JOIN THE DOTS! Compendium – November 2020 Dear Students, With the present examination pattern of UPSC Civil Services Examination, General Studies papers require a lot of specialization with ‘Current Affairs’. Moreover, following the recent trend of UPSC, almost all the questions are based on news as well as issues. CL IAS has now come up with ‘JOIN THE DOTS! NOVEMBER 2020’ series which will help you pick up relevant news items of the day from various national dailies such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Business Standard, LiveMint, PIB and other important sources. ‘JOIN THE DOTS! NOVEMBER 2020’ series will be helpful for prelims as well as Mains Examination. We are covering every issue in a holistic manner and covered every dimension with detailed facts. This edition covers all important issues that were in news in the month of June 2019. Also, we have introduced Prelim base question for Test Your Knowledge which shall guide you for better revision. In addition, it would benefit all those who are preparing for other competitive examinations. We have prepared this series of documents after some rigorous deliberations with Toppers and also with aspirants who have wide experience of preparations in the Civil Services Examination. For more information and more knowledge, you can go to our website https://www.careerlauncher.com/upsc/ “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there” All the best!! Team CL Contents Prelims Perspicuous Pointers 1. Prelims Factoids: Prime Minister inaugurates to & fro Sea-plane Service between Kevadia and Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad ........................................2 2. Prelims Factoids: Public Affairs Index-2020 .................................................................3 3. Defence: MALABAR-20 ...................................................................................................4 4. Defence: Mission Sagar - II .............................................................................................4 5. Prelims Factoids: NFL registers steep growth in sale of single super phosphate and Bentonite Sulphur ............................................................5 6. Prelims Factoids: Shri Shakti Challenge .......................................................................5 7. Prelims Factoids: Ganga Utsav ......................................................................................6 8. Defence: Enhanced version of PINAKA Rocket System successfully Flight Tested ....6 9. Prelims Factoids: Luhri Stage-I Hydro Power Project ..................................................7 10. Miscellaneous: Fourth edition of India Mobile Congress 2020 .....................................8 11. Miscellaneous: DRDO Developed Fire Detection and Suppression System (FDSS) for Passenger Buses ........................................................9 12. Science & Technology: Saffron bowl of India extends to the North East .....................9 13. Prelims Factoids: Antiquities/ Coins of Ancient and Medieval Period confiscated ...10 14. Prelims Factoids: Ayurveda Day ..................................................................................11 15. Defence: Phase 2 of Exercise MALABAR 2020 in Western Indian Ocean .................11 16. Health: Vaccine Derived Polio Virus ............................................................................12 17. Defence: Navy’s Scorpene class submarine Vagir with superior stealth features launched ..............................................................................13 18. Prelims Factoids: 3rd Annual Bloomberg New Economy Forum ................................13 19. Defence: Second Successful Flight Test of QRSAM System .......................................14 20. International: US officially withdraws from Open Skies transparency pact ............14 21. Miscellaneous: India to launch deep sea mission ........................................................15 22. Prelims Factoids: Abhayam app ...................................................................................16 23. Geophysical phenomena: Cyclone Nivar ......................................................................16 24. Prelims Factoids: India’s first moss garden .................................................................17 25. Defence: Army successfully launches BrahMos supersonic cruise missile ................18 26. Science & Technology: IISF-2020 .................................................................................19 27. India International Science Festival ............................................................................19 28. Education: Prasar Bharati signs MoU with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics ................................20 29. Prelims Factoids: Ro-Pax ferry service ........................................................................21 30. Science & Technology: CSIR-SERC, Chennai Develops Indigenous Emergency Retrieval System (ERS) for Power Lines .................................................21 31. Prelims Factoids: PM unveils ‘Statue of Peace’ to mark 151st Birth Anniversary celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj ..................22 32. Defence: Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) system ............................22 33. Space Awareness: Crew-1 mission ...............................................................................23 34. Prelims Factoids: World Toilet Day 2020: Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change .............................................................................................................24 35. Education: Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award .....................................................25 36. International: 15th G20 Leaders’ Summit ....................................................................25 37. Prelims Factoids: Loktantra ke Swar and The Republican Ethic released ...............26 38. Defence: Indian Navy to Host Exercise SIMBEX-20 in Andaman Sea ......................26 39. Defence: Trilateral Maritime Exercise Sitmex-20 In Andaman Sea ..........................27 40. Space Awareness: Sentinel-6 satellite .........................................................................27 41. Prelims Factoids: All India Presiding Officers Conference.........................................28 42. Social Issues : Nyaya Bandhu App...............................................................................29 General Studies II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations 43. Bilateral Relations: Cabinet approves the Memorandum of Understanding between India and Cambodia on cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine ..................32 44. Defence: CDF Kenya – Week Long Visit to India ........................................................32 45. Government Schemes: Guidelines of PLI schemes to promote domestic production of bulk drugs and manufacturing of medical devices ‘Revised’ ...............33 46. International Organisations: India, GCC Troika hold annual Political Dialogue ....34 47. Governance: ICT Grand Challenge 2020 .....................................................................34 48. Prelims Factoids: International Election Visitors Programme 2020 .........................35 49. Governance: New online system of MSME/Udyam Registration ...............................36 50. NITI Aayog: AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0 .................................................38 51. Health: Health Ministry’s telemedicine service eSanjeevani completes 7 lakh consultations .....................................................................................39 52. Education: National Seminar on Ancient Indian Education system .........................40 53. International Organisations: Report on ‘Deepening Cooperation in IBSA ................41 54. International: 17th ASEAN India Summit ...................................................................42 55. Defence: Mission Sagar - II ...........................................................................................43 56. Governance: Doorstep Service for submission of Digital Life Certificate through Postman launched ........................................................................44 57. Education: Online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) .......................45 58. Governance: UMANG’s international version launched .............................................46 59. Agriculture & Farmers Welfare: Sahakar Pragya ......................................................47 60. Bilateral Relations: India, US extend nuclear energy partnership by 10 more years ..........................................................................48 61. Bilateral Relations: India To Build Shahtoot Dam, Announces 100 High-impact Projects in Afghanistan ................................................49 62. Governance: PM Modi chairs 33rd PRAGATI meeting ................................................50 63. Bilateral Relations: India-Italy Virtual Summit .........................................................50 64. International Organisations: 20th Summit of SCO Council of Heads of State ..........51 65. Health: Indian Railways engages RailTel to implement an HMIS across its health facilities .............................................................................52 66. Social Issues: New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’ ........................53 67. International Organisations: 15 Asian nations sign China-backed RCEP trade