WSDP Bulletin (11-01-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Ghaziabad most polluted city, says NCAP report READ MORE
2. Supreme Court panel to probe PM Modi security breach READ MORE
3. Explained: Why does Turkmenistan plan to close its ‘Gateway to Hell’? READ MORE
4. China’s Chang’e 5 Lunar Probe Finds First On-Site Evidence of Water on Moon READ MORE
5. Red Sanders falls back in IUCN’s ‘endangered’ category READ MORE
6. PM Narendra Modi greets Indian diaspora on Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas READ MORE
7. Ex-RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed Vice President of AIIB READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. How the past informs the present READ MORE  

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. The rise of collaboratives for social impact: The emphasis on inclusion, equity and justice, and formal collaborations could make a mark in India’s social sector READ MORE
2. How India has approached customary international law READ MORE
3. Risks of three Cs: CVC curtailing CBI’s scope for bank probes is excellent. But PSBs still face perverse incentives READ MORE
4. Challenges for ECI: Ensuring free, fair and safe elections an onerous task READ MORE
5. Government needs effective communications strategy READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Economic development, the nutrition trap, and metabolic disease READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The sail that Indian diplomacy, statecraft need: Striking the right balance between continental and maritime security will enable India’s long-term security interests READ MORE
2. Disparity, escalation key issues for NPT review READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. FDI in retail: The conundrum persists READ MORE
2. Industrialisation of Space READ MORE
3. Time for a shift in balancing under IBC READ MORE
4. With RCEP now in force, India must strengthen trade & engage with other blocs, say experts READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. In Great Nicobar, an EIA Points the Way for a Megaproject READ MORE
2. Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE READ MORE

INTERNAL SECURITY

1. AFSPA debate: What could be a possible solution? READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Faith in God, the self & in the world around READ MORE
2. Australia visa row: For now, Novak Djokovic is a free man but it may be a hollow victory READ MORE
3. Safeguarding integrity in public institutions READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Striking the right balance between continental and maritime security would be the best guarantor of our long-term security interests.’ Discuss.
2. ‘True social advancement arises from the ideals and shared beliefs that weld society together’. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.
• The emphasis on inclusion, equity and justice, and formal collaborations could make a mark in India’s social sector.
• Current crises in Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Kazakhstan are reshaping the geopolitics of the region, with Russia at the very centre of that restructuring.
• Strengthening the livestock sector will not only help meet the growing demand for livestock products, but will also enhance farmers’ income, generate employment, empower women and give a fillip to livestock-based processing sectors.
• Indian support for the statement and a decision to offer similar commitment will not really demand any immediate steps that could adversely impact its nuclear deterrence.
• The way forward is tolegitimize FDI in Indian online retail. Modi should also allow 100 per cent FDI in offline retail without any riders.
• We need to restore confidence on both sides and ensure an atmosphere of reasonable operational freedom without harming people, whom the military also treats as its centre of gravity.
• True social advancement arises from the ideals and shared beliefs that weld society together.
• Maturity isn’t just taking responsibility for our actions but critically assessing the history that placed us there. The ultimate freedom is having the power to change it.

50-WORD TALK

• There’s not much to celebrate over Djokovic being allowed to play. Tennis Australia’s arbitrary rules granting Djokovic an exception shows what you can get away with if powerful. Anti-vaxxer Djokovic isn’t a hero sports needs. He has neither the grace of Nadal or Federer, nor any regard for people’s lives.
• India has welcomed the P-5 statement. In fact, New Delhi could go a step further and echo the same at an individual level. It could also call upon the P-5 to start realising their promises by joining India on the two resolutions that it annually presents at the UNGA. One of this precisely matches the P-5 promise to address nuclear dangers. India’s resolution calls for steps to reduce the risk of unintentional or accidental use of nuclear weapons.

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.