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Acts and rules Facts

PFRDA Act

Bonded Labor Abolition Act

The lokpal and Lokayukta's Act,2013

juvenile Justice Act

Criteria to grant special status to states

Bonded Labour (System) Abolition Act

Maharashtra anti superstition law

Prohibition of emploment of manual scavengers and

their rehabilitation act 2013

Anti-Human Trafficking Units

111 Const. Amendment

One Rank One Pension

Land Acquisition,rehabilitation and Acquisition Bill

Communal Bill

Lokpal Bill

Disabillity Bill

Food security bill

Regional rural banks (amendment) bill

Criminal Law Amendment

Whistle Blower Bill

Citizen Charter Bil

Judicial S&A Bill

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Whistle blower amendment bill Women

Reservation Bill Street vendors(

protection of livlihood and regulation of street vending )

bill

Regional rural bank bill Manual Scavenging Bill

Science and technology innovation policy Hydrogen fuel Cells

Bio-toilets Qark-gluon

plasma ARCTIC sea

melting area larger than area of US

Chemistry Nobel - multi scale model for complexchemical sytems.

Medicine Nobel - complex transport system in

human body

Peace Nobel - Organisation for Prohibition of

Chemical Weapons

BrahMos

INS Vikramaditya

Rover: first step to human spacePSLV - C25 Mars Orbiter Mission MARS mission

NASA --curiosity roverlander

ISRO mangalayanMoon mission

PSLV - C20 successfully launches SARAL

PSLV - C22

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Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III

Cryogenic Engines

TROPEX-14

Chandrayaan II in 2017

GPS Aided geo augment navigation (GAGAN)

INS sindhuratna and INS ashwini

IRNSS,BEIDOU,GLONASS NASA- LADEE-

orbiter

Mental Health Care Bill 2013 Malaria Diagnosis

JenvacEmbryo Vitrification Chemiinformatics on

TB and Malaria

Agr Biosecurity Bill Rett Syndrome

Bird Flu

Anti Cancer Drug

Stem cells

Ayurveda

NCHR Bill Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

SOWA RIGPA

Bio-toilets ROTAVAC

vaccine

Pentavalent vaccine

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Environment impact assessment (EIA)

Biodiversity Atlas

God particle

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Banking Laws

Amendment Act New Licencing Policy

GAAR

New Exploration Licensing policy (NELP

New service tax

Merger and Acquisitions

New guidelines for Telecom Sector

DBT - Aadhar

Financial Stability ReportTrade, Current account deficit and Fiscal deficit

Financial Stability Report

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Cotton trade development and regulation bill

Copyright amendment act 2012

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development

Corporation

Nirbhaya Fund

Economics Nobel - Empirical analysis of asset prices

Deposit Rate

E-insuranceBSE/NSE

SARFAESI Act/Powerl /

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

SEBI Amendment Bil

Company Act 2013

Financial transaction tax Bank Rate

Reserve Bank Rate

Repo Rate

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

Base Rate

Reverse Repo Rate

Eco Clearance Regulator

Western Ghats

Desertification in india

Kasturirangan report on western ghats

Gadgil report

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endosulfan

Forest rights act

Integrated crop management(ICM

Campaign to save the House Sparrow

Biofuels - Jatropha seeds

CRZ regulations

CAMPA

"The Ethics Commission and the Indian Court of

Arbitration for Sports (ICAS)

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International Olympic Committee (IOC)The Indian Olympic Association (IOA)

Gulf Cooperation Council

Indian Ocean Rim Association

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"COP 18 Doha climate conference

Miramata convention on mercury

Iran and P5+1 group of nations clinch nuclear deal"

India gets observer status in the Arctic Council

Venezuela created vice ministry of Supreme Social

Happiness

Mahakumbh mela

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"Gandhi heritage sites mission

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100 years of Indian Cinema

Samarth-cultural show-PwDs

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Indian Diaspora

Pallava's Kilmavilangai

Bharat Ratna

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Indira Gandhi Award

Indira Paryawaran Puruskar

Marmaray - World first underwater rail link between

two continents" Brazil to host a summit on Internet

Governance

NASA's - MAVEN mission

Iran unveils biggest drone Fotros

Sochi winter olympics

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Hurricane sandy

Environmental conservation (mangroves and coral

reefs)

African Snail/African Cheetah

Dholes - Wild Dog Breeding Centre (IUCN

Endangered)Research stations in Antarctica

Global sea level

Flora and fauna

Mangroves In Usa

Solar Pest Manage

Chinese Kite

Marijuana Experiment

Project tiger

Project elephant

AVAHAN project on HIV/AIDS

Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline project 20

point program

Wild Life Board

ASI-Google 360 degree project

Kishenganga hydroelectric project

Himayatsagar Project

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Infrastructure debt funds(IDF)

Inflation Proof Bonds Indian freedom fighter

Jawaharlal Darda -

UK award

Compensatory afforestation fund management andplanning authority

Currency reserve funds

Depositor Education and Awareness Fund(DEA

Housing Start-up Index

market-linked diesel price

National mission to sustain himalayan ecosystem

(NAMSHE

technology upgradation fund

schemeservice tax amenesty scheme

Biodiversity conservation scheme Environment

performance index(EPI

National Museum- Heritage documentation

Joint leaders forum (JLF)

Fiscal consolidation - Kelkar committee

Tendulkar Committee Methodology

Ashok chawla committee

Raghuram rajan report

7th Pay Central Commission

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Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal

(TDSAT)

Global Intelellectual Property Centre Foreign trade

policy (2009-2014)

Fiscal consolidation CHINA- Change3- lander

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

MCX SX

FCRA

FEMA

FERA

NARBARD

FDI norm

Intelellectual Property Centre

Cabinet committee on Investment

Annual information Memorandum(AIM) US

tapering quantitative easing

BRICS bank

Eurozone crisis BioDIVA

Fukushima

Oliver Ridley turtles

New coackroach species in US

Mission to icebound vessel

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Controversies issues decisions by govt

Telengana Act Collegium for appointment to constitutional bodies

Reorganisation Of The States

Criteria To Grant Special Status To States

Capital Punishment

Procedure For Formation Of States

Anti Human Traffiking Units

Chit Fund Scam


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Genetically modified food Kudankulam

Nuclear issue

Indias First Minority Cyber Village


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Lithium Batteries Safety Concern National Mission on nano-science and technology

First Human Artificial Heart Transplant


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Central wetland regulatory authorityOzone layer protection

Tamira barani River

Bureau of Energy Efficiency

Food and drug administraion

Ennore Thermal Power Station

Bitcoins Inflation,

Interim budget

Vote on account

Geographical Indication Mark

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GMR

Portfolio investment scheme

White label automated tellar machine

Moodys and Standard & Poors ratings

Green economy

Human rights watch

Advance Authorisation- AA and Duty Free Authorisation- DFA)

Disinvestment

Cross Border Inward Remittance

Digitization of cable TV network

SEZs

Gold Import

SEWA (Self employed women's association

Tribunals in India

Bt Brinjal

Carbon disinvestment

Genetically modified crops

Bt Cotton

Algae (bio-fuel)

National river conservation plan

Ecosensitive zones

National protection plan on climate change (NAPCC)

Green India mission


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Periyar monitoring system

Vulture Conservation (SAVE)

Dugarajapatnam port at pulicat

Siang River In Arunachal

Phailin cyclone

Wild Dog Breeding CentreOil spills

Indira Paryavaran Bhawan

All India Tiger Census

Canine Distemper Virus

Sea Sapphire

Tiger Corridors/ reserves

Tiger Conservation

Green technologiesGreen Gram

Tobacco Eating CaterpillarSeismic zones

JENVAC

"Syria joins UN Chemical Weapons

convention, the 190th country to do so

SIACHEN dispute

Syrian civil war and the chemicalweapons crisis.

Geneva talks - Irans

nuclear issue

India-China BDCA


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Abdullah Yameen representing

Progressive Party of Maldives becomes

the President of Maldives

Gambia withdraws from the

Commonwealth

Egypts Presidentialelection(crisis)

Political crisis in Bangladesh

Nepal elections- framing of the

constitution

Immigration reforms anti-piracy treaty" Nuclear

Test Ban Treaty. Tamil National

Alliance stages historic victory in Northern Provincial Council

elections in Sri Lanka.

Air Defence Identification Zone over East

China Sea

Syrian crisis

Sudan crisis

Ukraine Crisis

"China relaxes one child policy and abolishes its notorious labour

camps

Afghanistan-USA Bilateral security agreement

US economic shutdown

Western Ghats - heritage status Classical language

status to Odia

Zubin Mehta Malayalam, Odia - classical language status

Nalanda University project


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Wendy Doniger Siddheshwar Dham Temple Sikkim

Revival of Indian embroideries

Europalia


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Ram Setu Project


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Rashtriya uchatar shiksha abhiyaan

New national water policy

MGNREGA

National youth policy 2014

Rashtriya swasthya bima yojanaRashtriya Kishor swasthya karyakaram

National Urban Health Mission

Pradhan mantri gram sadak yajana

Financial commission

Telecom Cmmission

Sugar Pricing - Rangarajan Report

Financial Inclusion(Nachiket Mor committee

Banking licenses - Bimal Jalan panel

Rangarajan Commission - Gas pricing - Production sharing contract

N.K SODHI


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Important projects Court Judgements Others

Sec 377

Delay In Clemency Petition


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Passive Euthanasia/Novartis Issue

Compulsory LicensingGeneric Drugs Vs Patents Issue -

Novartis - Glivec,Ranbaxy

Banning of Endosulphan Obamacare

Clinical Trials


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El-Nino

Green house gases

Wayanad Bird Sanctuary

Okhla Bird Sanctuary

Mehao Sanctuary In Arunachal Wild life

sanctuaries


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NPAs ( Non performing assets) Asset

Reconstruction Companies(ARC)


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Krishna Wild Life Sanctuary Shark

Kill Zones

Prehistoric fossils Dinosaur

Fossil

"COP 18 Doha climate conference

Minamata convention on mercury

Iran and P5+1 group of nations clinch

nuclear deal" Warsaw

Climate

Convention- 19th

Conference of Parties

internatinal criminal court


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"India -russia nuclear deal

The World Bank - loan for sustainable

housing in India - International Court of

Arbitration

US Israel lose UNESCO voting rights

due to non-payment of dues.Syria joins UN Chemical Weapons

convention

UK Parliament backs Royal Charter on

Press regulation Iraq ratifies the

Comprehensive .

BCIM Trade Corridor India Proposed Hydrocarbon Pipeline

from Kazakhstan

Marmaray - World first underwater rail

link between two continents"

The eleventh Energy Efficient

Summit/UNESCOs world heritage committee

Avvaiyar

Gupta period

Gandhara school of art

Mirza Ghalib Gothic

architecture

Jainism temple - Kulothunga Chola I


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Sulabh Internation - Museum

Junbeel mela

Kongunadu trading history

Dadra Nagar Haveli liberation

Silk Letter Movement

Kochi history - Kothi stonesDelhi for world heritage status

Silk Letter Movement

Baba Jumdev- postal stamp

Gondi manuscript

Telhara university remains

Pallava sculptures - Tondaimandalam

India-Venezuela cultural exchange

Rock-cut architecture

Harappan era

Rabindranath Tagore

Sangam Period

Tamil Literature


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First ever Chinese film festival in Delhi

UN public service award

Mahathir' award for Global Peace

Werner Von Braun Award

Thamos jefferson eternal

John Bates Clark AwardQueens award for enterprise

Legend of Planet

Ernst and Young award

Clinton Global CItizens Award

Vigilance award

Whistle Blower Award

Whitley Award (Green Oscars)

Nobel Prize"Kyoto Prize Magsaysay Award


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Nyingchi tourism project between India

and China

Hydrocarbon Pipeline from Kazakhstan

Marmaray "Iran

opening branch in Mumbai

The UN report titled World Population

Prospects India will be the most populous

country of the world by 2028"

World first underwater rail link between

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Iran opening branch in Mumbai


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New silk road project

Nyingchi tourism project between India

and China Govt. of India Cloud(GI

Cloud

SAARCprefential tradeing arrangement

Double taxation

International Monetary Fund

UNESCO

Nuclear Suppliers Group

NATO

WTO

IMF

WB

BIMSTEC


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