Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair March 2020 English Medium

Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair March 2020

Table of Contents

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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