Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy Career Finder Contents Chief Editor : Dr. B. S. Rao garu, Chairman, NATIONAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES.............................. 4 Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions 'Statue of Unity’ in honour of Sardar Vallabhbhai 4 Co Editors UDAN Phase III Bidding this Week 4 Mr. Venu Mr. Vijay An exploration of the Multidimensional Poverty Index 5 Mr. L N Rao CBI dispute: All you need to know 6 Mr. Manish Army set to create new positions as part of overhaul 8 Layout Designers: Promote Science, Social Science research 9 Mr. K S R Kiran Cabinet approves Adjudicating Authority for speedy disposal 9 Admn. Office: Cabinet nod to panel on United Nations SDG 10 Plot No. 304, Kasatty Heights, Indian Institutes of Skills to come up in across the country 10 Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500 081. Firecrackers verdict: Priority is for public health, says SC 11 Ph: 040 - 66151515, 64640193/5/6. 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Glasow 1 November 2018 Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy Career Finder Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) 20 Rajapaksa meets Sampanthan, seeks TNA support in floor Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution 20 test 32 100k Genome Asia Project 21 In search of ancestry, Chinese are rushing to DNA sequencing labs 32 Cross-Border Insolvency 21 Bid to steal Magna Carta foiled 33 11 Global Agriculture Summit – 2018 22 China, Japan to partner in building Asia infrastructure 33 Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) 23 North Korea warns U.S. to immediately lift sanctions 34 India’s first container movement on inland waterways 24 Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in hot Fiji for 3-day visit FSDC 25 34 INDIA AND WORLD..............................26 Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair, thesis for sale 35 Modi, Abe back ‘free Indo-Pacific 26 PM formally apologizes to Australian child sex abuse victims 35 India helped Maldives restore democracy, says Gayoom 26 U.S. to pull out of Russia missile pact 36 Pakistan Supreme Court reimposes ban on Indian films, World’s longest sea bridge between China-Hong Kong 36 TV shows 26 Indonesia quake, tsunami: 70 children still remain missing India’s TCS among top 10 firms to get foreign labour 36 certification for H-1B visas 27 Canada legalises marijuana 37 Three-fourths of H-1B visa holders in 2018 are Indians 27 Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen passes away 37 British MPs to debate making Deepavali a public holiday The story of Microsoft 37 27 Pope to canonize 20th Century icons Oscar Romero, Paul India and China discussing Iran, Af-Pak connectivity VI 38 projects 27 Islamabad High Court judge sacked for his remarks Malaysia keen on adopting Aadhaar model for target against ISI 39 delivery of subsidies 28 World’s largest fish market reopens at new site in Tokyo In a first, Indian-origin blind man to get guide horse in U.K. 39 28 Asim Munir appointed new Pakistan ISI chief 39 Indians top list of ‘overstayers’ in U.K. 28 Florida after fatal flooding in Central America 40 India’s success in 2030 U.N. SDGs 29 Dhaka enacts digital law despite protests 40 Moscow intended to ‘wean’ nations 30 Interpol chief Meng Hongwei under investigation, China Russian oil major Rosneft slams Indian taxation system 30 says 40 US refused to facilitate India-Pak dialogue 30 After years of debate, Australia scraps ‘tampon tax’ 40 Political adviser to Sheikh Hasina 31 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY........... 41 India wants to start trade talks with U.S. ‘immediately’ 31 World’s first Hyperloop passenger capsule unveiled 41 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.........32 Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MACOT) 42 ‘Jewel of Roman Empire’ faces danger 32 Nobel Prize 42 India International Science Festival (IISF-2018) 43 2 November 2018 Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy Career Finder Parker Solar Probe 43 Government to set up National Sports Stadium for Gaganyaan 2022 45 differently-abled in Meghalaya 62 NASA’s New Horizons mission 45 India Record Best-Ever Showing With 72 Medals 63 Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) 46 World Wrestling Championships – 2018 63 BepiColombo 46 IMPORTANT ARTICLES..................... 64 OneerTM 47 Power politics at play 64 Galaxy proto-supercluster — Hyperion 47 The diaspora and disasters 66 China’s artificial moon project 48 The Allahabad in Prayagraj 69 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES............... 49 The voice that is great within us 71 First Assembly of ISA inaugurated in New Delhi 49 The scope of constitutional morality 73 Satat Initiative 49 Indian democracy’s Westphalian moment 75 Who First Global Guidelines On Sanitation And Health 51 Polls and polarisation politics 77 IPCC “Special Report” On Global Warming of 1.5°C 52 Journalism after #MeToo 79 Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) 53 Decoding the Rafale controversy 81 Eurasian Otter Found In Western Ghats After 70 Years 55 L'affaire Khashoggi 83 GIR’S 21 Lion deaths in 19 Days 55 Outcomes versus promises 85 NASA Parker Solar Probe Mission 56 The Unifier of Modern India 87 Air quality early warning system 57 EDITORIALS.......................................... 90 Famous Shahi litchi of North Bihar gets Geographical Slippery slope: on India’s energy needs 90 indication tag 58 The Bhutan vote 90 Report on strengthening forest fire Management in India Not just liquidity: on NBFCs crisis 91 59 Eyes on India 92 Green Crackers 60 Where Ganga meets the Bay of Pollution 92 PERSONS................................................ 61 SC bans sale of BS-IV vehicles from 2020 93 Interpol Chief Resigns 61 India among nations that face grave danger to soil Clara Sosa won the Miss Grand International 2018 Title biodiversity: WWF 94 61 India set to be third largest aviation market 94 Ganga Activist GD Agarwal Dies After 111 Day Fast 61 A flight path with obstacles 95 M.S. Swaminathan 61 Gita Gopinath appointed as Chief Economist of IMF 61 SPORTS ...................................................... 62 India’s young guns break barriers at 2018 Youth Olympic 62 3 November 2018 Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy Career Finder NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES 'Statue of Unity’ in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi afterunveiling the Sardar Vallabhbhai 182-metre high ‘Statue of Unity’ in honour of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Kevadiya Colony, Touted to be the world’s tallest statue, it is built Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat on Wednesday, on Sadhu Bet Island on the Narmada river. October 31, 2018. Mr. also inaugurated a 17-km- Built at a cost of ¹ 2,989 crore, the ‘Statue of Unity’ long Valley of flowers, a Tent City for tourists near depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel wearing a the statue. traditional dhoti and shawl, towering over the ‘Tribals ignored’ Narmada River and overlooking the Sardar “There is nothing for tribals, who are original Sarovar dam. inhabitants of forest lands in this area,” said local The statue, described as the world’s tallest given MLA Chhotubhai Vasava, who has floated the that it exceeds the height of China’s Spring Bhartiya Bhilistan Sena. “Instead of spending ¹ Temple Buddha by 177 feet, was built by Indian 3,000 crore on building a statue, the government construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in 33 should have started some new scheme for months. The statue was designed by Padma tribals,” he said. Bhushan-winning sculptor Ram V Sutar. Environmental activist Rohit Prajapati, who was Specialities: The statue is slender most at the also detained ahead of the inaugural event, said base, which goes against the norms of what other that the statue built on a small island in the river tall statues have followed. The walking pose also would cause damage to the Narmada’s ecology. opened up a gap of 6.4 metres between the two feet which then had to be tested to withstand wind UDAN Phase III Bidding this Week velocity, says L&T. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is set to invite bids Engineered to withstand wind speeds of up to 50 for the third phase of the Regional Connectivity m per second (almost 180 km per hour wind Scheme (RCS) also known as Udey Desh Ka speed) Aam Nagrik (UDAN) after a month-long delay this week. The statue is divided into five zones - Up to its shin is the first zone, comprising three levels, The third phase is expected to see the launch of including an exhibit floor, mezzanine and roof. seaplanes by Spicejet. Under the earlier two This zone will contain a Memorial Garden and a phases of RCS, 56 unserved and 31 helipads large museum.