CURRENT AFFAIRS IN NEWS

AGRICULTURE

➢ PINK BOLLWORM (PBW)

➢ ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING (ZBNF)
➢ VAN DHAN SCHEME
➢ MICRO IRRIGATION FUND (MIF)
➢ PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SICHAYEE YOJANA
➢ NATIONAL YEAR OF MILLETS
➢ MITH/MIT OR MITINI(Sikkim Forest Tree (Amity & Reverence) Rules
2017)
➢ ATAL SOLAR KRISHI PUMP YOJANA
➢ SMALL FARMERS’ AGRI-BUSINESS CONSORTIUM (SFAC
➢ MS SWAMINATHAN COMMITTEE
➢ NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION (NBM)
➢ DAM REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (DRIP)
➢ GREEN REVOLUTION – KRISHONNATI YOJANA

URBANISATION
➢ URBAN HEAT ISLAND
➢ URBAN SPRAWL
➢ PROTOCOL FOR STAR RATING OF GARBAGE-FREE CITIES’
➢ REWARD WORK, NOT WEALTH (REPORT)
➢ ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDIA’S CITY-SYSTEMS (ASICS)
➢ HAPPY CITIES SUMMIT
➢ DELTA RANKING (ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS)
➢ WORLD POPULATION DAY
➢ EASE OF LIVING INDEX
➢ GLOBAL LIVEABILITY INDEX
➢ MOBILISE YOUR CITY
➢ WORLD HABITAT DAY
➢ JLL’S CITY MOMENTUM INDEX
➢ WORLD CITIES CULTURE FORUM (WCCF)
➢ NATIONAL URBAN HOUSING FUND (NUHF)
➢ SWACHH ICONIC PLACES

RESOURCES
➢ STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE (SPR) PROGRAMME
➢ ROOPPUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
➢ DEFENCE PRODUCTION CORRIDOOR
➢ NATIONAL WIND-SOLAR HYBRID POLICY
➢ GLOBAL SOLAR BANK
➢ URANIUM CONTAMINATION
➢ DEOCHA-PACHAMI COAL BLOCK
➢ HELP POLICY
➢ RATNAGIRI MEGA REFINERY
➢ COAL MINE SURVEILLANCE & MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(CMSMS) AND ‘KHAN PRAHARI’ MOBILE APPLICATION
➢ PATRATU SUPER THERMAL POWER PLANT

PORTS:
➢ DUQM PORT
➢ CHABAHAR PORT
➢ DRY PORTS:
➢ PORT LOGISTICS: ISSUES & CHALLENGES IN INDIA REPORT
➢ PORT PERFORMANCE INDEX
 RIVER SYSTEM:
➢ MAHANADI RIVER:
➢ BRAHMAPUTRA BOARD
➢ MAHANADI RIVER DISPUTE
➢ FLOATING ISLAND
➢ CAUVERY MANAGEMENT SCHEME
➢ ASITA PROJECT
➢ CHILIKA LAKE
➢ RIVER INFORMATION SYSTEM
➢ RIVER BHAVANI
➢ MAHADAYI WATER DISPUTES TRIBUNAL
➢ INDUS WATER TREATY

PHYSIOGRAPHY
➢ NATHU LA PASS
➢ SELA PASS
➢ ZOJI LA PASS TUNNEL:
➢ MT. BHAGIRATHI 2

PROJECTS:
➢ KISHANGANGA PROJECT:
➢ MANDAL DAM
➢ SITA RAMA LIFT IRRIGATION PROJECT
➢ TUIDIMJANG DAM
➢ KALESWARAM PROJECT
➢ NAITWAR MORI HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT
➢ PAR-TAPI-NARMADA INTER-STATE RIVER LINK PROJECT
➢ DHARMA APPLICATION
➢ DAM SAFETY BILL, 2018
➢ RENUKA DAM PROJECT
➢ KALESHWARAM PROJECT AND UPPER PRAVARA (NILWANDE-
II) PROJECT
➢ POLAVARAM PROJECT
➢ ARUN-3 HYDRO PROJECT
➢ RENUKA DAM PROJECT:

INFRA:
➢ KEERIAN – GANDIAL BRIDGE
➢ LONGEST SINGLE-LANE STEEL CABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE
➢ ATAL SETU
➢ VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS
➢ JAL MARG VIKAS PROJECT (JMVP)
➢ SAGARMALA INITIATIVE
➢ KARTARPUR CORRIDOR
➢ WORLD’S TALLEST GIRDER RAILWAY BRIDGE
➢ LOGISTICS EASE ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES (LEADS)
➢ ASHGABAT AGREEMENT :
➢ INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT AND TRANSIT CORRIDOR
➢ TAPI PIPELINE
➢ BHARATMALA PROJECT:
➢ BANIHAL-QAZIGUND TUNNEL
➢ NABH (NEXTGEN AIRPORTS FOR BHARAT) NIRMAN
INITIATIVE
➢ INDIA-MYANMAR-THAILAND (IMT) TRILATERAL HIGHWAY
➢ ROAD SAFETY TRUST FUND
➢ INDIA’S LONGEST ELEVATED ROAD
➢ RAILWAY LINK BETWEEN INDIA AND NEPAL
➢ EASTERN PERIPHERAL EXPRESSWAY CONTEXT:
➢ PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA
➢ GOLDEN QUADILATERAL PROJECT
➢ MISSION RAFTAAR
➢ THAR LINK EXPRESS

NATIONAL PARKS/WLS/TR
➢ MANAS NATIONAL PARK
➢ NAURADEHI SANCTUARY
➢ SINGPHAN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
➢ TRISHNA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
➢ GHODAZARI WILDLIFE SANTUARY

CYCLONES
➢ CYCLONE TITLI & CYCLONE LUBAN
➢ BOMB CYCLONE
➢ CYCLONE SAGAR
➢ CYCLONE PABUK
➢ CYCLONE GITA
➢ FOUR STAGE WARNING SYSTEM:
➢ CYCLONE FANI
MISCELLANEOUS
➢ INDIAN OCEAN NAVAL SYMPOSIUM (IONS)
➢ SWAJAL PROJECT
➢ CHIN REFUGEES
➢ INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES (INF) TREATY
➢ GLOBAL SOLAR COUNCIL
➢ WORLD STEEL ASSOCIATION
➢ PARIWARTAN SCHEME
➢ GEOSPATIAL WORLD EXCELLENCE AWARD-2018
➢ SOLAR CHARKHA MISSION AND SAMPARK PORTAL
➢ POLAR VORTEX
➢ PETROTECH -2019
➢ ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS (EPS)
➢ ARCTIC POLICY WHITE PAPER
➢ OPERATION NISTAR
➢ FIRST CITY IN INDIA, THAT RUNS ON 100% RENEWABLE
ENERGY DURING DAYTIME
➢ DORNOGOVI PROVINCE
➢ SALSA (SUBGLACIAL ANTARCTIC LAKES SCIENTIFIC ACCESS)
➢ WORLD’S LARGEST DEEP OCEAN VOLCANIC ERUPTION
➢ PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PVTGS)
➢ GOLDEN TRIANGLE
➢ GOLDEN CRESCENT:
➢ MEGHALAYAN AGE
➢ WATER SCARCE CITIES: THRIVING IN A FINITE WORLD
➢ DEAD ZONES
➢ BORDER HAATS
➢ CASPIAN SEA’S LEGAL STATUS TREATY
➢ OCEAN CLEAN UP
➢ NATIONAL RURAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
➢ GOLAN HEIGHTS
➢ MALDHARI TRIBES
➢ NATIONAL MINERAL POLICY 2019
➢ APATANI TRIBES

➢ PRADHAN MANTRI JI-VAN YOJANA

➢ LADIS
➢ THIRD POLE ENVIRONMENT (TPE)
➢ RIMES:
➢ COASTAL SECURITY SCHEME (CSS)
PRAAPTI APP
➢ ACADEMIK LOMONOSOV
➢ INDIA’S FIRST FREIGHT VILLAGE
➢ INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION
➢ AAPOORTI APP
➢ RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION CATEGORIES”:
➢ UNNATEE (UNLOCKING NATIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
➢ POTENTIAL)
➢ NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA
➢ HEAT WAVE
➢ ISRAEL UNVEILS WORLD’S LONGEST SALT CAVES
➢ MAGNETIC NORTH POLE
➢ E-DHARTI APP AND E-DHARTI GEO PORTAL
➢ GANGAJAL PROJECT
➢ INDIAN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBMS)
➢ ARCTIC SEED VAULT:
➢ ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
➢ FIRST DISTRICT TO HAVE 100% SOLAR POWERED PRIMARY
HEALTH CENTERS (PHC)