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PRE-Cure (Relevant Current Affairs for UPSC Civil Services Examination) Monthly Compilation for February 2020 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.Russia Gives Nod to extend start Treaty ..........................................................................1 1.2.Spacex Launches 143 Satellites, Breaks World Space Record-Transporter-1 .......1 1.3.Shramshakti Portal ................................................................................................................2 1.4.World gold Council ................................................................................................................2 1.5.National baseline Geoscience data Generation Programmes (2020-2024) .........2 1.6.Ageing Dams In India, U.S., other nations pose growing threat:UN Report ...........3 1.7.Kanha Tiger Reserve .............................................................................................................4 1.8.Rajasthan Govt. brings M-Sand policy for constructions works ...............................4 1.9.International Energy Agency ..............................................................................................6 1.10.ONE DISTRICT ONE PRODUCT SCHEME ..................................................................7 1.11.DENMARK TO CREATE WORLD’S FIRST ENERGY ISLAND IN THE NORTH SEA 7 1.12.GOBAR-DHAN SCHEME ..................................................................................................8 1.13.14 New Minor Forest Produce items included under MSP Scheme ......................9 1.14.NITI Aayog’s Proposal for Little Andaman ...................................................................9 1.15.China Tainwen-1 Probe .....................................................................................................10 1.16.Sri Lanka clears Chinese energy project, 50 Km off Tamil Nadu. ...........................10 1.17.Pradhan mantri Urja Ganga Project ..............................................................................12 1.18.World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) .....................................................12 1.19.Sadiya Earthquake ..............................................................................................................13 1.20.National Coal Index ............................................................................................................14 1.21.Shahtoot Dham ...................................................................................................................14 1.22.Odisha’s Border Disputes ..................................................................................................15 1.23.Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary - Migratory water birds arrived ...................15 1.24.Glacier outburst Flood .......................................................................................................16 1.25.E-Chhawani Portal .............................................................................................................17 1.26.Government Invites Suggestion on Blue Economy Policy ........................................18 1.27.Odisha”s KarlaPat Sanctuary ..........................................................................................20 1.28.Dhubri Phulbari Bridge ......................................................................................................20 1.29.Mahabahu Brahmaputra initiatives ..............................................................................20 1.30.Muali bridge ..........................................................................................................................22 1.31.Geospattial Data Policy Liberalised ...............................................................................22 1.32.Hyderabad Wins Global ‘Tree City’ status ....................................................................23 1.33.State-of-the-Art Weather & Climate Prrediction Models of Moes Now In operational Use ..............................................................................................................................................24 1.34.Fossil of World’s ‘Oldest Animal’ Found in Madhya Pradesh ..................................24 www.sleepyclasses.com Call 6280133177 T.me/SleepyClasses 1.35.Pey Jal Survekshan .............................................................................................................24 2. History & Culture ................................................................................................26 2.1.Risa ............................................................................................................................................26 2.2.Archaeological excavations set to begin in seven more places in Tamil Nadu .......27 2.3.Thiruvalluvar Day ..................................................................................................................28 2.4.Sulawesi island of Indonesia ...............................................................................................29 2.5.Jallikattu ...................................................................................................................................29 2.6.Egypt unveils ancient funerary temple in Saqqara ........................................................31 2.7.Guru Gobind Singh Ji Jayanti .............................................................................................31 2.8.Vice President launches book of poems of Sree Narayana Guru, ‘Not Many But One’ 32 2.9.Khadi shirt, eri shawl and eri stole ....................................................................................33 2.10.Swami Vivekananda ...........................................................................................................35 2.11.Bangladesh Armed Forces Contingent To Participate In Republic Day Parade .35 2.12.Bharat Parv ...........................................................................................................................36 2.13.Battle of Bhima Koregaon .................................................................................................36 2.14.Govind Ballabh Pant ..........................................................................................................38 2.15.Kala Utsav 2020 .................................................................................................................40 2.16.Patharughat : The forgotten peasant uprising of Assam in 1894 ..........................41 2.17.Lala Lajpat Rai .....................................................................................................................42 2.18.Chauri Chaura ......................................................................................................................43 2.19.Lingaraj Temple ....................................................................................................................45 2.20.Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav .................................................................................................46 2.21.‘Pattachitra' ..........................................................................................................................47 2.22.Bargis ......................................................................................................................................48 2.23.Tholpavakkoothu ................................................................................................................50 2.24.Assam and Quit India Movement ...................................................................................51 2.25.A Lingayat sub-sect’s quota demand .............................................................................51 2.26.Sri Jagannath Temple .........................................................................................................52 2.27.The Koch Rajbongshi ..........................................................................................................54 3. Polity & Governance ..........................................................................................56 3.1.Provision of Act to suspend Internet .................................................................................56 3.2.Election Commission Rolls Out Digital Voter Identity Card .......................................57 3.3.Agreement for financial support to STARS project ........................................................59 3.4.India Announces Pledge Of $1,50,000 To UN Peacebuilding Fund ........................60 3.5.US-Taliban deal .......................................................................................................................60 3.6.Government likely to postpone census to 2022 ............................................................61 www.sleepyclasses.com Call 6280133177 T.me/SleepyClasses 3.7.Schools under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan to be renamed after Subhas Chandra Bose. 62 3.8.National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) Project ..............................................................63 3.9.The Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute .................................................................64 3.10.India falls to 53rd position in EIU's Democracy Index ..............................................65 3.11.AP HC sets aside SEC order restraining minister.