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1 Environment ......................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1 CINEREOUS VULTURE AND OTHER RARE VULTURE SPECIES ............................................................................................................... 8
1.2 ASIAN WATERBIRD CENSUS AND MAJOR WATERBIRD SPECIES IN INDIA ............................................................................................. 9
1.3 GRASSLANDS OF WESTERN GHATS ............................................................................................................................................. 9
1.4 MANJA ............................................................................................................................................................................... 10
1.5 INVASIVE SPECIES .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
1.6 CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX (CCPI) ......................................................................................................................... 11
1.7 OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
1.8 WATER HYACINTH................................................................................................................................................................. 12
1.9 BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT..................................................................................................................................................... 13
1.10 KADAKNATH CHICKEN ............................................................................................................................................................ 14
1.11 ROAD KILLS APP, WTI, WCT AND MAJOR ELEPHANT CORRIDORS IN INDIA...................................................................................... 14
1.12 INVASIVE AND EXOTIC SPECIES.................................................................................................................................................. 15
1.13 DESALINATION - IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 16
1.14 AIR QUALITY INDEX (AQI) AND SAFAR .................................................................................................................................... 16
1.15 GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
1.16 PULICAT LAKE, FALMINGO FESTIVAL AND FLAMINGO CITY ............................................................................................................. 18
1.17 SENO BALLENA FJORD, OPEN-AIR LAB AND GLACIER MELTING AND MARINE ECOSYSTEM ................................................................... 19
1.18 BANDIPUR TIGER RESERVE ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
1.19 BHITARKANIKA AND GAHIRMATHA WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES ........................................................................................................... 21
1.20 LOKTAK LAKE, RAMSAR CONVENTION, MONTREUX RECORD AND SANGAI ........................................................................................ 21
1.21 SARUS CRANE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23
1.22 ECO-SENSITIVE ZONES ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
1.23 NATIONAL CHILIKA BIRD FESTIVAL AND MANGALAJODI ECOTOURISM TRUST .................................................................................... 25
1.24 AMUR TIGER ........................................................................................................................................................................ 25
1.25 COW URINE AND GLOBAL WARMING ....................................................................................................................................... 26
1.26 GLOBAL TIGER RECOVERY PROGRAMME .................................................................................................................................... 26
Environment Capsules ...................................................................................................................................... 27
1.27 SEPAHIJALA ZOOLOGICAL PARK ................................................................................................................................................ 27
1.28 IDU MISHMIS AND ‘CULTURAL MODEL’ OF CONSERVATION........................................................................................................... 28
2 Geography ........................................................................................................................................... 28
2.1 THOUBAL RIVER AND RIVERS IN MANIPUR.................................................................................................................................. 28
2.2 CYCLONE PABUK AND COLOUR CODED WEATHER WARNINGS ....................................................................................................... 28
2.3 RENUKAJI MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT ........................................................................................................................................ 29
2.4 MANDAL DAM ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29
2.5 GABON AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES ..................................................................................... 30
2.6 TAIWAN .............................................................................................................................................................................. 30
2.7 MAJOR PLACES ON US-MEXICO BORDER WALL .......................................................................................................................... 30
2.8 GILGIT-BALTISTAN................................................................................................................................................................. 31
2.9 VENEZUELA.......................................................................................................................................................................... 32
2.10 MURSHIDABAD..................................................................................................................................................................... 32
2.11 BLACK PEPPER ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Geography Capsules .......................................................................................................................................... 33
2.12 CHADAR TREK ...................................................................................................................................................................... 33
2.13 KUCHINOERABUJIMA ISLAND ................................................................................................................................................... 33
2.14 KAVERI CRATER .................................................................................................................................................................... 33
2.15 RIVER MANDOVI................................................................................................................................................................... 34
2.16 ISLAND OF LAMPEDUSA .......................................................................................................................................................... 34
2.17 VARTHUR, BELLANDUR........................................................................................................................................................... 34
2.18 MAIDAN WARDAK ................................................................................................................................................................ 34
2.19 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT TRUST (JNPT) ................................................................................................................................ 35
2.20 AL-DAWADMI ...................................................................................................................................................................... 35
3 World Affairs ....................................................................................................................................... 35
3.1 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN INDO-US 2+2 DIALOGUE .................................................................................................................... 35

3.2 FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL (FCTC) ......................................................................................................... 36
3.3 UNESCO ............................................................................................................................................................................ 37
3.4 KURIL ISLANDS...................................................................................................................................................................... 38
3.5 PARTNERS FORUM AND PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH...................................................................... 39
3.6 CHHAUPADI ......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
3.7 RAISINA DIALOGUE AND GATEWAY OF INDIA DIALOGUE ............................................................................................................... 40
3.8 COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT ARBITRARY TRIBUNAL (CSAT) ..................................................................................................... 40
3.9 AL-SHABAAB ........................................................................................................................................................................ 41
3.10 REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA............................................................................................................................................ 41
3.11 RED FORT DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................................................ 42
3.12 RUSSIA’S 9M729 MISSILE AND INF TREATY ............................................................................................................................... 42
3.13 HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE (HSPD-6) ........................................................................................................... 43
3.14 PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSESSMENT (PISA)................................................................................................ 43
World Affairs Capsules....................................................................................................................................... 44
3.15 ROCKET A-100 .................................................................................................................................................................... 44
3.16 JATIYA PARTY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 44
3.17 LONGEST FEDERAL CLOSURE ................................................................................................................................................... 44
3.18 PHILIP KOTLER PRESIDENTIAL AWARD ....................................................................................................................................... 44
3.19 WORLD TRAVEL & TOURISM COUNCIL POWER RANKING .............................................................................................................. 44
3.20 PAYAM, DOOSTI ................................................................................................................................................................... 44
3.21 GLOBAL RISKS REPORT ........................................................................................................................................................... 45
3.22 ARROW 3 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 45
3.23 TYPE 054AP........................................................................................................................................................................ 45
3.24 MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS......................................................................................................................................................... 45
4 Security .............................................................................................................................................. 46
4.1 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY .......................................................................................................................................... 46
4.2 LIGHT COMBAT HELICOPTER ................................................................................................................................................... 46
4.3 DIFFO BRIDGE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 46
4.4 INS KOHASSA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 47
4.5 INTEGRATED CHECK POSTS...................................................................................................................................................... 47
4.6 EXERCISE SEA VIGIL ............................................................................................................................................................... 48
4.7 DATA LOCALISATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 48
4.8 GLOBAL SOLAR COUNCIL ........................................................................................................................................................ 49
Security Capsules.............................................................................................................................................. 49
4.9 OPERATION KABBADI ............................................................................................................................................................. 49
4.10 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “PRISON DESIGN”........................................................................................................................... 49
5 Science and Technology...................................................................................................................... 49
5.1 CALL DROP .......................................................................................................................................................................... 49
5.2 QUADRANTIDS METEOR SHOWER ............................................................................................................................................. 50
5.3 LINKE-HOFMANN-BUSCH ....................................................................................................................................................... 51
5.4 MICRONEEDLES .................................................................................................................................................................... 51
5.5 SILICOSIS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 52
5.6 BIOAVAILABILITY, BIO-ACCESSIBILITY AND BIOACTIVITY- IN NUTRITION............................................................................................ 52
5.7 GAS HYDRATES ..................................................................................................................................................................... 54
5.8 GAGANYAAN AND CHANDRAYAAN II – UPDATE........................................................................................................................... 54
5.9 INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS..................................................................................................................................................... 55
5.10 GM CROPS, BT COTTON AND PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS’ RIGHTS ACT 2001 ..................................................... 55
5.11 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY.......................................................................................................................................................... 57
5.12 PSLV 44 - NEW FEATURES IN THE LAUNCH VEHICLE..................................................................................................................... 57

5.13 SPACE COMMISSION AND OTHER SPACE BODIES .......................................................................................................................... 58
5.14 OVER-THE-TOP (OTT) SERVICES .............................................................................................................................................. 59
5.15 REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (RLV)........................................................................................................................................... 59
5.16 CASSINI-HUYGENS ................................................................................................................................................................ 60
5.17 ELECTRORECEPTION (OR ELECTROCEPTION) ................................................................................................................................ 60

5.18 LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER........................................................................................................................................... 61
5.19 DARK WEB/NET AND DEEP WEB/NET ...................................................................................................................................... 61
5.20 THERMO LUMINESCENCE DATING (TL)....................................................................................................................................... 62
5.21 ELEPHANTIASIS (LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS)..................................................................................................................................... 63
5.22 CONSEQUENCES OF GERMLINE EDITING..................................................................................................................................... 64
5.23 STEM CELL........................................................................................................................................................................... 65
5.24 TECHNOLOGY CONCLAVE, DEVOPS, AGILE AND SOFTWARE-DEFINED INFRASTRUCTURE (SDI) ............................................................. 65
5.25 MICROSAT & KALAMSAT ........................................................................................................................................................ 66
5.26 PROJECT CMB-BHARAT AND FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES .............................................................................................................. 67
5.27 ZEARALENONE AND OTHER FUNGAL TOXINS IN FOOD .................................................................................................................... 68
5.28 SICKLE CELL ANEMIA .............................................................................................................................................................. 68
5.29 BIOPOLYMER........................................................................................................................................................................ 69
5.30 SPIRULINA ........................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Science and Technology Capsules ..................................................................................................................... 72
5.31 BURGER 2.0 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 72
5.32 LITHIUM ION BATTERY PLANT ................................................................................................................................................... 72
5.33 EROSITA ............................................................................................................................................................................ 72
5.34 INSECT ALLIES....................................................................................................................................................................... 72
5.35 WALKING CAR - ELEVATE........................................................................................................................................................ 72
5.36 MOONS OF MOONS ............................................................................................................................................................... 72
5.37 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT CENTRE................................................................................................................................................ 72
5.38 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE PERIODIC TABLE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS .......................................................................................... 72
6 Government Interventions – Social Sector .......................................................................................... 73
6.1 NIKSHAY POSHAN YOJANA (NPY) ............................................................................................................................................ 73
6.2 NATIONAL YOUTH PARLIAMENT FESTIVAL 2019 ......................................................................................................................... 73
6.3 WOMANIYA ON GEM ............................................................................................................................................................ 74
6.4 ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION (ASER) REPORT 2018 ............................................................................................................... 74
6.5 NATIONAL SKILLS QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NSQF), NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NSDA) AND NATIONAL SKILL
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (NSDC)..................................................................................................................................... 75
6.6 NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY ................................................................................................................................................... 77
6.7 PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS .................................................................................................................................................... 77
6.8 MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME ........................................................................................................................................................ 78
6.9 CHHATRA VISHWAKARMA AWARDS 2018 ................................................................................................................................. 78
6.10 SWAYAM .......................................................................................................................................................................... 79
6.11 PARIKSHA PE CHARCHA 2.0 .................................................................................................................................................... 79
6.12 WEB – WONDER WOMEN...................................................................................................................................................... 79
6.13 MISSION INDRADHANSH ......................................................................................................................................................... 80
6.14 PENSIONER’S PORTALS- BHAVISHYA, ANUBHAV AND SANKALP,...................................................................................................... 81
6.15 JRF AND SRF ....................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Government Interventions – Economy .............................................................................................................. 82
6.16 GLOBAL HOUSING TECH CHALLENGE ........................................................................................................................................ 82
6.17 GLOBAL AVIATION SUMMIT .................................................................................................................................................... 82
6.18 SAKSHAM AND PETROLEUM CONSERVATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (PCRA) ................................................................................. 83
6.19 PRADHAN MANTRI ROZGAR PROTSAHAN YOJANA ....................................................................................................................... 83
6.20 UNNATI AND UNISPACE+50 ............................................................................................................................................... 84
6.21 SWACHH ICONIC PLACES......................................................................................................................................................... 84
6.22 PRADHAN MANTRI KHANIJ KSHETRA KALYAN YOJANA AND DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATION .............................................................. 85
6.23 BHARAT PARV....................................................................................................................................................................... 86
6.24 AAPDA PRABANDHAN PURASKAR AND NDRF ............................................................................................................................. 86

6.25 JAN SHIKSHAN SANSTHANS (JSS) ............................................................................................................................................. 87
6.26 PRADHAN MANTRI SAHAJ BIJLI HAR GHAR YOJANA ..................................................................................................................... 88
6.27 NATIONAL DECLAMATION CONTEST.......................................................................................................................................... 88
6.28 INDUS FOOD 2019 ............................................................................................................................................................... 89
6.29 BHOOMI RASHI PORTAL ......................................................................................................................................................... 89

6.30 VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS (TRAIN 18) AND TRAIN 20 ................................................................................................................... 90
6.31 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT (NAHEP) ............................................................................................... 90
6.32 ‘THE FUTURE OF RAIL’ REPORT AND INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY ............................................................................................ 90
6.33 SFURTI .............................................................................................................................................................................. 91
Government Interventions: Capsules ................................................................................................................ 92
6.34 SPIRITUAL DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................................................................................ 92
6.35 ONE DISTRICT, ONE PRODUCT SCHEME..................................................................................................................................... 92
6.36 'ONE FAMILY, ONE JOB' ......................................................................................................................................................... 92
6.37 DAMAN INITIATIVE............................................................................................................................................................... 92
6.38 KALIA ................................................................................................................................................................................ 92
6.39 KALLAKURICHI ...................................................................................................................................................................... 92
6.40 WOMEN OF INDIA ORGANIC FESTIVAL ...................................................................................................................................... 92
6.41 SIDCOP ............................................................................................................................................................................. 92
6.42 DAMINI ............................................................................................................................................................................. 93
6.43 DD SCIENCE AND INDIA SCIENCE .............................................................................................................................................. 93
6.44 ROSHNI APP ........................................................................................................................................................................ 93
6.45 PRADHAN MANTRI RASHTRIYA BAL PURASKAR 2019 .................................................................................................................. 93
7 Economy ............................................................................................................................................. 93
7.1 RESERVE RAITO, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES ......................................................................................................................... 93
7.2 SWAP RATIO ........................................................................................................................................................................ 94
7.3 PREDATORY PRICING, TRAI & TDSAT ...................................................................................................................................... 95
7.4 FDI IN E-COMMERCE: KNOW THE IMPORTANT REGULATION AND TERMINOLOGIES ............................................................................. 96
7.5 ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAM (AIBP) ................................................................................................................. 97
7.6 TOKENISATION ..................................................................................................................................................................... 97
7.7 ANGEL TAX .......................................................................................................................................................................... 98
7.8 EMV CHIP CARDS.................................................................................................................................................................. 98
7.9 GST COUNCIL MEETING DECISIONS, GST COUNCIL AND COMPOSITION SCHEME .............................................................................. 99
7.10 ECONOMIC CYCLE ............................................................................................................................................................... 100
7.11 PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PFMS), GOVERNMENT WIDE INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GIFMIS) AND
GOVERNMENT E-MARKETPLACE (GEM) .................................................................................................................................. 101
7.12 NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY FUND............................................................................................................................................ 102
7.13 FIRST FUGITIVE ECONOMIC OFFENDER .................................................................................................................................... 103
7.14 ILO, FUTURE OF WORK REPORT, GIG ECONOMY ....................................................................................................................... 103
7.15 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF INDIA ............................................................................................................................................ 104
7.16 EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWINGS (ECB) ......................................................................................................................... 105
7.17 CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY (CII)............................................................................................................................. 105
7.18 RUPEE PACT WITH IRAN – BENEFITS ....................................................................................................................................... 106
7.19 BIODYNAMIC FARMING ........................................................................................................................................................ 106
7.20 DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO AND NK SINGH COMMITTEE.................................................................................................................... 107
7.21 GOODS AND SERVICES TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (GSTAT) ........................................................................................................ 108
7.22 INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE (IBC) 2016 .................................................................................................................... 108
7.23 RERA (REAL ESTATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY) ACT, 2016 ....................................................................................................... 109
7.24 GOLD PRICE HIKE ................................................................................................................................................................ 109
Economy Capsules .......................................................................................................................................... 110
7.25 BRAND FINANCE GLOBAL 500 2019 ...................................................................................................................................... 110
7.26 ABER ................................................................................................................................................................................ 110
8 Polity and Governance ...................................................................................................................... 110
8.1 MEDICAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL .................................................................................................................................. 110
8.2 AFSPA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 110
8.3 E-PASSPORT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 111
8.4 SABARIMALA JUDGEMENT AND REVIEW BENCH/PETITION ........................................................................................................... 111
8.5 ORAL MENTION.................................................................................................................................................................. 112
8.6 E-COURTS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 113
8.7 GANDHI PEACE PRIZE .......................................................................................................................................................... 113

8.8 NATIONAL VOTERS’ DAY (NVD) ............................................................................................................................................ 114
8.9 VOTER AWARENESS FORUMS ................................................................................................................................................ 114
8.10 DEMOCRACY INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................. 114
8.11 WHIP ............................................................................................................................................................................... 115
8.12 SECTION 66A OF IT ACT AND SHREYA SINGHAL ........................................................................................................................ 115
8.13 CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL, 2016 .................................................................................................................................... 116
8.14 PERSONAL LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018 AND LEPROSY ........................................................................................................ 117
8.15 DNA TECHNOLOGY BILL ....................................................................................................................................................... 117
8.16 THE 124TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL ...................................................................................................................... 118
8.17 NATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME (NCAP) ........................................................................................................................... 119
8.18 APPOINTMENT OF STATE POLICE CHIEF ................................................................................................................................... 120
8.19 TRAI REGULATIONS FOR TELEVISION AND DTH ........................................................................................................................ 120
8.20 SEDITION LAW IN INDIA ........................................................................................................................................................ 121
8.21 AUTONOMOUS COUNCILS..................................................................................................................................................... 122
8.22 LAND ACQUISITION ACT ....................................................................................................................................................... 123
8.23 BHARAT RATNA AND OTHER CIVILIAN AWARDS OF INDIA ............................................................................................................. 123
8.24 AADHAR AS PASSPORT TO NEPAL AND BHUTAN ........................................................................................................................ 124
8.25 CLAUSE 6 OF ASSAM ACCORD ............................................................................................................................................... 124
9 History and Culture .......................................................................................................................... 125
9.1 MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ......................................................................... 125
9.2 SHRESTHA BHARAT SANSKRITI SAMAGAM ................................................................................................................................ 125
9.3 ASSAM TRIBES.................................................................................................................................................................... 126
9.4 KUMBH MELA .................................................................................................................................................................... 126
9.5 LOTHAL ............................................................................................................................................................................. 127
9.6 YOGA AND OTHER SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY IN INDIA ................................................................................................................ 127
9.7 KONDAVEEDU FORT............................................................................................................................................................. 129
9.8 KINNAR AKHARA ................................................................................................................................................................. 130
9.9 MOG TRIBE, SANGRAI DANCE AND LOKRANG FESTIVAL ............................................................................................................... 130
9.10 SOME DANCES PERFORMED IN REPUBLIC DAY PARADE ............................................................................................................... 130
9.11 ASURGARH FORT ................................................................................................................................................................ 131
History and Culture Capsules .......................................................................................................................... 131
9.12 KATORA HOUZ ................................................................................................................................................................... 131
9.13 KULLU NATI ....................................................................................................................................................................... 131
9.14 MAGH BIHU ...................................................................................................................................................................... 131
9.15 TALAKONA ......................................................................................................................................................................... 131
CUrrent Affairs Plus ........................................................................................................................................ 133

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2.5 GABON AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES

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2.7 MAJOR PLACES ON US-MEXICO BORDER WALL

2.8 GILGIT-BALTISTAN
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2.11 BLACK PEPPER

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2.12 CHADAR TREK

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2.15 RIVER MANDOVI
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2.16 ISLAND OF LAMPEDUSA

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2.17 VARTHUR, BELLANDUR

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2.19 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT TRUST (JNPT)
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December 2018 | World Affairs

2.20 AL-DAWADMI
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3 WORLD AFFAIRS
3.1 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN INDO-US 2+2 DIALOGUE
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3.5 PARTNERS FORUM AND PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH
3.6 CHHAUPADI

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3.7 RAISINA DIALOGUE AND GATEWAY OF INDIA DIALOGUE
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3.8 COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT ARBITRARY TRIBUNAL (CSAT)

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3.10 REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

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3.11 RED FORT DECLARATION
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3.12 RUSSIA’S 9M729 MISSILE AND INF TREATY

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3.14 PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSESSMENT (PISA)

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WORLD AFFAIRS CAPSULES
3.15 ROCKET A-100

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3.16 JATIYA PARTY
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3.17 LONGEST FEDERAL CLOSURE

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3.18 PHILIP KOTLER PRESIDENTIAL AWARD

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3.19 WORLD TRAVEL & TOURISM COUNCIL POWER RANKING

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3.20 PAYAM, DOOSTI

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3.21 GLOBAL RISKS REPORT
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3.22 ARROW 3
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3.23 TYPE 054AP

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3.24 MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS

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4 SECURITY
4.1 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY
December 2018 | Security

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4.4 INS KOHASSA
4.5 INTEGRATED CHECK POSTS

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4.6 EXERCISE SEA VIGIL
4.7 DATA LOCALISATION

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4.8 GLOBAL SOLAR COUNCIL
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SECURITY CAPSULES
4.9 OPERATION KABBADI

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4.10 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “PRISON DESIGN”

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5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
5.1 CALL DROP
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December 2018 | Science and Technology

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5.6 BIOAVAILABILITY, BIO-ACCESSIBILITY AND BIOACTIVITY- IN NUTRITION
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5.7 GAS HYDRATES

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5.8 GAGANYAAN AND CHANDRAYAAN II – UPDATE
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5.10 GM CROPS, BT COTTON AND PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS’ RIGHTS
ACT 2001

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5.11 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

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5.12 PSLV 44 - NEW FEATURES IN THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
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5.14 OVER-THE-TOP (OTT) SERVICES
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5.15 REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (RLV)
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5.17 ELECTRORECEPTION (OR ELECTROCEPTION)
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5.18 LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER
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5.19 DARK WEB/NET AND DEEP WEB/NET

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5.20 THERMO LUMINESCENCE DATING (TL)
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5.22 CONSEQUENCES OF GERMLINE EDITING

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5.25 MICROSAT & KALAMSAT
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5.26 PROJECT CMB-BHARAT AND FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES
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December 2018 | Science and Technology Capsules

5.31 BURGER 2.0
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5.32 LITHIUM ION BATTERY PLANT

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5.33 EROSITA
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5.34 INSECT ALLIES

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5.35 WALKING CAR - ELEVATE

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5.36 MOONS OF MOONS

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5.37 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT CENTRE

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5.38 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE PERIODIC TABLE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

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December 2018 | Government Interventions – Social

6 GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS – SOCIAL SECTOR
6.1 NIKSHAY POSHAN YOJANA (NPY)
Sector
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6.2 NATIONAL YOUTH PARLIAMENT FESTIVAL 2019

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6.3 WOMANIYA ON GEM
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6.4 ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION (ASER) REPORT 2018

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6.5 NATIONAL SKILLS QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NSQF), NATIONAL SKILL

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NSDA) AND NATIONAL SKI LL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
(NSDC)

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6.6 NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY
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6.7 PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS
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6.8 MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME
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6.9 CHHATRA VISHWAKARMA AWARDS 2018

6.10 SWAYAM

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6.11 PARIKSHA PE CHARCHA 2.0
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6.12 WEB – WONDER WOMEN

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6.13 MISSION INDRADHANSH
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6.14 PENSIONER’S PORTALS- BHAVISHYA, ANUBHAV AND SANKALP,
6.15 JRF AND SRF

December 2018 | Government Interventions – Economy
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GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS – ECONOMY
6.16 GLOBAL HOUSING TECH CHALLENGE
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6.17 GLOBAL AVIATION SUMMIT
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6.18 SAKSHAM AND PETROLEUM CONSERVATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (PCRA)
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6.19 PRADHAN MANTRI ROZGAR PROTSAHAN YOJANA

6.20 UNNATI AND UNISPACE+50
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6.21 SWACHH ICONIC PLACES

6.22 PRADHAN MANTRI KHANIJ KSHETRA KALYAN YOJANA AND DISTRICT MINERAL
FOUNDATION
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6.23 BHARAT PARV
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6.24 AAPDA PRABANDHAN PURASKAR AND NDRF

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6.25 JAN SHIKSHAN SANSTHANS (JSS)
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6.26 PRADHAN MANTRI SAHAJ BIJLI HAR GHAR YOJANA
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6.27 NATIONAL DECLAMATION CONTEST

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6.28 INDUS FOOD 2019
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6.29 BHOOMI RASHI PORTAL

6.30 VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS (TRAIN 18) AND TRAIN 20
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6.31 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT (NAHEP)
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6.32 ‘THE FUTURE OF RAIL’ REPORT AND INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY

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6.34 SPIRITUAL DEPARTMENT

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6.35 ONE DISTRICT, ONE PRODUCT SCHEME

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6.36 'ONE FAMILY, ONE JOB'

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6.37 DAMAN INITIATIVE

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6.38 KALIA
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6.39 KALLAKURICHI
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6.40 WOMEN OF INDIA ORGANIC FESTIVAL

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6.41 SIDCOP
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6.42 DAMINI
December 2018 | Economy

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6.43 DD SCIENCE AND INDIA SCIENCE

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6.44 ROSHNI APP

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6.45 PRADHAN MANTRI RASHTRIYA BAL PURASKAR 2019

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7 ECONOMY
7.1 RESERVE RAITO, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
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7.7 ANGEL TAX
7.8 EMV CHIP CARDS

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7.9 GST COUNCIL MEETING DECISIONS, GST COUNCIL AND COMPOSITION SCHEME
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GIFMIS) AND GOVERNMENT E-MARKETPLACE

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7.12 NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY FUND
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7.14 ILO, FUTURE OF WORK REPORT, GIG ECONOMY
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7.15 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF INDIA

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7.24 GOLD PRICE HIKE
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ECONOMY CAPSULES
7.25 BRAND FINANCE GLOBAL 500 2019

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7.26 ABER
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8 POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
8.1 MEDICAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL
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8.2 AFSPA

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8.4 SABARIMALA JUDGEMENT AND REVIEW BENCH/PETITION

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8.6 E-COURTS

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8.9 VOTER AWARENESS FORUMS
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8.12 SECTION 66A OF IT ACT AND SHREYA SINGHAL

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8.14 PERSONAL LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018 AND LEPROSY
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8.15 DNA TECHNOLOGY BILL
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8.16 THE 124TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL

8.17 NATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME (NCAP)

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8.20 SEDITION LAW IN INDIA
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8.21 AUTONOMOUS COUNCILS
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8.24 AADHAR AS PASSPORT TO NEPAL AND BHUTAN
8.25 CLAUSE 6 OF ASSAM ACCORD

9 HISTORY AND CULTURE
9.1 MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
December 2018 | History and Culture

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9.4 KUMBH MELA

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9.5 LOTHAL
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9.6 YOGA AND OTHER SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY IN INDIA

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9.7 KONDAVEEDU FORT
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9.8 KINNAR AKHARA

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9.9 MOG TRIBE, SANGRAI DANCE AND LOKRANG FESTIVAL
9.10 SOME DANCES PERFORMED IN REPUBLIC DAY PARADE

December 2018 | History and Culture Capsules
9.11 ASURGARH FORT
HISTORY AND CULTURE CAPSULES
9.12 KATORA HOUZ

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9.13 KULLU NATI

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9.14 MAGH BIHU

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9.15 TALAKONA
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December 2018 | Inside the digest

December 2018 | Inside the digest

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December 2018 | Inside the digest

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1.1 CINEREOUS VULTURE AND OTHER RARE VULTURE SPECIES

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1.3 GRASSLANDS OF WESTERN GHATS

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1.5 INVASIVE SPECIES

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1.6 CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX (CCPI)

1.7 OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES

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1.8 WATER HYACINTH

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1.9 BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT

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1.10 KADAKNATH CHICKEN

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1.12 INVASIVE AND EXOTIC SPECIES

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1.14 AIR QUALITY INDEX (AQI) AND SAFAR

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1.16 PULICAT LAKE, FALMINGO FESTIVAL AND FLAMINGO CITY

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1.18 BANDIPUR TIGER RESERVE

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1.19 BHITARKANIKA AND GAHIRMATHA WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

1.20 LOKTAK LAKE, RAMSAR CONVENTION, MONTREUX RECORD AND SANGAI

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