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Download Clinically Relevant Somatic and Germline Variation Data from Indian Oral Cancer Patients INDEX 1. ECONOMY 1. BharatNet Project 08 2. Cabinet Extends Agri Infra Fund loans to APMCs 09 3. Periodic Labour Force Survey (2019 –2020) 10 4. UK Court declares Vijay Mallya Bankrupt 11 2. 1. ECONOMY SNIPPETS 1. NATRAX 13 2. Four Years of GST Regime 14 3. Telecom Duopoly 15 4. Heat Pumps 17 5. Anti-methanogenic feed supplement ‘Harit Dhara’ 18 6. Authorised Economic Operators 19 7. Bhalia Variety of Wheat 20 8. Project BOLD 21 9. New Ministry of Cooperation 22 10. India Industrial Land Bank (IILB) 24 11. India’s First LNG Facility Plant 25 12. SEBI needs to adopt dual Approval System for Independent Directors 25 13. New Solar Project 27 14. Livestock sector 28 15. World Youth Skill Day 29 16. Curbs on Mastercard 30 17. Bad Bank launched for stressed assets 30 18. One District One Focus Product Scheme 32 19. Nord Stream 2 Pipeline (NS2P) project 32 20. Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021 33 21. Economic Liberalisation 34 22. National Farmers Database 35 www.iasgatewayy.comwww. Vetriiias.com / www.iasgatewayy.com Daily Current044-26265326/9884421666/9884472636 Affairs | Monthly Magazines | Online Tests 2 | P a g e 2. ENVIRONMENT 1. What is Gross Environment Product? 37 2. Srivilliputhur Sanctuary has the Highest leopard Density in Western Ghats 38 3. Water Pollution 40 4. Amazon Forest 42 5. Flash Flood and Landslide 43 6. Gecko Species 44 7. Alps Mountain 45 8. Centre launches Secured Logistics Document Exchange (SLDE) 45 9. Kendu Leaf 47 2.1. ENVIRONMENT SNIPPETS 1. Pyrostria Laljii 48 2. Green Hydrogen 48 3. Guindy National Park 49 4. Srisailam Dam 50 5. Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition 51 6. Taal Volcano 53 7. Heat Dome 53 8. Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) 55 9. Vembanad Lake 56 10. Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ 57 11. Tillari Resserve 58 12. Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve 59 13. Yak 60 14.Lightning 61 3. POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1. Delimitation Commission to visit Jammu and Kashmir 63 2. Jammu Drone Attacks 64 3. SC Dismisses Review Petition on Maratha Quota Reservation 67 4. Union or Central Government 69 5. Cyber Security Index (GCI) 2020 71 6. President’s Rule in West Bengal 72 www.iasgatewayy.comwww. Vetriiias.com / www.iasgatewayy.com Daily Current044-26265326/9884421666/9884472636 Affairs | Monthly Magazines | Online Tests 3 | P a g e 7. Andhra Pradesh-Telangana Water Dispute 73 8. One Nation One Ration Card 75 9. Section 66A of IT Act 76 10. President Appoints Governors 77 11. Reshuffle in Central Cabinet 78 12. Bengal Passes Resolution to set up Council 81 13. Review Implementation of Forest Rights 82 14. National Security Act, 1980 83 15. Electing a Speaker, Deputy Speaker 86 16. Wildfires Rage as Heat Wave Stifles Western U.S., Canada 87 17. Tiger Corridor in Rajasthan 89 18. 147 more Women Army Officers get Permanent Commission 91 19. SC Agrees to Examine Fresh Plea Challenging Sedition Law 93 20. Notice issued to 3 MPs under Anti-Defection Law 95 21. Commission to Examine the Issue of Sub-Categorization 97 22. No nod for Mekedatu sans Cauvery panel approval: Centre 98 23. Midday Meals have a long lasting Impact, says study 100 24. Supreme Court Mulls limit to role as Policy Watchdog 102 25. Karnataka Opposes River linking project of Tamil Nadu 105 26. SC Annuls part of Amendment related to Cooperative Societies 106 27. J&K to Grant Domicile Certificates to Non-Local Spouses 108 28. Speedy Trial a Fundamental Right, says HC 110 29. Director of Inquiry for Lokpal 111 30. Over 35% of Government Schools, Anganwadis do not have Tap Water 112 31. Vulture Population on the rise in Tiger Reserve 114 32. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) 115 33. Centre Seeks more time for CAA rules 117 3.1. POLITY & GOVERNANCE SNIPPETS 1. Not-for-Profit Hospital Model 119 2. Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme 120 3. Covid-19 vaccines for Pregnant Women 121 4. Draft Anti-trafficking Bill 2021 122 5. NIPUN Bharat Programme 123 www.iasgatewayy.comwww. Vetriiias.com / www.iasgatewayy.com Daily Current044-26265326/9884421666/9884472636 Affairs | Monthly Magazines | Online Tests 4 | P a g e 6. Anti-dumping duty 125 7. Tele-Law 126 8. Matsya Setu 126 9. Collegium System’s 127 10. How China eliminated malaria and the road ahead for India 129 11. Ayush Sector and its New Portals 131 12. The Power of Scrutiny 131 13. Issues with Making Welfare Conditional 132 14. Sedition Law and its Discontents 134 15. Kisan Sarathi 136 16. UMANG App 137 17. Addressing the issues of undertrials 138 18. Indian Labour Conference 139 19. Dragon Fruit 140 20. Vintage Vehicles Policy 140 21. Dying Declaration 141 22. Gaon Buras 142 23. Getting India’s Military Jointness Formula Right 143 24. Assam-Mizoram Boundary Dispute 145 25. Telangana’s Dalit Bandhu Scheme 146 26. NEET’s All India Quota, and OBC & EWS Reservation 147 4. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1. Twitter publishes First Compliance Report 149 2. WHO to decide on Covaxin’s Emergency Use Listing 150 3. Centre Proposes Simpler Drone Rules 152 4. Renowned Political Personalities on list of Spyware Targets 153 5. SC reserves order on Telecos pleas in AGR Case 155 6. Delhi HC Notice to Centre on Fresh Plea against IT Rules 157 4.1. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SNIPPETS 1. Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) Explosion 160 2. Auroras of Mars 160 3. Pegasus Spyware 162 www.iasgatewayy.comwww. Vetriiias.com / www.iasgatewayy.com Daily Current044-26265326/9884421666/9884472636 Affairs | Monthly Magazines | Online Tests 5 | P a g e 4. Lambda Variant 162 5. Zika Virus 163 6. Database of Genomic Variations in Oral Cancer (dbGENVOC) 164 7. Kappa Variant 165 8. Richard Branson takes off first in space tourism race 166 9. Cryptogamic Garden 166 10. Coronavirus variants infecting at a same time 167 11. Pegasus Spyware 168 12. Near-Earth Asteroid Scout Mission 168 13. What is Monkey B virus? 169 14. Akash - NG and MPATGM 170 15. Antimicrobial Resistance 172 16. FASTags 173 17. Forming Regions Around Exoplanets 173 18. Chandrayaan–3 Mission 174 19. Forming Regions Around Exoplanets 175 20. Geo-imaging Satellite EOS-03 176 21. Near-Surface Shear Layer (NSSL) 177 5. ART AND CULTURE & MISCELLANEOUS 1. Bhima Koregaon Clashes Probe Panel 178 5.1. ART AND CULTURE & MISCELLANEOUS SNIPPETS 1. Rath Yatra of Jagannath Puri 179 2. Various Initiatives for Minorities 180 6. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. Tigray Rebels accept ceasefire in principle 182 2. Dholavira in Gujarat on UNESCO World Heritage List 184 6.1. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SNIPPETS 1. Gender Self Identification 186 2. India Flags ‘Green Pass’ Issue 186 3. OECD-G20 Inclusive Framework Tax Deal 188 www.iasgatewayy.comwww. Vetriiias.com / www.iasgatewayy.com Daily Current044-26265326/9884421666/9884472636 Affairs | Monthly Magazines | Online Tests 6 | P a g e 4. Wash Report 189 5. UDISE+ 2019-20 Report 190 6. Crafting a Unique Partnership with Africa 191 7. Vatican Embezzlement Trials 194 8. Strategic cooperation between India, Italy and Japan can ensure 195 9. India’s Afghan Investment 196 10. World Heritage Status 199 11. Ramappa Temple gets World Heritage Tag 200 12. The Case for Reviving SAARC 201 www.iasgatewayy.comwww. Vetriiias.com / www.iasgatewayy.com Daily Current044-26265326/9884421666/9884472636 Affairs | Monthly Magazines | Online Tests 7 | P a g e 1. ECONOMY 1. BharatNet Project Context: Union Cabinet has accorded approval for the revised implementation strategy of BharatNet through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in 16 States of the country. About: The government will provide Rs 19,041 crore as viability gap funding for the project. BharatNet will now extend up to all inhabited villages beyond the gram panchayats (GPs) in the said states. It includes creation, upgradation, operation, maintenance and utilisation of BharatNet by the concessionaire who will be selected by a Competitive International Bidding Process. Significance: The PPP model will leverage private sector efficiency for operation, maintenance, utilisation and revenue generation, and is expected to result in a faster rollout of BharatNet. Extension of reach of BharatNet to all inhabited villages with reliable, quality, high speed broadband will enable better access of e-services offered by various central and state Government Agencies. It will also enable online education, Telemedicine, Skill Development, e-commerce and other Applications of broadband. About BharatNet: BharatNet Project was originally launched in 2011 as the National Optical Fibre Network(NOFN) and renamed as Bharat-Net in 2015. It seeks to provide connectivity to 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) through optical fibre. It is a flagship mission implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Ltd. (BBNL). The objective is to facilitate the delivery of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-banking, Internet and other services to rural India. The Larger Vision of the Project is: To establish a highly scalable network infrastructure accessible on a non-discriminatory basis. To provide on demand, affordable broadband connectivity of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps for all households and on demand capacity to all institutions. To realise the vision of Digital India, in partnership with States and the private sector. www.iasgatewayy.comwww. Vetriiias.com / www.iasgatewayy.com Daily Current044-26265326/9884421666/9884472636 Affairs | Monthly Magazines | Online Tests 8 | P a g e Implementation: The project is a Centre-State collaborative project, with the States contributing free Rights of Way for establishing the Optical Fibre Network. 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