CLAT/Current Affairs

REVISION IS THE KEY !

1. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• World Bank BRICS
• IMF OPEC
• WTO OPEC+
• NATO NDB
• SCO IEA
• CSTO ADB
• G20 OECD
• G7 NAM
• FATF UNESCO
• ASEAN UNHRC
• SAARC UNEP
• BIMSTEC WHO
• European Union ISA

2. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES 2020-21

2020
• Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
• Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
• Svamitva Scheme
• KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) Scheme
PM-KISAN
• Aarogya Setu
• Ayushman Bharat Yojna
• Intensified mission Indradhanush 3.0
• Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES)
• Jal Jeevan Mission
• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

3. FARM BILLS 2020

• Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce(Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020
• The Farmer (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill , 2020.
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020
• Pros & cons of three farm bills Centre introduced
introduc
• Panel on farm bills formed by Supreme Court.

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4. IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
• Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Vienna Talks.
• USA withdraw from JCPOA
• What is Uranium Enrichment?
• Iran’s 20% enrichment plans.
• Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
• The Chabahar Port and its benefits for India

5. QUAD (The
The quadrilateral security dialogue)
• What is Quad grouping?(composition )
• Significance of the grouping for India.
• Quad summits/meetings
• China’s views on the Quad.
• Malabar Exercise and other bilateral exercises

6. Russia Extended NEW START Treaty and withdraws from Open Skies Treaty
• Replaced START I Treaty (1991)
• 2002 Treaty of Moscow
• What is New Start Treaty ?
• All about Open Skies Treaty.
• he Treaty?
Why did the US leave the
• Why did Russia leave after the US?

7. SAUDI ARABIA ENDS QATAR CRISES

• Significance of Gulf region.
• Persian Gulf Basin
• What is GCC?
• How does Conflicts in the Gulf region affect India?
• India’s “Look West” Policy

8. 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes

• Line of Actual Control (LAC).
• Pangong lake dispute, Kalatop dispute.
Galwan valley dispute,Pangong
• OBOR, CPEC
• China’s debt trap diplomacy
• String of pearls doctrine and India’s counter.
• China defends new village in Arunachal Pradesh.

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9. SOUTH CHINA
NA SEA DISPUTE
• China’s claim (paracel Islands, spratly Islands, Scarborough shoal)
• UNCLOS guidelines (territorial water, contiguouszone, EEZ)
• Whitsum Reef/Julian Felipe Reef dispute
• Act East Policy of India.

10. IMPORTANT BILLS AND ACTS

• Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
2020
• The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 (or the GNCTD Amendment
Amen
Act)
• Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2021.
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
• The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2020.
• The Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, 2020.

11. INDICES RELEASED – 2021

• World Press Freedom Index 2021
• Ease of Living Index 2021
• Henley Passport Index: 2021
• Corruption Perception Index 2020
• Ultimate Military Strength Index 2021
• Economic Freedom Index 2021
• India Innovation Index 2021
• Global Energy Transition Index 2021
• World Happiness Report 2021
• International Intellectual Property Index 2021

12. ISRAEL PALESTINE

ALESTINE CONFLICT
• History of conflict
• Significance of Jerusalem
• West bank and Gaza strip
• 2021 Israel Palestine crisis
• Two state theory
• Iron Dome defense system
• USA – Israel relations
• Global impact of the crisis

13. CONFLICTS AND PROTESTS IN NEWS

• The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
• 2021 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan
Tajikistan conflict
• Ethiopia Tigray Conflict

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• Assam Mizoram border dispute
• Thai protest 2020-21
• 2021 USA capitol protest
• 2021 Myanmar coup d’etat
• Rohingya Conflict
• Nepal Political crises
• Afghanistan Taliban conflict
• Spain Morocco conflict

14. Information technology

• WhatsApp’s new privacy policy
• Google and Facebook issue in Australia
• Google v. Oracle – Copyright Infringement
• India's Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
• Information and Technology (IT) Act 2000
• Traceability Provision in New IT Rules 2021

15. Environmental Issues

• Conventions, Protocols, treaties related to environment conservation
• Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF
GLOF)
• Cyclones and climate change
• Impact of Covid – 19 pandemic on Environment
• Various diseases (black fungus, white fungus, yellow fungus, Kyasanur Forest Disease )

16. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• India’s Vaccine Diplomacy
• India - USA Relations ( Joe- Biden foreign policy)
• India – Pakistan Relations
• India – China Relations
• India – Sri Lanka Relation (UNHRC)
• India – Bhutan relation (Project Dantak )
• India – Russia relations

BEST OF LUCK !

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