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February 2019 | Inside the digest

1 Economy ......................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1 INDEX OF EIGHT CORE INDUSTRIES AND INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (IIP)............................................................................ 8
1.2 PETROTECH-2019........................................................................................................................................................ 8
1.3 SRINAGAR- ALUSTENG - DRASS- KARGIL – LEH TRANSMISSION LINE AND POWERGRID ................................................................... 9
1.4 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTERS (IFSCS) ............................................................................................................. 9
1.5 SAGARMALA PROJECT ..................................................................................................................................................... 10
1.6 EQUALISATION LEVY ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
1.7 PERMANENT ACCOUNT NUMBER ....................................................................................................................................... 11
1.8 CREDIT LINKED CAPITAL SUBSIDY AND TECHNOLOGY UP-GRADATION SCHEME AND ZED RATING OF MSMES ...................................... 11
1.9 BHARAT 22 ETF............................................................................................................................................................ 12
1.10 MARICULTURE .............................................................................................................................................................. 13
1.11 MOST FAVOURED NATION (MFN) STATUS .......................................................................................................................... 13
1.12 ANGEL TAX AND ALTERNATE INVESTMENT FUNDS (AIF) .......................................................................................................... 14
2 Environment.................................................................................................................................. 15
2.1 INDUS RIVER DOLPHIN .................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.2 MANCHALAPUR LAKE ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.3 ASIAN ELEPHANT ALLIANCE .............................................................................................................................................. 16
2.4 CAUVERY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ........................................................................................................................................ 16
2.5 NATIONAL BOARD OF WILDLIFE, THANE CREEK FLAMINGO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK ............................. 17
2.6 CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS (CMS) ............................................................................................. 18
2.7 KELP FORESTS ............................................................................................................................................................... 19
2.8 INDIAN BIRDING FAIR, MAN SAGAR LAKE AND WADERS .......................................................................................................... 20
2.9 PANGOLINS .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
2.10 GREAT INDIAN HORNBILL ................................................................................................................................................. 21
2.11 BLACK BUCK ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
2.12 BRAMBLE CAY MELOMYS, CAY AND TORRES STRAIT ............................................................................................................... 23
2.13 ARJUNA TREE ............................................................................................................................................................... 24
2.14 FOREST RIGHTS ACT AND RELATED INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ............................................................................................... 24
2.15 CARBON FOOTPRINT, CARBON OFFSETTING , CARBON CREDIT AND CARBON TAX ............................................................................ 25
Enviornment- Capsules ................................................................................................................................ 26
2.16 FIGHTING FISH .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
2.17 SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME ........................................................................................................................................... 26
3 Geography ..................................................................................................................................... 26
3.1 COLD WAVE AND POLAR VORTEX ...................................................................................................................................... 26
3.2 ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (AMOC) ................................................................................................ 27
3.3 ARAVALLI .................................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.4 THE 660-KM BOUNDARY, TRANSITION ZONE AND DISCONTINUITIES IN E ARTH’S INTERIOR ............................................................... 28
3.5 MARINE CLOUDS ........................................................................................................................................................... 29
3.6 SENKAKU ISANDS, ISHIGAKI ISLAND, OKINAWA ISLAND CHAIN AND MIYAKO STRAIT ....................................................................... 30
3.7 ABU DHABI .................................................................................................................................................................. 31
Geography- Capsules .................................................................................................................................... 31
3.8 THWAITES GLACIER ........................................................................................................................................................ 31
3.9 DENISOVANS ................................................................................................................................................................ 31
3.10 RAG RAG MEIN GANGA AND MERI GANGA .......................................................................................................................... 31
3.11 EARTHQUAKE SWARM ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.12 NORD STREAM 2 ........................................................................................................................................................... 32
4 Government Interventions ............................................................................................................. 32
4.1 NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY OFFICE (NSSO) ........................................................................................................................ 32
4.2 DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE .......................................................................................... 33

4.3 VISION 2030 FOR ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND FAME II ........................................................................................... 33
4.4 PRADHAN MANTRI SHRAM YOGI MANDHAN YOJANA ............................................................................................................. 34
4.5 BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV .............................................................................................................................................. 34
4.6 DRUGS PRICE CONTROL ORDER (DPCO) ............................................................................................................................. 35
4.7 KNOW MY INDIA PROGRAMME......................................................................................................................................... 36

4.8 SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS MELA.......................................................................................................................... 36
4.9 NATIONAL VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF INDIA ................................................................................................................................ 36
4.10 PM-JAY APP ............................................................................................................................................................... 37
4.11 SCHEMES OF NATIONAL MINORITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION (NMDFC) .................................................................. 39
4.12 RASHTRIYA VAYOSHRI YOJANA .......................................................................................................................................... 39
4.13 SHEHRI SAMRIDHI UTSAV ................................................................................................................................................ 40
4.14 SAFE CITY PROJECT ........................................................................................................................................................ 40
4.15 RASHTRIYA KAMADHENU AAYOG ....................................................................................................................................... 41
4.16 ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA..................................................................................................................................................... 41
4.17 NATIONAL CENTRE OF SPORTS SCIENCES AND RESEARCH ......................................................................................................... 42
4.18 NATIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FUND AND TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME ........................................................................ 42
4.19 MEDICAL DEVICES TO BE TREATED AS DRUGS- UPDATE ............................................................................................................ 43
4.20 HIRKANI MAHARASHTRACHI AND DISTRICT BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION ................................................................................... 43
4.21 NATIONAL SECURITY ACT ................................................................................................................................................. 44
4.22 SWACHH SHAKTI 2019 AND SWACHCH BHARAT MISSION ....................................................................................................... 44
4.23 NAMAMI GANGE AND INITIATIVES TO CLEAN GANGA .............................................................................................................. 45
4.24 MAHUA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 46
4.25 KISAN URJA SURAKSHA EVAM UTTHAAN MAHABHIYAN (KUSUM) ............................................................................................ 46
4.26 SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR ...................................................................................................................... 47
4.27 UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE, UNANI DAY AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF UNANI MEDICINE ............................................................. 48
4.28 BHARAT KE VEER ........................................................................................................................................................... 48
4.29 REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE OF NON-RESIDENT INDIAN (NRI) BILL, 2019................................................................................. 49
4.30 COMMISSION FOR AGRICULTURAL COSTS AND PRICES (CACP).................................................................................................. 49
4.31 SWACHHATA EXCELLENCE AWARDS .................................................................................................................................... 50
4.32 AERO INDIA 2019 ......................................................................................................................................................... 50
4.33 DEENDAYAL DISABLED REHABILITATION SCHEME (DDRS)........................................................................................................ 51
4.34 TAGORE AWARD ........................................................................................................................................................... 52
4.35 PRICE MONITORING & RESEARCH UNIT (PMRU) .................................................................................................................. 52
4.36 SWAYATT .................................................................................................................................................................. 54
4.37 NATIONAL RURAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROJECT ...................................................................................................... 54
4.38 NATIONAL ELECTRONICS POLICY ........................................................................................................................................ 54
4.39 VIVID 2019 ................................................................................................................................................................ 55
4.40 STARTUP RANKING FOR 2019 .......................................................................................................................................... 56
4.41 NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS (NABH) ...................................................... 57
4.42 ALL INDIA CITIZENS SURVEY OF POLICE SERVICES ................................................................................................................... 57
4.43 DIGITAL INDIA AWARDS .................................................................................................................................................. 58
4.44 PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA AND MUDRA BANK ......................................................................................................... 59
4.45 RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT ........................................................................................................................................... 59
4.46 IPRISM........................................................................................................................................................................ 61
4.47 NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE AWARDS .................................................................................................................................. 61
4.48 SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE AND COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH .......................................................... 62
4.49 INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY ................................................................................................................................. 62
4.50 SHREYAS, NAPS AND NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE ............................................................................................................... 63
4.51 YUVA SAHAKAR SCHEME AND NATIONAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ................................................................... 64
4.52 UNION BUDGET ............................................................................................................................................................ 64
4.53 PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI .......................................................................................................................... 65
4.54 UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967 ................................................................................................................. 66
Government Interventions- Capsules ............................................................................................................ 66
4.55 EASE OF DOING AGRI-BUSINESS INDEX ............................................................................................................................... 66

4.56 ZERO FATALITY CORRIDOR ............................................................................................................................................... 66
4.57 ‘MUKTIR ALO’ .............................................................................................................................................................. 67
4.58 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE ........................................................................................................................................... 68
4.59 LADIS PORTAL ............................................................................................................................................................. 68
4.60 RAIL DRISHTI ................................................................................................................................................................ 68

4.61 PROJECT RUPEE RAFTAR .................................................................................................................................................. 68
5 History and Culture........................................................................................................................ 68
5.1 VANGCHHIA’S WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUE.................................................................................................................... 68
5.2 DARD ARYANS .............................................................................................................................................................. 69
5.3 MAHAMASTAKABHISHEKA................................................................................................................................................ 69
5.4 KUMBH MELA IN KARNATAKA ........................................................................................................................................... 69
5.5 DONGRIA KONDH .......................................................................................................................................................... 70
5.6 TITANWALA MUSEUM .................................................................................................................................................... 71
History and Culture - Capsules ..................................................................................................................... 72
5.7 GHUMOT..................................................................................................................................................................... 72
5.8 TAGORE AWARD FOR CULTURAL HARMONY ......................................................................................................................... 72
6 Polity and Governance ................................................................................................................... 72
6.1 PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (PMO) .................................................................................................................................... 72
6.2 NIFTEM BILL, 2019, “INSTITUTIONS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE” AND INSTITUTIONS OF EMINENCE ................................................ 73
6.3 VOTER VERIFICATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMME (VVIP), AND “PWD” MOBILE APPLICATION .................................................. 73
6.4 E-AUSHADHI.............................................................................................................................................................. 74
6.5 CONSTITUTION BENCH .................................................................................................................................................... 74
6.6 NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SAFAI KARAMCHARIS (NCSK) ..................................................................................................... 75
6.7 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND THE CODE ON WAGES BILL, 2017 ......................................................................................... 75
6.8 EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SYSTEM: PANIC BUTTON ...................................................................................................... 76
6.9 INVISIBLE INK AND INDELIBLE INK ....................................................................................................................................... 77
6.10 INNER LINE PERMITS AND PROTECTED AREA PERMITS ............................................................................................................. 77
6.11 DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION FUND ................................................................. 78
6.12 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON VIRAL HEPATITIS ...................................................................................................................... 79
Polity and Governance - Capsules ................................................................................................................. 80
6.13 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP (IIDL) ........................................................................................................... 80
6.14 125TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL .......................................................................................................................... 80
7 Science and Technology ................................................................................................................. 80
7.1 BIO-SCAFFOLDS AND IMMUNOTHERAPY ............................................................................................................................... 80
7.2 MAGNETIC TEETH AND MAGNETITE ................................................................................................................................... 81
7.3 JELLOLIKE SMART PILL .................................................................................................................................................... 82
7.4 CILIA AND E CIGARETTE ................................................................................................................................................... 82
7.5 ‘INKJET’ SOLAR PANELS AND PEROVSKITES ............................................................................................................................ 82
7.6 GSAT 31 AND KU BAND ................................................................................................................................................. 83
7.7 SOMA PILL ................................................................................................................................................................... 84
7.8 CREW DRAGON CAPSULE AND STARLINER SPACECRAFT............................................................................................................ 84
7.9 PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 85
7.10 BEDIN 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 85
7.11 LEPROSY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 86
7.12 ‘IN BODY’ GENE EDITING ................................................................................................................................................. 87
7.13 MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY ............................................................................................................................................ 87
7.14 SPACE HARPOON ........................................................................................................................................................... 87
7.15 SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND BIO-SYNTHETIC FIBRES ...................................................................................................................... 88
7.16 MITOPHAGY ................................................................................................................................................................. 90
7.17 BERESHEET .................................................................................................................................................................. 90
7.18 NEW UNIVERSE MAP AND LOFAR TELESCOPE...................................................................................................................... 90
7.19 HYPERLOOP AND MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 91
7.20 MYCETOMA ................................................................................................................................................................. 91

7.21 DOMAIN NAME SERVER .................................................................................................................................................. 92
7.22 STANDARD MODEL, DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY, ANTI-MATTER AND HIGGS BOSON ................................................................... 92
7.23 CELL BASED MEAT .......................................................................................................................................................... 94
7.24 VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK ............................................................................................................................................ 95
7.25 GYNANDROMORPHS ....................................................................................................................................................... 96

Science and Technology - Capsules .............................................................................................................. 96
7.26 AQUIHIRING ................................................................................................................................................................. 96
7.27 RESPOND PROGRAMME ................................................................................................................................................ 96
7.28 ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS ................................................................................................................................................ 96
7.29 DISTRICT COOLING SYSTEM .............................................................................................................................................. 97
7.30 ARTIFICIAL LEAF ............................................................................................................................................................. 97
7.31 FLYING BULLDOG ........................................................................................................................................................... 97
7.32 HIPPOCAMP – NEPTUNE’S TINY MOON ............................................................................................................................... 97
7.33 ULTIMA THULE ............................................................................................................................................................. 97
8 World Affairs .................................................................................................................................. 97
8.1 US-RUSSIA ARMS LIMITATION TREATIES............................................................................................................................ 97
8.2 INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER (IARC) ................................................................................................... 98
8.3 BOKO HARAM AND MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS ........................................................................................................... 99
8.4 CUTLASS EXPRESS – 19 .............................................................................................................................................100
8.5 WORLD GOVERNMENT SUMMIT ......................................................................................................................................100
8.6 GREEN NEW DEAL ........................................................................................................................................................100
8.7 WORLD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT 2019 ............................................................................................................101
8.8 UNSC 1267 ...............................................................................................................................................................101
8.9 COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM ..............................................................................................102
8.10 MIDDLE EAST SECURITY ALLIANCE (MESA) ........................................................................................................................104
8.11 SEOUL PEACE PRIZE ......................................................................................................................................................104
8.12 FINACIAL ACTION TASK FORCE AND ITS LISTS........................................................................................................................104
8.13 ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION .........................................................................................................................105
8.14 NEW AFGHANISTAN INDIA TRADE ROUTE AND CHABAHAR PORT ..............................................................................................106
8.15 GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP .............................................................................................................................106
8.16 CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO AND MAURITIUS ............................................................................................................................107
8.17 CITY OF ANGKOR AND ANGKOR WAT TEMPLE ......................................................................................................................107
8.18 INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE .....................................................................................................................................108
World Affairs - Capsules ............................................................................................................................. 109
8.19 CARNOT PRIZE .............................................................................................................................................................109
8.20 ‘DIFFICULT DIALOGUES’ .................................................................................................................................................110
8.21 INSTEX .....................................................................................................................................................................110
8.22 UNSC RESOLUTION 2454 ..............................................................................................................................................110
8.23 INCLUSIVE INTERNET INDEX .............................................................................................................................................110
9 Security ....................................................................................................................................... 110
9.1 PROJECT 75(I) .............................................................................................................................................................110
9.2 SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET ...........................................................................................................................................111
9.3 AK-103 ASSAULT RIFLE .................................................................................................................................................113
9.4 MIRAGE 2000, SPICE 2000, CRYSTAL MAZE, NETRA AND PHALCON .......................................................................................113
9.5 CHINOOK AND APACHE HELICOPTERS ................................................................................................................................114
9.6 CABINET COMMITTEE ON SECURITY ...................................................................................................................................115
9.7 VAYU SHAKTI 2019 ......................................................................................................................................................115
Security- Capsules ..................................................................................................................................... 115
9.8 HOVEIZEH CRUISE MISSILE ...............................................................................................................................................115
9.9 SHEKATKAR COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................................116
9.10 EXERCISE RAHAT .........................................................................................................................................................116
9.11 SIG 716 ....................................................................................................................................................................116
9.12 EXERCISE TOPCHI ..........................................................................................................................................................116

9.13 COBRA GOLD MILITARY EXERCISE ......................................................................................................................................116
9.14 HINA JAISWAL .............................................................................................................................................................116
9.15 VELAYAT 97 ................................................................................................................................................................116
9.16 FIRST WAR MEMORIAL ..................................................................................................................................................117
9.17 SAMPRITI 2019 ...........................................................................................................................................................117

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1 ECONOMY
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4.18 NATIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FUND AND TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME
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4.19 MEDICAL DEVICES TO BE TREATED AS DRUGS- UPDATE
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4.20 HIRKANI MAHARASHTRACHI AND DISTRICT BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
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4.21 NATIONAL SECURITY ACT
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4.22 SWACHH SHAKTI 2019 AND SWACHCH BHARAT MISSION
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4.23 NAMAMI GANGE AND INITIATIVES TO CLEAN GANGA
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4.24 MAHUA
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4.25 KISAN URJA SURAKSHA EVAM UTTHAAN MAHABHIYAN (KUSUM)
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4.26 SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR

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4.27 UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE, UNANI DAY AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF UNANI
MEDICINE
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4.28 BHARAT KE VEER

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4.29 REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE OF NON-RESIDENT INDIAN (NRI) BILL, 2019
4.30 COMMISSION FOR AGRICULTURAL COSTS AND PRICES (CACP)

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4.31 SWACHHATA EXCELLENCE AWARDS
4.32 AERO INDIA 2019

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4.33 DEENDAYAL DISABLED REHABILITATION SCHEME (DDRS)
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4.34 TAGORE AWARD
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4.35 PRICE MONITORING & RESEARCH UNIT (PMRU)
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4.36 SWAYATT

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4.37 NATIONAL RURAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
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4.38 NATIONAL ELECTRONICS POLICY

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4.39 VIVID 2019
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4.40 STARTUP RANKING FOR 2019
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4.41 NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATIONS (NABH)
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4.42 ALL INDIA CITIZENS SURVEY OF POLICE SERVICES

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4.43 DIGITAL INDIA AWARDS

4.44 PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA AND MUDRA BANK

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4.45 RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT

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4.46 IPRISM
4.47 NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE AWARDS

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4.48 SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE AND COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH
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4.49 INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY

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4.50 SHREYAS, NAPS AND NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE

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4.51 YUVA SAHAKAR SCHEME AND NATIONAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION
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4.52 UNION BUDGET
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4.53 PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI

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4.54 UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967
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GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS- CAPSULES
4.55 EASE OF DOING AGRI-BUSINESS INDEX

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4.56 ZERO FATALITY CORRIDOR

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4.57 ‘MUKTIR ALO’
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4.58 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
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4.59 LADIS PORTAL

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4.60 RAIL DRISHTI

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4.61 PROJECT RUPEE RAFTAR

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5 HISTORY AND CULTURE

5.1 VANGCHHIA’S WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUE
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5.2 DARD ARYANS
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5.3 MAHAMASTAKABHISHEKA
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5.4 KUMBH MELA IN KARNATAKA

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5.5 DONGRIA KONDH
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5.6 TITANWALA MUSEUM

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February 2019 | History and Culture - Capsules
HISTORY AND CULTURE - CAPSULES
5.7 GHUMOT
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6 POLITY AND GOVERNANC E
6.1 PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (PMO)
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6.2 NIFTEM BILL, 2019, “INSTITUTIONS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE” AND INSTITUTIONS OF
EMINENCE
February 2019 | Polity and Governance

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6.3 VOTER VERIFICATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAMME (VVIP), AND “PWD” MOBILE
APPLICATION
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6.4 E-AUSHADHI
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6.5 CONSTITUTION BENCH
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6.7 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND THE CODE ON WAGES BILL, 2017

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6.8 EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SYSTEM: PANIC BUTTON
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6.9 INVISIBLE INK AND INDELIBLE INK
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6.10 INNER LINE PERMITS AND PROTECTED AREA PERMITS
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6.11 DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION

FUND
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6.12 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON VIRAL HEPATITIS

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POLITY AND GOVERNANC E - CAPSULES
6.13 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP (IIDL)

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6.14 125 TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL

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7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
7.1 BIO-SCAFFOLDS AND IMMUNOTHERAPY
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7.2 MAGNETIC TEETH AND MAGNETITE
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7.3 JELLOLIKE SMART PILL
7.4 CILIA AND E CIGARETTE
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7.5 ‘ INKJET’ SOLAR PANELS AND PEROVSKITES

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7.7 SOMA PILL
7.8 CREW DRAGON CAPSULE AND STARLINER SPACECRAFT

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7.9 PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS
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7.10 BEDIN 1

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7.11 LEPROSY
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7.12 ‘IN BODY’ GENE EDITING
7.13 MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY
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7.14 SPACE HARPOON
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7.15 SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND BIO-SYNTHETIC FIBRES
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7.16 MITOPHAGY

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7.17 BERESHEET
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7.18 NEW UNIVERSE MAP AND LOFAR TELESCOPE
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7.19 HYPERLOOP AND MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY
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7.20 MYCETOMA

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7.21 DOMAIN NAME SERVER
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7.22 STANDARD MODEL, DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY, ANTI-MATTER AND HIGGS BOSON

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7.23 CELL BASED MEAT
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7.24 VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
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o
7.25 GYNANDROMORPHS
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - CAPSULES
7.26 AQUIHIRING
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7.27 RESPOND PROGRAMME

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7.28 ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS

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7.29 DISTRICT COOLING SYSTEM

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February 2019 | World Affairs

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7.30 ARTIFICIAL LEAF

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7.31 FLYING BULLDOG

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7.32 HIPPOCAMP – NEPTUNE’S TINY MOON

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7.33 ULTIMA THULE

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8 WORLD AFFAIRS
8.1 US-RUSSIA ARMS LIMITATION TREATIES

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8.3 BOKO HARAM AND MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS
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8.4 CUTLASS EXPRESS – 19

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8.5 WORLD GOVERNMENT SUMMIT
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8.6 GREEN NEW DEAL

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8.7 WORLD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT 2019
8.8 UNSC 1267

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8.9 COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
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8.10 MIDDLE EAST SECURITY ALLIANCE (MESA)

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8.11 SEOUL PEACE PRIZE
8.12 FINACIAL ACTION TASK FORCE AND ITS LISTS
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8.13 ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION
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8.14 N EW AFGHANISTAN INDIA TRADE ROUTE AND CHABAHAR PORT

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8.15 GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

8.16 CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO AND MAURITIUS

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8.17 CITY OF ANGKOR AND ANGKOR WAT TEMPLE
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WORLD AFFAIRS - CAPSULES
8.19 CARNOT PRIZE
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8.20 ‘DIFFICULT DIALOGUES’
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8.21 INSTEX
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8.22 UNSC RESOLUTION 2454

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8.23 INCLUSIVE INTERNET INDEX

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9 SECURITY
9.1 PROJECT 75(I)
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9.2 SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET
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9.3 AK-103 ASSAULT RIFLE

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9.4 MIRAGE 2000, SPICE 2000, CRYSTAL MAZE, NETRA AND PHALCON
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9.5 CHINOOK AND APACHE HELICOPTERS
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9.6 CABINET COMMITTEE ON SECURITY
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9.7 VAYU SHAKTI 2019
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SECURITY- CAPSULES
9.8 HOVEIZEH CRUISE MISSILE

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9.9 SHEKATKAR COMMITTEE
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9.10 EXERCISE RAHAT
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9.11 SIG 716

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9.12 EXERCISE TOPCHI

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9.13 COBRA GOLD MILITARY EXERCISE

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9.14 HINA JAISWAL

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9.15 VELAYAT 97
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9.16 FIRST WAR MEMORIAL
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