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1. IMPORTANT TOPICS OF THE MONTH4 8. BILATERAL ISSUES......................... 40
1.1 All about Jallikattu ............................................. 4 8.1 Indian Nuclear Liability Law ........................... 40
1.2 Tussle between Union and Delhi Government ... 7 8.2 Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation
1.3 Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) .. 9 (FIPIC) ............................................................. 41
1.4 Outcomes of G7 Summit ................................... 11 8.3 India & South Pacific ....................................... 42
G.S PAPER I .......................................... 12 9. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES ................ 43
9.1 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) ..... 43
2. HISTORY......................................... 12 9.2 The Paradox of BRICS ..................................... 44
2.1 Global Buddhist Summit 2023 .......................... 12
G.S PAPER III ....................................... 46
3. GEOGRAPHY ................................... 14
3.1 Cyclone Systems ............................................... 14
10. ECONOMY ....................................... 46
3.2 Delayed Arrival of the Southwest Monsoon ..... 15 10.1 Welfare Expenditure ......................................... 46
10.2 Withdrawal of 2000 Rupee Currency Notes and its
4. SOCIAL ISSUES ............................... 17 implications ...................................................... 47
4.1 Polygamy in India ............................................ 17 10.3 New PMLA Rules .............................................. 48
4.2 Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) ............ 18 10.4 Ways and Means Advances............................... 49
4.3 Kerala’s Kudumbashree Programme ............... 18 10.5 Fundraising Issues in Indian Startup Ecosystem ..
.......................................................................... 50
4.4 Caste-Based Survey .......................................... 20
10.6 Legal remedies available to Gig Workers ........ 51
G.S PAPER II ......................................... 21 10.7 Co-Lending Model of Loan............................... 53
10.8 A Digitally Unprepared Workforce .................. 53
5. INDIAN POLITY ............................... 21
10.9 Global Benchmark Interest Rates ..................... 54
5.1 Freedom of speech............................................ 21
10.10 The Internationalization of the Rupee .............. 55
5.2 Hate Speech ...................................................... 22
10.11 US banking crisis and its impact on India ........ 56
5.3 Maharashtra Political Crisis ............................ 24
10.12 U.S. Debt Ceiling Crisis ................................... 57
5.4 Judicial Recusal ............................................... 25
10.13 Gold Rush by Central Banks ............................ 58
5.5 Default Bail ...................................................... 27
10.14 Global Credit Rating Agencies ......................... 59
5.6 Divorce under Article 142 ................................ 27
10.15 World Trade Organization’s Information
5.7 Krishna Water Dispute ..................................... 29 Technology Agreement (ITA) ............................ 61
6. GOVERNANCE ................................. 30 10.16 European Union’s Carbon Border Tax
Mechanism ........................................................ 62
6.1 India's progress on Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) ................................................... 30 11. AGRICULTURE ................................ 62
6.2 Copyrights and Intellectual Property ............... 31 11.1 India’s First National Water-Body Census ...... 62
7. HEALTH .......................................... 33 11.2 Drip irrigation needs further push ................... 64
11.3 Economic Viability of Agriculture .................... 65
7.1 Law for mandatory recall of substandard drugs ..
.......................................................................... 33 11.4 Agriculture Commodity Value Chains .............. 65
7.2 Medical Value Travel ....................................... 34
12. ENVIRONMENT ............................... 66
7.3 WHO Report on Preterm Births ....................... 35
12.1 The 1.5 degree Celsius Target .......................... 66
7.4 WHO Recommendation on Artificial Sweeteners .
.......................................................................... 37 12.2 Green Deposits ................................................. 68
7.5 World Health Organization (WHO) ................. 37 12.3 Total Ban on Diesel Vehicles in India .............. 69
7.6 Menstrual Health and Hygiene ........................ 38 12.4 Clean Cooking Fuel in India ............................ 70
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12.5 Land Restoration .............................................. 71 Forum Shopping ........................................................... 96
13. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY............... 73 18. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS &
13.1 India’s Science and Technology Sector ............ 73 SCHEMES ............................................. 97
13.2 Methanol poisoning .......................................... 74 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) .................... 97
13.3 Pangenome Reference Map .............................. 75 SDGs Localisation ........................................................ 97
13.4 Mitochondrial Donation Treatment.................. 77 Rehabilitation Council of India .................................... 98
13.5 Fermi Energy and Fermi Level ........................ 78 Sanchar Saathi Portal .................................................. 98
13.6 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) .. 79 ASTR and CEIR ............................................................ 98
13.7 Role of Calcium-41 in Radiometric Dating ...... 80 World Bee Day ............................................................. 99
Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States
14. INTERNAL SECURITY ...................... 81 (STARS) Program ....................................................... 100
14.1 Increasing Maoist Activities ............................. 81 Khadi and Village Industries Commission ................. 100
14.2 Tensions between hill and valley people in Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Seher Campaign ............... 101
Manipur ............................................................ 82
19. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ........ 101
PRELIM BITS ........................................ 83 Laundromat countries ................................................ 101
15. HISTORY, ART & CULTURE ............. 83 Sahel Region ............................................................... 101
Bihan Mela ................................................................... 83 Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) ...................... 102
Maharana Pratap ......................................................... 83 Operation Karuna ...................................................... 102
Dancing girl ................................................................. 84 Mand-Pishin Border Sustenance Marketplace ........... 103
Neanderthals ................................................................ 84 Fiji & Papua New Guinea Awards on Modi .............. 103
Nigrantha ..................................................................... 85 SCO Goa Meet 2023................................................... 103
Porunai Museum .......................................................... 85 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) .................................... 104
Kutch Harappan Graveyard ......................................... 86
Arab League ............................................................... 105
Sengol .......................................................................... 86
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF18) ............ 105
Foucault’s Pendulum ................................................... 87
Sendai Framework ..................................................... 106
Purana Qila or the Old Fort ........................................ 88
Health for All .............................................................. 106
16. GEOGRAPHY ................................... 88 Pandemic Treaty......................................................... 107
Summer Cyclones ......................................................... 88 Dag Hammarskjold Medal ......................................... 107
Goa Forest Fires .......................................................... 89 NHRC and Paris Principles ....................................... 108
Chittagong Hill Tracts.................................................. 89 WTO Appellate Body Division .................................... 108
Submarine Volcano ...................................................... 90 Global Plan of Action for the Health of Indigenous People
........................................................................ 108
Flash Droughts ............................................................. 90
Millets .......................................................................... 90 20. ECONOMY ..................................... 109
Palghat Gap ................................................................. 91 India and EFTA .......................................................... 109
Cyclone Mocha ............................................................. 92 Adhaar-enabled Payment System ............................... 109
Groundwater Extraction and Land Subsidence ............ 93 CVV-less payments ..................................................... 110
Ocean Leak................................................................... 93
21. AGRICULTURE .............................. 110
River Kolak ................................................................... 93
Maximum Residue Limit in tea ................................... 110
Deep ocean currents in Antarctica ............................... 94
Lightweight Payment and Settlement System (LPSS) . 111
17. POLITY ........................................... 95
22. ENVIRONMENT ............................. 111
Electronic Voting Machines ......................................... 95
Sonorous submarine ................................................... 111
UPSC Chairman ........................................................... 95
Zoonomia Project ....................................................... 112
Sikkim Integration ........................................................ 96
Green hydrogen bunks by 2035 .................................. 112
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue ..................................... 113 Donanemab ................................................................ 122
Petermann Glacier, Greenland .................................. 113 World Thalassemia Day ............................................. 122
Community-based initiative for Hornbills .................. 114 Chlamydia .................................................................. 123
Babool ........................................................................ 114 UN Report on Maternal and Newborn Deaths ........... 124
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary ........................................ 115 Mpox ........................................................................ 124
Eretmoptera murphyi (Midge) .................................... 115 Dengue ....................................................................... 124
Gharial in Pakistan .................................................... 115 International Pathogen Surveillance Network ........... 125
Leatherback Turtles.................................................... 116 Global Polio Eradication Initiative ............................ 126
Pygmy Hogs ............................................................... 116 Animal health emergency in Brazil ............................ 126
Biosynthetic Clock ...................................................... 127
23. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ........ 117
Quantum Biology ........................................................ 127
Scary Barbie ............................................................... 117
Neuralink .................................................................... 128
TROPICS Mission ...................................................... 117
Pokhran-II .................................................................. 128
Indian Space Policy 2023 ........................................... 118
WTO Information Technology (IT) Agreement ........... 129
Fomalhaut .................................................................. 118
Vapes ........................................................................ 129
AX-2 Mission .............................................................. 118
Carbon Dating ............................................................ 129
Polar Cyclone on Uranus ........................................... 119
Artificial Leaf ............................................................. 130
Da Vinci glow ............................................................. 119
XPoSat ........................................................................ 120 24. INDEX AND REPORT ..................... 130
GSLV-F12 & NVS-01 ................................................. 120 World Press Freedom Index ....................................... 130
Shenzhou-16 ............................................................... 120 UNEP report: Turning off the Tap ............................. 131
Solar Power Plant in Space........................................ 121 NITI Aayog's Health Index ......................................... 131
ASEAN India maritime exercise (AIME-2023) ........... 121
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INDEX
1. IMPORTANT TOPICS OF THE MONTH4 8. BILATERAL ISSUES......................... 40
1.1 All about Jallikattu ............................................. 4 8.1 Indian Nuclear Liability Law ........................... 40
1.2 Tussle between Union and Delhi Government ... 7 8.2 Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation
1.3 Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) .. 9 (FIPIC) ............................................................. 41
1.4 Outcomes of G7 Summit ................................... 11 8.3 India & South Pacific ....................................... 42
G.S PAPER I .......................................... 12 9. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES ................ 43
9.1 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) ..... 43
2. HISTORY......................................... 12 9.2 The Paradox of BRICS ..................................... 44
2.1 Global Buddhist Summit 2023 .......................... 12
G.S PAPER III ....................................... 46
3. GEOGRAPHY ................................... 14
3.1 Cyclone Systems ............................................... 14
10. ECONOMY ....................................... 46
3.2 Delayed Arrival of the Southwest Monsoon ..... 15 10.1 Welfare Expenditure ......................................... 46
10.2 Withdrawal of 2000 Rupee Currency Notes and its
4. SOCIAL ISSUES ............................... 17 implications ...................................................... 47
4.1 Polygamy in India ............................................ 17 10.3 New PMLA Rules .............................................. 48
4.2 Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) ............ 18 10.4 Ways and Means Advances............................... 49
4.3 Kerala’s Kudumbashree Programme ............... 18 10.5 Fundraising Issues in Indian Startup Ecosystem ..
.......................................................................... 50
4.4 Caste-Based Survey .......................................... 20
10.6 Legal remedies available to Gig Workers ........ 51
G.S PAPER II ......................................... 21 10.7 Co-Lending Model of Loan............................... 53
10.8 A Digitally Unprepared Workforce .................. 53
5. INDIAN POLITY ............................... 21
10.9 Global Benchmark Interest Rates ..................... 54
5.1 Freedom of speech............................................ 21
10.10 The Internationalization of the Rupee .............. 55
5.2 Hate Speech ...................................................... 22
10.11 US banking crisis and its impact on India ........ 56
5.3 Maharashtra Political Crisis ............................ 24
10.12 U.S. Debt Ceiling Crisis ................................... 57
5.4 Judicial Recusal ............................................... 25
10.13 Gold Rush by Central Banks ............................ 58
5.5 Default Bail ...................................................... 27
10.14 Global Credit Rating Agencies ......................... 59
5.6 Divorce under Article 142 ................................ 27
10.15 World Trade Organization’s Information
5.7 Krishna Water Dispute ..................................... 29 Technology Agreement (ITA) ............................ 61
6. GOVERNANCE ................................. 30 10.16 European Union’s Carbon Border Tax
Mechanism ........................................................ 62
6.1 India's progress on Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) ................................................... 30 11. AGRICULTURE ................................ 62
6.2 Copyrights and Intellectual Property ............... 31 11.1 India’s First National Water-Body Census ...... 62
7. HEALTH .......................................... 33 11.2 Drip irrigation needs further push ................... 64
11.3 Economic Viability of Agriculture .................... 65
7.1 Law for mandatory recall of substandard drugs ..
.......................................................................... 33 11.4 Agriculture Commodity Value Chains .............. 65
7.2 Medical Value Travel ....................................... 34
12. ENVIRONMENT ............................... 66
7.3 WHO Report on Preterm Births ....................... 35
12.1 The 1.5 degree Celsius Target .......................... 66
7.4 WHO Recommendation on Artificial Sweeteners .
.......................................................................... 37 12.2 Green Deposits ................................................. 68
7.5 World Health Organization (WHO) ................. 37 12.3 Total Ban on Diesel Vehicles in India .............. 69
7.6 Menstrual Health and Hygiene ........................ 38 12.4 Clean Cooking Fuel in India ............................ 70
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12.5 Land Restoration .............................................. 71 Forum Shopping ........................................................... 96
13. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY............... 73 18. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS &
13.1 India’s Science and Technology Sector ............ 73 SCHEMES ............................................. 97
13.2 Methanol poisoning .......................................... 74 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) .................... 97
13.3 Pangenome Reference Map .............................. 75 SDGs Localisation ........................................................ 97
13.4 Mitochondrial Donation Treatment.................. 77 Rehabilitation Council of India .................................... 98
13.5 Fermi Energy and Fermi Level ........................ 78 Sanchar Saathi Portal .................................................. 98
13.6 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) .. 79 ASTR and CEIR ............................................................ 98
13.7 Role of Calcium-41 in Radiometric Dating ...... 80 World Bee Day ............................................................. 99
Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States
14. INTERNAL SECURITY ...................... 81 (STARS) Program ....................................................... 100
14.1 Increasing Maoist Activities ............................. 81 Khadi and Village Industries Commission ................. 100
14.2 Tensions between hill and valley people in Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Seher Campaign ............... 101
Manipur ............................................................ 82
19. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ........ 101
PRELIM BITS ........................................ 83 Laundromat countries ................................................ 101
15. HISTORY, ART & CULTURE ............. 83 Sahel Region ............................................................... 101
Bihan Mela ................................................................... 83 Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) ...................... 102
Maharana Pratap ......................................................... 83 Operation Karuna ...................................................... 102
Dancing girl ................................................................. 84 Mand-Pishin Border Sustenance Marketplace ........... 103
Neanderthals ................................................................ 84 Fiji & Papua New Guinea Awards on Modi .............. 103
Nigrantha ..................................................................... 85 SCO Goa Meet 2023................................................... 103
Porunai Museum .......................................................... 85 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) .................................... 104
Kutch Harappan Graveyard ......................................... 86
Arab League ............................................................... 105
Sengol .......................................................................... 86
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF18) ............ 105
Foucault’s Pendulum ................................................... 87
Sendai Framework ..................................................... 106
Purana Qila or the Old Fort ........................................ 88
Health for All .............................................................. 106
16. GEOGRAPHY ................................... 88 Pandemic Treaty......................................................... 107
Summer Cyclones ......................................................... 88 Dag Hammarskjold Medal ......................................... 107
Goa Forest Fires .......................................................... 89 NHRC and Paris Principles ....................................... 108
Chittagong Hill Tracts.................................................. 89 WTO Appellate Body Division .................................... 108
Submarine Volcano ...................................................... 90 Global Plan of Action for the Health of Indigenous People
........................................................................ 108
Flash Droughts ............................................................. 90
Millets .......................................................................... 90 20. ECONOMY ..................................... 109
Palghat Gap ................................................................. 91 India and EFTA .......................................................... 109
Cyclone Mocha ............................................................. 92 Adhaar-enabled Payment System ............................... 109
Groundwater Extraction and Land Subsidence ............ 93 CVV-less payments ..................................................... 110
Ocean Leak................................................................... 93
21. AGRICULTURE .............................. 110
River Kolak ................................................................... 93
Maximum Residue Limit in tea ................................... 110
Deep ocean currents in Antarctica ............................... 94
Lightweight Payment and Settlement System (LPSS) . 111
17. POLITY ........................................... 95
22. ENVIRONMENT ............................. 111
Electronic Voting Machines ......................................... 95
Sonorous submarine ................................................... 111
UPSC Chairman ........................................................... 95
Zoonomia Project ....................................................... 112
Sikkim Integration ........................................................ 96
Green hydrogen bunks by 2035 .................................. 112
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue ..................................... 113 Donanemab ................................................................ 122
Petermann Glacier, Greenland .................................. 113 World Thalassemia Day ............................................. 122
Community-based initiative for Hornbills .................. 114 Chlamydia .................................................................. 123
Babool ........................................................................ 114 UN Report on Maternal and Newborn Deaths ........... 124
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary ........................................ 115 Mpox ........................................................................ 124
Eretmoptera murphyi (Midge) .................................... 115 Dengue ....................................................................... 124
Gharial in Pakistan .................................................... 115 International Pathogen Surveillance Network ........... 125
Leatherback Turtles.................................................... 116 Global Polio Eradication Initiative ............................ 126
Pygmy Hogs ............................................................... 116 Animal health emergency in Brazil ............................ 126
Biosynthetic Clock ...................................................... 127
23. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ........ 117
Quantum Biology ........................................................ 127
Scary Barbie ............................................................... 117
Neuralink .................................................................... 128
TROPICS Mission ...................................................... 117
Pokhran-II .................................................................. 128
Indian Space Policy 2023 ........................................... 118
WTO Information Technology (IT) Agreement ........... 129
Fomalhaut .................................................................. 118
Vapes ........................................................................ 129
AX-2 Mission .............................................................. 118
Carbon Dating ............................................................ 129
Polar Cyclone on Uranus ........................................... 119
Artificial Leaf ............................................................. 130
Da Vinci glow ............................................................. 119
XPoSat ........................................................................ 120 24. INDEX AND REPORT ..................... 130
GSLV-F12 & NVS-01 ................................................. 120 World Press Freedom Index ....................................... 130
Shenzhou-16 ............................................................... 120 UNEP report: Turning off the Tap ............................. 131
Solar Power Plant in Space........................................ 121 NITI Aayog's Health Index ......................................... 131
ASEAN India maritime exercise (AIME-2023) ........... 121
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