December 2020 Monthly PDF – UPPSC Pattern Current Affairs
Dear Aspirants,
Monthly PDF of December 2020 has been published and distributed to enrolled students of Prelims & Mains Test Series of 2021.
Topics covered are under:
- National & Polity Section
- International News Section
- Economy Section
- Government Schemes Section
- Environment Section
- Science & Technology Section
- Place, Person & Events Section
- Uttar Pradesh Section
UPPCS Pattern Current Affairs – Dec 2020
Contents
National and Polity News Section .……………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
Goddess Annapurna Idol ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
Roshni Act …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
Criminal contempt of court ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
Right to Marry ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill (2020) ………………………………….. 9
Shakti Act ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
GPS-based(Global Positioning System) technology toll collection …………………………………………….. 9
World Minorities Rights Day ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
Postal ballots ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
Zomi ethnic group …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
National Common Mobility Card ………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary ……………………………………………………………………………………. 12
International News Section ……..…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation …………………………………………………………………………………… 12
All-women team of the White House staff …………………………………………………………………………… 13
International Financial Services Centres Authority ……………………………………………………………….. 13
MoU on Intellectual Property cooperation …………………………………………………………………………… 13
Artificial sun …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
Lab-grown meat product …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
Preferential Trade Agreement ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
ASEAN Defense Minister’s Meeting-Plus ……………………………………………………………………………… 14
Climate Ambition Summit 2020 ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
International Financial Services Centres Authority (Bullion Exchange) Regulations …………………… 15
Swadhinata Sarak ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15
Trilateral Working Group (TWG) Meeting ……………………………………………………………………………. 15
Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 16
Sanctions on Turkey ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16
India – Bangladesh Virtual Summit ……………………………………………………………………………………… 16
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant …………………………………………………………………………………………… 16
Corona virus on the southernmost continent ………………………………………………………………………. 16
Implication To Static GS Common For all International CA …………………………………………………….. 17
Economy News Section …..…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17
Risk-based internal audit norms …………………………………………………………………………………………. 17
AYUSH Export Promotion Council ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 18
Atmanirbhar Bharat RojgarYojana ………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
Real Time Gross Settlement System ……………………………………………………………………………………. 19
Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure ……………………………………………………………… 19
DakPay ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 19
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 20
R cluster ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 20
Green National Highway Corridors ……………………………………………………………………………………… 20
Baroda Military Salary Package …………………………………………………………………………………………… 21
GST Registration ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21
Measuring Trend Inflation in India………………………………………………………………………………………. 22
Government Schemes News Section ………………………………………………………………………………………. 22
Honey Mission………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 22
Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ki Aarthik Sahayta (VISVAS) Yojana ………………………………………. 22
‘CO-WIN’ ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 23
e-Courts Project ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 23
North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) ……………………………………. 23
Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) ………………………………………………………….. 23
Matru Sahyogini Samiti ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23
PM-WANI ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24
JSA II: Catch the Rain …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24
e-Sampada ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24
PM-JAY SEHAT ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24
Other Initiatives ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24
KLI Project ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24
Yogasana …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25
Indigenous Games …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 25
Monpa Handmade Paper …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25
Environment News Section .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25
Ziro Valley ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 25
Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement ……………………………………………………… 26
Indian peacock softshell turtle ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 26
Malayan Giant Squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) ………………………………………………………………………………. 26
Eco-bridge ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27
Indian Muraingrasses ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 27
Myristica swamp treefrog ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28
Himalayan serow………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 28
Tropical montane grasslands ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 28
Gastrodia agnicellus ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
Gandi Ramanna Haritavanam …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
Tso Kar Wetland Complex ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
Wild sun rose …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 30
Science & Technology News Section …..………………………………………………………………………………….. 30
Zebrafish …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 30
C32-LH2 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 30
Octane 100 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 31
Burevi ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31
2020 SO …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31
Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder ……………………………………………………………………… 31
Oxidative potential……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 31
TCGA ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
Hayabusa2 mission …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32
Narrow Band-Internet of Things …………………………………………………………………………………………. 32
mRNA vaccine ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 32
HD106906 b …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 32
CMS-01 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 32
E20 fuel …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33
SolarWinds hack ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33
GalSafe pigs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33
Shigella infection ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 33
Winter Solstice …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 33
Ammonia …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 33
Pneumosil………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 34
Ruthenium 106 Plaque ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 34
SAHAYAK-NG ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 34
Plasmodium ovale …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 34
BOSS; IMSAS; ASTRA Mk ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 34
Coronavirus variant …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 35
Person Place and Award Related News Section …..…………………………………………………………………… 36
FC Kohli …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 36
Gitanjali Rao …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36
Jehan Daruvala …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 36
Anil Soni ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36
Bala Devi …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 36
Shashi Sekhar Vempati………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 37
Raja Chari ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 37
Child-friendly police station ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 37
AI & Robotics Technologies Park ………………………………………………………………………………………… 37
Gwalior and Orchha ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 37
Eluru ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 38
Hybrid Renewable Energy Park …………………………………………………………………………………………… 38
Desalination plant …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 38
Fully automated milk processing of Sarhad dairy ………………………………………………………………….. 38
Well Asokenagar-1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 38
Marathwada Rail Coach Factory …………………………………………………………………………………………. 38
World AIDS Day ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 38
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery ………………………………………………………………………. 39
Aadi Mahotsav- Madhya Pradesh ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Nagaland’s 58th Statehood day ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Navy Day …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 39
International Civil Aviation Day ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Submarine Day …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 39
Human Rights Day …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 40
International Universal Health Coverage Day ……………………………………………………………………….. 40
International Mountain Day ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 40
Vijay Diwas ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 40
World Minorities Rights Day ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 40
Breakdancing……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 40
National Farmers’ Day ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 40
Good governance day ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 40
First ‘driverless’ train ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 40
Raag-Bhopali ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41
PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2020 ………………………………………………………………………….. 41
Global Teacher Prize 2020 …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41
United Nations Investment Promotion Award ……………………………………………………………………… 41
Legion of Merit …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41
World Malaria Report (WMR) 2020 …………………………………………………………………………………….. 42
Top 10 police stations in India ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 42
Urban quality of life index ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 43
Smuggling in India Report 2019-20 ……………………………………………………………………………………… 43
Climate Change Performance Index ……………………………………………………………………………………. 43
National Family Health Survey ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 44
India Water Impact Summit ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 44
Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India ……………………………………………………………………. 45
State of the Education Report for India 2020 ……………………………………………………………………….. 45
Human Development Index (HDI) ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 45
The Human Freedom Index 2020 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 46
Extreme weather event hotspots ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 46
WHO’s 2019 Global Health Estimates ………………………………………………………………………………….. 46
National Family Health Survey 2019-20 ……………………………………………………………………………….. 47
Uttar Pradesh News Section ..………………………………………………………………………………………………… 47
Agra Metro Project …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 47
COVID vaccine centres ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 48
UP government to set up 35,000 COVID vaccine centres across state …………………………………….. 48
Varasat ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 48
New Bhaupur-New Khurja Section ……………………………………………………………………………………… 49
Regional Academic Centre for Space (RAC-S) ……………………………………………………………………….. 50
One Nation One Ration Card ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 51
Leather Park …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 51
Hunar Haat ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 52
Zoo …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 52
Dandupur railway station ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 52
Lucknow Municipal Corporation bonds ……………………………………………………………………………….. 52
Ramayan Cruise Service …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
PRAGATI interaction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 53
UP-Power Distribution Network Rehabilitation Project …………………………………………………………. 53
Power Sector in Uttar Pradesh …………………………………………………………………………………………… 54
e-Aarogya App………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 54
Tharu tribe ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 54
