IAS 2018: Prelims Special Current Affairs – Volume 5

IAS Prelims Special Current Affairs Volume 5 for GS

Polity & Governance

• Cabinet Approves the National Health Protection Mission
• Plea to Raise Minimum Age for Marriage
• Rajasthan Bill on Rape
• India’s Ranking Improves in Gender Diversity
• AmaGaon AmaVikas Programme
• Cooperative Election Authority
• ASICS 2017
• Akshaya Patra Foundation
• Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
• Transformation of 115 Aspirational Districts

Economy

• Finance Bill 2018 Passed by Lok Sabha
• Cabinet Approves Introduction of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018
• Cabinet Approves Introduction of the Commercial Courts (Amendment) Bill
• Misuse of SWIFT
• India to Join EBRD
• Cabinet Approves Establishment of National Financial Reporting Authority
• Pharma Promotion Tax Exempt: Tribunal
• Current Account Deficit in Q3 of 2017-18
• 80:20 Scheme on Gold
• Maharashtra Adopt Food Park Model
• World Bank Predict 7.3% Growth
• Cabinet Identified Champion Services Sectors
• National e-Mobility Programme
• Cabinet Approves Easing Spectrum Cap
• Marshall Islands will Launch the World’s First Legal Tender Cryptocurrency
• Government Constitutes a Steering Committee on Fintech Related Issues

Science & Technology

• Dual Mechanism for Embryonic Stem Cells to Maintain Pluripotency
• Nerve Agent
• Two Factor Authentication
• India Aims to Eliminate TB by 2025
• Stephen Hawking
• WHO called for the Elimination of the so-called ‘One Centimetre Per Hour’ Benchmark
• India-Based Neutrino Observatory Gets Cabinet Nod
• Concept of Living Will
• Bengaluru Maps its Solar Wealth
• Saposhi
• Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership
• Silver Copper Telluride
• Meteorite found in Rajasthan
• New Classification of Diabetes
• Shakti Shala Solar Park
• Imprint II
• Vaterite
• Rydberg Polarons
• Ice VII
• How safe are Mine Protected Vehicles

Environment

• Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS) Partnership
• Smartphone Tech Most Damaging to Environment
• How India Counts its Tigers
• Achieving Energy Efficiency Key to Meeting Lower Emissions Commitment
• First Solar Alliance Meet
• National Biodiversity Authority
• Scheme to Promote In-Situ (In The Farm Itself) Management Of Crop Residue

Indian Culture

• Sufism in the Simplest Terms
• V. Periyar
• Bababudandargah
• Kanchipuram
• Race to Save 3,000-year-old Treasures in A.P. Village
• Kuthiyottam Ritual
• Artefacts of “Pre Iron Age” Found in Odisha

International Affairs

• India to Help Build Nuclear Plant in Bangladesh
• H-4 Visa Users, Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders
• First US LNG Shipment to Reach India
• Myanmar Puts Off Border Pact
• 3 Km Stretch of the Indo-Bangladesh Border as a ‘Crime-Free Zone’
• Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Miscellaneous News Geographical News

• La Nina and Monsoon Connection
• First All Women Railway Station in AP
• Danger Islands

Military Exercises

• Western Naval Command Concludes Exercise XPL-18
• Lamitye 2018

Awards in News

• Kochon Prize
• Pritzer Prize

Other Important News

• Sainthood for Former Pope Paul VI
• Global Innovation Barometer
• World Happiness Report