Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair March 2020
Table of Contents
- POLITY AND CONSTITUTION ___________ 4
1. Judges in Rajya Sabha _________________4
1.2. Right to Property _____________________5
1.3. Anti-Defection law ____________________7
1.4. Draft Recommendations of ECI On Electoral
Reforms ________________________________8
1.5. National Open Digital Ecosystem _______10
1.6. World Happiness Report 2020__________11
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 12
2.1. India’s Soft Power ___________________12
2.2. Multiparty Interim Appeal Arbitration
Arrangement at WTO ____________________13
2.3. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at 50___14
2.4. Indian Ocean Commission _____________16
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 18
3.1. Economic Impact of COVID-19__________18
3.2. Task Force on Sustainable Public
Procurement (SPP) ______________________21
3.3. Consolidation of Public Sector Banks ____22
3.4. Basel III Norms ______________________23
3.5. Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 ___23
3.6. Electronics Manufacturing_____________25
3.7. Taxing Global Technology Companies____26
3.8. Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020 ___27
3.9. Fully Accessible Route for G-Secs _______28
3.10. LLP Settlement Scheme ______________29
4. SECURITY__________________________ 30
4.1. Draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)
2020 __________________________________30
4.2. Fake News _________________________31
5. ENVIRONMENT_____________________ 34
5.1. Illegal Wildlife Trade _________________34
5.2. Draft Environment Impact Assessment
Notification 2020________________________35
5.3. Eco-Sensitive Zones __________________37
5.4. UN World Water Development Report ___38
- 5. Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
______________________________________40
5.6. Living Entity ________________________41
5.7. BEE: Star Rating Programme ___________42
6. SOCIAL ISSUES ______________________43
6.1. Internal Migration ___________________43
6.2. Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [Phase II]
______________________________________44
6.2.1. ODF+ and ODF++ _____________________ 45
6.3. Report on Progress of Beijing Declaration 46
6.4. POCSO Rules 2020 ___________________47
6.5. Children’s Right and their Future _______48
6.6. Tech for Tribals______________________48
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________50
7.1. CoVID-19___________________________50
7.1.1. Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 ____________ 51
7.1.2. Diagnosis____________________________ 52
7.1.3. Treatment___________________________ 53
7.1.4. Vaccine development__________________ 54
7.1.5. Steps taken by India to deal with the outbreak
_________________________________________ 56
7.1.6. Herd Immunity _______________________ 59
7.1.7. Pandemic Disease_____________________ 60
7.2. One Health _________________________61
7.3. Telemedicine Guidelines ______________62
7.4. Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Industry
in India ________________________________63
7.5. New regulatory Bodies to Cover Traditional
Medicine ______________________________65
7.5.1. National Commission for Indian Systems of
Medicine (NCIsM) Bill, 2019__________________ 67
7.5.2. National Commission for Homeopathy Bill,
2019 ____________________________________ 67
7.6. Supreme Court Lifts Curbs on
Cryptocurrencies ________________________68
7.7. Empowered Technology Group _________69
7.8. Inflight Wifi_________________________70
7.9. Sun Spot Cycle ______________________71
8. CULTURE ___________________________72
8.1. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur ________________72
8.2. World Heritage List for the year 2020 ____73
8.3. Chapchar Kut _______________________74
- ETHICS ____________________________ 75
9.1. Social Capital _______________________75
9.2. Work Culture in Times of Work from Home
______________________________________76
10. NEWS IN SHORT ___________________ 78
10.1. Freedom in the World 2020 Report _______ 78
10.2. World Cities Summit 2020 ______________ 78
10.3. Facebook Pragati______________________ 78
10.4. Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching
(ARPIT) __________________________________ 78
10.5. Institutional Mechanism for National Technical
Textiles Mission ___________________________ 78
10.6. Kisan Rail Scheme _____________________ 78
10.7. Jeevan Kaushal Curriculum to Upgrade Life Skills
________________________________________ 79
10.8. Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) ________ 79
10.9. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) _ 79
10.10. Svalbard Seed Vault __________________ 79
10.11. Biological Weapons Convention _________ 80
10.12. Ultium Lithium-ion Batteries ___________ 80
10.13. International Conference on Nano Science and
Technology (ICONSAT) ______________________ 80
10.14. Fuel Cell Technology for Disaster Management
________________________________________ 81
10.15. HantaVirus__________________________ 81
- 16. MAC-Binding ________________________ 81
10.17. Methane Oxidizing Bacteria (Methanotrophs)
_________________________________________ 81
10.18. Asteroid 2020 AV2____________________ 81
10.19. Global Hyperloop Pod Competition ______ 82
10.20. National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU)
bill ______________________________________ 82
10.21. ARCI developed a Cost-Effective Solar Receiver
Tube Technology __________________________ 82
10.22. Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl)___________ 83
10.23. Huntington Disease ___________________ 83
10.24. Blissful Hygiene Offering to God (BHOG) __ 83
10.25. Gormati Art _________________________ 83
10.26. Lalit Kala Akademi Awards 2020_________ 83
10.27. Pyramid of Djoser Reopened ___________ 84
10.28. Central Sanskrit Universities Act_________ 84
10.29. Kavutheendal Ceremony_______________ 84
10.30. Tribal Lockdown Rituals _______________ 84
10.31. Navroz _____________________________ 84
10.32. Errata ______________________________ 85
11. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS _____86
11.1. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana ______ 86
12. FIGHTING COVID-19 _________________87
12.1. Global Best Practices ________________87
12.2. Domestic Best Practices ______________88