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PRE-Cure (Relevant Current Affairs for UPSC Civil Services Examination) Weekly Compilation for 1st Week of January 2021 (4th January - 9th January) Visit our website www.sleepyclasses.com or our YouTube channel for entire GS Course FREE of cost Also Available: Prelims Crash Course || Prelims Test Series T.me/SleepyClasses Table of Contents 1. Geography ..............................................................................................................1 1.1.Light House Project ...............................................................................................................1 1.2.India as non-permanent member of UNSC .....................................................................3 1.3.India's First Driverless Metro Train ...................................................................................4 1.4.National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) ......................................................................5 1.5.100th Kisan Rail ....................................................................................................................6 2. History .....................................................................................................................7 2.1.NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOse ................................................................................7 2.2.1000-year-old paper-making technique .........................................................................9 2.3.‘Adopt a Heritage’ tourism scheme ....................................................................................10 2.4.UNDERSTANDING PANIPAT 1761 THROUGH RARE PAINTINGS ........................12 2.5.Giant Rock Bee Honey added to Tribes India Collection .............................................13 3. Polity & Governance ...........................................................................................15 3.1.Assam’s Bill to Abolish State-Run Madrassas ................................................................15 3.2.Madhya Pradesh Conversion Law .....................................................................................15 3.3.Election Commission to push for absentee vote, digi-ID, new service rules ...........17 3.4.Argentina’s Legalisation Of Abortion ...............................................................................19 3.5.HUL’s Policy To Help Staff Facing Abuse ..........................................................................20 3.6.India to open missions in Estonia, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic ............21 4. Economy .................................................................................................................22 4.1.Borrowing 43% more in first 9 months, states fall deeper into debt tarp ...............22 4.2.Zero coupon bonds ................................................................................................................22 4.3.Cabinet approves scheme for increasing ethanol production ....................................24 4.4.Cabinet approves Industrial Corridor nodes at Krishnapatnam and Tumakuru ..25 4.5.Maintaining 4% inflation appropriate for India: RBI paper ........................................28 4.6.Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2018-19 .....................................29 4.7.Textile Ministry streamlines procedure under tech upgradation scheme A-TUFS 30 4.8.CAG writes to Finmin, seeks performance audit details of PSU banks recapitalization 31 4.9.Telangana Govt. withdraws regulated farming ..............................................................32 4.10.PM inaugurates New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of eastern freight corridor 34 5. Environment ..........................................................................................................37 5.1.Protulaca Lajii .........................................................................................................................37 www.sleepyclasses.com Call 6280133177 5.2.Himachal :1,200 migratory birds die at Pong Dam ......................................................38 5.3.Indian states, power plant with poor ash utilisation must act now. .........................39 5.4.Karnataka formulating plan fro endemic spices kolar bats ........................................42 5.5.Ice Age woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia .......................................................................43 6. Science & Technology .........................................................................................45 6.1.Alcohol And Cold Wave ........................................................................................................45 6.2.First Indigenous Vaccine Against Pneumonia ................................................................47 6.3.‘Tihan-IIT’ - Testbed For Autonomous Navigation Systems .......................................48 6.4.Draft 5th National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy ...............................49 6.5.Innovation Challenge for Developing Portable Devices to Test Drinking Water Quality 51 T.me/SleepyClasses 1. Geography Click here to watch the following questions on YouTube 1.1. Light House Project • The project involves the construction of around 1,000 houses each with allied infrastructure facilities within a year using new-age alternate global technologies, materials, and processes in Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh). • PM linked the project to an incubation centre. • It is in line with Housing For All By 2022, affordable housing for the poor, and rented accommodation for migrant workers. • The project will strengthen cooperative federalism. • The Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) was introduced in 2016 to protect the interest of homebuyers and ensure builders do not default on delivery of houses. • PM also announced the winners of the Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators with Uttar Pradesh topping the lost followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Tripura. Available on App Store www.sleepyclasses.com 1 and Play Store Call 6280133177 T.me/SleepyClasses www.sleepyclasses.com Available on App Store 2 Call 6280133177 and Play Store T.me/SleepyClasses 1.2.India as non-permanent member of UNSC • Context: India will begin its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January 1. • India will sit in the 15-nation UNSC for the 2021-22 term as a non-permanent member for the eighth time. • On January 1, India, Norway, Kenya, Ireland and Mexico will join non-permanent members Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam and the five permanent members China, France, Russia, U.K. and the U.S. • India will be UNSC President in August 2021 and will preside over the council again for a month in 2022. • The presidency of the council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the member states’ names. Available on App Store www.sleepyclasses.com 3 and Play Store Call 6280133177 T.me/SleepyClasses • As the largest democracy, India will be promoting very fundamental values like democracy, human rights and development Let diversity flourish’ • India’s message will also be to ensure “how do we let diversity flourish in a united framework, which is in many ways the United Nations itself” • India will emphasize on a greater need for cooperation in the council, where “because of paralysis of decision making, urgent requirements do not get properly focused.” • India will also underscore the importance of respect for rule of law and international law. • The current multilateralism is not factoring in multipolarity. • Counter-terrorism; peacekeeping; maritime security; reformed multilateralism; technology; women, youth and developmental issues, especially in the context of peace-building, are India’s priorities for the UNSC tenure. • India, the endorsed candidate from the Asia-Pacific States, won 184 votes out of the 192 ballots cast in the elections in June, 2020 for the five non-permanent seats of the Security Council. 1.3.India's First Driverless Metro Train • The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) marked a milestone with its first-ever driverless train operations on its 38-kilometer long Magenta Line, which connects Janakpuri West and Botanical Garden. • The maiden driverless train is set to be a major technological feat. • At the virtual inauguration of the train, PM announced that metro train services will be extended to 25 cities by 2025 from the current 18 cities. ✓The driverless trains of Delhi Metro will offer more reliability due to reduced human intervention. ✓These metro trains are equipped with hi-tech cameras and obstruction sensing devices to ensure safety of passengers. ✓These trains can run at an average speed, which is a few notches higher than that of a regular driver-driven one (about 35 kmph). ✓In old trains, in case of an emergency, a passenger can press the PAD (Passenger Alert Device) red button and alert the driver. In case of a driverless train, after pressing the button, the footage of the carriage will be sent to the operations control room to take action needed. ✓The driverless train having six coaches are equipped with several advanced features. ✓These new trains of Delhi Metro have undergone significant technological as well as eco-friendly upgrades and many more features have been added to increase passenger comfort. ✓Each coach has four PAD buttons, so a total of 24 such alarm devices are there in a train.