JournalsOfIndia Contact Us 9964432222 / 9986303222 JournalsOfIndia com 2 INDEX AGRICULTURE Fusarium or Panama Disease(Banana) 06 Millets and their special nutrient value 06 Feeder level solarisation under PM KUSUM scheme 07 Lakshadweep declared organic UT 08 Kisan credit cards scheme 09 FAO’s World Soil Day Award to ICAR 10 DISASTER MANAGEMENT Ammonia gas leakage in IFFCO & its impact 11 ECONOMY Loan Cash Back Scheme 12 Discovered Small Field Policy 12 India Services Business Activity Index(ISBAI) 13 Digital payment security Control directions 2020 14 Draft Indian ports bill 14 Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure 15 Antitrust Suit 15 what is equalisation levy 16 NITI Aayog DigiBoxx 17 Quality Council of India(QCI) 18 Citizen Centric reforms in State and centre’s incentives 19 UNDP’s Human Development Index-2020 19 New Safety Features in Cheques 21 Electricity rights of consumers rules 2020 22 Green National Highways Corridor Project 23 Lottery, gambling and betting are taxable under the GST Act 24 Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor 24 Zero Coupon Bonds 25 Flexible in�lation targeting 26 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)3.0 & UMANG portal 27 Chennai- Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) 28 Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) programme 29 ENVIRONMENT Octane 100 petroleum in India 31 Apex Committee for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement 31 State of Global Climate Report 2020 32 First ever study on Malayan Giant Squirrel 32 Frothing in Yamuna river 33 Monthly Prelims Snippets December 2020 JournalsOfIndia com 3 Central Zoo Authority announces two new zoos 34 Elephant Corridors 34 UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2020 35 Scientists spotted a new species of Indian Muraingrasses 36 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 36 WWF’s Management plan for Sukhna lake wetland 37 What are multi-use forests? 38 Eluru mystery illness 38 Fire�ly bird diverters to protect Great Indian Bustard 39 Great Rann of Kutch &Breeding colonies of Flamingos 40 Himalayan Serow 41 Myristica swamp tree frog 41 UNEP's Young Champions of the Earth prize 2020 42 Adoption of E20 fuel 42 Status of Leopard in India 2018 44 National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) 46 Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat 47 00 Tso Kar wetland complex 48 What is the Sonali bag? 48 Single use plastics 49 Beach Environment & Aesthetics Management Services(BEAM) programme 50 FOREIGN AFFAIRS UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) 53 international court of arbitration (when it was established its functions and recent cases of india) 53 The USA puts India on currency watchlist 54 United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 55 Brief on Xinjiang province (include map) and the threats to China National unity 56 Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization(GAVI) 57 GEOGRAPHY cyclone Burevi 59 Jupiter-Saturn conjunction after 397 Years 59 Winter Solstice and the celebrations associated with it 60 Aerosols led to increased incidents of high rainfall in Himalayan foothills 61 Planet Nine in our Solar System & HD106906 b 62 Digital ocean platform 63 Monthly Prelims Snippets December 2020 JournalsOfIndia com 4 Central Zoo Authority announces two new zoos 34 GOVERNANCE Elephant Corridors 34 Prime Minister WiFi Access Network Interface (PM- WANI) 64 UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2020 35 Criminal Tracking Network and Systems and Interoperable Criminal Justice System 64 Scientists spotted a new species of Indian Muraingrasses 36 e- Sampada Portal & Mobile App 65 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 36 WWF’s Management plan for Sukhna lake wetland 37 HISTORY What are multi-use forests? 38 Guru Nanak Dev Ji 66 Eluru mystery illness 38 Dr Rajendra Prasa 66 Fire�ly bird diverters to protect Great Indian Bustard 39 Stone chariot of Hampi 67 Great Rann of Kutch &Breeding colonies of Flamingos 40 Inclusion of Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta & Mallakhamba in Khelo India Youth Games 2021 68 Himalayan Serow 41 Madan Mohan Malaviya and his contributions 69 Myristica swamp tree frog 41 Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan 70 UNEP's Young Champions of the Earth prize 2020 42 Adoption of E20 fuel 42 LAW AND POLICY Status of Leopard in India 2018 44 What is Emergency Use Approval of a Vaccine? 72 National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) 46 New Uni�ied Natural Gas Pipeline Tariff Regulations 72 Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat 47 00 One Health Approach & Global Action Plan on AMR 73 Tso Kar wetland complex 48 Breach of privilege 74 What is the Sonali bag? 48 Directorate of revenue intelligence (statute and function ) 74 Single use plastics 49 Supreme Court judgement on the 2020 Tribunal Rules 75 Beach Environment & Aesthetics Management Services(BEAM) programme 50 Non Resident Indian (NRI) voting in India 75 VISVAS Yojana 76 India Workplace Equality Index 77 Plasmodium ovale a type of malaria 77 Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) 78 Recognition of prior learning under skill India programme 78 New Features of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 79 CIC Ruling on Electoral Bond scheme 80 National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation 81 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) 82 Human personal Freedom Index 2020 83 Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Fund 85 Role of governor in summoning an assembly 85 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres 86 SCIENCE AND TECH The Giant Metre wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) 89 Cultured meat approved by Singapore 89 what are technical textiles? 90 Nuclear magnetic resonance test 90 Monthly Prelims Snippets December 2020 JournalsOfIndia com 5 Arti�icial Sun of China 91 The 2nd Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) 2020 Conference 91 What are Human clinical trials? 92 What is Radio Frequency (RF), Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) based internet connectivity? 93 Anthrax disease 93 Mucormycosis or Black Fungus 94 COWIN system 95 Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) 95 What Is DTH service aand its difference with analog ? 96 What is genome sequencing? 97 Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 98 Autonomous Navigation Systems 98 SOCIETY Mission COVID Suraksha 100 Naturopathy and its origin 100 NFHS-2019-20 on Domestic Violences in India 101 Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) 102 75th National Conference of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases (NATCON) and Tuberculosis Association of India 103 Tharu tribe 103 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-20 104 Monpa Tribe and their Handmade Paper Industry 105 National Medicinal Plants Board Launches Consortia for Medicinal Plants 106 PEOPLE IN NEWS Ramanujan and his contributions 108 Monthly Prelims Snippets December 2020 JournalsOfIndia com 6 AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE Fusarium or Panama Disease(Banana) A brief note on the issue ◆ ◆ The scientists of Indian Council of Agriculture Research or ICAR, have found a cure for Panama ◆ The Fusarium fungus resides below ground and- Disease one of the most dreaded agricultural infects the plant through its roots. diseases. ◆ The infection then stops water and essential nutri ◆ ents from being transported to the rest of the plant. The leaves begin to wilt, and the stem of the plant For the �irst time, Indian scientists have brought ◆ starts turning dark brownish before the plant dies. out a biopesticide that can control the disease. This biopesticide has been made using another fungus. ◆ If one plant gets it, then it is most likely that an What is Panama disease/Fusarium Wilt? entire plantation can be wiped out. ◆ - cancer’ ◆ ItThis affects disease the isCavendish sometimes variety referred or the to G9as ‘bananaBanana The fungal disease, called Fusarium Wilt, is popu ◆ larly known as the ‘Panama Disease’ and af�licts the world. banana plants Typescultivar, of Bananas which is in the India most widely grown banana in Panama Disease is caused by a soil borne fungus ◆ G9 variety. ◆ with a name called Fusarium Oxysporum f. Sp cubense. ◆ In India, more than 60 per cent of bananas are of the One of its strains which is called ‘Tropical Race 4’- Their different names are ‘Grand Naine’, ‘Robusta’, tion.or ‘TR4’ has created the most havoc, threatening ◆ In India at least four Indian states Bihar, Gujarat, ‘Bhusaval’, ‘Basrai’ and ‘Shrimanth’. ◆ almost 80 per cent of the global banana produc It is the �irst disease of bananas to have spread theMadhya Cavendish Pradesh variety and Uttar is grown. Pradesh have been badly affected by this disease. All these are areas where Sourceglobally : Down in the to �irst Earth half of the 20th century. AGRICULTURE Millets and their special nutrient value In news What is their special nutrient value? ◆ Agricultural and Processed Food Products ◆ formulating a strategy for andIt has antioxidant gained popularity contents in the West because Export Development Authority (APEDA) is ◆ ◆ it’sLike gluten-free most cereals, and millet boasts is higha starchy protein, grain �iber, — promoting millets and its products with Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR) What are millets? ◆ meaningLike most that cereals, it’s rich millet in carbs.is a starchy Notably, grain it also — ◆ packs several vitamins and minerals Poaceae family, commonly known as the grass familyMillet is a cereal grain that belongs to the meaning that it’s rich in carbs. Notably, it also ◆ packs several vitamins and minerals Millets are coarse grains and a repository of protein, �ibre, vitamins and minerals. They include jowar (sorghum), ragi (�inger millet), korra (foxtail millet), arke (kodo millet), sama ◆ (little millet), bajra (pearl millet), chena/barr (proso millet) and sanwa (barnyard millet). animals.Since ages, these small crops were used for ◆ human consumption as well as a fodder for Majorly cultivated in the semiarid tropical theseregions regions. of Africa and Asia, around 97 percent of world’s overall millet production happens in Monthly Prelims Snippets December 2020 JournalsOfIndia com 7 Health bene�its Millet is rich in nutrients and ◆ Lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases, duodenal regular millet consumers. ulcer and hyperglycemia (diabetes) are reported among plant compounds.