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PERSONALCOPY NOT FOR SALE OR CIRCULATION VAJIRAM & RAVI The Recitals Explore Current Affairs Through Q&A (April 2020) VAJIRAM & RAVI (INSTITUTE FOR IAS EXAMINATION) (A unit of Vajiram & Ravi IAS Study Centre LLP) 9-B, Bada Bazar Marg, OLD RAJINDER NAGAR NEWDELHI-110060 Ph.: (011) 41007400, (011) 41007500 Visitusat: www.vajiramandravi.com No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature without the written permission of the copyright holder and the publisher, application for which shall be made to the publisher. © VAJIRAM & RAVI IAS STUDY CENTRE LLP VAJIRAM & RAVI (INSTITUTE FOR IAS EXAMINATION) (A unit of Vajiram & Ravi IAS Study Centre LLP) 9-B, Bada Bazar Marg, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110060 Phone No: (011) 41007400, (011) 41007500 Visitusat: www.vajiramandravi.com Printed at: SURYA GROUP Ph.:7503040594 Email: [email protected] INDEX Message From The Desk Of Director 1 1. Feature Article 2-10 a. COVID-19 and Geo-political Consequences b. World Health Organisation 2. Mains Q&A 11-31 3. Prelims Q&A 32-78 4. Bridging Gaps 79-150 1. World Heritage Day 2. Raja Ravi Verma 3. Nihangs 4. World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2020 5. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 6. The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 7. Article 164 of the Constitution 8. National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) 9. E-Gram Swaraj Portal 10. Integrated Command and Control Center 11. National Civil Services Day 12. Punjab Village and Small Towns Act 13. New Domicile Rule for J&K 14. Fake News in India 15. Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) 16. National Security Act VAJIRAM AND RAVI The Recitals (April 2020) 17. PC&PNDT Act 18. PM CARES Fund 19. NAREDCO and ASSOCHAM Seek Relief Package 20. Banking Fraud Oversight Wing 21. Long Term Repo Operations 22. International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting 23. Draft Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 24. Rise In Gold Price 25. World Bank Report On Remittances 26. Cut In Nutrient Based Subsidy 27. Impact Of Low Oil Price On Sugar 28. Change in FDI Policy 29. New Features in e-NAM 30. Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) 31. Dollar Swap 32. Daporjio Bridge 33. Operation Twist 34. Remote Monitoring of Covid-19 35. Price Monitoring and Resource Unit 36. SAMADHAN Challenge 37. Sewage Surveillance To Estimate Coronavirus Spread 38. E-platform To Train Covid Warriors 39. CollabCAD: New Initiatives Under ATL 40. Inactivated Vaccine For Covid-19 41. Rapid Tests Discontinued In India 42. Pooled Testing 43. Some Facts Related To Corona 44. Sequencing Novel Coronavirus 45. Cytokine Storms 46. NAADI 47. CQAS and Geofencing 48. Aarogya Setu Application 49. SATYAM 50. Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) 51. Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH) VAJIRAM AND RAVI The Recitals (April 2020) 52. Covid-19 Sample Collection Kiosk (COVSACK) 53. TrueNat Beta CoV Test 54. AI-based Voice Tool to Detect Covid-19 55. Chitra GeneLAMP-N 56. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) 57. Sepsivac 58. Reverse Vaccinology 59. UV Sanitisation Box and Hand-held UV device 60. Antiviral Nano-coatings 61. Feluda (Fncas9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay) 62. Armyworm 63. Telemedicine and Telehealth Care 64. Edge Computing 65. Chitra Acrylosorb Secretion Solidification System 66. What Makes Saturn's Atmosphere So Hot 67. Koi Sleepy Disease 68. Madhuban Gajar 69. SunRISE Mission 70. Supermoon & Super Pink Moon 71. World Chagas Disease Day 72. High-Protein Biscuits 73. g-CNQDs 74. Electrostatic Disinfection 75. Solid-State Sensor To Detect The Heavy Metal Ions 76. Gamma-ray Flux Variability of Blazars 77. Pseudocapacitor 78. Lithium Abundance in Interstellar Space 79. Game of Life 80. Conversion of Surplus Rice to Ethanol 81. Deep Fakes and Deep Nudes 82. Artificial Neural Networks based global Ionospheric Model (ANNIM) 83. Indian Initiative on Earth BioGenome Sequencing (IIEBS) 84. Merger Of Two Black Holes with Unequal Masses Detected 85. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Based Bus and Car Project 86. Apollo 13 VAJIRAM AND RAVI The Recitals (April 2020) 87. Second Earth 88. Unified Geological Map of Moon 89. Alzheimer Inhibitor Ber-D 90. TriboE masks and Triboelectricity 91. Smog Towers And Anti-Smog Gun 92. Fly Ash 93. Fall Army Worm (FAW) 94. Amendment to Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006 95. Ozone Hole 96. Devanahalli Pomelo 97. Trimeresurus Salazar 98. Petersberg Climate Dialogue 99. Anthurium 100. World Earth Day 101. Global Report on Internal Displacement 102. Pakistan Rushes Back to UNSC over Kashmir 103. Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between India and China 104. UN Suspends Rotation, Deployments of Peacekeepers 105. South Korea's Ruling Party Wins Election 106. Saudi led Coalition Declared Ceasefire in Yemen 107. Immunity Passports 108. USCIRF Releases 2020 Annual Report 109. South Korea To Fete Indian Army Officer 110. Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 111. India to Host Asian Boxing Championship 112. Khongjom Day Celebrated 113. Important Dates VAJIRAM AND RAVI The Recitals (April 2020) Dear Students The preparation of current affairs magazine is an evolutionary process as its nature and content keeps changing according to the demands of Civil Service Exam. As you are aware about the importance of current affairs for the prelims as well as mains exam, our aim is to follow an integrated approach covering all stages of examination from prelims to interview. Keeping these things in mind, we, at Vajiram and Ravi Institute, are always in the process of evolving our self so as to help aspirants counter the challenges put forward by UPSC. In fulfillment of our objective and commitment towards the students, we have introduced some changes in our current affairs magazine. The CA Magazines, now with the name of “The Recitals”, will have four sections. These are: 1. Feature Article: As you are aware of the fact that civil service mains exam has become quite exhaustive and analytical, especially since 2013 after the change in syllabus, we have decided to focus on 2-3 topics every month that will provide an insight into the issue so as to help students understand the core of the issue. This will help in Essay writing as well as Mains Exam. 2. Mains Q&A: New students quite often struggle to find out that in what way the given topic is useful for them and in what form questions can be framed from the article. To help those students, we at Vajiram and Ravi have designed an innovative way to teach current affairs. Now, we will cover the current issues through questions and answers so as to make it more targeted towards exam. This will not just provide the information and analysis on current issues but will also help in learning the art of answer writing. Further the related information on the topics on which questions have been framed but that is outside the purview of answer will be given in the Box as ‘Extra Mile’. 3. Prelims Q&A: This section will contain prelims based MCQs that will test your diligence while reading the current issues. These MCQs will be of UPSC standard and will contain detailed explanation. Students are advised to attempt these MCQs honestly and read the Explanation carefully. The idea is to also provide students with a question bank of around 600 current affairs MCQs (50 Qs × 12 months = 600 Qs) just before their prelims examination, which will act as revision on issues spanning over the entire year. 4. Bridging Gaps: This section will contain miscellaneous topics which has not been covered through Q&A. That is why it is called Bridging Gaps, meaning the left-over topics. So, the new magazine is a complete overhaul of what we have been doing for so long. We hope that the new beginning will be to the liking of students. Thanks Best Wishes VAJIRAM AND RAVI The Recitals (April 2020) Page 1 COVID-19 and Geo-political Consequences Due to COVID-19, the world is going to face recession; and it is being expected that the global losses may exceed the World Wars I and II combined. At the same time, the falling world price of crude oil has added further anxieties. Many scholars argue that we are about to witness a new world order in which the forces of uninterrupted globalization process will give way to the forces of protective nationalism and nation-states will strengthen their status as the most legitimate political community. However, there is no denying to the fact that the post-COVID-19 world will not be the same as before. Many things will change. Impact on Globalization • Many analysts are of the view that the emerging world order will evince more intense geopolitical competitions among great powers – most notably between the United States and China. • On the other hand, there are experts who believe that globalization is a never-ending process. The rise of such transboundary challenges as epidemics and environmental disasters will require more globally coordinated responses. Hence, turning back to the pre-globalization era is almost impossible. • Despite such debates, it is certain that globalization will face strong criticism. The coronavirus has demonstrated that unwanted incidents occurring in distant places can have a direct impact on our lives. • The free movement of people across the globe seems to be the most important reason why the virus has fast spread to countries beyond China. Rise of Regional Globalisation • Globalization might slow down across the world, yet it will accelerate at regional levels. • Decoupling between the American and Chinese economies might increase, yet both powers, particularly China, will increase their efforts to lead globalization in their regions.