WSDP Bulletin (26-11-2021)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main:

1. Prime Minister lays foundation stone of Noida International Greenfield Airport at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh READ MORE
2. National Family Health Survey says women outnumber men READ MORE
3. N. General Assembly graduates Bangladesh, Nepal to developing countries bloc READ MORE
4. What the ’30 × 30 Target’ Could Mean for India’s Marine Biodiversity READ MORE
5. Corticosteroid can be used for effective treatment of children hospitalised with MIS-C: WHO READ MORE
6. Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai recorded more pollution this Diwali than 2020: SAFAR READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Population: A promise rather than a problem READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Constitution Day: Integrating our fundamental duties with our rights READ MORE
2. Politics of Arrest Is Violating Human Rights READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Measuring progress: The lessons of NFHS-5 must be used to improve social development indices READ MORE
2. Why the link between mental health and death penalty deserves greater attention READ MORE
3. Wasting children, anaemic women: National Family Health Survey data shows troubling reversals READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Misleading notion of ‘undefined boundary’ READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Explained: How are cryptocurrencies regulated in countries around the world? READ MORE
2. INDIA SHOULD work on new-age trade policy READ MORE
3. Modi govt must not ban cryptocurrencies. But regulation shouldn’t be slack either READ MORE
4. Data: Inequality Breeds Poverty, High Growth Rates Cannot Fix It READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Setting the tone at Glasgow, the job ahead in Delhi: India, while moving to renewable energy, e-vehicle use, and a digital economy, needs to focus on sustainable well-being READ MORE
2. Climate justice to net-zero emission: A change in narrative READ MORE

TECHNOLOGY

1. 5G technology is also more energy-efficient READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Today’s World – Full of Choices or Distractions READ MORE
2. World Philosophy Day: Must be a good reason READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Cryptocurrencies are not just another trading activity. They have the potential to turn into a lethal weapon in the wrong hands with sinister motives’. Analyse the statement.
2. Defining the concept of legislative resolutions, build a case for the power of states to pass them in subjects mentioned under the Union List.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The lessons of NFHS-5 must be used to improve social development indices.
• India, while moving to renewable energy, e-vehicle use, and a digital economy, needs to focus on sustainable well-being.
• Courts need to ensure a more searching inquiry into the lives of death row prisoners, particularly the mitigating factors which help humanise the perpetrator, creating the possibility of compassion in passing judgement.
• India’s latest health report card says our total fertility rate has fallen to 2.0, so headcount stability is a given. The state mustn’t interfere with family size—it violates our Constitution.
• The efforts to stem stunted growth among children too have not been encouraging, even as malnourishment remains a formidable challenge. An increase in public health investment is called for.
• The efforts to stem stunted growth among children too have not been encouraging, even as malnourishment remains a formidable challenge. An increase in public health investment is called for.
• Most economies today understand the power of data-driven opportunities for trade and India has to step up its game at the global stage on the digital front.
• India’s outlook to shape a futuristic digital economy could only be successful with the investments or riches generated through trade.
• India needs to emphasise to the world where its scorecard is better than many of the developed countries, who frequently lecture India on emission flows.
• Cryptocurrencies are not just another trading activity. They have the potential to turn into a lethal weapon in the wrong hands with sinister motives.
• The logic of awarding death penalty to rapists is based on the belief that rape is a fate worse than death.
• The government must reduce inequality, not hype up the GDP growth rate. Income and wealth are clustering right at the top, concealing how the poor are getting pushed to a corner.

50- WORD TALK

• ICDS, India’s first scheme to tackle malnutrition, was launched in 1975. Yet, almost half a century later, nutritional indicators continue to fall in NFHS-5. This proves the more of the same approach isn’t working anymore and calls for urgent correctives, starting with raising the Rs 10 per beneficiary cost limit.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and also exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.