WSDP Bulletin (15-01-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Registration of political parties under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Public Notice Period – regarding READ MORE
2. Banks’ investment portfolio: RBI pitches for new classification, valuation norms READ MORE
3. Polish scientists ‘discover gene that more than doubles risk of severe Covid, even death’ READ MORE
4. High coal prices to intensify India’s efforts to curb imports, lift domestic supplies READ MORE
5. Animal biodiversity loss limits plants’ ability to adapt to climate change globally: Experts READ MORE
6. India-China trade grows to record $125 billion in 2021 despite tensions in eastern Ladakh READ MORE

Main Exam 

GS Paper- 1

1. Loss of natural forests: India’s green cover up, but there are some setbacks READ MORE
2. Searching for antidote to communal hate READ MORE
3. The Dynamics of Lower-caste Politics READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Stepping up: The Govt and the SC are on same page on the need to bring about criminal law reforms READ MORE
2. Worrisome cracks: The system for evaluating judges is opaque READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Liberal economics creates illiberal societies: A new form of ‘Gandhian’ democratic socialism powered by cooperative economic enterprises is required READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Iran, the world and India READ MORE
2. In 2022, India should keep an eye on Indo-Pacific READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. MSP is necessary to make farming viable READ MORE
2. Mahatma Gandhi an ecological economist? READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. World Ocean Temperatures in 2021 Were Hottest on Record READ MORE
2. India’s climate policies misplaced. Carbon inequality must be addressed within country too READ MORE

SCIENCE

1. A four-point action plan for quantum technologies READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. The National Disaster Management Plan, 2019 READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. People Versus Power READ MORE
2. Before Changing the World, Change Yourself! READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Indo-pacific region will present strategic and economic opportunities that India must not miss’. Discuss how India can become an important player in Indo-Pacific to grab these opportunities?
2. ‘The moral superiority of democratic arrangement in the ordering of society is premised on the accountability of power towards the securing of common good’. Discuss the statement.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Let us not look back in anger, nor go forward in fear, but around in awareness.
• Indo-pacific region will present strategic and economic opportunities that India must not miss.
• A legal guarantee will only assure the farmers that they will not be bankrupted.
• The MSP framework smartly on diversified crops, on a decentralised basis while we develop the markets. A legal guarantee will only assure the farmers that they will not be bankrupted.
• Vaccination need not be mandatory but the unvaccinated cannot expect the same privileges if they pose a risk to the freedom and livelihood of others. Choices have consequences and vaccination cannot be an exception to this.
• Adequate attention to those who can contribute to developing quantum technology must be the government’s top priority.
• As Indians always pride themselves on ‘unity in diversity’, it would be a travesty of justice, equity and fair play to hear the open call being given for the extermination of minority groups.
• Gandhi’s ideas could not be more relevant than today when India is witnessing jobless growth and facing the worst unemployment crisis.
• Prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment is also a lowcost effective public health measure, as this contributes to prevention of domestic violence and mental illness, and supports education and developmental outcomes for children.
• The moral superiority of democratic arrangement in the ordering of society is premised on the accountability of power towards the securing of common good.

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.