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Current Affairs CURRENT AFFAIRS IMPORTANT TOPICS NEW BATCH FOR GROUP 1&2 MAINS STARTS FROM SEPTEMPER CLASS ROOM/ ONLINE TNPSC GROUP 1 MAINS AFFAIRS MODULE POLITY CURRENT AFFAIRS MODULE July National Register of Citizen Prevention of corruption (amendment) act, 2018 2018 legalising sports betting in India Sabrimala and Fundamental Right / Gender Equality / Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi Issue Election of Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha Public Affairs Index 2018 BRICS SUMMIT Tamilnadu Lok Ayukta Act August No Confidence Motion Increasing The Retirement Age Of Judges Prison Reforms Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 2018 Bill to allow NRIs to vote by proxy 1 NOTA in Rajya Sabha Polls Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 , 2018 India USA Agreement 2+2 2+2 BIMSTEC Summit September Supreme Court Verdict on Aadhaar Supreme Court Verdict on Reservation in Promotion Upper House for odhisa Lokpal Search Committee October Article 161 of the Constitution 161 India wins election to UNHRC ஐ Special courts to try politicians Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 2016 CBI director Issues ஐ Disqualification of MLAs in TN November Dissolution Of J&K Assembly privilege motion G20 and economic offender 20 cVIGIL Cooerative federalism 2 West Bengal name to Bangla East Asia Summit December Death Penalty Separate High Courts for telengana Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill Sabarimala verdict January 103rd Amendment Act 103 Section 124A ஈ 124 Collegium National Voter’s Day Electoral Bond Scheme Umesh Sinha committee Justice AK Sikri nominated as Executive Chairman of NALSA - private member’s Bill Vote on account M.P. Bezbaruah Committee Manipur became the first to pass a remarkable law against lynching Raisina Dialogue Aadhaar is now passport to Nepal and Bhutan 3 Fiscal Federalism’ Corruption Perception Index 2018 February Puducherry Governor Issues 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill 125 EVM Controversy Democracy Index Budget in Constitutional Perspective National Security Act March Official Secrets Act Pinaki Chandra Ghose as first Lokpal Indus Waters Treaty Seoul Peace Prize mediation in Ayodhya case Ajay Narayan Jha Member Finance Commission UN Security Council ஐ RTI and Official Secrets Act India, Maldives relation Miscellaneous Basics on International Relation One Nation one poll 4 Finance Commission controversy Anti-Defection law Speakers power General Election Bilateral Agreements April to May current Affairs topics will be updated - Environment - Bio Diversity - Disaster Management - - July Breathe India / Global environment facility/ Nilgiri tahr Red sanders Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve Composite Water Management Index Default Setting For ACs Bharat Stage Emission Standards August PARIVESH Genetic Resource Bank Kerala Flood 5 PETCOKE Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary REDD+ Strategy Anupam Verma Committee. International Tiger Day Nilgiri Valley Elephant Corridor Nandula Raghuram Zero Budget Natural Farming Fall Armyworm September Gadgil Committee Ethanol blended petrol programme International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer Hydrogen Powered Train Tx2’ programme WAYU Champions of the Earth Ramsar Convention India Cooling Action Plan IOWave16 Black Carbon October TRAFFIC, 6 International Solar Alliance Methanol Cooking Fuel Program Canine Distemper Virus Green Climate Fund STAPCOR – 2018 Less Polluting Firecrackers IPCC report ஐ November ACROSS National Action Plan for Conservation of Migratory Birds Virtual Climate Summit Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Eco-sensitive zones Elephant Hospital SECURE Himalaya INSPIRE 2018 ‘Climate Finance’ Environment Pollution Control Authority Target 1.5 Forest fires in India 7 December Indian Pavillion at COP-24. Outcomes of COP24 in Poland Global Carbon Project Bioplastics Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018 FAME-India Scheme National Tiger Conservation Authority GM crops Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskaar Coastal regulation zone (crz) notification 2018 2018 Gangetic dolphin January National Clean Air Programme Climate Change Performance Index 2019 2019 National Biodiversity Targets of India Ban On Plastic Clean Ganga Fund CITES access and benefit-sharing (ABS) February Asiatic Lion Conservation Project kelp forests 8 Human-elephant conflicts March New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019 World Water Day International Day of Forests FAME II 2 Others Actions undertaken to tackle climate change Bio Diversity Hotspot Forest Rights Act Carbon Sink Industrial Disasters in India Black Carbon Taj Mahal Losing its Color Talanova Dialogue CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR) WAYU (Wind Augmentation Purifying Unit) National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (NCAFMPA) Montrex record Basel convention 9 National policy on bio fuels Mike Indian rhino vision National wildlife action plan 2017-2030 2017-2030 Tamilnadu Disaster Management plan 2018-2030 Tamilnadu Forest Policy 2018 ECONOMIC CURRENT AFFAIRS /JULY Asia Pacific Trade Agreement Core Industries Ease of Doing Business Project Sashakt Rythu Bandhu Scheme One Year of GST - Operation Greens August Prompt Corrective Action – BONDI- ஐ Financial Inclusion Survey September Payments Bank Public Credit Registry 10 FDI Inflow – amalgamation of state-owned Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank psbloansin59minutes.com Multidimensional Poverty Index & HDI & (PMAASHA) October Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) 'Udyam Abhilasha'. Fourth Industrial Revolution Nobel Prize in Economics Baba Kalyani Committee recommendation November MUDRA Scheme , ‘NSE goBID’ Support Initiatives for MSME Sector G20 Summit 20 SWIFT Ease of Doing Business Index Inclusive Wealth Report 2018 -2018 Sustainable Blue Economy Conference December Bimal Jalan (Committee on Economic Capital Framework) Angel tax provisions 11 KALIA Scheme New Agricultural Export Policy January U K Sinha Committee / Nandan Nilekani Panel Gold Monetization Scheme. One Family One Job scheme Jan Shikshan Sansthans Interim Budget Highlights February Financial Action Task Force Women Livelihood Bond MSP / NATIONAL POLICY FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS March RBI’s Rupee-Dollar Swap White Label ATMs UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME Scheme Others Laffer, Philips, Lorenz Curves . , Section 7 of RBI Act 7 Non-Performing Assets 12 SARFESI Act BASEL-III Norms 3 Mission Indra Danush E-Way Bill / Doubling of Farmer Income NK singh Committee GDP Calculation Issues TN Vision 2023 2023 Global Investor meet -2019 -2019 Tamilnadu Economy Only Class - Important Policy Related with economy SCIENCE & TECH JULY centre for data Science and AI Formalin CERN ஐ LEAP microscope Agni series Crew Escape System Kepler Telescope 13 RAMA Vikas Engine Cryptocurrency net neutrality IceCube experiment ஐ Genome Valley 2.0 AUGUST Fields Medal RISECREEK first-ever thermal battery plant. LIGO-India Project 4D Printing 4 Higgs boson Parker Solar Probe Gaganyaan Chang’e 4 (ICESat-2 PM-STIAC IMPRINT - II 2 Horizon 2020 2020 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) 14 SEPTEMPER APSARA –U Cyclone-30 30 RemoveDebris IOWave18 PSLV C-42 , NovaSAR and S1-4, Defence Acquisition Council Hydrail Dickinsonia OCTOBER Hyperloop Einstein Prize ஐ ITER Train 18 18 Chandra X-Ray Observatory “artificial moon” INS Tarangini ஐ Bisphenol A NOBLE PRIZES 2018 IN SCIENCE FIELD 2018 Oneer AskDisha Chatbot November microprocessor ‘Shakti’. CRISPR technique. 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