Current Affairs Quick Revision Topics for Prelims 2021 (June to December 2020)

Most Important (Subject-wise) Current Events for UPSC IAS Exam 2021

Current Affairs and the General Studies topics are very important for the Civil Services examination, be it CSE Preliminary, Mains and Interview/Personality Test. The Civil Services exam needs a clear understanding of all aspects of Current events and GS. In this post we are providing a comprehensive (Subject-wise) list of topics important for the UPSC IAS exam 2021. IAS exam preparation revolves around these important current event topics because there is a high probability of getting many questions in the UPSC exam question papers.

Quick Revision for Prelims 2021 (June 2020 to December 2020)

We advise IAS aspirants to check and read these topics available online (newspapers and UPSC exam related magazines).

 

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE


  • PM-CARES
  • Inner Line Permit System
  • First Bell
  • National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
  • Anti Defection Law and Power of Speaker
  • OBC Sub-Categorisation Commission
  • Postal Ballot System
  • Compulsory Licensing
  • Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2020
  • Digital Accountability and Transparency Act
  • Election Commission’s Power to Delay Polls
  • NATGRID and NCRB
  • Second Voluntary Review of SDG
  • e-SamikSha Platform
  • National Human Rights Commission
  • Press Council of India
  • National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)
  • Ayushman Bharat Yojana
  • Atal Pension Yojana
  • Common Service Centres Scheme
  • Star Rating of Garbage Free Cities
  • Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
  • Grants-in-aid for Rural Local Bodies
  • Consumer Protection Act, 2019
  • National Financial Reporting Authority
  • Plea Bargaining
  • Contempt of Court
  • Merger under 10th Schedule
  • AuditOnline Application
  • Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising (CCRGA)
  • Governor’s Power to Summon the House
  • AIM-iCREST
  • E-Commerce Sites Must State Country of Origin
  • Habeas Corpus
  • Negative Import List for Defence
  • Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  • Clause 6 of the Assam Accord
  • Demand for 6th Schedule Status for Arunachal Pradesh
  • Whip
  • Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
  • Global Rights Index
  • Affordable Rental Housing Complexes
  • Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
  • BharatNet Project
  • Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana- Gramin
  • Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK)
  • New Rules for Postal Ballot
  • Bodoland Poll
  • Star Campaigner
  • River Management Board
  • Right to Information Act, 2005
  • SVAMITA Scheme
  • Goa declared First Har Ghar Jal State
  • Tech for Tribals
  • Saral Jeevan Bima
  • District Development Councils
  • Maharashtra Withdraws ‘General Consent” to CBI
  • Integrity Pact in Government Organisations
  • National Anti-Doping Agency
  • Need to Amend the Official Languages Act
  • Swasthya Portal
  • Curative Petition
  • Domicile-based Job Quota
  • Vaccine Nationalism
  • Swachh Survekshan Report 2020
  • Appointment of Election Commissioners
  • Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana
  • Lokayukta
  • No Confidence Motion
  • Attorney General
  • Armed Forces Tribunal
  • UDAN Scheme
  • Supreme Court Judgement on SubClassification of SCs/STs
  • New Rules for Administration in Jammu & Kashmir
  • Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
  • National Register of Citizens (NRC)
  • National Population Register (NPR)
  • Review Petition
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • Question Hour
  • Mission Karmayogi
  • Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)
  • Special Marriage Act, 1954
  • Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising
  • Mid-Day Meal Scheme
  • ODF+ and ODF++
  • Office of Profit
  • Criminalisation of Politics
  • Village Poverty Reduction Plan (VPRP)
  • Breach of Legislature’s Privilege
  • Five Star Village Scheme
  • EC Revises Timeline for Political Parties & Candidates
  • Jammu and Kashmir Integrated Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (JKIGRAMS)
  • IRAD App
  • Mekedatu Project
  • Supplementary Grants
  • National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment Bill) 2020
  • Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
  • Samarth Scheme
  • Suspension of MPs from the House
  • Select Committees
  • Official Secrets Acts
  • Lok Adalat
  • National Medical Commission
  • HC Questions the set up of Special Courts for MPs and MLAs
  • States Refusal to Implement Central Laws
  • Pardoning Powers of the Governor
  • Panel to Review TRP Norms
  • Haryana Passed a bill to Recall Panchayat Member
  • Competition Commission of India
  • Attorney General’s Consent to Contempt of Courts
  • Accused can get Bail if Probe not completed within Prescribed Time
  • Jammu & Kashmir Roshni Act
  • Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020
  • Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
  • Convicted Legislators Cannot be Barred for Life from Contesting Polls
  • Voting by Post for NRIs
  • Model Code of Conduct
  • Overseas Citizen of India
  • Delimitation Commission
  • Paray Samadhan (Redressal in the Neighbourhood)
  • Good Governance Day
  • Move To Seek Ban On Vehicular Movement Inside Cubbon Park
  • Constitution Day
  • World Habitat Day
  • ARIIA 2020 Rankings
  • Digital Quality of Life Index 2020
  • National Council for Transgender Persons
  • Kerala to set up India’s first International Women’s Trade Centre

GEOGRAPHY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT


  • Cyclone Nisarga
  • Kohala Hydropower Project
  • Tropical Storm Cristobal
  • Amery Ice Shelf
  • Presena Glacier
  • Athirapally Hydel Electric Project
  • Mont Blanc
  • Earthquake in India
  • Great Oxidation Event
  • Disaster Management Act
  • Neradi barrage over Vamsadhara River
  • Decommissioning Request of the Ithai Barrage
  • Operation Meghdoot
  • Project Chetak
  • Nag River
  • Bihad area in Gwalior—Chambal region
  • Kutch Mainland Fault (KMF)
  • Hajigak Mines
  • Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project
  • Agatti Island
  • Kerala Landslide
  • Hurricane Hanna
  • Tuting-Tidding Suture Zone (TTSZ)
  • Tsunami Ready
  • Mount Sinabung
  • Mahatma Gandhi Setu
  • IFLOWS-Mumbai
  • Teesta River Dispute
  • Guwahati gets India’s longest ropeway over Brahmaputra river
  • Hurricane Laura
  • Government Nod for Pampa Sand Removal
  • Doklam and Naku La
  • Ladakh’s Pangong Tso’s south bank
  • Baltic Nations
  • What counts as ‘Act of God’
  • Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, an excellent source of fuel methane
  • Astronomers spy Phosphine on Venus, a potential sign of life
  • Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf
  • Tidal Disruption Events (TDE)
  • World’s Longest High-Altitude Shinkun La Tunnel
  • Atal Tunnel, world's longest highway tunnel
  • Kozhikode-Wayanad tunnel road
  • Climate Change Spurs Doubling Of Disasters Since 2000: UN
  • Construction of Zojila tunnel to begin
  • Formation of State Water Grid to overcome Flood crisis
  • India launched Flash Flood Guidance services for South Asian countries
  • Girnar Ropeway
  • Mansar Lake Development Plan
  • La Nina is back
  • World Wide Fund for Nature Report on Water scarcity
  • Luhri Stage-I Hydro Power Project
  • National Monsoon Mission
  • Indonesian Volcano Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupts
  • Strategic Significance of Lungro La pass
  • How Mount Everest got 3 feet higher
  • Why 2020 Might Be The Best Geminid Meteor Shower Of All-Time
  • Dip in Delhi’s Temperature
  • India and Bangladesh restore Haldibari – Chilahati rail link
  • Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
  • Why IMD has advised people not to drink alcohol during the cold wave
  • Meteorological Centre at Leh opened
  • Centre examining options of Zero Liquid Discharge
  • State of Food and Agriculture Report, 2020
  • Groundwater Extraction Norms Tightened

SOCIAL ISSUES


  • PM SVANidhi
  • SWADES
  • Sahakar Mitra
  • World Day Against Child Labour
  • Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan
  • Global Trends Report
  • End Violence Partnership:
  • Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
  • World Drug Report 2020
  • Nasha Mukt Bharat: Annual Action Plan (2020-21)
  • State of World Population Report 2020
  • The Sample Registration System – Statistical Report
  • Disabled are entitled to same benefits of SC/ST quota
  • Extension of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
  • Govt notifies draft rules for Code on Wages
  • Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)
  • Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar
  • Indira Rasoi Yojana
  • Mukhyamantri SHRAMIK (Shahri Rozgar Manjuri For Kamgar)
  • Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED)
  • Godhan Nyay Yojana
  • Special Window for Affordable and Mid Income Housing(SWAMIH) fund
  • Operation Muskaan
  • Samarth programme
  • Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment initiative
  • Khadi Agarbatti Atma Nirbhar Mission
  • Parivar Pehchan Patra
  • Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Quota
  • SC’s verdict on Hindu women’s inheritance rights
  • Invalid Pension
  • Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
  • Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2020
  • India joins 'Alliance for Poverty Eradication' at UN as founding member
  • International Religious Freedom Alliance
  • TRIFED’s Virtual Office
  • Global Education Monitoring Report 2020
  • Digital Learning Platform “Skills Build Reignite
  • Project ‘Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS)
  • QS World University Rankings 2021
  • India Rankings 2020
  • PRAGYATA Guidelines for Digital Education
  • Play Little, Study Little Scheme
  • Global Education Coalition
  • Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme
  • National Test Abhyas
  • Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan: Technology Driven Education
  • National Education Policy, 2020
  • Manodarpan Initiative
  • NISHTHA Programme
  • INDSAT exam under ‘Study in India' Programme
  • Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA)
  • Rapid Antigen Detection Tests
  • Airborne Transmission
  • Oropharyngeal Secretions
  • RECOVERY Trial
  • Solidarity Trial
  • Global Vaccine Summit
  • Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)
  • Bubonic Plague
  • Kawasaki disease
  • Kala Azar Disease
  • Healthcare & Hygiene EXPO 2020
  • Global Nutrition Report 2020
  • Cytokine Storms
  • Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation (SATYAM)
  • Alzheimer Inhibitor Ber-D
  • Immunity Passport
  • Vertical transmission
  • Polio-fighting strategy of India
  • African Swine Fever(ASF)
  • India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Programme
  • Report On Immunisation
  • Sero-Surveillance
  • First indigenous vaccine for infant pneumonia approved
  • The Advanced Persistent Threat 29 (APT-29)
  • WHO launches Covid-19 law lab
  • COVAX Alliance
  • COVAX Facility
  • BelYo, India’s first Covid-19 blockchain platform
  • Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PM-JAY)
  • Smallpox
  • Malaria
  • ChAdOx1 COVID-19 Vaccine
  • Covishield
  • Inflammageing
  • Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network
  • Tick-Borne Virus
  • Salmonella Infection
  • ‘Beaten or Broken? Informality and COVID19’ Report by World Bank
  • Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases (STH)
  • CuRED
  • Regional Raw Drug Repository
  • Gyan Circle Venture
  • Parliament passes labour Bills
  • Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020
  • International Day of Older Persons
  • Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 report
  • The Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) (Regulation) Bill, 2020
  • Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM)
  • Crime in India report 2019
  • Ayushman Sahakar Scheme
  • Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS)
  • Free Coaching for SC and OBC Students scheme
  • Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019
  • Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
  • Meri Saheli' initiative
  • Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index 2020
  • Migration and Development Brief
  • World Polio Day
  • National Portal For Transgender Persons
  • Rice Fortification
  • Organ Donation Day
  • Academic Freedom Index
  • Poshan Abhiyaan’s Progress Report
  • Minimum Requirements For Annual Mbbs Admissions Regulations (2020)
  • Civil Registration System (CRS) Report
  • Step Up For TB 2020 Report
  • Cost Of A Plate Of Food Report
  • Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM)
  • Child Care Leave
  • Mental Health Day
  • Kiran Helpline
  • Health in India report
  • Household Social Consumption on Education in India
  • Report on Nutrient Requirements for Indians
  • Human Capital Index 2020
  • Glanders disease
  • Tinnitus
  • Dhanwantari Rath
  • Partners in Population and Development
  • UN Award For Control Of NonCommunicable Diseases
  • Catch The Rain Campaign
  • World Diabetes Day
  • Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’
  • Namath Basai
  • Remote Learning Reachability report
  • Mucormycosis
  • National Digital Health Mission (NDHM)
  • Dry Swab-Direct RT-PCR Method
  • Mission COVID Suraksha
  • Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report 2020
  • Plasmodium Ovale Malaria
  • Measles
  • Shigella Infection
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS).
  • Cord Blood Banking
  • Neutralising Antibodies
  • Global Prevention Coalition (GPC) for HIV Prevention
  • Havana Syndrome
  • Aquifer Mapping Program
  • National Recruitment Agency
  • 2019 Global Health Estimates
  • Human Rights Day
  • Replacement level fertility rate
  • Cannabis
  • National Family Health Survey (NFHS)

INTERNAL SECURITY


  • Spike-LR Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
  • DAC Approved New Weapons
  • Sprinklr controversy
  • Operation Desert Chase
  • Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO)
  • OPV Sarthak
  • Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (2020)
  • APT29
  • Anti-tank Guided Missile 'Dhruvastra'
  • Arad and Carmel
  • Kargil Vijay Diwas
  • BlackRock
  • T-90 Tanks
  • Negative Imports List for Defence
  • SRIJAN Portal
  • Draft 'Aids to Navigation Bill 2020'
  • SLINEX-20
  • Sprut Light Tanks
  • Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)
  • BrahMos Successfully Flight Tested
  • Integrated Theatre Command
  • INS Kavaratti
  • Raising Day of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
  • Stand-Off Anti Tank (SANT) Missile
  • Corporatisation of OFB
  • Tsirkon hypersonic missile
  • Shaurya missile
  • Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)
  • SAI (Secure Application for Internet)
  • RUDRAM
  • RUSTOM-2
  • Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)
  • Sagar Kavach
  • Matla Abhiyan Exercise
  • Army Aviation Corps
  • Frontier Highway Project
  • Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies
  • Uttar Pradesh Special Security Force (UPSSF)
  • Golden Arrows Squadron
  • Special Frontier Force (SFF)
  • Assam Rifles
  • ABHYAS - High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) vehicles
  • Enhanced Pinaka Mk-1 Missile
  • Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM)
  • Export of Akash Missiles
  • INS Vagir
  • MQ-9B Sea Guardian Unarmed Drones
  • Microwave Weapons
  • National Maritime Domain Awareness Centre (IMAC)
  • Cryogenic Propellant Tank (C32 LH2)
  • BSF Raising Day
  • Mission Sagar-III
  • DRDO Systems Handed to Defence Services
  • Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM)
  • S-400 Air Defence Systems
  • F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jets
  • ‘Tour of Duty’ Recruitment Model

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


  • Demo-2 mission
  • Earth’s Magnetic Field
  • GW190412
  • Deep Fakes and Deep Nudes
  • Hope: UAE Mars Mission
  • T- Cells
  • Paddy Watch app
  • Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise
  • Supercapacitor
  • Kuaizhou-11 Rocket
  • Lithium Production in Stars
  • More Metal in Moon
  • Winter Diesel
  • Captain Arjun
  • RT-nPCR Test
  • miR-155
  • Nature Index 2020
  • Axons
  • Light Detection And Ranging (Lidar)
  • Sun’s Coronal Heating
  • Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H)
  • Quantum Satellite Micius
  • 163348 (2002 NN4)
  • Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
  • Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
  • MAAREECH
  • Ionospheric Irregularities
  • Nanozymes
  • Extreme Helium Star (EHe)
  • Serotonin
  • Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe)
  • NASA’s Gateway Lunar Orbiting Outpost
  • Aditya: India's First Solar Ferry
  • National Artificial Intelligence Portal
  • Placebo Effect
  • Crypto-jacking
  • BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
  • Bharat Air Fibre
  • Ammonium Nitrate
  • Sputnik V
  • Aspirin to Prevent Cataract
  • Time Capsules
  • RaTG13 sarbecovirus
  • Sunspots
  • Dilophosaurus
  • Elyments app
  • OneWeb
  • Biosafety Levels
  • Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
  • ZyCov-D
  • PLPro Proteins
  • Volcanoes discovered on Venus
  • Lyfas
  • Latency of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus
  • N-95 Valved Respirator/Masks
  • ANASIS-II
  • Human Growth Hormone (hGH).
  • AJO-Neo
  • Solar Orbiter Mission
  • Dare to Dream 2.0
  • Mausam" Mobile App
  • 5G
  • Common Services Centre (CSC) WiFi Choupal
  • Kakrapar-3
  • International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
  • Phobos- The Biggest Moon Of Mars
  • G4 Flu Virus
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • SFTS Virus
  • SN5 Starship prototype
  • India’s first Private Upper Stage Rocket Engine
  • Tabletop Runways
  • Miscelleneous News Related To Covid
  • Nobel Prize 2020
  • Global Bioassay Laboratory
  • India's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car
  • Expansion of STEM Career Opportunities
  • Supercomputing Infrastructure
  • High Flow Rate Fluoride & Iron Removal Technology
  • New Shephard Rocket System
  • COVIRAP
  • IndiGen Programme
  • Plasma Therapy Debate
  • Asteroid Bennu
  • Artemis programme
  • SERB – POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research)
  • Aditi Urja Sanch
  • Mass of Hydrogen In Distant Galaxies Measured
  • Asteroid Mining Robot
  • Mars Opposition phenomenon
  • Raychaudhuri Equation
  • Other Service Provider Guidelines (OSP)
  • India Mobile Congress 2020
  • Mass Spectrometer
  • Bradykinin Storm
  • National Immunogenicity & Biologics Evaluation Center (NIBEC)
  • Entrepreneurship in Residence (EIR) Programme
  • Flying V Aircraft
  • Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle
  • Real Mango
  • e-Gopala App
  • Methanol Plant
  • Chinese Apps Banned
  • Intermediate Mass Black Hole
  • Moon Rusting Along Poles
  • Giant Radio Galaxies
  • Life on Venus
  • Tata CRISPR Test
  • Congo Fever
  • MedSpark- The First Medical Device Parks
  • Cat Que virus
  • Scrub Typhus
  • Sandalwood Spike Disease
  • Brucellosis
  • Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN) Programme
  • VAJRA Scheme
  • Science & Technology Indicators (STI) 2019- 20
  • Data Sonification
  • RAISE 2020
  • VAIBHAV Summit
  • Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2020
  • Tidal Disruption Events
  • Solar Cycle 25
  • GPay Allowed To Share Customer’s UPI Data Under Law: Google
  • Graphene
  • Anti Satellite Missile
  • Jasmonate Hormone
  • Ammonia
  • Asteroid 16 Psyche
  • Asteroid Apophis
  • NASA’s Crew 1 Mission
  • Arecibo Telescope
  • 2020 SO
  • Intentional Genomic Alteration (IGA)
  • SolarWinds Hack
  • STS-107 Mission
  • Father of Indian Radio Astronomy
  • Fast Radio Burst (FRB)
  • Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project
  • Chapare Virus
  • Brain Fingerprinting
  • Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) Project
  • Deep Ocean Mission
  • National Science Film Festival
  • TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad
  • Digital Ocean Platform
  • Global Innovation & Technology Alliance
  • Fire Detection and Suppression System
  • Chang’e-5 Mission
  • Superinfections
  • The Cancer Genome Atlas 2020 Conference
  • Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Technology
  • Satellite-Based Narrowband IoT (Internet of Things) Network
  • Beresheet 2 Mission
  • Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI)
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Test
  • Great Conjunction
  • Bitcoins
  • Tokamak Reactor
  • Hayabusa2 Spacecraft
  • Leonid Meteor Shower
  • National Mathematics Day
  • Swarna Jayanti Fellowship
  • BBX11 Gene
  • CMS-01
  • EOS-01
  • Sentinel-6 Satellite
  • Supercomputers From India
  • Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)
  • Ariel Space Mission
  • Shukrayaan Mission
  • Nature Index 2020
  • Digital Quality of Life Index, 2020
  • Facebook Antitrust Issue
  • IPBES Report on Future Pandemics
  • Bulk Drug Park
  • Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
  • Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards
  • Government To Regulate OTT Platforms
  • World Science Day for Peace and Development

HISTORY AND CULTURE


  • Six Nation Peace Initiative
  • Gaan-Ngai Festival
  • Kotla Narsimhlupalle Village
  • Abdul Hamid Lahori
  • Bon Bibi
  • Sankalp Parva
  • Rabari, Bharvad and Charan Tribes of Gujarat
  • Padmanabhaswamy Temple
  • Antifa
  • SPIC MACAY
  • Kolkata Port Trust renamed as Syama Prasad Mookerjee
  • Talamaddale
  • Pashupatinath Temple
  • Axone
  • Chaolung Sukapha
  • International Day of Yoga
  • Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji
  • Mar Thoma Church
  • Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
  • Tangam Community and their Language
  • Mangolian Kanjur
  • Dharma Chakra Day
  • Raja Parba Festival
  • Raja Ravi Verma
  • UNESCO
  • National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Ambubachi Mela
  • Khudai Khidmatgar Movement
  • Jagannath Rath Yatra
  • Maharana Pratap
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Toda Embroidery
  • Gandhi Peace Prize
  • Katkari Tribe
  • Purandara Dasa
  • Madhubani Paintings
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Chandra Shekhar Azad
  • Natesa & Pratihara Architecture
  • Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar
  • Jyotirao Phule
  • Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act
  • Abanindranath Tagore
  • Quit India Movement
  • National Flag of India
  • Nagara Architecture of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir
  • Thenzawl Golf Resort
  • Museums for Tribal Freedom Fighters
  • Thumbimahotsavam 2020
  • Living Planet Report
  • Istanbul’s Chora Museum
  • Nuakhai Juhar
  • DekhoApnaDesh 50th Webinar Series
  • Warli Painting
  • Pulikkali to go Online this Onam
  • Seven New Circles of Archaeological Survey of India
  • Mahatma Ayyankali
  • WWII Spy Noor Inayat Khan
  • Odisha to give Facelift to 11th century Lingaraj Temple
  • Renati Chola Era Inscription Unearthed in Andhra pradesh
  • Webinar Titled Hampi
  • Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
  • Webinar Titled “Punjab- A Historic Perspective”
  • Patrika Gate in Jaipur
  • Punnapara-Vayalar Revolt
  • 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Viswanatha Satyanarayana
  • National School of Drama
  • An Ancient Temple’s Transition Over Years of Neglect
  • International Day of Sign Languages 2020
  • Jnanpith Award Presented To Renowned Malayalam Poet Akkitham
  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020
  • Amnesty International to halt India operations
  • 77th Year of Formation of Azad Hind Government
  • “Life in Miniature” Project
  • Evidence of Dairy Production in the Indus Valley Civilisation
  • Parampara Series 2020- National Festival of Music & Dance
  • Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
  • Maharani Jindan Kaur
  • The Miyas of Assam and Char-Chapori Culture
  • Avadhanam
  • Separate Religious Code for the Sarna Tribals
  • Birsa Munda
  • Bru Refugees Demand Immediate Implementation of Settlement Pact
  • AICTE's Lilavati Award-2020
  • Lachit Borphukan
  • 1st Bird Festival At Nagi-Nakti Bird Sanctuaries in Bihar
  • Culture and Peace: On India’s Stand against ‘UN’s Selectivity on Religions
  • Mahaparinirvan Diwas
  • Hanukkah
  • Vijay Diwas 2020
  • Yogasana is Now a Sport
  • Monpa Handmade Paper
  • Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan

ENVIRONMENT


  • World Environment Day
  • Sundarbans
  • Mangrove
  • Nagar Van Scheme
  • iCommit Initiative
  • Healthy and Energy Efficient Buildings
  • Biggest Biodiversity Park in Uttarakhand
  • India’s first Online Waste Exchange Platform
  • Environmental Performance Index (EPI Index 2020)
  • Scorpionfish
  • Asiatic Lions
  • Indian Gaur
  • Malabar Gliding Frog
  • World Crocodile Day
  • International Horseshoe Crab Day
  • Fishing Cats
  • Gee's Golden Langur
  • Hyacinth Macaw
  • Marmots
  • Golden Birdwing
  • Ophiocordyceps Nutans
  • Rare Orchid Species
  • South Asian River Dolphin
  • Two New Butterfly
  • Globba Andersonii
  • Central Zoo Authority
  • Coccolithophores
  • Advisory To Import Live Exotic Animals
  • Poaching During Lockdown
  • 66-million-year-old egg found in Antarctica “The Thing”
  • Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and How to Break the Chain of Transmission Report
  • Assam Gas leak
  • Oil Spill in Russia’s Arctic region
  • Seabed 2030 Project
  • Forest Fire Prevention and Management Scheme
  • Global Warming and Arctic Sea
  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+)
  • Jet Zero Plan
  • Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region
  • Aerosol radiation effects in Western-Trans Himalayas
  • Ozone Pollution
  • Anthropause or Great Pause
  • Global E-waste Monitor 2020
  • Decarbonising Transport in India
  • Renewable Energy and Indian Railways
  • Rewa Solar Project
  • Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Genetic Resources (MAPGRs)
  • Saharan Cheetah
  • National Board for Wildlife (NBWL)
  • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
  • Black Panther in Netravali Sanctuary
  • Sal forest tortoise
  • World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)
  • International Day for Biological Diversity
  • World Turtle Day
  • World Dugong Day 2020
  • Fly Ash
  • Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone
  • National Award of Excellence
  • Bathynomus Raksasa
  • Lonar Lake
  • Indian Bullfrog
  • Pied Cuckoo to be Tracked
  • Dhole
  • KURMA App
  • National Transit Pass System (NTPS)
  • International Tiger Day
  • High levels of Ammonia in Yamuna Water
  • RAISE Initiative
  • EV Charging Plaza
  • Global Forest Resources Assessment
  • Blue Poppy
  • Green – Ag Project
  • Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve
  • Plastic Waste
  • Northern European Enclosure Dam (NEED)
  • Giant Garuda
  • Hornbill
  • World Elephant Day
  • Seed-Bombs
  • Lead Pollution
  • Leopard Poaching
  • Pangolin
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020/ Draft EIA notification
  • Tanystropheus
  • Environmental Emergency
  • National Parks & Reserves in News
  • Indian Peacock Soft-Shell Turtle
  • India’s Sprawling Renewable Energy Park
  • Eco-Ducts or Eco-Bridges
  • Ischaemum Janarthanamii
  • Exotic Pets
  • Myristica Swamp Treefrog
  • Himalayan Serow
  • Himalayan Trillium
  • Status of Leopards in India 2018
  • Firefly Bird Diverters to Save the Great Indian Bustard
  • Ladakh’s Tso Kar Wetland Complex: India’s 42nd Ramsar Site
  • Emission Gap Report 2020
  • Malayan Giant Squirrel
  • Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat
  • Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL)
  • ‘No-Go’ forests
  • African Hunting Cheetah
  • State Pollution Control Board
  • Drinking Water Supply
  • National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
  • Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) – Transport Initiative for Asia (TIA)
  • Barn Owls
  • Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of States (AREAS)
  • Coal Gasification and Liquefaction
  • World’s Largest Solar Tree
  • Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM)
  • Maharashtra to declare 600 acres of Aarey as Reserve Forest
  • Low Ozone Over Brahmaputra River Valley
  • International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
  • Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework
  • Living Planet Report 2020
  • Policy on Promotion of City Compost
  • Kharai Camel
  • Global Initiative to reduce Land Degradation and Coral Reef
  • Blue Flag Beaches
  • Nandankanan Zoological Park and Sloth Bear
  • Mass Pilot Whale Strandings
  • Stubble Burning
  • Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority
  • World Rhino Day
  • Robber Flies: The assassins of the insect world
  • Komodo Dragon
  • Fridays For Future
  • Maharashtra modifies Forest Rights Act
  • Six Mega Projects under Namami Gange Mission
  • India-Denmark Green Strategic Partnership
  • Mumbai maps its biodiversity
  • Zombie fires
  • Decarbonization and Energy Transition Agenda
  • Amazon risks Changing from Forest to Savanna
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Yuddh Pradushan Ke Virudh
  • Tree Transplantation Policy
  • Red Light On, Gaadi Off
  • Bio-Decomposer Solution
  • Green Delhi App
  • Wildlife Week-2020
  • Air Quality Index
  • Abortelphusa Namdaphaensis
  • Graded Response Action Plan
  • Commission To Manage NCR Air Quality
  • National Butterfly
  • Animal and Plant Discoveries 2019
  • Earthshot Prize
  • Furry Puss Caterpillars and Murder Hornets
  • Advanced High-resolution Air Quality Early Warning System
  • Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
  • Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
  • Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute
  • Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP)
  • State of Global Air 2020
  • International Snow Leopard Day
  • First National Protocol to Enumerate Snow Leopard Population
  • Himalayan Brown Bear
  • Travancore Tortoise
  • Tarballs
  • 2nd National water Awards
  • Minks
  • Haiderpur Wetland
  • Willow Warbler
  • Deemed Forests
  • Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020)
  • Blue Tide

ECONOMY


  • India Ideas Summit
  • Geographical indication (GI) Tags
  • Cooperative Banks Under RBI Supervision
  • Real Time Market (RTM) for Electricity
  • FASTag
  • ASEEM Portal
  • Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge
  • Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
  • Rights Issues
  • Statistics Day
  • Indian Gas Exchange (IGX)
  • Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
  • Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)
  • GI Tag for Basmati
  • Curbs On Public Procurement
  • Zoram Mega Food Park Scheme
  • Automotive Solutions Portal for Industry, Research and Education (ASPIRE)
  • Financial Stability Report
  • Gramodyog Vikas Yojana
  • Panel to Probe Alleged Violations by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
  • Currency Swap Pact with Central Bank of Sri Lanka
  • India Digitization Fund
  • World's Longest Subsea Power Cable
  • Arakunomics
  • Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)
  • 'Sahakar Cooptube Channel
  • Andaman And Nicobar To Be Maritime And Startup Hub
  • Samadhan-se-vikas Scheme
  • Development Of An Economic Corridor
  • India Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS)
  • Krishi Megh
  • Universal Eligibility Condition for World Bank Loan
  • GST compensation Cess
  • Vodafone case & Retrospective taxation
  • SAROD-Ports
  • Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW)
  • Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-Atal New India Challenges (ANIC)
  • Start-up Ranking 2019
  • Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
  • Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO)
  • National Authority for Recycling of Ships
  • Multi-modal Logistic Park (MMLP)
  • Global Wealth Report 2020
  • IFSCA Introduces Framework For Regulatory Sandbox
  • Expansion Of Jute Packaging
  • Asafoetida Or Heeng Cultivation
  • Mobile Application For Geo Tagging
  • Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes
  • Draft Coastal Shipping Bill 2020
  • Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)
  • Dobra Chanti Bridge
  • Kasturi Cotton
  • World Fisheries Day
  • Gujarat Maritime Cluster (GMC)
  • Viability Gap Funding Scheme(VGF)
  • Draft Model Act on Land Titling
  • World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2020
  • World Economic Outlook 2020 report
  • Anti-trust laws
  • New Development Bank (NDB)
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Global Innovation Index
  • State Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP):
  • Revised Priority Sector Lending Guidelines.
  • Zero Coupon Bonds (ZCBS)
  • Municipal Bonds
  • Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Defence Sector
  • Revised DTH Guidelines
  • Green National Highway Corridors
  • The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020
  • Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvIT)
  • The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 (FPTC)
  • CAROTAR 2020
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Park
  • E-20 Fuel
  • The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)
  • Dedicated Freight Corridor
  • Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Program
  • RTGS and NEFT Payment Systems
  • Technical Textiles
  • Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
  • Technical Recession
  • Participatory Notes
  • Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)
  • National Strategy For Financial Inclusion
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS


  • WHO Foundation
  • Mission Sagar
  • Spratly and Paracel Islands Disputes
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Japan Renames Area Containing Senkaku Islands
  • Constitution of Nepal (Second Amendment) Bill 2077
  • Shwe project in Myanmar
  • Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020
  • China Passes Hong Kong Security Law
  • Pakistan-Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA)
  • Chabahar Project
  • Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)
  • Kohala Hydropower Project
  • India Clears 'RELOS' Deal with Russia
  • India Elected to UNSC’s Non-Permanent Member Seat
  • China to Join UN Arms Trade Treaty
  • Open Sky Agreement
  • Expat Quota Bill
  • Natanz Nuclear Facility
  • Naval Liaison Officers at Madagascar and Abu Dhabi
  • H-1B visa programme
  • Kholongchhu Hydro Electric project
  • Malathion 95% ULV Insecticides to Iran
  • Victory Day Parade
  • Mary Jackson
  • Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG)
  • Israel-UAE Peace Deal
  • 1947 Tripartite Agreement on Gurkha soldiers
  • Operation Breathing Space
  • U.K. To Issue Coin In Honour Of Mahatma Gandhi
  • Pakistan’s New Map
  • Constitutional Amendments in Russia
  • Bhutan issues Demarches to China
  • China Tells USA to Close Consulate in Chengdu
  • China halts Hong Kong extradition pacts with Canada, Australia, U.K.
  • Turkey Approves Social Media Law
  • Britain Bans China's Huawei From 5G
  • Parcel Train to Bangladesh
  • India-Bhutan Open New Trade Route
  • Cotton Warehouse in Vietnam
  • Loya Jirga
  • GCC Backs UN Arms Embargo on Iran
  • 75th Anniversary Of Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
  • High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP)
  • Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act
  • 15th India-EU Summit
  • Istanbul Convention
  • Weibo Diplomacy
  • United Nation Peacekeeping Operations
  • Milk Tea Alliance
  • Oil exploration in South China Sea
  • India-France to Launch Constellation of Maritime Surveillance Satellites
  • Flash Flood Guidance Services for South Asia
  • Quad Ministerial Meeting
  • India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
  • India–Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE)
  • G20 Banknote Depicting J&K As Separate Entity
  • Azerbaijan vs Armenia: An old Regional conflict
  • China-Bangladesh Friendship
  • Chinese Assistance to Sri Lanka
  • Thailand Anti-Government Protests
  • India-Central Asia Dialogue
  • G-20 Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting
  • Sri Lanka: Controversial 20th Amendment passed
  • Israel-Sudan Peace Deal
  • Five Eyes group of nations
  • France Encourages EU Allies to Take Measures Against Turkey
  • UK Accuses China Of Treaty Breach In Hong Kong
  • China Passes Export Law
  • Sichuan-Tibet Railway line
  • 12th BRICS Summit
  • 17th ASEAN-India Summit
  • India-Luxembourg Virtual Summit
  • India Assumes Chairmanship Of Governing Body Of ILO
  • UAE Widens Its Golden Visa Programme
  • Pakistan on ‘Enhanced Follow-up List’
  • Mega Trade Bloc RCEP Takes Off
  • 15th East Asia Summit
  • New Caledonia Rejects Independence From France
  • United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
  • Armed Clashes In Ethiopia’s Tigray
  • Puerto Rico Votes In Favor Of Statehood
  • New START treaty
  • Bhutan Establish full-fledged Diplomatic Ties with Germany
  • Second Management Positions Act
  • Tibetan Parliament-In-Exile
  • Provincial Status For Gilgit Baltistan
  • Pangda Village
  • Skal International Asia Area (SIAA) Congress
  • Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
  • FAO Launches Food Coalition
  • Good Laboratory Practice of OECD
  • Bongosagar Exercise
  • Oaxaca
  • India – Denmark Virtual Summit
  • India & Israel to Develop hi-tech Weapon Systems
  • India-Angola First Joint Commission Meeting
  • BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meet
  • World Solar Technology Summit
  • G7 Backs extension of G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI)
  • Virtual Summit of Education Ministers of G20 nations
  • International Day of Peace
  • The 1619 Project
  • US-Maldives Defence Cooperation Agreement
  • New Changes In Qatar’s Labour Laws
  • UK Signs First Major post-Brexit Trade Deal with Japan
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Meet
  • SAARC Virtual Meet of Foreign Ministers
  • India Wins Three Elections To Key UN Bodies
  • Afghan Peace Process
  • US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)
  • India-UK Defence Logistics Pact
  • India -Sri Lanka Virtual Bilateral Summit
  • India - Japan Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services
  • India-Japan Cooperation in 5G tech, AI and Critical Information Infrastructure
  • India-Norway Joint Commission Meeting
  • India-Mexico High level Group on Trade, Investment and Cooperation
  • China opposes India-Taiwan trade ties
  • India-Uzbekistan Virtual Bilateral Summit
  • Singapore Convention on Mediation
  • G4 countries
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)
  • Arab League
  • Queen’s Counsel
  • Conference on Interaction and ConfidenceBuilding Measures in Asia (CICA)
  • France's New National Security Bill
  • Bangladesh Relocates Rohingyas To Bhasan Char Island
  • Tibetan Policy and Support Act
  • Bribery for Presidential Pardon Scheme
  • India-Vietnam Virtual Bilateral Summit
  • UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee
  • SCO meet in India
  • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW):
  • Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB)
  • Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • United Nations Population Award
  • ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus)
  • United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
  • US Currency Watch List
  • Legion of Merit Award
  • Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCOC)
  • Shaheen-IX
  • Indra-exercise
  • Ind-Indo Corpat
  • PASSEX
  • SITMEX-20.
  • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Plus (OPEC+)
  • Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  • UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ)
  • Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)
     

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