Current Affairs Weekly Compilations for UPSC IAS IPS Civil Service Exam from PIB, Hindu, Indianexpress

From March to May

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2. History / Culture related
3. Polity related
4. Environment Biodiversity (EnB) Related
5. Economy / Infra Related
6. International Relations (IR)/ Diplomacy related
7. Defense/ Security related
8. Yearbook/Schemes related
9. Fodder / Speech Summaries / Essay related
10. Persons in News(PIN), Books-authors, Sports-Awards 2014
11. Misc. Topics
12. About the [Current] Series

History / Culture related

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Tantric Worshipper Satvahan Kings Satvahan Architecture Buddhist Rock cut caves Chola patronized Buddhism too! Tipu sultan, Lord of the ring Bhagat Singh: Bogus FIR Tatya Tope: 200th Birth Anniversary Arab Serai: Restoration by ASI Buddha’s bowl in Afghanistan Padmanbhaswami temple Controversy Naduvattam jail, Tamilnadu Suhrawardi-Sarat Bose agreement | Bengal Pact Hoysala Temple Architecture Kirtinarayan Temple (Hoysala) Muziris Port Gandhi in South Africa

Hazrat Mahal: 135th Anniversary JalliKattu: Guidelines by SC + Government Truckload of Harvest Festivals Anavaal pidi Ritual Gangaur festival Angkor Vat Google Street view Menhirs sites in Mizoram Rakhhigarhi-the biggest Harappan site Australian Nataraja Tablighi Jamat Rani ki Vaav, Patan Bara Imambara Anayottam race Timbuktu mausoleum Ghadar party & Transvaal March [Mains Answer-writing] Sculpture @Sarnath Stree shakti purshkar Pratihar Mint in Haryana

Polity related

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1. EVM Totalizer: Form 20 vs Voter confidentiality
2. Electronic Voting Machine (EVM): Basics
3. President didn’t cast his vote
4. How pays for Lok Sabha election?
5. Code for Compulsory Costs
6. Pramati Judgement: RTE doesn’t apply to Minority schools
7. Plight of paramilitary forces
8. RPA Section 126-A and 130: Modi’s Selfi
9. Prasar Bharati Autonomy
10. CBI needs no Prior sanction
11. Lokpal selection rules
12. Chief Justice of India: Fixed tenure or not?
13. Judicial appointment commission
14. [SC order] Mother tongue education in Karnataka
15. [SC order] Kerala Dam law for Mullaperiyar is void
16. Supreme Court guidelines on Sting Operation
17. NR MadhavaMenon Panel for Sarkari Ads
18. Transgender rights, SC Judgment
19. CAG right to audit Private Telecom companies
20. Section 376/E of IPC: Death Penalty in Shaktimill
21. Relevance of NIA? (federalism/internal security)
22. Twin Nominations in Election
23. Voting rights of Defence Personnel
24. Manual Scavenging
25. Primaries method- why #Epicfail in India?
26. RPA Section 8 vs. Law commission’s recommendation
27. UID Biometric data= Not for solving crime
28. Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT)
29. Indelible ink: Principle
30. Booth Officer
31. Benefits of registered political party
32. Snatching Deposit
33. RPA: Media coverage related provision

Environment Biodiversity (EnB) related

1. Polavaram Project
2. Kudankulam: 1000 MW mark
3. Star Tortoise vs Olive Ridley Turtle
4. [Newfound] Dancing frogs in Western Ghats
5. Lake Kolleru & its bird sanctuary
6. Hyacinth: hazard to fishes
7. Jhum cultivation: pros and cons
8. Avalanche Mitigation
9. Jackfruit =Food security in Climate change
10. Mattu gulla & Vengeri brinjals
11. Vulture restaurant
12. More birds: Short eared Owl & Houbura Bustard
13. Mangar forest NCZ
14. Rainbow warrior 3
15. El Nino, its impact on Indian Agriculture and Monsoon
16. 15 Indian birds globally endangered
17. Biodiversity Management Committees
18. Japan’s Scientific Whaling
19. Railsaver: IT platform
20. Robber crab-Habitat destruction
21. Long billed Vultures
22. Olive Ridley Mass Hatching lights OFF!
23. Moving Gir Lions to Madhya Pradesh: pros and cons
24. Cess on Diesel Cars to fight pollution?
25. Sahara Dust Storm in London
26. IPCC latest report
27. is it the time to close Digboi refinery?
28. Rhino Poaching Problem vs Dehorning solution
29. Great Himalayan National Park: UNESCO nomination
30. Western Ghats: Draft notification
31. Chagos people: Rehabilitation
32. Natural Aerosols: effect on Monsoon

Economy / Infra Related

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1. Banking rights for Bachchaa Party
2. Bancassurance: Reena Benerjee Committee
3. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)
4. What is Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)?
5. Enforcement Directorate: role in FEMA vs PMLA
6. [WTO SPS Agreement] EU Ban on Indian Mangoes
7. [Banking] HDFC Bank vs FIPB: Foreign investment Problem
8. [Banking] Cheque Bouncing: SC guideline for faster case trial
9. [Banking] RBI- Public Key Infrastructure in Online Banking
10. IMF Quota & Governance: Need for reforms
11. Crowdfunding- Need SEBI guidelines
12. Bifurcation of CMD post in Banks
13. IRDA’s highway ambulance pilot project
14. RBI: Monetary Policy April 2014
15. GI Tagging & EC model code
16. Predatory pricing by Aviation Companies
17. BIS New labelling guidelines for Electronics
18. SEBI ordinance
19. Bank of India: Instant Money Transfer Scheme
20. EPFO- Permanent Account Number
21. Green E-Clearance
22. RBI: RFPI = FII + QFI
23. RBI: more banks can import gold under 80/20 rule
24. CPSE-ETF Exchange Traded Funds
25. State GSDP: Chindu feels something fishy
26. Gas Pricing postponed on EC order
27. Three more Industrial corridors
28. DMIC project launch in UP
29. NTPC new power projects

International Relations (IR)/ Diplomacy related

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1. Ukraine crisis basics explained for non-UPSC exams
2. Syrian Rebels to get Non-Lethal aid from UK
3. India’s stakes in Syria
4. Geneva II conference
5. WIPO structure functions and Marrakesh Treaty for Visually Challenged
6. ICJ structure functions and Marshal Islands case against India @ICJ
7. Pakistan: Conditional NPT signature
8. US report on Indian Counter Terrorism measures
9. D8: USA: Work permit to H1B Spouses
10. Fair share from Teesta?
11. India Bhutan Love n Hate over Hydroprojects
12. Sino-India BDCA Pact
13. FACTA Treaty India US
14. Israel-Palestine: HAMAS-FATAH Unity Deal
15. UN Security sector reforms (SSR)
16. UN-IOC Sports for development and Peace
17. Maritime Silk Road (MSR) policy?
18. What is Project Sagarmala? and Port Infrastructure bottlenecks
19. What is NEW Cold War?
20. Afghani get Russian weapons on Indian money
21. India’s No First USE policy for nuke weapons- should we update it?
22. Arab Integration- What is it? Why do we need it?
23. UN ECOSOC: Structure functions
24. Rwanda Genocide & French involvement
25. Reforms in MEA/IFS?
26. Arms Trade Treaty, India’s Stand, Ratification
27. Sino-Indian partnership in Afghanistan post NATO withdrawal
28. Chinese Democracy = won’t work, says their President
29. Palestine wants to join UN bodies
30. Obama’s NSA reforms
31. Navy War-room leak & Transfer of Technology contracts
32. Sri Lanka Resolution: India Abstains
33. Mohan’s Foreign Policy
34. MFN Status for India
35. Railway link to Arunanchal Pradesh
36. Exercise Komodo
37. Indo-China: Economic Dialogue and IT Pact
38. Rohingya illegal migrants in India
39. USA hands over ICANN to world
40. MH 370 & Anti-hijacking Policy in India
41. Tourist visa on arrival
42. Energy coop with Sudan + USA
43. BIMSTEC Summit @Myanmar
44. India UAE BIPA

Defense/ Security related

1. [Internal security] Chhattisgarh attack
2. TROPEX-2014

Yearbook/Schemes related

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1. PPP in TB
2. Nirbheek Revolver
3. OTBA scheme
4. Minorities related
5. Youth/Sports related
6. Polio Vaccine Lelo yojana (for foreign tourists)
7. BRGF: penalty for delay in release=penalty
8. MPLADS
9. Primitive Tribal groups (PTG)
10. One less Rajiv Gandhi Scheme

Fodder / Speech Summaries / Essay related

1. (Essay Fodder) Role of Cinema (from President’s speech in National films award)
2. VP-Speech: Education related Essay points
3. VP-Speech: Culture, Diversity, Democracy
4. Pranab @CRPF
5. Pranab @Health conference
6. Pranab: International Women’s day
7. VP about WW1
8. Mohan @BIMSTEC summit
9. Mohan @MSME

Persons in News(PIN), Books-authors, Sports-Awards 2014

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1. [PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana & more
2. [PIN-2014] Part 2/6: International- Presidents, Prime ministers, Summits, bodies & Ukraine Crisis
3. [PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards, FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams, Hockey, Kabbadi, Cricket & more
4. [PIN-2014] Part 4/6: Economic Regulators, Banking Sector CMDs, RBI monetary policy, RBI Committees, Business GK CEOs
5. [PIN-2014] Part 5/6: Books, Authors, Movies awards & Beauty Pageants
6. [PIN-2014] Part 6/6: Diaspora, Civilian awards & Dead in News, Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, Padma 2014, Able Prize & more

Misc. topics/Sports type

1. Should we stop National games?
2. Sports-New format of Hockey

About the [Current] Series

These compilations will contain summary of

1. PIB.NIC.IN (Almost all important topics)
2. TheHindu (only selected topics)
3. IndianExpress (only selected topics)

These [Current] compilations will NOT contain following:

1. Person in news (PIN) / Sports related data because it’ll be put under separate [PIN-2014], before SSC CGL re-exam.
2. Sci-tech related items, because they’ll be separately done in sci-tech compilation.
3. Long Topics that require standalone full-fledged articles e.g. Ukrain, capital account liberalization or xyz other big topic.
4. Clichéd topics and ball by ball commentaries.

Important:

Just because Mrunal.org will release weekly current affairs, doesn’t mean you are free to stop reading newspapers. This is mere supplement and not substitute of any newspaper. I’m not covering each and every MCQ worthy topic here. Just a few that I feel most important ones.

Main-Contributor: Ms.Rajtanil Solanki