IAS 2018 : Prelims Special Current Affairs – Volume 4

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IAS Prelims Special Current Affairs - Volume 4 for GS

• Prasar Bharti Act
• Atal Bhoojal yojana
• Sex Ratio at Birth Dips in 17 States
• Inter-state Water Dispute
• Women’s Cooperative Societies
• Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by Elected Candidates
• Nirbhaya Fund Scheme - MP Govt Paying Meagre Compensation
• Swachhta Pakhwada
• KBK (Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput) Plan
• Watan Ko Jano Programme
• Government to Set up 562 more Ekalavya Schools
• Cabinet Approves Creation of National Urban Housing Fund
• Jaipur’s Gandhinagar Railway Station Becomes 1st Fully Women Operated Non Suburban Railways Station
• Prohibition of Liquor Ban - States can Relax Highway Liquor Ban
• Development Schemes for Daman & Diu
• Jammu & Kashmir State Government Constituted the State Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
• ‘Assistance to States and UTs for Narcotics Control’ Scheme
• Swajal Yojana
• Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana
• Khalistan MovementEconomy

• Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill
• E-way Bill for Inter-state Goods Movement
• Cabinet Approval for Opening up of Coal Mines for Private Sector
• Cabinet Approves Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2018
• RBI Launches Ombudsman Scheme for NBFCs
• Draft National Automotive Policy
• Country’s Goods Trade Deficit Widened to $16.30 Billion
• National Conference - “Agriculture 2022- Doubling Farmers’ Income”
• Punjab Plans to Set up Cooperative Rural Hubs
• Micro ATM
• Nasscom’s ‘Future Skills’ Platform
• The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Tele-communication (SWIFT)
• RBI Monetary Policy Panel Raised Concern over Inflation
• Currency in Circulation Improved
• Currency Derivative Trade Limit
• Understanding India’s Blacklist
• Foodgrain Production to touch a New Record of 277 Million Tonnes in 2017-18.

• 5th Global Forum on TB Vaccines
• Drug Eluting Stents
• Chandrayan-2 - India’s Second Lunar Mission
• Hyperloop between Mumbai and Pune
• World Congress on Information Technology
• Mumbai to have India’s First Artificial Intelligence Centre
• M2M’ Communications
• SARAS
• Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY)
• India’s First Locally Developed 4G/LTE Telecom System

• Environment Performance Index 2018
• NGT Seeks Report on Ganga Rejuvenation
• International Solar Alliance
• MoU Signed between Botanical Survey of India and Natural History Museum, UK
• Wild Horses have gone Extinct
• Assam to Observe ‘Rhino Day’ on September 22
• Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill

• Extinction of Languages
• National Banana Festival
• Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa
• Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple
• Khajuraho Dance Festival
• 8th Theatre Olympics at Red Fort
• What is Khadi?
• Primitive Art: Neanderthals were Europe’s First Painters
• Ancient Weapons Unearthed in Orissa
• Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav
• Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana

• FATF has Decided to Place Pakistan on “Greylist”
• Venezuela becomes First Country to Launch Virtual Currency ‘Petro’
• India-Iran Agreements
• H-4 Visas – Indians in US
• Myanmar Approves 15 Million for Border Fencing
• China Turkey Block US from Putting Pakistan on Terror List
• India sign MoU with International Development Research Center
• Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Start Business Without Male Permission
• India has Invited Saudi Participation in Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Programme.
• Corruption Perception Index 2017

• ‘Paschim Lehar’
• Indo-Seychelles Joint Army Exercise ‘Lamitye’ in Seychelles
• Andaman & Nicobar Command to host Milan 2018
• Garuda Shakti Exercise
• Prime Minister’s Shram Awards
• India’s Umang App, Aadhaar win Awards at World Government Summit
• India Contributes USD 1 Million Aid to Tonga
• Defence Industry Corridor
• World Sustainable Devlopment Summit (WSDS 2018)
• Goa Government Launches Motorcycle Ambulance Service
• Cyril Ramaphosa sworn in as new President of South Africa
• P. Sharma Oli takes over as new PM of Nepal
• Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi
• Dara Shikoh
• N Gopalaswami Committee
• Y H Malegam Committee