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Editorial Team : Ritesh Kumar Singh, Gajanan Dwivedi, Naweed Akhter, Sanjeev Kumar Pandey, Jasmine Sokhi, Vrinda Gupta, Mangal Singh, Nagendra Pratap, Basava Uppin, Jaikrit Vatsal, Pallavi Sarda, Vaibhav Mishra, Sagar Chourasia, Faizan General Studies to Civil Services aspirants thereby making relied for selection and analysis of issues are: 309, Kanchanjunga Building, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Tel : 011 – 4078 6050, 23317293, 23318135/36, 23738906/07 NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED, IN ANY FORM OR MANNER OR BY ANY MEANS - ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPY OR OTHERWISE, OR STORED IN ANY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OF ANY NATURE WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER, RAU’S CONTENTS NATIONAL TRIBUNALS COMMISSION #Tribunal #Governance 25 MPLADS #Governance #Scheme 28 02 NEW COMMITTEE ON HATE SPEECH #Hate Speech #Rights 29 PVTG # GS Paper (Prelims) & GS Paper II (Main) #Social Justice #Schemes 31 ISRAEL AND PALESTINE CONFLICT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL #Geopolitics 02 #State Legislature 32 GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ARCTIC CHIEF SECREATRY #Geopolitics 08 #Governance 34 INDIA AND NEPAL CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATES #Bilateral Relations 09 #Citizenship #CAA #LTV 35 INDIA-EU FTA NEED FOR BUREAUCRATIC REFORMS #Organizations 11 #Reforms #Governance 36 SRI LANKAN PORT CITY COMPULSORY LICENCE DURING NATIONAL EMERGENCY #GeoPolitics 13 #Legislation #Patent #TRIPS 41 BANGLADESH, CHINA AND THE QUAD ANTICIPATORY BAIL # Neighbourhood #India and the World 15 #Judiciary #Rights Issues 44 RWANDAN GENOCIDE DRAFT LAKSHADWEEP DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY #World History 16 REGULATION 2021 UKRAINIAN CRISIS #Legislation #Governance 45 #Geopolitics 17 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RULES, 2021 STRATEGIC HIGHWAY IN TIBET #Rights #Social Media #Governance 46 #Neighborhood 18 SC DECLARES MARATHA QUOTA UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS 19 #Reservation #Governance 48 VACATION BENCHES #Judiciary 49 20 MUCORMYCOSIS UNDER EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT #Legislation #Epidemic #Governance 50 # GS Paper (Prelims) & GS Paper II (Main) PRACTICE QUESTIONS 53 NEW CBI DIRECTOR #Institutions #Governance 20 ACTING CHAIRPERSON FOR NHRC #Governance #Institution 22 i INTEREST EQUALISATION SCHEME 75 54 NATIONAL AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE 75 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 75 # GS Paper (Prelims) & GS Paper III (Main) TRANSFER OF RBI’S DIVIDEND- DECODED #RBI 54 77 INCREASE IN CURRENCY CIRCULATION #Money 56 # GS Paper I & GS Paper II (Main) INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN PPIs A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE IN INDIA #Payment Systems 58 # National Health Service #Health infrastructure 77 DISASTER INSURANCE REFORMING MEDICAL EDUCATION #Insurance 59 # Medical Education #Health infrastructure 78 SWAMIH FUND A GLOBAL STRATEGY TO LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND #Finance 60 #Global Health infrastructure 79 DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE #Finance 61 # Indigenous people #climate change 80 RBI’S ECONOMIC PACKAGE SVAMITVA SCHEME #Monetary Policy 63 # Socio-economic empowerment #Record of rights 80 ASSET MONETISATION THROUGH ToT Model COVID-19 ORPHANS #PPP 64 # Adoption #Human trafficking 81 GRANTING INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS- IMPLICATIONS WHO GLOBAL SODIUM BENCHMARKS #Infrastructure 64 # Food #Health 81 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVES UDID PORTAL #PPP 65 #Social Justice 82 EQUALISATION LEVY LUMPY SKIN DISEASE (LSD) #TAXATION 66 #Health & Disease 82 INTEGRATION OF E-WAY BILL WITH FASTag COVID DISASTER COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED #TAXATION 68 # Pandemic Preparedness and Response #Health & OILSEED PRODUCTION Disease 82 #Agriculture 69 ONE HEALTH GLOBALLY IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE SYSTEMS #Health & Disease 84 (GIAHS) #Agriculture 70 GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT ENHANCING FEMALE LFPR #Health & Disease 85 #Inclusive Growth 71 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 86 LATEST FDI STATISTICS #External Sector 72 EMPLOYEES DEPOSIT LINKED INSURANCE SCHEME (EDLI) 87 73 NETWORK FOR GREENING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM 74 # GS Paper (Prelims) & GS Paper III (Main) FOOD AND NON-FOOD CREDIT 74 5G TECHNOLOGY MEDICINE PATENT POOL (MPP) 74 #IT #Technology 87 ii SPUTNIK LIGHT VACCINE PVTG #Health #Science 89 #protection #conservation 116 ROCKET DEBRIS A-76 ICEBERG #Space #Science 91 #Climate Change 117 MARS MISSION RED-EARED SLIDER #Space #Science 93 #biodiversity 118 BIOLOGICS AND ANTIBODY-CONJUGATES WHITE FLY #Medical #Health #Science 95 #Invasive species #biodiversity 119 IDENTIFYING MUTANTS ELEPHANT CONSERVATION #Medical #Health #Science 96 #conservation #biodiversity 119 BLACK FUNGUS (MUCORMYCOSIS) INDIAN PANGOLIN #Medical #Health #Science 98 #Conservation #Biodiversity 120 NASA’s OSIRIS-REx and ASTEROID BENNU PRACTICE QUESTIONS 121 #Space #Science 99 2-DG DRUG #Medical #Health #Science 100 123 ADVANCE CHEMICAL CELL BATTERY #Science #Technology #GovtScheme 101 # GS Paper (Prelims) & GS Paper I (Main) MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE MISSION WW II AND THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT #Space #Science 101 #Modern India-Independence Movement 123 PROFESSOR CNR RAO UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES #Chemistry #Science #Innovation 102 # Indian Heritage and culture 125 INDIAai NATIONAL MISSION ON CULTURAL MAPPING OF INDIA #IT #Technology 103 #Indian Heritage and culture 126 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 103 GURU NANAK 127 GURU GOBIND SINGH 128 105 BAHLOL LODHI 128 DARA SHIKOH 128 YUSUF CHAK 129 TIPU SULTAN 129 # GS Paper (Prelims) and GS Paper I & MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH 129 III(Main) ISHWARCHANDRA VIDYASAGAR 130 SUNDERLAL BAHUGUNA SAINT THIRUVALLUVAR 131 #Environmentalist #conservation 105 SHREE NARAYAN GURU 131 TROPICAL CYCLONES #Disasters 107 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU 131 TEA PRODUCTION IN INDIA BHAGAT SINGH 132 #Geography #resources 111 VINAYAK DAMODAR SAVARKAR 133 INDIA BIODIVERSITY AWARDS BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR 134 #Conservation Awards #biodiversity 115 K KAMARAJA 135 iii PRACTICE QUESTIONS 136 138 155 # GS Paper III (Main) ESSAY 1: BEST FOR AN INDIVIDUAL IS NOT NECESSARILY BODOLAND TERRITORIAL REGION (BTR) BEST FOR SOCIETY #Governance #Security 138 # Ethics 156 IRON DOME ESSAY 2: DEMOCRACY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT ELECTIONS, #Defence #Technology 141 BUT IT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE AFTER ELECTIONS # Governance 158 FATF # International Organisation 142 ESSAY 3: GDP CENTRIC GROWTH SHOULD ENABLE ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND CREATE WELLNESS # Economy 160 ESSAY 4: AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM # Science 163 144 INTERESTING SOURCES FOR UNDERSTANDING ETHICS #Ethics in organisations 145 CASE STUDIES for Practice MAINS GS PAPER IV 153 iv logical .simple .targeted analysis & explanation of all relevant news of the month Jewish settlers. Hamas launched rockets when its ISRAEL AND PALESTINE ultimatum went unheeded. • Palestinian were already angered by the CONFLICT confrontations with the Israeli Police in the east Jerusalem in the Holy month of Ramadan. JERUSALEM AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IN NEWS Israel and the Palestinians witnessed the worst conflict in years as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes and artillery, while Hamas militants fired rockets into Israel. After 11 days of violence, Israel and Palestinian group Hamas have reached a ceasefire. As many as 248 Palestinians and 12 Israelis were killed in the recent fighting. Israeli air strikes also caused large scale damage in the Gaza strip. In this context let us understand the roots of Israel • The tensions go back to the capture of East Palestine conflict, causes of the recent conflict and various Jerusalem by the Israel in the six-day war of 1967. other associated issues. • Israel in effect annexed East Jerusalem in 1980 and WHAT CAUSED THE RECENT CONFLICT? considers the entire city its capital, though this is not • The fighting between Israel and Hamas was triggered recognised by the vast majority of other countries. by days of escalating clashes between Palestinians • Palestinians claim the eastern half of Jerusalem as and Israeli police at a holy hilltop compound in East the capital of a hoped-for state of their own. Jerusalem. • Jerusalem is considered as holy city by three religions • The site is revered by both Muslims, who call it the – Christians, Jews and Muslims Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary), and Jews, for whom it is known as the Temple Mount. • It is known in Hebrew as Yerushalayim and in Arabic as al-Quds, it is one of the oldest cities in the world. • Hamas demanded Israel remove police from there and the nearby predominantly Arab district of Sheikh • It is divided into four quarters - Christian, Muslim, Jarrah, where Palestinian families face eviction by Jewish and Armenian. It is surrounded by a fortress- 2 like stone wall and home to some of the holiest sites WHAT IS ISRAEL’S IRON DOME SYSTEM? in the world. • Inside the Christian Quarter is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a significant focus for Christians all over the world. It is located on a site which is central to the story of Jesus, his death, crucifixion and resurrection. Christians have two quarters, because Armenians are also Christians. • The Muslim Quarter is the largest of the four and contains the shrine of the Dome of Rock and the al- Aqsa Mosque on a plateau known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary. • The Jewish Quarter is home to the Kotel, or the Western Wall, a remnant of the retaining wall of the mount on which the Holy Temple once stood. Inside • It is a short-range, ground-to-air, air defence the temple was the Holy of Holies, the most sacred system that includes a radar and Tamir interceptor site in Judaism. missiles that track and neutralise any rockets or missiles aimed at Israeli targets. WHAT IS PLO? • It is used for countering rockets, artillery & mortars (C- • It is an umbrella political organization claiming