MONTHLY NEWS DIARY NOVEMBER -2020 MONTHLY NEWS DIARY (MnD) (FOR UPSC – PRELIMS & MAINS) APRIL -2021 1 +9199899 66744 [email protected] Page MONTHLY NEWS DIARY APRIL-2021 Dear Student, Warm Greetings. MnD aims to provide news analysis of monthly events in sync with the UPSC pattern. It is targeted at UPSC – Prelims The articles are provided in the form of Newspaper articles and additional information for comprehensive learning. Enjoy reading. THE HINDU- TH INDIAN EXPRESS - IE BUSINESS LINE- BL ECONOMIC TIMES - ET TIMES OF INDIA - TOI 1 +9199899 66744 [email protected] Page MONTHLY NEWS DIARY APRIL-2021 PRELIMS INDEX INTERNATIONAL EVENTS: 1. American jobs plan…………………………………………………………………………………………………...………..05 2. People and Crime bill………………………………………………………………………………………………………….06 3. Shantir Ogroshena…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…06 4. Russian legislation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….06 5. India – China talks……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….07 6. Longi green…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………08 7. Myanmar activists protests…………………………………………………………………………………………………08 8. Patrol vessel for Seychelles…………………………………………………………………………………………………09 9. Military gear to Pakistan…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…10 10. Aid to Palestinians……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………11 11. Trans border trade center……………………………………………………………………………………………………11 12. 60 percent enrichment in Iran…………………………………………………………………………………………….11 13. Astrazeneca vaccine……………………………………………………………………………………………………………13 14. Sub sahara……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….........…13 15. S-400 Triumf SA-21 Growler……………………………………………………………………………………………..…15 16. China bound vessel – nuclear material………………………………………………………………………………..16 17. Indonesian submarine…………………………………………………………………………………………………………16 18. National Security office in HongKong………………………………………………………………………………….17 19. FACT rebels in Chad…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17 20. Global response to India’s call for help………………………………………………………………………………..18 21. Minimum wage order………………………………………………………………………………………………….………19 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE: 1. 1994 Rwandan genocide……………………………………………………………………………………………..………20 POLITY & GOVERNANCE: 1. Small savings instruments……………………………………………………………………………………………………21 2. Small savings scheme rankings……………………………………………………………………………………………22 3. ULPIN……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…22 4. Freedom of religion…………………………………………………………………………………………………….………24 5. Mini NRC…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………25 6. Extortion money…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……25 2 +9199899 66744 [email protected] Page MONTHLY NEWS DIARY APRIL-2021 7. Tika Utsav……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………26 8. Draft electricity rules.. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..27 9. Aahar kranti………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………27 10. Indigenous inhabitants in Nagaland………………………………………………………………………………….…28 11. MANAS application…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…29 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: 1. Umngot dam……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….30 2. eSanta………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...31 3. Currency chest…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….32 4. Public debt……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…33 5. Indian sugar trade………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……34 6. PLI scheme…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……34 7. Crypto currency payments…………………………………………………………………………………….……………35 8. Defence against cyber crime…………………………………………………………………………………………….…35 9. Working of SRC……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………36 10. Free grain to poor……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………37 11. Ways and Means credit………………………………………………………………………………………………….……37 12. Food park in India……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….38 13. Supply Chain Resilience Initiative………………………………………………………………………………………..39 ENVIRONMENT & BIODIVERSITY: 1. KVIC’s Re-HAB project…………………………………………………………………………………………………………40 2. Dolphin boom……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..41 3. IRV 2020…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…43 4. Sale of live wild animals………………………………………………………………………………………………………43 5. Bustard poaching………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..44 6. 220 million old rat like creatures…………………………………………………………………………………………45 7. Eudiscopus denticulus…………………………………………………………………………………………………………46 8. India and Germany MoU…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…46 9. Table Mountain National Park…………………………………………………………………………………………….47 10. Maui dolphins……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..48 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: 1. Ingenuity helicopter…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….49 2. Quasars……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….50 3 +9199899 66744 [email protected] Page MONTHLY NEWS DIARY APRIL-2021 3. Remedisivir export ban……………………………………………………………………………………………………….50 4. efuel……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………51 5. Lyrid meteor shower…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..52 6. Russia’s own space station……………………………………………………………………………………………….…53 7. UK strain prevalence……………………………………………………………………………………………………………54 8. VIIRS alert……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………55 9. Zhurong………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………55 AWARDS & REPORTS: 1. Indian railway electrification award…………………………………………………………………………………….56 2. NSO report………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….56 3. Global food policy report…………………………………………………………………………………………………....57 4. Press Freedom Index…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..58 5. Chloe Zhao………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….59 MISCELLANEOUS: 1. Military farms……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..59 2. Plea against Uniform Civil Code…………………………………………………………………………………………..61 3. National register for driving licenses……………………………………………………………………………………61 4. National maritime day…………………………………………………………………………………………………………62 5. INS Viraat………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…63 6. Prince Philip………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..63 7. Odisha Itihaas……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..63 8. Racial discrimination during pandemic………………………………………………………………………………..64 9. Little guru…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...65 10. UAE’s first female astronaut……………………………………………………………………………………………....66 11. Bounty on Hidma……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…66 12. Communist party of Cuba……………………………………………………………………………………………………67 13. Oxygen express train………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…67 14. Oxygen plants……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..68 15. Electoral bonds dono………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…68 16. Vande Bharat Mission…………………………………………………………………………………………………………69 17. Ambulance status to Oxygen carriers……………………………………………………………………….…………69 18. Chief Justice of India……………………………………………………………………………………………………………70 19. Nuapada district……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…70 20. IA 2030………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………71 4 +9199899 66744 [email protected] Page MONTHLY NEWS DIARY APRIL-2021 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS: 1. American Jobs Plan U.S. President Joe Biden is set to announce a massive $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which will, over eight years, rebuild much of America’s infrastructure — from roads and bridges to high-speed Internet infrastructure and water pipes. The legislation, called the American Jobs Plan, is being pitched by the White House as America’s response to the climate crisis and “the ambitions of an autocratic China”, and is expected to be financed by corporate taxes. The plan will include $621 billion for modernising roads and bridges, modernising public transit (buses, rapid bus transport, railway tracks and coaches), passenger and freight rail services and electric vehicles, according to the White House. It will call for a $111 billion investment in drinking water infrastructure, including replacing all lead pipes. An outlay of $100 billion for clean power and another $100 for broadband infrastructure are also part of the plan. Mr. Biden will ask Congress for $180 billion in research and development (R&D), and $300 billion in supply chain investment and pandemic preparedness. The plan also goes into areas that are not normally considered ‘infrastructure’, with Mr. Biden asking Congress to fund a $400 billion expansion to home or community-based care for ageing relatives and the differently abled. To fund this, Mr. Biden will reverse some of the tax cuts pushed through by the Trump administration in 2017. The plan proposes a hike in the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% and seeks to set a global minimum tax of 21%. Mr. Biden will also encourage other countries to apply a “strong minimum tax” on corporations. Foreign tax preferences for fossil fuel companies will also be eliminated. 5 +9199899 66744 [email protected] Page MONTHLY NEWS DIARY APRIL-2021 2. Police and Crime Bill: UK In the United Kingdom, thousands are protesting against the new legislation introduced in the British Parliament. The new legislation is called the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, 2021. The protests against the bill have been named as “Kill the Bill” protest. Currently, the British Police is using public order legislation called the Public Order Act passed in 1986 to manage the protests in the country. However, according to the British Government, this legislation is no longer fit to manage the types of protests that are faced in the country. The “April Uprising” is