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Current Affairs Magazine IAS BABA One Stop Destination For UPSC/IAS Preparation July 2021 Baba's Monthly CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE Revamped With Revolutionary Aspects Easy To Remember Tabular Format Practice Mcq's At The End Top 20 Editorial Summaries A Comprehensive Compendium Of News Of The Month Sourced From More Than 5 Reputed Sources www.iasbaba.com [email protected] +919169191888 “A Note from the Founder” Hello everyone, I hope that you all are fine, safe and healthy. Every year a new set of students join the IASbaba family and then become integral part of it forever. It is an immense pleasure to see young and energetic aspirants embarking on this tedious journey and then finally achieving their goal. We at IASbaba are happy to help you shape your future. I would also like to express my gratitude to all the students who have shown their faith on IASbaba. 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Rohini Commission …………………………….09 Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Digital Platform Kisan Sarathi………………….09 (AERA) Amendment Bill………………….19 Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Reservation in Medical Seats…………………..20 Judiciary (DIFJ)…………………………………………09 General Insurance (Nationalisation) Amendment Gram Nyayalayas…………………………………….10 Bill, 2021…………………………….20 Unique initiatives under PMAY-U…………….10 Information-Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Emigration Bill 2021………………………………..11 Audit (I-MESA)………………………………20 Conjugal rights before Supreme Court…….11 Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP)…..20 Economy World Bank Support to India’s Informal Working Retail Direct Gilt Accounts scheme............28 Class………………………………………….23 Inflation ………………………………………………….29 Green Hydrogen………………………………………23 Longevity Finance Hub…………………………….29 Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)………….23 Special Livestock Sector Package…………….30 Financial Stability Report…………………………24 India’s Textile Sector……………………………….30 Forex Reserves………………………………………..24 Third Periodic Labour Force Survey …..……31 New Norms for Independent Directors……25 External Benchmarks Lending Rate………….31 Two Pillar Plan ………………………………………..25 Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)………33 Anti-Dumping Duty………………………………….26 PLI Scheme for Specialty Steel…………………33 Bhalia Wheat…………………………………………..26 Indigenous Deposits of Phosphatic rock….34 Open Network for Digital Commerce………27 Gross Environment Product (GEP)…………..34 Authorised Economic Operators Lithium Exploration…………………………………35 Programme……………………………………………..28 Non-Bank PSPs to Join Centralised Payment India’s First Private LNG Facility plant……..28 System…………………………………………………….35 Environment Conservation of Vultures…………………………37 Fly Ash…………………………………………………….37 1 King Cobra……………………………………………….38 Avicennia marina ……………………………………40 Deaths Due to Hazardous Chemical…………38 India’s First Cryptogamic Garden…………….41 Black Panther …………………………………………39 New Global Biodiversity Framework……….41 Zika Virus Disease……………………………………38 Global Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards Monkey B Virus……………………………………….40 (CA|TS)…………………………………..42 Norovirus………………………………………………..40 International Tiger Day……………………………42 Salt-secreting Mangrove Species Social Issues Trafficking in Persons Report…………………..44 Child Soldier Recruiter List………………………46 Drop in Open Defecation: Wash Report….44 PM-CARES for Children scheme………………47 Malaria Free China………………………………….45 Gatekeeper Model to prevent Suicides……47 Kappa and Lambda Variant of Covid-19…..45 Salwa Judum……………………………………………48 Gender Self-Identification……………………….46 Art & Culture Kalbeliya Dance……………………………………….49 Historic Urban Landscape Project……………51 Kuvempu Award 2020…………………………….49 UNESCO Delists Liverpool of Its World Heritage Indian Soldiers in Italy: World War II……….50 Status……………………………………….52 Silambam………………………………………………..50 UNESCO declares Kakatiya Ramappa Temple a Ashadhi Bij………………………………………………50 World Heritage site………………………………52 National Archives of India (NAI)………………50 Dholavira: India’s 40th UNESCO World Heritage Prahallada Nataka……………………………………50 Site……………………………………………52 Palaeolithic Cave Paintings in NCR………....51 Keeladi…………………………………………………….53 Kanwar Yatras…………………………………………51 Irulas……………………………………………………….53 Geography & Places in News Heat Dome………………………………………………54 Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary……………..57 Discrete Auroras of Mars…………………………54 Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary………………………57 Guindy National Park: Tamil Nadu…………..55 Kandla Port……………………………………………..57 Vembanad Lake………………………………………55 Mishri variety of cherries…………………………58 Tillari Reserve………………………………………….55 King Chilli ‘Raja Mirchi…………………………….58 Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR….56 Madurai Malli …………………………………………58 Kanchenjunga Biosphere…………………………56 Hydro projects in News…………………………..59 Lemru Elephant Reserve………………………….57 Bagram Air Field………………………………………59 Sunderbans……………………………………………..57 Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary…………………....57 Internal Security Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI)…………….60 Exercise INDRA-21…...................................61 National Maritime Security Coordinator …60 Shekatkar Committee……………...................61 Akash missile…………………………………………..60 Science & Tech National Forensic Science University……….62 NASA’s VIPER Mission……………………………..63 Methane in the Moons of Saturn…………….62 Floating Solar Power Plants…………………….64 New source of gravitational waves………….62 Suborbital Flight………………………………………64 Soil-less agriculture…………………………………63 New Shephard rocket system………………….64 2 Lightning…………………………………………………65 Gamma-ray burst…………………………………….69 Cloud Computing…………………………………….65 Russia’s Nauka…………………………………………69 UV-C technology……………………………………..66 Intranasal Vaccine…………………………………..69 Mercury’s iron heart……………………………….66 Geo-imaging satellite “EOS-03”……………….70 AI Powered Grievance Management Delta Variant as contagious as Chicken Application………………………………………………66 Pox………………………………………………………….70 Moon’s Wobble Effect…………………………….67 Hardware Wallet…………………………………….71 Sero Survey……………………………………………..68 NEA Scout: NASA’s New Spacecraft…………68 International LEAF Coalition…………………………………………72 China Starts Carbon Trading Scheme………75 Indian Ocean Naval Symposium………………72 Violence in South Africa………………………….75 Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project…………..72 New QUAD………………………………………………76 Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s ………73 G7’s Build Back Better World (B3W) India Rejects Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s
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