https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slzGc327s-0



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This video covers RISAT-2BR1

https://youtu.be/obVmw4gpdVM



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This video covers the following news of the previous week (9th December, Monday - 14th December, Saturday):
1. River Pollution
2. Papikonda National Park (PNP)
3. White Island - Volcanic Eruption
4. Cyclone Belna

https://youtu.be/PMvL8G_VZ6c



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This video covers the following news of the previous week (9th December, Monday - 14th December, Saturday):
1. International Court of Justice
2. Paris Summit

https://youtu.be/-QIAIhPd2iM



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This video covers the following news of the previous week (9th December, Monday - 14th December, Saturday):
1. Shore Temple Facing Severe Sea Erosion
2. Kuchipudi

https://youtu.be/yEDOWpQ3wYw



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This video covers the following news of the previous week (9th December, Monday - 14th December, Saturday):
1. Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
2. India ranks 129 Human Development Index Report:UNDP
3. Anglo-Indian Quota
4. Special Protection Group Bill, 2019
5. Accessible India Campaign
6. Skills Build Platform
7. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority hikes prices of essential medicines
8. Human Rights Day
9. Atal Bhujal Yojana
10. Laws on Rape & Sexual Crime in India
11. Taj Trapezium Zone

https://youtu.be/9DHvfhr8xJo



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This video covers the following news of the previous week (9th December, Monday - 14th December, Saturday):
1. National Financial Reporting Authority
2. Economic Census

Answer: Plants

Lignocellulosic biomass (or LC biomass) refers to plant biomass that is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. For examples: cereal straw, bagasse, forest residues, and purpose-grown energy crops such as vegetative grasses.

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Current Affairs - Ecology & Environment (16th Dec - 21st Dec)
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https://www.drishtiias.com/to-the-points/Paper2/disputed-territories-of-india


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India’s unsettled boundaries pose major problems in its policy towards its neighbours, especially China and Pakistan.

It has not been possible for India to agree on the border with China since China is laying unreasonable claims on territories that have historically been India.

Regarding Pakistan, both the countries should come on the table sooner or later to discuss their contentious issues.

https://www.drishtiias.com/daily-updates/daily-news-editorials/frontier-technologies


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Analyse the possible impact of frontier technologies on developing countries.

Answer: Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

The indigenously-developed National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) enables people to pay multiple kinds of transport charges, including metro services and toll tax, across the country. Dubbed as 'One Nation One Card', the inter-operable transport card would allow the holders to pay for their bus travel, toll taxes, parking charges, retail shopping and even withdraw money. The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs brought to the fore the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) to enable seamless travel by different metros and other transport systems across the country besides retail shopping and purchases.

Read More: https://www.drishtiias.com/daily-updates/daily-news-analysis/national-common-mobility-card

This video covers the news related to International Relations of the previous week (16th December, Monday - 21st December, Saturday)

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https://www.drishtiias.com/loksabha-rajyasabha-discussions/the-big-picture-rajya-sabha-250th-session-takeaways



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The Winter Session of Parliament was held from November 18, 2019 to December 13, 2019. During this session, Parliament celebrated two milestones: first, function held in the Central Hall of Parliament to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the enactment of the Constitution and second, was the 250th session of Rajya Sabha. Marking almost 100% productivity during its 20 sittings this session, 15 Bills were passed by Rajya Sabha including the landmark Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill (2019) and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (2019). This session also highlighted the wider role of Rajya Sabha in Indian Polity.

https://www.drishtiias.com/daily-updates/daily-news-editorials/ujwal-discom-assurance-yojana



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Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana was designed to turn around the precarious financial position of state power distribution companies. However, there are still many underlying issues in it. Discuss.

Today's #CurrentAffairs are important:


https://www.drishtiias.com/current-affairs-news-analysis-editorials/news-analysis/27-12-2019

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This video covers the following news of the previous week (16th December, Monday - 21st December, Saturday):
1. Gender Gap Report
2. Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Meghalaya
3. Disha Act - 2019
4. Goa Liberation Day
5. Jaga Mission
6. Privilege Motion
7. EChO Network