INDEX Polity& Governance 1. Formation of States and UTs in chronology (PIB) 2. Mirror order and the Hague Convention (TH) 3. SC stays EC order revoking ‘star campaigner’ status of Nath (TH) 4. HC panel questions setting up of special courts to try MPs (TH) 5. SC lays down guidelines for matrimonial cases (TH) 6. Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (IE) 7. Electricity Amendment Bill (TH) 8. Right to Recall Vs Right to Reject (TH) 9. SC reserves order on GST on lotteries (TH) 10. What is ‘contempt of court’, and why does the A-G have to consent to these proceedings? (IE) 11. Accused can get bail if probe is not over in time (TH) 12. Right to Dissentand Freedom of Assembly (TH) 13. Office of Profit (Livemint) 14. Sessions of Parliament (TH) 15. Additional and Acting Judges (PIB) 16. Elections to Bodoland Territorial Council (TH) 17. Electoral Bonds(TH) 18. Lok Adalats and Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADRs) (PIB) 19. 80th All IndiaPresiding Officers' Conference(TH) 20. Essential Services Maintenance Act (TH) 21. Preamble of the Constitution (TH) 22. Constitution Day of India (TH) 23. Women Architects of the Indian Constitution (PIB) 24. Tenth Schedule of the Constitution for Defection (TH) 25. Ordinance making power of Governor (TH) Art, Culture and History 1. The War Conference in Delhi (TH) 2. Guru Ram Das Ji: The founder of Amritsar (PIB) 3. All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) (TH) 4. The Indian Working Class and the National Movement (TH) 5. The Miyas of Assam, and their char-chapori culture (IE) 6. BandiChhor Divas (TH) 7. All about Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (TH) 8. Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur (PIB) 9. LachitDiwasand the Battle of Saraighat(PIB) 10. Baba Guru Nanak and the Sacred Word (PIB) Environment and Biodiversity 1. Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) (TH) 2. After nearly a decade away, La Niña weather system is back (DTE) 3. Translocation of corals (IE) 4. Red Sanders (TH) 5. Key Declaration on Climate Change to be signed at the India CEO Forum on Climate Change (PIB) 6. Fly Ash in India (PIB) 7. Paris Climate Agreement (TH) 8. Action Plan for Vulture Conservation 2020-2025 (TH) 9. Ban on firecrackers in Delhi (TH) 10. UNESCO declares Panna Tiger Reserve a biosphere reserve (IE) 11. Discovery of palm fossils in Himalayas (IE) 12. Air quality monitoring in India (TH) 13. Biodiversity Heritage Sites (TH) 14. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) (TH) 15. Ecologically Sensitive Area of Western Ghats (TH) 16. The concept of Carbon Neutrality (TH) 17. Saffron bowl of India extends to the North East (PIB) 18. Himachal’s Chamurthi Horse (IE) 19. Operation Thunder 2020 (TH) 20. Atlantic Ocean’s largest protected marine reserve(IE) 21. Northeast monsoon and La Nina conditions (IE) 22. NTPC develops Geo-polymer aggregate from fly ash (PIB) 23. Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (TH) 24. Threat to Mangroves: A new study (DTE) 25. Brief History on the Nairobi Convention (DTE) 26. The Red Dunes of Visakhapatnam and Geo-Heritage Sites (TH) 27. More Wetlands added to the Ramsar List (TH) 28. Migratory Birds in India (TH) 29. Miyawaki afforestation method (TH) 30. The concepts of Urban Heat Island and Albedo (TH) 31. Cyclone Gati (IE) 32. Northeast monsoon and La Nina conditions (IE) 33. Environment Relief Fund (TH) 34. National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC)(PIB) 35. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Structure of disaster response in India(PIB) 36. ‘Sea sparkle’ has affected marine food chain (TH) 37. Explained: Blue tide spotted at Mumbai beaches (IE) 38. New species of gecko found in the Eastern Ghats (TH) 39. Is the tropical zone of Earth expanding? (TH) 40. The complexities of cyclone forecasting (TH) 41. All three species of crocodiles found in Nature (TH) Govt Schemes &Initiatives/Social Issues 1. Explained: APIs & Bulk Drug Parks (IE) 2. Government extends Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme by one month (PIB) 3. Mission Sagar – II (PIB) 4. Rural Development Fund (RDF) (IE) 5. Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (PIB) 6. COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge (PIB) 7. Tele-Law: Mainstreaming Legal Aid through Common Service Centers(PIB) 8. Food Fortification in India (TH) 9. Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanaushadhiPariyojana (PMBJP)(PIB) 10. Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge(PIB) 11. Ganga Box Launch (PIB) 12. Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD Schemes (PIB) 13. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards (PIB) 14. Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP Scheme) (PIB) 15. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)(PIB) 16. Atal BimitVyaktiKalynaYojnaand Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) (PIB) 17. AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0 (PIB) 18. Sainik Schools (PIB) 19. Aapda Mitra or Friends-in-Disaster (TH) 20. Pradhan Mantri KisanUrja Suraksha evamUtthanMahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme(PIB) 21. 2nd National Water Awards (PIB) 22. Polavaram Project (TH) 23. Atal Distribution System Improvement Yojana (ADITYA) (IE) 24. Why Jharkhand is seeking a separate religious code for Sarna tribals? (IE) 25. Cabinet approves PLI Scheme to 10 key Sectors for Enhancing (PIB) 26. HunarHaats (PIB) 27. Operation Greens (TOP to TOTAL) (PIB) 28. Scheme for Financial Support to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Infrastructure Viability Gap Funding (VGF) (PIB) 29. Maritime Cluster Project (IE) 30. Mission Sagar – II (PIB) 31. Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) (PIB) 32. Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report: International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC)(TH) 33. SERB–POWER (PIB) 34. Govt considering a code of conduct for TV channels (IE) 35. Jeevan Pramaan/Digital Life Certificate (DLC) (PIB) 36. Lilavati Award-2020 (PIB) 37. Schemes of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) (PIB) 38.Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises Scheme (PM-FME Scheme) (PIB) 39. UDAN and otherMeasures for Aviation Sector (PIB) 40. Steel Clusters and Purvodaya Initiative (PIB) 41. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) (PIB) 42. Measures to ensure 20% Ethanol blending target (PIB) 43. UMANG App (PIB) 44. Odisha tribe sees rise in migration (TH) 45. India Time Use Survey, 2019 (TH) 46. Mega Food Park Scheme (PIB) 47. National Nutrition Mission or the PoshanAbhiyaan (TH) 48. Sahakar Pragya and National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)(PIB) 49. PRAGATI – Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PIB) 50. Nyaya Bandhu Mobile Application (PIB) 51. Garima Greh: A Shelter Home for Transgender Persons 52. Indian Labour Conference (ILC) (TH) 53. Formation and Promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) (PIB) 54. Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) and GOBAR- DHAN Scheme (PIB) 55. Cycles4Change Challenge (PIB) ECONOMY 1. Fifteenth Finance Commission tax devolution to the states, and how is it being calculated (PIB) 2. What is COMEX? (TH) 3. Code on Social Security 2020: Gig and Platform Workers (TH) 4. Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)(TH) 5. Recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) (IE) 6. Auctioning of coal mines for commercial mining (PIB) 7. Rajasthan accepts Centre’s borrowing option to meet GST shortfall (IE) 8. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and its Product and Services(TH) 9. Indian pepper has suffered a sharp erosion in domestic prices (TH) 10. FASTag: e-toll for the road (PIB) 11. The 15th Finance Commission submits its Report for 2021-22 to 2025-26 to the President of India (PIB) 12. Financial Access Survey, 2020 (IE) 13. Home Ministry amends FCRA rules (TH) 14. Open Market Operations (OMOs)(TH) 15. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 16. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (TH) 17. RCEP: India to participate as ‘observer’ (IE) 18. Office of the Economic Adviser (OEA) and WPI Vs CPI (PIB) 19. In a world first, Indian carbon trader to come out with IPO (TH) 20. Municipal Bonds and Types (IE) 21. Global Depository Receipt (GDR) (TH) 22. NIIF Infrastructure Debt Financing Platform (PIB) 23. Kerala and West Bengal accept Centre’s borrowing option to meet GST shortfall (PIB) 24. UNDP and Invest India launch the SDG Investor Map for India (PIB) 25. Recession Vs Depression (TH) 26. Fiscal deficit and other economy related terms (TH) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. Karabakh fighting (TH) 2. Gilgit-Baltistan to be a full province: Pak. PM (TH) 3. UN adopts resolutions sponsored by India (IE) 4. Resignation of Kosovo President and the International Criminal Court (ICC) (TH) 5. Tigray Emergency (TH) 6. Months after starting Chabahar rail project without India, Iran seeks help (TH) 7. Crisis in Yemen (TH) 8. OPEC Vs OPEC+ (TH) 9. BRICS and New Development Bank (NDB) (PIB) 10. New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’ in the wake of COVID-19 (DTE) 11. 20th Summit of SCO Council of Heads of State (PIB) 12. China begins work on railway up to Arunachal border (TH) 13. 17th ASEAN India Summit (PIB) 14. 25,000 Ethiopians flee to Sudan (TH) 15. Ha Noi Declaration on the 15th Anniversary of the East Asia Summit 2020(TH) 16. India-Luxembourg Summit (TH) 17. Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - US Iran Nuclear Deal (TH) 18. Panchsheel Agreement (TH) 19. Why young people are protesting against the government in Thailand, again? (IE) 20. Indo-Bhutan Treaty of Peace and Friendship (TH) 21. Trilateral Maritime Security Cooperation talks(TH) 22. Atmanirbhar China, the concept of Dual circulation andCPTPP (TH) Science and Technology 1. Spiral galaxy bars may prevent new stars (TH) 2. How water bears or the tardigrades survive lethal UV radiation (TH) 3. How will the signing of BECA deepen military ties between India and the U.S.? (TH) 4. SARS-COV2 D614G mutation (TH) 5. Enhanced version of PINAKA Rocket System successfully Flight Tested (PIB) 6. Leishmaniasis and the Neglected Tropical Diseases (PIB) 7. Pandemic-themed cyberattacks rose in Q2 (TH) 8.