OCTOBER 2018 VISION IAS CURRENT AFFAIRS
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CONTENTS
1. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE _____________ 4
1.1. Independence vs Accountability of RBI____ 4
1.2. Demand for Gorkhaland________________ 5
1.3. Live-Streaming of Supreme Court
Proceedings _____________________________ 7
1.4. Sub-Ordinate Courts___________________ 8
1.5. Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas ______________ 9
1.6. Urban Slums ________________________10
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 13
2.1. India-Japan Relations _________________13
2.2. India-Russia Relations ________________14
2.3. African Continental Free Trade Area_____17
2.4. Europe's Answer to China's Belt and Road 18
2.5. 12th Asia-Europe Meeting _____________19
2.6. US to withdraw from Russia Missile Pact _19
2.7. International Solar Alliance (ISA)________20
3. ECONOMY __________________________ 22
3.1. Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018_____22
3.2. Fixed-Term Employment Rules _________25
3.3. National Council for Vocational Education &
Training________________________________26
3.4. National Level Entrepreneurship Awareness
Campaign ______________________________27
3.5. Agriculture Census ___________________27
3.6. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
_______________________________________30
3.7. Rural Haats in Gram Scheme ___________31
3.8. Fisheries & Aquaculture Infrastructure
Development Fund_______________________32
3.9. Draft Policy on Mariculture ____________33
3.10. Fourth Industrial Revolution __________34
3.11. Bali Fintech Agenda _________________36
3.12. Draft Electronic Policy _______________37
3.13. Data Localisation____________________39
3.14. Insurance Sector In India _____________41
3.15. Direct Tax Collection_________________42
3.16. Road Safety ________________________43
3.17. Nobel Prize in Economics _____________ 45
3.18. Global Competitive Index 4.0 _________ 45
4. SECURITY ___________________________ 47
4.1. “Lone Wolf” Attacks __________________ 47
4.2. National Security Council______________ 48
4.3. Terrorist Travel Initiative ______________ 49
5. ENVIRONMENT ______________________ 50
5.1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Report_________________________________ 50
5.2. Ocean Cleanup ______________________ 51
5.3. Minimum River Flow for Ganga_________ 53
5.4. Draft River Basin Management Bill, 2018_ 54
5.5. India’s 1st Soil Moisture Map __________ 55
5.6. Global Soil biodiversity Atlas ___________ 56
5.7. Industrial Disasters in India ____________ 56
5.8. Earmarking Eco-Sensitive Area _________ 59
5.9. Banni Grassland _____________________ 60
5.10. Eurasian Otter______________________ 61
6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ___________ 62
6.1. Call for Two Time Zones in India ________ 62
6.2. Polio Virus __________________________ 63
6.3. Zika Virus___________________________ 64
6.4. WHO TB Report and Roadmap _________ 64
6.5. Bisphenol A (BPA)____________________ 66
6.6. Noble Prizes 2018 ____________________ 66
6.6.1. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ____ 66
6.6.2. Nobel Prize in Physics _________________ 67
6.6.3. Nobel Prize in Chemistry ______________ 67
6.7. Space Missions ______________________ 68
6.7.1. NASA Missions ______________________ 68
6.7.2. European Missions ___________________ 69
6.8. Schemes related to Research___________ 69
7. SOCIAL ISSUES_______________________ 71
7.1. State of Internal Migrants in India ______ 71
7.2. Women in Agriculture ________________ 73
7.3. Teenage Girls (TAG) Report ____________ 75
7.4. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) 76
7.5. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Urban) ________ 76
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7.6. Global Hunger Index 2018 _____________78
7.7. Non-Communicable Diseases___________80
8. CULTURE ___________________________ 82
8.1. UNESCO Global Geopark Network Status_82
8.2. Azad Hind Government _______________83
8.3. Vishwa Shanti Ahimsa Sammelan _______83
8.4. Sir Chhotu Ram ______________________84
8.5. Bathukamma Festival_________________84
9. ETHICS _____________________________ 85
9.1. Gandhian Ethics _____________________85
10. NEWS IN SHORT ____________________ 87
10.1. CAPAM Awards _______________________87
10.2. ISSA Good Practice Award, 2018 _________87
10.3. United Nations Human Rights Council _____87
10.4. South-East Asia Regulatory Network ______87
10.5. Sovereign Blue Bond __________________ 87
10.6. Government E-Payments Adoption Ranking 87
10.7. International Year of Millets ____________ 87
10.8. Global Financial Stability Report _________ 88
10.9. UN Investment Promotion Award ________ 88
10.10. Future Policy Gold Award _____________ 88
10.11. Military Excercises___________________ 88
10.12. Operation Samudra Maitri_____________ 88
10.13. Missile Prahaar _____________________ 88
10.14. STAPCOR-2018______________________ 88
10.15. Natural Conservation Zones ___________ 89
10.16. CORSIA____________________________ 89
10.17. Firecrackers developed by CSIR_________ 89
10.18. China’s 'Artificial Moon' project ________ 89
10.19. Ibuki-2 ____________________________ 89
10.20. Fall Armyworm Pest in India ___________ 89
10.21. Oneer_____________________________ 89
10.22. Astana Declaration __________________ 89
10.23. Time Bank Model for The Elderly _______ 90
10.24. Nobel Peace Prize 2018 _______________ 90
10.25. Seoul Peace Prize 2018 _______________ 90
