Current Affairs (CONSOLIDATION) MARCH 2021 (PART – II) Drishti, 641, First Floor, Dr. Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Phone: 87501 87501, WhatsApp: 92058 85200, IVR: 8010-440-440 Email: [email protected] Contents Polity and Governance ........................................................................................................1 zz Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin .................................................................................................................. 1 zz Shifting Health to the Concurrent List ................................................................................................................... 2 zz Electoral Bonds ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 zz Anti-Corruption Strategies ...................................................................................................................................... 5 zz MPLAD Scheme ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 zz Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 .......................................................................................... 7 zz Damages Recovery Bill ........................................................................................................................................... 8 zz Supplementary Demand for Grants ..................................................................................................................... 10 zz Inter-Parliamentary Union.................................................................................................................................... 11 zz The Appropriation Bill .......................................................................................................................................... 11 zz UDAN 4.1 .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 zz Vehicle Scrapping Policy ....................................................................................................................................... 13 zz GRAM UJALA ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 zz Rising Cases of Diphtheria ................................................................................................................................... 15 zz Gandhi Peace Prize ............................................................................................................................................... 17 zz Reservation Quota Limit of States ........................................................................................................................ 18 zz The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2020 ......................................................... 19 zz The Constitution (125th Amendment) Bill, 2019 ................................................................................................... 20 zz N.V. Ramana: 48th Chief Justice of India ............................................................................................................... 22 Economic Scenario ............................................................................................................23 zz Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report ............................................................................................... 23 zz Back Door Entry Closed for Defaulters: SC ........................................................................................................... 24 zz MMDR Amendment Bill, 2021 .............................................................................................................................. 25 zz Open Market Operations by RBI ........................................................................................................................... 26 zz New Committee to Screen New Bank Licences .................................................................................................... 27 zz Market Infrastructure Institutions ........................................................................................................................ 29 zz Recommendations to Amend the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 ......................................... 30 zz Helium Crisis for India........................................................................................................................................... 31 zz National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, 2021 ............................................................ 32 zz Tata - Mistry Judgement ....................................................................................................................................... 34 International Relations ......................................................................................................35 zz PM’s Visit to Bangladesh ...................................................................................................................................... 35 zz Japan to Fund Projects in India ............................................................................................................................. 37 zz India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Women’s Forum Meeting ................................................................................. 38 zz India’s Act East Policy ........................................................................................................................................... 40 zz Permanent Indus Commission .............................................................................................................................. 41 zz India-South Korea: Friendship Park ...................................................................................................................... 42 zz The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process ....................................................................................................................... 44 Science and Technology .....................................................................................................46 zz Double Mutant Coronavirus Variant ................................................................................................................... 46 zz Moving Black Hole ................................................................................................................................................ 47 zz Refrigeration System Pusa-FSF ............................................................................................................................. 48 zz US India Artificial Intelligence Initiative ................................................................................................................ 49 zz NISAR: Joint Earth Observing Mission of NASA and ISRO ..................................................................................... 50 zz Asteroid Apophis .................................................................................................................................................. 50 Environment and Ecology ..................................................................................................52 zz World Air Quality Report 2020 ............................................................................................................................. 52 zz Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: Uttar Pradesh .................................................................................................................... 54 zz Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary: Rajasthan ............................................................................................................ 54 zz Removal of Heavy Metals from Water ................................................................................................................. 55 zz Sundarbans ........................................................................................................................................................... 56 zz India: Transforming to a Net-Zero Emissions Energy System ............................................................................... 57 zz Climate Finance .................................................................................................................................................... 59 zz Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 60 History ..............................................................................................................................62 zz Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia ........................................................................................................................................ 62 zz Anangpal II: Tomar Dynasty .................................................................................................................................. 63 zz General Lachit Borphukan of Ahom Kingdom ...................................................................................................... 63 zz Maharaja Chhatrasal ...........................................................................................................................................