Lucent IAS CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2019 A magazine for APSC CCE and UPSC CSE Includes Assam related topics for APSC Specific topics for UPSC CSE-2019 Personality Tests Holistically covers articles from The Hindu, Assam Tribune Covers the issues of Citizenship Amendment Act, Assam Accord, ST status Copyright © by Lucent IAS All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Lucent IAS LUCENT IAS CALL@6003834101 LUCENT IAS pying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Lucent IAS Contents HISTORY AND CULTURE .................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Maharaja Surajmal and the third battle of Panipat ................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Jnanpith Award: ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 India’s first maritime museum in Gujarat: .............................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Maharaja Duleep Singh: .......................................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Paika Rebellion ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 1.6 Udham Singh ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.7 Tanbo Art ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 1.8 Santhali.................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.9 Nehru Liaqat Agreement ........................................................................................................................................ 8 1.10 Bhaona ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 1.11 Suranga Bawadi ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.12 Laxmi Narasimha temple ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.13 UNESCO Creative Cite Network .......................................................................................................................... 10 1.14 Saint Thiruvalluvar .............................................................................................................................................. 10 1.15 Guru Nanak ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.16 Tolstoy Farm........................................................................................................................................................ 11 GEOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Drake Passage ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Victoria Falls .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Core Cold Wave Zone ............................................................................................................................................ 12 2.4 Chagos Archipelago ............................................................................................................................................... 12 2.5 Power of Siberia Gas pipeline ............................................................................................................................... 13 2.6 White Island .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.7 Annular Eclipse ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.8 Phanfone Typhoon ................................................................................................................................................ 13 2.9 Tidewater Glacier .................................................................................................................................................. 14 2.10 Red Atlas MAP & CFlows App for flood mitigation in Chennai ........................................................................... 14 2.11 Heat Wave ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 SOCIETY ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 UNDP Human Development Index ........................................................................................................................ 15 3.2 Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana ................................................................................................................. 15 3.3 Accessible India Campaign .................................................................................................................................... 15 3.4 Global Gender Gap Index ...................................................................................................................................... 16 3.5 Nagpur Resolution ................................................................................................................................................ 16 3.6 University for Transgender people ....................................................................................................................... 17 3.7 Social Security Code .............................................................................................................................................. 17 LUCENT IAS CALL@6003834101 LUCENT IAS HEALTH AND EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................................... 18 4.1 Indian Pharmacopoeia .......................................................................................................................................... 18 4.2 National Council for Teacher Education ............................................................................................................... 18 4.3 Mental Disorder .................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.4 Biosimilar Medicine ............................................................................................................................................... 19 4.5 Food security and Nutrition .................................................................................................................................. 19 4.6 National Medical Commission Act 2019 ............................................................................................................... 19 4.7 Eat Right Movement ............................................................................................................................................. 20 POLITY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 5.1 Parliamentary committees and absent members ............................................................................................... 21 5.2 Data Protection Bill ............................................................................................................................................... 21 5.3 Creamy layer principle for SC ST promotion ......................................................................................................... 22 5.4 Sixth Schedule of the constitution ........................................................................................................................ 22 5.5 Disha Bill ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 5.6 Public Property Act ............................................................................................................................................... 24 5.7 Impeachment of Donald Trump ...........................................................................................................................