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Nagaland Women Demand ULB Reservation ________________________________________________ 10 1.7. Draft Indian Medical Council Bill 2016 _____________________________________________________ 11 1.8. Indian Skill Development Service _________________________________________________________ 12 1.9. TRAI Consultation Paper on Net Neutrality _________________________________________________ 12 1.10. Odisha Rejects Panel on Mahanadi River Dispute ___________________________________________ 14 1.11. Non-Profit Organisations in India ________________________________________________________ 14 2. INTERNATIONAL/INDIA AND WORLD __________________________________________________ 16 2.1. India-UAE _____________________________________________________________________________ 16 2.2. India-Portugal _________________________________________________________________________ 17 2.3. India-Kenya ___________________________________________________________________________ 17 2.4. India-Ukraine__________________________________________________________________________ 18 2.5. India-USA _____________________________________________________________________________ 18 2.6. Raisina Dialogue _______________________________________________________________________ 19 2.7. 14th Edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2017 ________________________________________________ 19 2.8. USA-New President ____________________________________________________________________ 19 2.8.1. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Deal ______________________________________________________ 19 2.8.2. Bar on Refugees and Visitors _________________________________________________________________ 20 2.8.3. Global Gag Rule ___________________________________________________________________________ 20 2.8.4. Wall Along the Mexican Border _______________________________________________________________ 20 2.9. Global Investment Agreement____________________________________________________________ 21 2.10. Chagos Archipelago Dispute ____________________________________________________________ 21 3. ECONOMY _________________________________________________________________________ 23 3.1. Gender Responsive Budgeting/Gender Budgeting____________________________________________ 23 3.2. Rose Valley Case _______________________________________________________________________ 23 3.3. Green Bonds __________________________________________________________________________ 24 3.4. New Housing Schemes for the Poor _______________________________________________________ 26 3.5. 24X7 Power for All _____________________________________________________________________ 26 3.6. Autonomy of RBI _______________________________________________________________________ 27 3.7. Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme ________________________________________________ 28 3.8. Promoting Digital Payments Through Lucky Draws ___________________________________________ 28 3.9. Disinvestment _________________________________________________________________________ 29 2 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 3.10. Small Finance Bank ____________________________________________________________________ 29 3.11. Draft National Steel Policy ______________________________________________________________ 30 3.12. Banking Cash Transaction Tax ___________________________________________________________ 30 3.13. Proposal to Amend Plantation Labour Act _________________________________________________ 31 3.14. Trade Receivables Discounting System (TREDS) _____________________________________________ 31 3.15. Indian Railways Launch Non-Fare Revenue Policies _________________________________________ 32 3.16. Provident Fund Contribution Via Private Banks _____________________________________________ 32 4. SECURITY __________________________________________________________________________ 34 4.1. Security Council Resolution 2322 _________________________________________________________ 34 4.2. Issues of Paramilitary Forces _____________________________________________________________ 35 4.3. Cold Start Doctrine _____________________________________________________________________ 36 4.4. Quantum Cryptography _________________________________________________________________ 37 4.5. Ins Khanderi __________________________________________________________________________ 37 4.6. Pinaka Rocket _________________________________________________________________________ 38 4.7. Make in India in Defence: Issues __________________________________________________________ 38 4.8. New Post of Military Adviser _____________________________________________________________ 39 5. ENVIRONMENT _____________________________________________________________________ 40 5.1. Kyoto Protocol ________________________________________________________________________ 40 5.2. Olive Ridley ___________________________________________________________________________ 41 5.3. Deer Antlers __________________________________________________________________________ 41 5.4. Hakki Habba __________________________________________________________________________ 42 5.5. Zingiber Pseudosquarrosum _____________________________________________________________ 42 5.6. Idukki Wildlife Santuary _________________________________________________________________ 42 5.7. China Bans Ivory Trade __________________________________________________________________ 43 5.8. Larsen C Ice shelf Poised to Calve _________________________________________________________ 43 5.9. Ban On Import of Exotic Animals Skin ______________________________________________________ 44 5.10. Polachira Wetlands ____________________________________________________________________ 44 5.11. Mining Accidents _____________________________________________________________________ 45 6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY __________________________________________________________ 47 6.1. Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)_______________________________________ 47 6.2. Klebsiella Pneumoniae Bacteria __________________________________________________________ 47 6.3. Waste to Energy Plant __________________________________________________________________ 48 6.4. Scientific Social Responsibility ____________________________________________________________ 48 6.5. Floating Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Plant __________________________________________________ 49 6.6. Exoplanet: Wolf1061C __________________________________________________________________ 49 6.7. G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) _______________________________________________________ 49 6.8. Gravitational Wave Telescope: NGARI _____________________________________________________ 50 3 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 6.9. NASA Mission to Explore Asteroids ________________________________________________________ 51 6.10. Ashalim Project _______________________________________________________________________ 51 6.11. India Becomes an Associate Member of CERN ______________________________________________ 51 6.12. E-Cigarettes __________________________________________________________________________ 52 7. SOCIAL ____________________________________________________________________________ 54 7.1. SECC _________________________________________________________________________________ 54 7.1.1. SUMIT Bose Panel Submits Report on SECC _____________________________________________________ 54 7.1.2. Socio-Economic Caste Census, 2011: Boon or Bane _______________________________________________ 55 7.2. Adoption Regulations 2017 ______________________________________________________________ 56 7.3. National Action Plan for Children, 2016 ____________________________________________________ 57 7.4. Food Regulations ______________________________________________________________________ 58 7.4.1. Draft Regulations on Fortification of Foods ______________________________________________________ 58 7.4.2. Law Commission Recommendation on Food Laws ________________________________________________ 59 7.5. Oxfam Report on Income Disparity 2017 ___________________________________________________ 60 7.6. Sex Ratio in Haryana ____________________________________________________________________ 62 7.7. Millets: Future of Food and Farming _______________________________________________________ 62 7.8. Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana _____________________________________________________ 63 7.9. Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes______________________________________________ 64 7.10. Universal Immunisation Programme _____________________________________________________ 65 7.11. Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY) ___________________________________________________