Iasbaba's Monthly Magazine January 2021
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IASBABA'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE JANUARY 2021 Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute Economic Survey 2020-21 Climate Change and India in 2021 COVID-19 Vaccination drive WWW.IASBABA.COM [email protected] P a g e | 1 PREFACE With the present shift in examination pattern of UPSC Civil Services Examination, ‘General Studies – II and General Studies III’ can safely be replaced with ‘Current Affairs’. Moreover, following the recent trend of UPSC, almost all the questions are issue-based rather than news- based. Therefore, the right approach to preparation is to prepare issues, rather than just reading news. Taking this into account, our website www.iasbaba.com will cover current affairs focusing more on ‘issues’ on a daily basis. This will help you pick up relevant news items of the day from various national dailies such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Business Standard, LiveMint, Business Line and other important Online sources. Over time, some of these news items will become important issues. UPSC has the knack of picking such issues and asking general opinion based questions. Answering such questions will require general awareness and an overall understanding of the issue. Therefore, we intend to create the right understanding among aspirants – ‘How to cover these issues? This is the 68th edition of IASbaba’s Monthly Magazine. This edition covers all important issues that were in news in the month of JANUARY 2021 which can be accessed from https://iasbaba.com/current-affairs-for-ias-upsc-exams/ VALUE ADDITIONS FROM IASBABA Must Read and Connecting the dots. Also, we have introduced Prelim and mains focused snippets and Test Your Knowledge (Prelims MCQs based on daily current affairs) which shall guide you for better revision. ‘Must Read’ section, will give you important links to be read from exam perspective. This will make sure that, you don’t miss out on any important news/editorials from various newspapers on daily basis. Under each news article, ‘Connecting the dots’ facilitates your thinking to connect and ponder over various aspects of an issue. Basically, it helps you in understanding an issue from multi-dimensional view-point. You will understand its importance while giving Mains or Interview. Must Read Articles: We have not included them in the magazine. Those following DNA on daily basis may follow it- https://iasbaba.com/current-affairs-for-ias-upsc-exams/ “Tell my mistakes to me not to others, because these are to be corrected by me, not by them.” www.IASbaba.com P a g e | 2 CONTENTS HISTORY/CULTURE/GEOGRAPHY .......................................................................... 9 Place in news: Ramateertham temple .............................................................................................. 9 Makar Sankranti being celebrated all over India ............................................................................... 9 Jallikattu: Pride & Politics ............................................................................................................... 11 Temple in news: Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple ......................................................................... 13 Kalaripayattu to be taught at Kerala Tourism’s Vellar Crafts Village ................................................ 13 New Anubhava Mantapa ............................................................................................................... 14 Volcanic eruption at Mount Semeru .............................................................................................. 15 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) may introduce new monsoon models ....................... 16 Birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to be celebrated as Parakram Diwas ................................ 17 Tripura government planning to promote Risa as the signature textile........................................... 18 English translation of poems of Sree Narayana Guru launched ....................................................... 19 Tributes being paid to Indian Bodo social activist ........................................................................... 20 Dhannipur Mosque project launched ............................................................................................. 20 Manjamma Jogati : Padma Shri awardee who popularised rural folk arts ....................................... 21 Patharughat Uprising in Assam ...................................................................................................... 22 POLITY/GOVERNANCE ......................................................................................... 23 FSSAI slashes limit for trans fat levels in foods ............................................................................... 24 COVID-19 Vaccine Dry Run ............................................................................................................. 24 Supreme Court on Central Vista Project ......................................................................................... 25 Supreme Court clarifies the position of law on vertical and horizontal reservations ....................... 27 G Kishan Reddy Committee formed ............................................................................................... 28 SC’s order on Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (Care And Maintenance Of Case Property Animals) Rules, 2017 .................................................................................................................................... 28 Centre Merges J&K Cadre Officers With AGMUT ............................................................................ 29 Bagasara Prant: A new district to be created in Gujarat.................................................................. 29 Power tussle in Puducherry: Between Lt. Governor and Chief Minister .......................................... 30 SC sets up Farm Laws Committee................................................................................................... 33 Manipur 4th Sate to undertake Urban Local Bodies Reforms ......................................................... 33 Publication Of Notice Of Marriage Not Mandatory ......................................................................... 34 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) ................................................................... 35 IBC’s Section 32A ........................................................................................................................... 35 Republic Day Violence.................................................................................................................... 37 Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute ......................................................................................... 39 www.IASbaba.com P a g e | 3 SOCIAL ISSUE/WELFARE ...................................................................................... 41 Migrant workers engaged in Honey Mission .................................................................................. 42 Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI) Wave-1, India Report released ....................................... 42 Period Room Set Up For Menstruating Women in Thane district, Maharashtra .............................. 43 Third Phase Of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 3.0) launched ................................. 44 Faecal Sludge And Septage Management (FSSM) ........................................................................... 44 A new framework around caste and the census ............................................................................. 45 Troubling trends: On widening inequality ...................................................................................... 47 Economic Survey 2020-21: Education ............................................................................................ 48 Economic Survey 2020-21: Skill Development ................................................................................ 48 Economic Survey 2020-21: Bare Necessities ................................................................................... 49 WOMEN ISSUE .................................................................................................... 50 Wages for Housework .................................................................................................................... 51 Punitive Responses To Sexual Violence Need Rethink .................................................................... 52 Women with disabilities ................................................................................................................ 53 HEALTH ISSUE ...................................................................................................... 55 Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG) launched .......................................................... 55 Status of Kala Azar in Four States reviewed .................................................................................... 55 ZyCoV-D: India’s first indigenously developed DNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19................ 57 Status of Avian Influenza in the country ......................................................................................... 57 PM to launch Pan India Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination drive ...................................................... 58 Framework For Telemedicine Use In Management Of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease And Stroke In India ..............................................................................................................................