE
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8.10 IRON ORE IMPORTS

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8.11 FEDERATION OF INDIAN EXPORT ORGANISATIONS
8.12 FOREX SWAP
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8.13 THE 15TH FINANCE COMMISSION
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8.15 SWIFT
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8.17 BILATERAL SWAP ARRANGEMENT AND CURRENCY SWAP

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8.18 UPDATE ON WHITE LABEL ATMS
8.19 YOU ONLY NEED ONE (YONO) CASH

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9 SECURITY
9.1 DHANUSH HOWITZER
9.2 NATIONAL CRIME RECORD BUREAU
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9.4 CHINOOK
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9.5 BORDER AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (BADP)

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9.8 PINAKA
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9.10 CHAKRA 3

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9.11 AK 203 RIFLES
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9.13 PORT BEIRA

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9.14 EXERCISE MITRA SHAKTI-VI

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9.15 TROPEX
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9.16 EXERCISE AL NAGAH 2019

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9.17 MISSILE SYSTEMS AWARD

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9.18 MAINAMATI MAITREE EXERCISE 2019

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9.19 BHAGWAN MAHAVIR AHIMSA PURASKAR

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9.20 ABHEDYA
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9.21 AFINDEX-19
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10 INDEX AND SURVEYS
10.1 ENERGY TRANSITION INDEX
March 2019 | Index and Surveys

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10.2 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX

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10.3 PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX AND SCHOOL EDUCATION QUALITY INDEX
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10.6 WORLDWIDE COST OF LIVING SURVEY

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10.7 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

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2.8 MALHAM CAVE AND DEAD SEA