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Upsc Current Affairs June 2019 UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY No.5/45 NVN Layout, New Siddhapudur, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore - 44 UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE 2019 S.NO INDEX PAGE NO PAPER – I 1 NILGIRI TRIBALS TENSE AS TREKKERS TRASH PRICELESS ROCK ART 1 2 U.P.’S CHAUKHANDI STUPA DECLARED ‘PROTECTED AREA’ 1 3 U.P. SITE EXPECTED TO GET ‘NATIONAL IMPORTANCE’ TAG 2 4 BUDDHIST RELIC UNEARTHED IN A.P. VILLAGE 2 5 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORY AT KARGIL 3 6 BY 2027, INDIA POPULATION TO CROSS CHINA’S: UN 3 7 WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2019 3 8 ALL STATES, UNION TERRITORIES CAN NOW SET UP FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS 4 9 GUJARAT PUT ON HIGH ALERT AS CYCLONIC STORM ‘VAYU’ INCHES TOWARDS COAST 5 PAPER - II 1 GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW ‘JAL SHAKTI’ MINISTRY 5 2 CENTRE SET TO ROLL OUT ‘JAL SHAKTI’ SCHEME FOR WATER-STARVED AREAS 6 3 RBI UNION MOOTS COLLEGIUM TO SELECT GOVERNORS, DEPUTY GOVERNORS 7 4 ‘JAL HI JEEVAN HAI’ SCHEME 7 5 FRAMEWORK FOR DOUBLING FARMERS' INCOME 8 6 CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL (CAT) AND HIGH COURT 9 7 WHY CABINET COMMITTEES ARE FORMED, WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF EACH [ 10 EDITORIAL / OPINION ] 8 RETIREMENT AGE OF JUDGES AND SC STRENGTH 11 9 REMOVAL OF HIGH COURT JUDGES 11 10 ONE NATION, ONE POLL 12 11 VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER AUDIT TRAIL(VVPAT) 14 12 MOTION OF THANKS 15 13 EXTENSION OF PM-KISAN SCHEME TO ALL FARMERS 16 14 PENSION COVERAGE TO CRORES OF FARMERS 16 15 FREE TRAVEL FOR WOMEN IN BUSES AND METRO 17 16 BIHAR FIRST STATE TO LAUNCH UNIVERSAL OLD-AGE PENSION SCHEME 18 17 RAJASTHAN TO IMPLEMENT AYUSHMAN BHARAT 18 18 SELF DEFENCE TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR GIRLSIN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS 19 19 GO TRIBAL CAMPAIGN OF TRIBES INDIA 20 20 BAN ON E-CIGARETTES 20 21 SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2020 22 22 UPTICK FOR INDIA ON SANITATION IN UN REPORT 22 23 IMPERATIVE TO TEST ALL PREGNANT WOMEN FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES 23 24 FIRST GENE-EDITED BABIES AT EARLY DEATH RISK: STUDY 24 25 FIRST WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY 24 26 THREE IN FOUR PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MAY DIE EARLY: 25 WHO 27 TAMIL NADU HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM PROGRAM 26 28 28 CHILDREN DIE OF ‘BRAIN FEVER’ IN BIHAR 27 29 STUBBLE BURNING 27 30 DRUGS OF 18 PHARMA FIRMS FOUND SUBSTANDARD SINCE 2018 28 31 INTEGRATION OF AYUSH SYSTEM WITH MODERN MEDICINES 29 32 INDIA’S AGREEMENT WITH THE WORLD BANK TO ELIMINATE TB 30 33 DRDO, JNU SCIENTISTS DEVELOP MORE POTENT ANTHRAX VACCINE 30 34 INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY 31 35 JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA 31 36 ANAEMIA IN WOMEN 32 37 THE DRAFT NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 32 38 POLICY MOOTS ALL-INDIA ENTRANCE TESTS FOR UG COURSES IN PUBLIC COLLEGES 33 39 DRAFT NEP PROPOSES FORMAL EDUCATION FROM THE AGE OF THREE 34 40 GOVT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO INCREASE ENROLMENT OF GIRLS IN HIGHER 34 STUDIES 41 RIGHT TO EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS 35 42 2019 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 35 43 GOVERNMENT ALL SET TO IMPLEMENT "ONE NATION-ONE RATION CARD" SCHEME 37 44 NEW POLICY FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT 37 45 NILEKANI PANEL SUGGESTS 24×7 RTGS, NEFT, ELIMINATION OF ALL CHARGES 38 46 ICAT RELEASES INDIA’S 1ST BS – VI CERTIFICATE IN TWO WHEELER SEGMENT 38 47 RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH REPORT 39 48 J&K ‘BACK TO THE VILLAGE’ OUTREACH PROGRAMME 39 49 GENETICALLY MODIFIED OR GM CROPS 40 50 CROP INSURANCE CLAIMS SURGE, DELAY IN DISBURSALS FALLS 40 51 TECHNOLOGY AND DOUBLING FARMERS’ INCOME 41 52 PLEA IN SC SEEKS PROTECTION FOR NON-NAGAS IN DIMAPUR 42 53 SEZ BILL CLEARED AMID PROTESTS 43 54 NATIONAL MISSION ON NATURAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SOON 44 55 U.S. REITERATES THREAT OF SANCTIONS OVER TRIUMF DEAL 45 56 RUSSIA WILLING TO DROP NEW START PACT: PUTIN 46 57 STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT OIL ARTERY [ EDITORIAL / 46 OPINION ] 58 IRAN TO BREACH URANIUM STOCKPILE LIMIT 47 59 INDIA TO LOSE PREFERENTIAL TRADE TERMS WITH U.S. 48 60 INDIA, PORTUGAL TO JOIN HANDS IN SETTING UP MARITIME MUSEUM 49 61 KIMBERLEY PROCESS INTERSESSIONAL MEETING 49 62 ICG CO-HOSTS 12TH RECAAP ISC 50 63 INDIA GRANTS $ 15 MN FIRST TIME EVER FOR AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT 50 64 EXERCISE GARUDA-VI 51 65 INDO-FRENCH JOINT NAVAL EXERCISE 52 66 G-20 RESOLVES TO FREE INTERNET OF EXTREMISM 52 67 AT G20 TRILATERAL, CHINA PROPOSES 5G PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIA, RUSSIA 52 68 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT 2019 TO HAVE 27 INDIAN ENTRANTS 53 69 INDIA’S NSG MEMBERSHIP NOT ON KAZAKHSTAN MEETING AGENDA, SAYS CHINA 53 70 UNSC NON-PERMANENT SEAT: INDIA’S CANDIDATURE RECEIVES UNANIMOUS 54 ENDORSEMENT BY ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP 71 INDIA TO HOST UN MEET ON LAND DEGRADATION IN SEPTEMBER 55 72 PAKISTAN FACES FATF BLACKLIST 56 73 INDIA, MALDIVES SIGN SIX KEY AGREEMENTS 57 74 SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION (SCO) 58 75 NEPALESE NATIONALS MUST HAVE A VISA TO ENTER INDIA VIA PAKISTAN, CHINA 59 76 INDIA SLIPS TO 141 IN ANNUAL GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 59 77 CCI IMPOSES PENALTY ON PHARMA COMPANIES, TRADE ASSOCIATIONS 60 78 HOME MINISTRY WARNS NGOS 61 79 PM SEEKS FIVE-YEAR ROAD MAP FOR EACH MINISTRY 61 80 GOVERNMENT PROPOSES EXEMPTION OF BATTERY OPERATED VEHICLES FROM PAYING 62 REGISTRATION FEES 81 NABCB SECURES INTERNATIONAL EQUIVALENCE FOR PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION 62 82 WELFARE SCHEME FOR WIDOWS 63 83 ‘SHE TEAM’ ON THE PATROL IN ODISHA 64 84 ONLY 20% OF NIRBHAYA FUND HAS BEEN USED BY STATES UNTIL 2018 64 85 ‘NIRBHAYA SQUAD’ TO CURB CRIME AGAINST WOMEN’ 65 86 WAGE CODE BILL 65 87 DRAFT NATIONAL POLICY ON DOMESTIC WORKERS 65 88 COMMON MOBILITY CARD 66 89 UNIVERSAL SMART CARD DRIVING LICENSE 66 90 INDIAN PAYMENT SYSTEM 67 91 MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS &SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIASEBI 67 92 ONLINE PAYMENT OF BILLS: FOUR-FOLD SURGE IN RURAL AND SEMI-URBAN INDIA 68 93 HEALTHY STATES, PROGRESSIVE INDIA – NITI AAYOG 68 94 RIVIGO LAUNCHES NATIONAL FREIGHT INDEX 70 95 AADHAAR BILL INTRODUCED AMID OPPOSITION PROTESTS 70 96 PASSPORTS WITH ADVANCED SECURITY FEATURES SOON 71 97 RBI’S CUSTOMER-COMPLAINT PROCESSING GOES DIGITAL 71 98 DRAFT E-COMMERCE POLICY 72 99 DATA LOCALISATION 72 100 THE AADHAAR AND OTHER LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 73 PAPER – III 1 GDP GROWTH SLUMPS TO 5.8% 74 2 PM’S PANEL REJECTS FORMER CEA’S PAPER ON GDP GROWTH 74 3 GLOBAL GROWTH TO SLOW IN 2019- WORLD BANK 75 4 RETAIL INFLATION AT A 7-MONTH HIGH OF 3.05% 76 5 RBI CUTS INTEREST RATE BY 25 BPS 76 6 NEW DELHI INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE 77 7 ENHANCING THE RATING STANDARD 78 8 FCI PLANS TO INCREASE ITS STORAGE SPACE 78 9 WORLD FOOD INDIA 2019 79 10 RESEARCHERS PRODUCE KEROSENE FROM SUNLIGHT, CO2 AND WATER 79 11 DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM FOR SOLAR/WIND SECTOR 79 12 INDIA’S FIRST SOLAR CRUISE VESSEL TO BE ROLLED OUT SOON 80 13 DRAFT NATIONAL LOGISTICS POLICY 81 14 THE ISSUES PERTAINING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR 83 15 PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS 83 16 INDIA'S EXPORTS UP 3.93% IN MAY; TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS TO $15.36 BN 84 17 GOVERNMENT RATIFIED CONVENTION ON TAX TREATY RELATED CHANGES AGAINST 84 BEPS 18 GROSS NPAS OF BANKS MAY SHRINK TO 8 PER CENT BY MARCH 2020: CRISIL 85 19 INDIA’S GLOBAL TRADE 86 20 CENTRE PROPOSES TO INTEGRATE FASTAG BANK MECHANISM WITH E-WAY BILL TO 86 CHECK GST EVASION 21 E-NAM SCHEME 87 22 ORGANISED FARMING 88 23 BEEKEEPING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 88 24 INSURANCE COVER FOR RISK-PRONE CROPS 89 25 WORKING GROUP FOR REVISION OF WPI 89 26 SEBI TIGHTENS NORMS FOR MUTUAL FUND INVESTMENTS 91 27 NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL ON POLLUTION 91 28 INDIAN NAVY’S ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS OF COUNTRY 92 29 SCHOOL NURSERY INITIATIVE IS PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED SOON 93 30 EBB IN THE YAMUNA FLOW 94 31 GOLDEN LANGUR TO GET FRUITS OF MGNREGA 95 32 KERALA TO AMEND RULES FOR ELEPHANT CARE 96 33 A WATER CLINIC FOR ELEPHANTS OPENS IN MATHURA 96 34 EASTERN HIMALAYAS, A TREASURE TROVE OF BALSAMS, YIELDS 20 NEW SPECIES 96 35 G20 AGREES TO TACKLE OCEAN PLASTIC WASTE 97 36 WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT: 17 JUNE 97 37 EU LEADERS TO DEBATE PUSH FOR ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 98 38 BITCOIN USE CAUSING HUGE CO2 EMISSIONS: STUDY 99 39 CORINGA MANGROVES 99 40 INDIA’S CARBON SINK COMMITMENT 100 41 SMALL ISLAND STATES AND SDGS: UN 101 42 OZONE POLLUTION 102 43 ROAD WORKS THROUGH TIGER RESERVES 102 44 INDIA TO HOLD FIRST SIMULATED SPACE WARFARE EXERCISE NEXT MONTH 103 45 SPACE WARFARE WEAPON SYSTEMS 104 46 CHANDRAYAAN-2 MISSION 104 47 HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR 106 48 5G NETWORK [ EDITORIAL / OPINION ] 107 49 INDIA SET TO JOIN HEAVYWEIGHT TORPEDO CLUB 108 50 ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ INITIATIVE IN DEFENCE SECTOR 108 51 SPACE POLICY 109 52 INDIGENOUS GPS 110 53 75 BY 75 111 54 ISRO’S OWN SPACE STATION 111 55 NOVEL SELENIUM-GRAPHENE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS 112 56 A GLOBAL MAP OF WHERE GROUNDWATER MEETS OCEANS 113 57 A 3D X-RAY MAP OF UNIVERSE 113 58 GENE EDITING [EDITORIAL / OPINION] 114 59 SCIENTISTS DECODE GENOME OF ‘MIRACLE PLANT’ 116 60 PLANTS MAY BE SPREADING SUPERBUGS TO HUMANS 117 61 ILS DEVELOPS ANTIBODIES AGAINST CHIKUNGUNYA INFECTION 118 62 NIPAH VIRUS: EXPERIMENTAL ANTIVIRAL DRUG SHOWS PROMISE 118 63 RINGS AROUND SATURN 118 64 SPACEX 119 65 MARS COLONISATION 120 66 NEW SPACE INDIA LIMITED (NSIL) 120 67 PLAN TO MAKE USE OF NUCLEAR WASTES 121 68 INDIAN ASTRONOMERS FIND EVIDENCE OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS 121 69 COSMIC WAVES DISCOVERY COULD UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF SPACE 122 70 NAVY STEPS UP ANTI-PIRACY PATROL 122 71 CENTRE TO COME UP WITH POLICY ON AI, CYBERSECURITY SOON 123 72 DRAFT BILL MOOTS 10-YEAR JAIL FOR CRYPTO DEALING 124 73 LIBRA IS FACEBOOK’S CRYPTOCURRENCY 124 74 ODISHA COMES UP WITH A FLOOD ATLAS, AIDED BY SATELLITE IMAGERY 125 75 FIRST RESILIENT KERALA PROGRAM 125 76 FORMER PRESIDENT PRATIBHA PATIL AWARDED MEXICO’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR 126 FOR FOREIGNERS UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY UPSC Current Affairs – JUNE 2019 LOGOHERE GS PAPER - 01 ART AND CULTURE - Indian Culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature And Architecture from Ancient to Modern Times.
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