Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair December 2020
Table of Contents
- POLITY AND CONSTITUTION ____________4
1. Parliamentary Scrutiny ________________ 4
1.2. Women in Judiciary ___________________ 5
1.3. Review of the Information Commissions __ 7
1.4. Voting rights to NRIs __________________ 9
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________10
2.1. Geopolitics of Technology _____________ 10
2.2. Religion as a tool of Soft Power Diplomacy12
2.3. Indian Ocean Region (IOR)_____________ 14
2.4. India China Water Relations ___________ 16
2.5. India-Bangladesh Relations ____________ 19
2.6. India-Vietnam Virtual Summit__________ 21
2.7. Brexit Trade Deal ____________________ 22
2.8. Tibetan Policy and Support Act _________ 24
2.9. Chabahar Port_______________________ 25
3. ECONOMY__________________________28
3.1. Dedicated Freight Corridors____________ 28
3.2. Draft Indian Ports Bill 2020 ____________ 30
3.3. Farm Mechanisation _________________ 32
4. SECURITY___________________________35
4.1. Police Reforms ______________________ 35
4.2. National Security Directive on the Telecom
Sector _________________________________ 37
5. ENVIRONMENT______________________39
5.1. India’s Climate Performance ___________ 39
5.2. Emissions Gap Report 2020 ____________ 40
5.3. Indoor Air Pollution __________________ 41
5.4. Ammonia Pollution __________________ 42
5.5. Community Forest Rights______________ 43
5.6. Overcoming Water Challenges in Agriculture
______________________________________ 46
5.7. Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) ____________ 48
5.8. Mount Everest Grows to New Height ____ 50
6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ___________52
6.1. Space Based Remote Sensing __________ 52
6.2. Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network
Interface (PM-WANI)_____________________ 53
- 3. Narrow Band-Internet of Things________ 55
6.4. Health Data ________________________ 56
6.5. Public Health Surveillance in India ______ 58
6.6. Non-Communicable Diseases __________ 60
6.7. mRNA Vaccine ______________________ 62
6.8. Food Adulteration ___________________ 63
6.9. Srinivasa Ramanujan _________________ 64
7. SOCIAL ISSUES ______________________ 66
7.1. Human Development Report 2020______ 66
7.2. Food Security _______________________ 68
7.3. State of the Education Report for India 2020
______________________________________ 70
7.4. Learning Poverty ____________________ 71
7.5. Malnutrition among Children __________ 73
8. CULTURE___________________________ 75
8.1. India’s Traditional Toys _______________ 75
8.2. Jyotiba Phule _______________________ 77
9. ETHICS ____________________________ 78
9.1. Citizen Engagement in Policymaking ____ 78
10. SCHEMES IN NEWS _________________ 80
10.1. Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY)
______________________________________ 80
10.2. Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) _____________ 80
11. NEWS IN SHORTS ___________________ 82
11.1. ‘Currency Manipulators’ Monitoring List ___ 82
11.2. BSE E-Agricultural Markets Ltd. (BEAM)____ 82
11.3. UNCTAD Investment Promotion Awards ___ 82
11.4. Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) Systems ________________ 82
11.5. Medium-Range Surface-to-Air (MRSAM) Missile
________________________________________ 83
11.6. Export of Akash Missile system __________ 83
11.7. INS Vikrant __________________________ 83
11.8. Project 17A __________________________ 84
11.9. TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad __________________ 84
11.10. Ladakh’s Tso Kar Wetland Complex now a
Ramsar Site ______________________________ 84
11.11. Status of Leopards in India, 2018 Report
Released by Ministry for Environment, Forest and
Climate Change ___________________________ 84
11.12. First Tiger Translocation in Uttarakhand from
Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve (JCTR) to Rajaji Tiger
Reserve (RTR)_____________________________ 85
- 13. International Blue Flag Hoisted at 8 Beaches
Across the Country _________________________85
11.14. Existence of Large Mammals in India _____85
11.15. Red List Assessment of Indian Grasshoppers
________________________________________86
11.16. Digital Ocean ________________________86
11.17. Saguna Rice Technique (SRT) ___________86
11.18. India’s first Lithium Refinery ____________87
11.19. Sea of Galilee________________________87
11.20. Lab-grown meat _____________________87
11.21. China’s Chang’e 5 Successfully Enters Earth’s
Surface __________________________________88
11.22. CMS- 01 ____________________________88
11.23. First Potential Radio Signal from Exoplanet 88
11.24. Geminid Meteor Shower_______________88
11.25. Organochlorines _____________________88
11.26. CoWIN _____________________________89
11.27. Pneumosil __________________________89
11.28. Plant Based Vaccine (PBV) _____________89
- 29. Nanomicelles _______________________ 89
11.30. Recognition Scheme for Hygiene Rating Audit
Agencies (HRAA) __________________________ 89
11.31. India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI)
Launched ________________________________ 90
11.32. New ‘Policy on School Bag 2020’ of Union
Ministry of Education ______________________ 90
11.33. Post Matric Scholarship to Students Belonging
to Scheduled Castes (PMS-SC)________________ 90
11.34. Street Hawk Culture __________________ 91
11.35. Monpa Handmade Paper Industry _______ 91
11.36. Tharu Tribe _________________________ 91
11.37. Cattle, Buffalo Meat Residue Found in Indus
Valley Vessels_____________________________ 91
11.38. Consortia for Medicinal Plants __________ 92
11.39. Cabinet approves Merger of Four Film Media
Units with the National Film Development
Corporation (NFDC). _______________________ 92
11.40. India Votes to Reclassify Cannabis _______ 92