WSDP Bulletin (07-03-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. North Korea confirms tests on reconnaissance satellite READ MORE
2. FATF retains Pakistan on its terror funding ‘grey list’ READ MORE
3. IMF Warns Of Serious Global Economic Consequences From Russian Invasion Of Ukraine READ MORE
4. Explained: What are humanitarian corridors READ MORE
5. Locally made trainer aircraft finishes sea trials READ MORE
6. MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar to attend India Global Forum event on Mar 7-8 READ MORE
7. India, Canada set for FTA talks on Fri READ MORE
8. ‘Cyber Armageddon’ in Europe: Thousands go offline following Russia-Ukraine war, says report READ MORE

Main Exam 

GS Paper- 1

1. Covid-19: Prioritise gender-responsive recovery READ MORE
2. Hijab controversy: Time to reflect READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Democracies on the slide READ MORE
2. In conflict, a ‘settings change’ for social media READ MORE
3. Go beyond the quota rhetoric READ MORE
4. Power and responsibility: Judges’ indiscretion can erode public faith in judiciary READ MORE
5. Should India Reform its System of Imposing Fines for Offences? READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Care informed by data: India must pursue schemes for rehabilitation of children orphaned by the pandemic READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Quadrilateral queasiness: On India’s stance in Russia-Ukraine crisis READ MORE
2. Foreign policy at T-junction: Quad now a platform to coordinate responses to the Ukraine crisis READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. How to handle impact of Ukrainian crisis on India’s energy sector READ MORE  
2. Economic weakness is a pan-India phenomenon READ MORE
3. RBI must start focusing on inflation control READ MORE
4. Bolstering India’s gig economy READ MORE
5. Eight charts to help understand the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy – and India READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Ominous shadow of climate change READ MORE
2. Over the Indian Ocean, Global Warming Is Brewing Changes to India’s Rainfall READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Lives matter: India is sending wheat to Afghanistan to save its nationals from starvation deaths READ MORE
2. Happiness is a State of Mind READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. The gig economy can employ skilled or non-skilled professionals which could be helpful to diminish the level of unemployment. Discuss the statement.
2. Discuss the reasons behind the erratic rainfall patterns. How it is impacts the various sector of the economy?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.
• A clear protocol that governs such platforms is a must given their intersection with global public life in critical situations.
• India cannot be forced to pick a side in the conflict, but Russia could test its resolve.
• The Quad cannot afford to alienate India, a critical partner in the global-strategic plan to balance the rise of China as a potential Asian hegemon.
• The vast majority of Indian homes not counted as SC/ST/OBC are found to earn less than our EWS income cap. This speaks of huge disparities and poses quota-policy perplexities.
• With the Ukraine war adding to global inflationary pressures, going ahead RBI’s accommodative stance may no longer be tenable. Power comes with responsibility. It’s more true of judicial powers.
• Such misuse of powers by judges in utter disregard for well-established constitutional principles designed to check arbitrariness and indiscretion has the potential to erode public faith in the judiciary.
• Time has come to review India’s association with Quad. This dalliance has not brought India any dividends.
• The argument that technological progress can reduce greenhouse gases’ polluting potential to a level that does not matter, does not hold.
• Gig economy can employ skilled or non-skilled professionals which could be helpful to diminish the level of unemployment.

50-WORD TALK

• The Centre must intervene. Covid vaccines, we believed, worked. Now there’s official data to prove it: 92 per cent of Indians who succumbed to coronavirus this year were unvaccinated. Most of the rest had comorbidities. One more reason, if it is needed, to trust science and make the third dose accessible to more people.
• Andhra Pradesh High Court’s direction to Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government to develop Amaravati as the capital is sensible. His three-capital idea was imprudent, logistically and financially. A debt-ridden state can’t afford such a waste of resources. HC has given a face-saver to Reddy. He must abandon the ill-conceived three-capital plan.

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.