Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair December 2020 English Medium

Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair December 2020

Table of Contents

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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