Sunday Revision List - Week 1, July 2024

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Location in News

• Pantanal
• Bannerghatta National Park
• Kuno National Park
• Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary

History in News

• The Santhal Hul of 1855

Global Developments of the Week

• China’s ‘Five Principles’ of Foreign Policy (Panchsheel)
• Non-Aligned Movement
• India achieves ‘outstanding outcome’ in FATF evaluation
• Yom Kippur War (1973)
• Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification (MRP) Modelling (Britain’s elections)
• FATF evaluation

Political Development/Constitutional Provisions in News

• The New Criminal Laws
  • Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
  • Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)
  • Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA)
• 42nd Constitution Amendment
• Education and State Rights
• Zero Hunger and Reversal of progress
• Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Science & Technology

• VEGFR1, Medical Solutions for Colon and Renal Cancers
• Project-76
• Project-75 and Project-75I
• Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) module
• Abhyas (High Speed Expendable Aerial Target)
• World’s first Brain Implant to control Epileptic Seizures

Global Developments pertaining to Environment

• Critical Mineral Recycling
• Pench Tiger Reserve's AI System for Forest Fire Detection
• Glacial Lake outburst
• Urbanisation and Delhi’s Flooding

Species in News

• Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
• Lesser Florican
• Curcuma kakchingense (Turmeric)
• Capra himalayensis
• Himalayan Ibex
• Siberian Ibex
• Miniopterus srinii
• Borneo Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis)
• Cheetal (Axis axis)
• Mainland Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis)
• Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Developments pertaining to Economy

• Petrodollars
• Base Year Update
• Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index or PMI
• Smart Cities Mission
• Major macro-indicators such as:
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• wholesale price index (WPI): wholesale inflation
• consumer price index (CPI): to determine consumer inflation,
• Index of industrial production (IIP): calculation of industrial growth

Disaster Management

• Hathras Stampede

Ethical Issue in News

• NHRC issues notice over 'discrimination' by Foxconn (against employment opportunities for married women)

Report of the Week

• 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy (SRWE)

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