PRE-Cure (Relevant Current Affairs for UPSC Civil Services Examination) Monthly Compilation for January 2021 Visit our website www.sleepyclasses.com or our YouTube channel for entire GS Course FREE of cost Also Available: Prelims Crash Course || Prelims Test Series T.me/SleepyClasses Table of Contents 1. Geography ...............................................................................................................1 1.1.Christmas Star ........................................................................................................................1 1.2.Brexit .........................................................................................................................................2 1.3.Crude Oil Production In Bengal Basin ..............................................................................5 1.4.Western Ghats grasslands ...................................................................................................5 1.5.New irrigation model to help desert villagers .................................................................7 1.6.India, World Bank sign pact for safe, green highways ..................................................8 1.7.Light House Project ...............................................................................................................9 1.8.India as non-permanent member of UNSC .....................................................................11 1.9.India's First Driverless Metro Train ...................................................................................11 1.10.National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) ...................................................................12 1.11.100th Kisan Rail .................................................................................................................13 1.12.India sets up high-level Group for South Asia Energy Security ...............................14 1.13.New Industrial Development Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir .................................15 1.14.India’s Arctic Expedition to resume in June .................................................................15 1.15.Kochi-Mangaluru LNG Pipeline ......................................................................................17 1.16.Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS) Scheme .......................................................................................................................................18 1.17.Sagarmala Seaplane Services ...........................................................................................18 1.18.India Looks at Lithium Reserves in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia ...........................19 1.19.FAME Scheme ......................................................................................................................20 1.20.India proposes to expand research, tourism in the Arctic .........................................20 1.21.Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ...............................................................................21 1.22.Dzukou Valley ......................................................................................................................22 1.23.Tsari Chu River .....................................................................................................................23 1.24.Semeru Volcano of Indonesia ...........................................................................................23 1.25.Ratle Hydro Electric Project .............................................................................................24 1.26.Sultanpur National Park ...................................................................................................24 2. History ......................................................................................................................25 2.1.Khudi Ram Bose .....................................................................................................................25 2.2.Sentinel Island .........................................................................................................................26 2.3.AMU ..........................................................................................................................................28 2.4.National Film Development Corporation ........................................................................29 2.5.Dhokra Decorative Pieces ....................................................................................................30 2.6.NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOse ................................................................................31 www.sleepyclasses.com Call 6280133177 2.7.1000-year-old paper-making technique .........................................................................33 2.8.‘Adopt a Heritage’ tourism scheme ....................................................................................35 2.9.UNDERSTANDING PANIPAT 1761 THROUGH RARE PAINTINGS ........................37 2.10.Giant Rock Bee Honey added to Tribes India Collection ..........................................38 2.11.Sri Mannathu Padmanabhan ..........................................................................................39 2.12.Renaming of Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar ............................................................40 2.13.New ‘Anubhava Mantapa’ at Basavakalyan ................................................................40 2.14.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2021 ........................................................................................41 2.15.Konkani language academy .............................................................................................41 3. Polity & International Relations ......................................................................43 3.1.Multilingual Call Centre For Aqua Farmers ....................................................................43 3.2.CIC Reverses Own Order On Electoral Bonds ................................................................44 3.3.Provisions Regarding Advisory Board For Wages Code ...............................................45 3.4.Jharkhand Launches Cyber Crime Prevention Scheme ...............................................46 3.5.Bangladesh wants to join Trilateral Highway .................................................................47 3.6.Assam’s Bill to Abolish State-Run Madrassas ................................................................48 3.7.Madhya Pradesh Conversion Law .....................................................................................49 3.8.Election Commission to push for absentee vote, digi-ID, new service rules ...........50 3.9.Argentina’s Legalisation Of Abortion ...............................................................................52 3.10.HUL’s Policy To Help Staff Facing Abuse .......................................................................53 3.11.India to open missions in Estonia, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic .........54 3.12.3 States, 3 Anti-conversion Laws ....................................................................................55 3.13.Vertical And Horizontal Reservations ...........................................................................56 3.14.Clear Stand On Same-sex Marriages .............................................................................58 3.15.Confessions Before Priests ................................................................................................60 3.16.'Institutions Of Eminence' Campuses In Foreign Countries .....................................60 3.17.Supreme Court’s Ruling On Farm Laws .........................................................................62 3.18.Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination Rules 2021 ..............................63 3.19.First U.S. President To Be Impeached Twice .................................................................65 3.20.8 Point Agenda To UN Security Council By India .......................................................66 3.21.Russia withdraws from Open Skies Treaty ...................................................................67 3.22.Supreme Court directive on quota in promotions .......................................................69 3.23.Increasing women’s marriage age ...................................................................................70 3.24.US to resume WHO funding .............................................................................................72 3.25.U.S. to review Houthi terrorist label ...............................................................................74 4. Economy ..................................................................................................................79 4.1.Karnataka appoints Regional Commissioner to compile status of Ponzi cases ....79 4.2.Industry bodies to ask govt to hold back implementation of new wage law ..........80 T.me/SleepyClasses 4.3.Centre to set up development finance entity in 3-4 months ......................................82 4.4.Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 ...............................................................83 4.5.Cairn Energy wins arbitration award against India in tax dispute ...........................83 4.6.Don't fall prey to unauthorised digital platforms, mobile apps for quick loans, warns RBI ...............................................................................................................................................86 4.7.Cabinet approves 100% FDI in