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

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  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

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  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 

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 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

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  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.  CRISPR 15

 SpiNNaker machine   (EAST)  HysIS,  GROWTH-India telescope  GROWTH  GSAT-29 - 29  Shukrayaan-1  1  India-based Neutrino Observatory  –  SI redefinition  December  Farout’ Dwarf Planet  Farout’  ExseedSAT  BeiDou Navigation Satellite System   BrahMos   BullSequana   Akademik Lomonosov  January  Scramjet Engine   Indian Science Congress   Super Blood Moon   PSLV C44  44  Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC)   UNNATI  DNA Technology Regulation Bill  16

 Microsat-R  - February  GSAT-31  31  LOFAR telescope   PARAM Shivay   Young Scientist Programme   HELINA Missile   CAR-T  Project 75(I)  75 March  Atmospheric Waves Experiment   GRAPES- 3  PSLV-C45  45  Global Registry for Gene Editing   FASER  National AIDS Control Programme-IV  4  Project Varshadhare  Others  Outline of India Space Development  Outline of India’s Energy & related Schemes  Indian Scientist ( notes only Given)

Social issues Current affairs

July  Trafficking of Person Bill   National Policy for Domestic Worker  17

 Mob Lynching   Project Prahari   Adultery Law -Section 497  - 497  RISE Scheme 

 Women In Armed Forces August   Ease of Living Index   National Crime Records Bureau   Triple Talaq Bill   National Commission For Backward Classes (NCBC) Bill  September  Section 377 Struck Down  377  CCPWC and NDSO  Swayangsiddha   ASHA  October  International Day of Girl Child   Global Hunger Index   POCSO Act  November  Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #Metoo   SHe BOX

 SDG India Index 2018  -2018 18

 Draft National Child Protection Policy

 Gender Gap Report 2018  2018  Transgender Rights Bill  January  National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction   National Girl Child Day   ASER 2018  ASER February  National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP)   Women’s Livelihood Bond   Operation Digital Board  march  World Happiness Report 2019  Others  Important Schemes & Policies 

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