www.optimizeias.com www.optimizeias.com DAILY PRELIMS NOTES DPN COMPILATION JUNE 2021 1 | P a g e www.optimizeias.com Contents ARTS, CULTURE and history......................................................................................12 J&K MUFTI WHO TRANSLATED QURAN TO GOJRI, DIES:........................................12 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENCE MUSEUMS (NCSM):.............................................13 SMALL CAVES DICOVERED AT PANDAV LENI COMPLEX IN NASHIK:....................13 NANJUNDESHWARA TEMPLE:.....................................................................................14 RAMAKRISHNA MISSION:..............................................................................................14 Modi has paid homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay:............................14 Significance of Tulu Language in India:.......................................................................15 Ancient texts didn't bar anyone from temple rites:......................................................15 KAKORI CONSPIRACY CASE:.......................................................................................16 Road to sainthood for Robert Schuman, the ' father of europe ':...............................17 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Artefacts:.......................................................................17 Pattamadai mat weavers adopt digital marketing:.......................................................19 GEOGRAPHY....................................................................................................................19 Chamoli disaster due to avalanche:..............................................................................19 EARTHQUAKE ZONES OF INDIA:.................................................................................20 NO DECISION ON ADDU ATOLL :SOLIH:.....................................................................21 Association of Cloud Bursts with Forest Fires:...........................................................22 Monsoon pours it down over Cherrapunji, Mawsynram:.............................................22 US Heat Wave:................................................................................................................23 Early Arrival of Southwest Monsoon :..........................................................................24 Russia, U.K. spar over Black Sea incident:..................................................................24 ARAVALLI RANGES:......................................................................................................25 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES:....................................................................25 UMLING LA PASS:..........................................................................................................25 THOUSANDS OF ROHINGYA PROTEST AT BHASHAN CHAR ISLANDS:..................25 Adani's Australian arm strikes coal at Carmichael mine:............................................26 Bengal issues high tide warning for coastal areas:.....................................................26 Cinque Island:.................................................................................................................27 Retreating monsoon rains a global phenomenon , can help study climate change: 27 Assam seeks realignment of rail track through sanctuary:........................................28 Summer rain stocks dams:............................................................................................28 LAKSHADWEEP:.............................................................................................................29 Summer Solstice:...........................................................................................................30 2 | P a g e www.optimizeias.com INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE.........................................................................31 DRUGS AND COSMETICS ACT:....................................................................................31 Right to protest in India: Is it a Fundamental Right? :.................................................31 NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER (NPR):................................................................32 Govt considering plea for Rs 4 lakh to COVID victims, SC told:.................................32 DECLASSIFICATION & COMPILATION OF WAR/OPERATIONS HISTORIES:............33 Extension of Tenure for Attorney General of India:.....................................................33 KEDAR NATH SEDITION RULING:.................................................................................34 Tuberculosis (TB) Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan:....................................................................34 E-content for children with disabilities:........................................................................35 Centre releases draft bill to bring hydrogen under oilfields act:................................35 NOMINATION OF MEMBERS FOR RAJYA SABHA SEAT:...........................................36 Traceability system a must for drugs: GS1 chief:........................................................36 DCGI RELAXES NORMS FOR CLEARING VACCINES:................................................37 National Portal for Transgender persons:....................................................................37 DRAFT CODE ON SOCIAL SECURITY (EMPLOYEE’S COMPENSATION) (CENTRAL) RULES, 2021:..................................................................................................................37 ACQUISITION AND TERMINATION OF CITIZENSHIP:..................................................38 NITI AAYOG NEEDS TO PERHAPS LOOK AT SDG 10 AT A HOLISTIC MANNER:....39 Nod for additional fertilizer subsidy:.............................................................................39 XRAYSETU TO IDENTIFY COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS:..............................................40 e - Sanjeevani has done 60 lakh consultations:...........................................................40 Changes to the Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020:............................41 All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2019-20 has been released:..............41 COMSOL:.........................................................................................................................42 ITAT e-Dwar:....................................................................................................................43 Principal Scientific Adviser has launched ‘Project O2 for India’:...............................43 Centre starts action against West Bengal ex-chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay:.............................................................................................................44 CJ High Court:................................................................................................................44 CABINET APPROVES MODEL TENANCY ACT:............................................................45 PVDPS AND OXYVAN IN HARYANA:............................................................................45 NATIONAL RIVER CONSERVATION PLAN:..................................................................45 ONLINE TRACKING PORTAL 'BAL SWARAJ ' LAUNCHED:.......................................46 MONSOON SESSION LIKELY TO BEGIN IN JULY:......................................................46 Delimitation Panel for Jammu & Kashmir:....................................................................47 3 | P a g e www.optimizeias.com NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY MISSION:............................................................................48 GREEN GOLD COLLECTION ON GEM PORTAL:.........................................................48 VIGILANCE NOD MUST FOR POST RETIREMENT APPOINTMENT:...........................49 MoS Jal Shakti Urges All MPs To Participate And Support Jal Shakti Abhiyan – 2:. 49 MARATHAS UNDER EWS QUOTA:................................................................................50 Roy gave up Z-category security: MHA........................................................................50 Bharatiya Shiksha Board:..............................................................................................51 Appoint Loksabha Deputy Speaker: Congress to Om Birla:.......................................51 RULE 80-A OF THE CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICE (PENSION) RULES, 1972:.................51 EXPERT PANEL FOR MINIMUM WAGES:.....................................................................52 Twitter may lose safe harbour protection:....................................................................52 NITI AYOG RELEASED THIRD EDITION OF SDG INDIA INDEX:..................................53 CLEAN ENERGY MINISTERIAL INDUSTRIAL DEEP DECARBONISATION INITIATIVE (IDDI):...............................................................................................................................53 Biotech KISAN Programme:...........................................................................................53 MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE LAUNCHED SAGE PORTAL:....................................54 GoM for retains 5% tax on Covid jabs; tax cut on PPEs, ventilators, sanitizers:......54 PUNJAB, TN, KERALA TOPS IN EDUCATION INDEX RANKING:................................55 PM ASKS TO HAVE A 'ZERO HOUR' IN CABINET:.......................................................55 NPR SLIPS VALID FOR LONG TERM VISA: MHA:........................................................56 PANCHAYAT RAJ MINISTRY RELEASES MODEL PANCHAYAT CITIZEN CHARTER: .........................................................................................................................................56