WSDP Bulletin (03-03-2022)

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Prelim and Main

1. N. General Assembly asks Russia to pull back troops READ MORE
2. Exports up 22.36% to $33.81 billion in February; trade deficit widens to $21.19 billion READ MORE
3. Explained: What constitutes a war crime? READ MORE
4. India rated ‘partially free’ for second consecutive year in Freedom House report READ MORE
5. At UN General Assembly, India Abstains From Resolution Criticising Russian Actions in Ukraine READ MORE
6. Global food systems emissions alone can cause global warming to exceed 1.5°C: CSE report READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Key findings on Indian attitudes toward gender roles READ MORE
2. Gender norms aren’t a monolith in India READ MORE
3. Aging Concerns READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Lines and roles: The time may have come for clarifyingthe role and functions of Governors READ MORE   
2. Rules for deputation of DIGs: what Centre proposes to change, and why READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The post-pandemic crisis in schooling and higher education portends a grim future for India’s students, especially the poor READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. In war-torn Ukraine, has international law failed us once again? READ MORE
2. Will Russia’s war spur trade diversification? READ MORE
3. How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has undermined strategic choices available to India READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Our green energy policy needs a close relook READ MORE
2. IPO dilemma READ MORE
3. Ukraine crisis could stall economic recovery READ MORE
4. For India to measure poverty and achieve development goals, it needs a multipronged approach READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. IPCC sounds another climate warning READ MORE
2. What the New IPCC Climate Report Portends for India and South Asia READ MORE
3. Climate, land use change threaten sustainable reindeer herding in the Arctic: IPCC Report READ MORE

SECURITY

1. The history of the Kuki insurgency in Manipur READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. An appetite for war but no place for peace: Millennia after Ashoka’s well-articulated moral discourse against war, the world is far from walking the talk READ MORE
2. Key findings on Indian attitudes toward gender roles READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. To what extent, do you think that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has undermined strategic choices available to India? Analyse your view.
2. ‘Food production as a fundamental determinant of human well-being and progress faces a climate threat’. Discuss how India can minimize this threat.
3. Discuss the relevance of Ashoka’s Dhamma in the present world.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Millennia after Ashoka’s well-articulated moral discourse against war, the world is far from walking the talk.
• Far from addressing the situation, the NEP has been effectively sidelined.
• Green Hydrogen measures for cost reduction are welcome but much else could be done for India to achieve its larger goal.
• The so-called weakness of international law is a tale of the feebleness of global institutions and countries mandated to implement the law.
• The conflict between these two countries has wide-ranging ramifications on economic growth in India as well as other emerging economies.
• The old system provides social and economic security to employees; hence, the Rajasthan Govt decided to restore it in their larger interest.
• India to involve private players in a big way must ensure that future doctors are of international quality with Indian medical degrees. In sync with medical studies, the government’s budgetary spend on overall education too must go up significantly.
• Multidimensional poverty requires multidimensional indications and approaches. Therefore, only an administrative boundary-based approach ignoring the social group, natural resource dependency groups would be partial and ineffective in the last miles of target.

50-WORD TALK

• Union Minister Pralhad Joshi’s claim that 90% of Indians studying medicine abroad had failed NEET was tasteless — and wrong. NEET is a pre-requisite to study in many countries, although cut-offs are lower than in India. Students go abroad because India has historically failed to meet the demand for medical education.
• With India importing over 80% of its consumption, oil companies have no option but to raise prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. Otherwise, they could be saddled with huge under-recoveries on these products. Raising prices will inevitably fuel inflation, which has already touched 6%, the upper end of the band fixed by the RBI. The cascading impact of diesel prices, in particular, will fuel inflationary pressures.

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.