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PRELIMS ....................................................................... 5 Viscose Staple Fibre .............................................. 22
PRELIMS
Alternate Investment Fund and Credit Default
POLITY & GOVERNANCE ............................................ 5
Swap ...................................................................... 23
Project 39A .............................................................. 5
RBI’s contingency fund.......................................... 24
The New Integrated Food security Scheme............ 5
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ................................... 26
Passport as a fundamental right under article 21 .. 5
Arab Spring ............................................................ 26
Article 19 of the Indian Constitution ...................... 6
Y20 Summit ........................................................... 26
Aspirational Block Programme ............................... 7
Pacific Island Forum .............................................. 26
Delegated Legislation .............................................. 8
World Economic Forum ........................................ 27
Monument Mitra Project ........................................ 8
United Nations Institute for Water, Environment
Human Rights Watch report ................................... 9 and Health (UNU-INWEH) ..................................... 27
World Hindi Day 2023 ............................................. 9 Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on
Open Market Sale Scheme .................................... 10 Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
(WG AnGR) ............................................................ 28
SC on Passive Euthanasia ...................................... 11
HISTORY AND ART & CULTURE ............................... 30
Competition Commission of India ........................ 12
Sarsa Rivulet .......................................................... 30
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
............................................................................... 13 Mural Art ............................................................... 30
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)........... 13 Mughal Gardens .................................................... 32
Chargesheet is not a “Public Document”: Supreme Fatima Sheikh ........................................................ 32
Court ...................................................................... 15 UNESCO Heritage Sites in Maharashtra ............... 33
Advance Authorization Scheme (AAS).................. 15 Ottanthullal ........................................................... 34
ECONOMY ................................................................. 17 Maghi Mela ........................................................... 34
The T+1 Settlement Cycle...................................... 17 Parshuram Kund Festival ...................................... 35
Co-location Scam ................................................... 17 Gaan Ngai festival ................................................. 35
Small savings schemes .......................................... 17 Banjaras and Hakku Patra ..................................... 36
Air Suvidha system ................................................ 18 Sagol Kangjei ......................................................... 36
Mali Parbat bauxite mine...................................... 18 Rajmata Jijau ......................................................... 37
RuPay Debit Cards and BHIM UPI ......................... 19 Paigah Tombs complex ......................................... 37
Basmati Rice .......................................................... 20 Gujarat’s Harappan necropolis ............................. 37
Manipurs Heimang ................................................ 21
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Sammed Shikharji Jain Temple and Shetrunjay hill Simlipal National Park ........................................... 54
............................................................................... 38 Kelp forests............................................................ 55
Savitribai Phule: India’s first woman teacher ...... 39 Bhoj Wetland......................................................... 56
Rani Velu Nachiyar ................................................ 40 Water Hyacinth ..................................................... 56
Makar Sankranti and Lohri.................................... 41 Asiatic Golden Cat ................................................. 57
Purana Qila ............................................................ 41 Living Root bridges of Meghalaya ........................ 57
Ahom Burial Mounds in Assam ............................. 42 Yangtze finless porpoise ....................................... 58
Puri Jagannath Temple .......................................... 43 Amrabad Tiger Reserve ......................................... 58
Buddhist monastery complex at Bharatpur of Methane Emissions ............................................... 58
Bengal .................................................................... 44
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ......................................... 61
Etikoppaka Wooden Toy Craft .............................. 44
Transfats ................................................................ 61
GEOGRAPHY .............................................................. 46
Immune Imprinting ............................................... 61
Schengen Zone....................................................... 46
Exoplanets ............................................................. 62
Lachin Corridor ...................................................... 46
Shukrayaan I .......................................................... 62
Horn of Africa ........................................................ 46
Local Bubble .......................................................... 63
Siachen Glacier ...................................................... 47
Satyendra Nath Bose............................................. 63
Chilka lake.............................................................. 47
Defence Acquisition Council ................................. 64
Land subsidence .................................................... 48
Quantum Supremacy ............................................ 65
Aravalli Safari Park ................................................ 48
Leopard 2 Tank ...................................................... 65
Lakshadweep Islands............................................. 49
African Swine Fever .............................................. 66
Lake Chad ............................................................... 50
Platinum drugs ...................................................... 66
Low basalt plateau discovered in Western Ghats 51
Microplastics ......................................................... 67
ENVIRONMENT ......................................................... 52
Doppler Weather Radar Network......................... 68
Black Carbon and black carbon aerosols .............. 52
African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) .................. 69
Green Urban Oasis Programme ............................ 53
National Genome Editing and Training Centre .... 69
Silent Valley National Park.................................... 53
Halteria .................................................................. 70
Sustainable Aquaculture In Mangrove Ecosystem
(SAIME) .................................................................. 54 Ebola Disease......................................................... 70
Deepor Beel ........................................................... 54 DNA mitochondrial profiling ................................. 71
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Baba's Monthly
CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE
Judiciary in India Digital Economy
Digitalization
World Economic Forum’s
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UNESCO Heritage Sites
National Green in Maharashtra
Hydrogen Mission
Natural Farming India-Egypt Relations
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PRELIMS ....................................................................... 5 Viscose Staple Fibre .............................................. 22
PRELIMS
Alternate Investment Fund and Credit Default
POLITY & GOVERNANCE ............................................ 5
Swap ...................................................................... 23
Project 39A .............................................................. 5
RBI’s contingency fund.......................................... 24
The New Integrated Food security Scheme............ 5
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ................................... 26
Passport as a fundamental right under article 21 .. 5
Arab Spring ............................................................ 26
Article 19 of the Indian Constitution ...................... 6
Y20 Summit ........................................................... 26
Aspirational Block Programme ............................... 7
Pacific Island Forum .............................................. 26
Delegated Legislation .............................................. 8
World Economic Forum ........................................ 27
Monument Mitra Project ........................................ 8
United Nations Institute for Water, Environment
Human Rights Watch report ................................... 9 and Health (UNU-INWEH) ..................................... 27
World Hindi Day 2023 ............................................. 9 Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on
Open Market Sale Scheme .................................... 10 Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
(WG AnGR) ............................................................ 28
SC on Passive Euthanasia ...................................... 11
HISTORY AND ART & CULTURE ............................... 30
Competition Commission of India ........................ 12
Sarsa Rivulet .......................................................... 30
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
............................................................................... 13 Mural Art ............................................................... 30
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)........... 13 Mughal Gardens .................................................... 32
Chargesheet is not a “Public Document”: Supreme Fatima Sheikh ........................................................ 32
Court ...................................................................... 15 UNESCO Heritage Sites in Maharashtra ............... 33
Advance Authorization Scheme (AAS).................. 15 Ottanthullal ........................................................... 34
ECONOMY ................................................................. 17 Maghi Mela ........................................................... 34
The T+1 Settlement Cycle...................................... 17 Parshuram Kund Festival ...................................... 35
Co-location Scam ................................................... 17 Gaan Ngai festival ................................................. 35
Small savings schemes .......................................... 17 Banjaras and Hakku Patra ..................................... 36
Air Suvidha system ................................................ 18 Sagol Kangjei ......................................................... 36
Mali Parbat bauxite mine...................................... 18 Rajmata Jijau ......................................................... 37
RuPay Debit Cards and BHIM UPI ......................... 19 Paigah Tombs complex ......................................... 37
Basmati Rice .......................................................... 20 Gujarat’s Harappan necropolis ............................. 37
Manipurs Heimang ................................................ 21
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Sammed Shikharji Jain Temple and Shetrunjay hill Simlipal National Park ........................................... 54
............................................................................... 38 Kelp forests............................................................ 55
Savitribai Phule: India’s first woman teacher ...... 39 Bhoj Wetland......................................................... 56
Rani Velu Nachiyar ................................................ 40 Water Hyacinth ..................................................... 56
Makar Sankranti and Lohri.................................... 41 Asiatic Golden Cat ................................................. 57
Purana Qila ............................................................ 41 Living Root bridges of Meghalaya ........................ 57
Ahom Burial Mounds in Assam ............................. 42 Yangtze finless porpoise ....................................... 58
Puri Jagannath Temple .......................................... 43 Amrabad Tiger Reserve ......................................... 58
Buddhist monastery complex at Bharatpur of Methane Emissions ............................................... 58
Bengal .................................................................... 44
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ......................................... 61
Etikoppaka Wooden Toy Craft .............................. 44
Transfats ................................................................ 61
GEOGRAPHY .............................................................. 46
Immune Imprinting ............................................... 61
Schengen Zone....................................................... 46
Exoplanets ............................................................. 62
Lachin Corridor ...................................................... 46
Shukrayaan I .......................................................... 62
Horn of Africa ........................................................ 46
Local Bubble .......................................................... 63
Siachen Glacier ...................................................... 47
Satyendra Nath Bose............................................. 63
Chilka lake.............................................................. 47
Defence Acquisition Council ................................. 64
Land subsidence .................................................... 48
Quantum Supremacy ............................................ 65
Aravalli Safari Park ................................................ 48
Leopard 2 Tank ...................................................... 65
Lakshadweep Islands............................................. 49
African Swine Fever .............................................. 66
Lake Chad ............................................................... 50
Platinum drugs ...................................................... 66
Low basalt plateau discovered in Western Ghats 51
Microplastics ......................................................... 67
ENVIRONMENT ......................................................... 52
Doppler Weather Radar Network......................... 68
Black Carbon and black carbon aerosols .............. 52
African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) .................. 69
Green Urban Oasis Programme ............................ 53
National Genome Editing and Training Centre .... 69
Silent Valley National Park.................................... 53
Halteria .................................................................. 70
Sustainable Aquaculture In Mangrove Ecosystem
(SAIME) .................................................................. 54 Ebola Disease......................................................... 70
Deepor Beel ........................................................... 54 DNA mitochondrial profiling ................................. 71
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