WSDP Bulletin (09-03-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. PM lauds Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan READ MORE
2. Biden Bans Imports of Russian Oil, Natural Gas READ MORE
3. Bangladesh, India, Nepal move ahead on motor vehicle agreement project READ MORE
4. The rules around guardianship of minors READ MORE
5. After 2-year gap, all international flights to resume from March 27 READ MORE
6. Indian women join UN peacekeeping missions READ MORE
7. Explained: What does RBI’s $5 billion dollar-rupee swap mean? READ MORE
8. Assam’s Manas National Park witnesses sharp rise in tiger, rhino population READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. If women are not empowered, the economy loses READ MORE
2. With Marital Rape and Love Jihad, the Govt Can’t Call Itself an Advocate for Women’s Empowerment READ MORE`

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. A case for reforming Lokpal and Lokayukta READ MORE
2. Making Legal Aid Effective for Women Prisoners READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Clear signals: India and China must take on boardglobal currents that could reshape ties READ MORE
2. Russia-Ukraine War: India’s balancing act READ MORE
3. Ukraine crisis tilting balance of global power READ MORE
4. Time for United Nations to reform itself to new challenges READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Global stagflation risk: India will have to cut fuel taxes or risk both faster inflation and slower growth READ MORE
2. The macroeconomic framework that can guide our policy choices READ MORE
3. Dealing with a weaker rupee READ MORE
4. How the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Could Affect Food Prices in India READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Degradation, loss of coral reefs can affect 4.5 million people in southeast Asia: IPCC report READ MORE  
2. Reaching ‘net zero’ by leveraging finance READ MORE
3. 175 Countries Resolve to ‘End Plastic Pollution’. What Does It Mean for India? READ MORE

SECURITY

1. As prospects of arms control wane, the rise of nuclear risks READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Going beyond the limitations of gender READ MORE
2. Culture and Behaviour READ MORE
3. Human touch: As in other spheres, doctors are thinking about the need for humanising medicine READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Due to an unimaginative legislation followed by the executive’s apathy and judicial insensitivity the Lokpal-Lokayukta System in India has touched a new low’. Discuss, what should be done to revive the this institution?
2. Discuss how the higher representation of women in political decision-making positions can help increase women’s autonomy in their families and economy?
3. Conflicts like the present Ukraine crisis the UN needs to speed up its reform process to make it more effective. In the light of the statement, analyse the reforms required to make UN an influential international body.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• India’s policymakers face a tough choice: bear the cost of lower revenue by cutting fuel taxes or risk both faster inflation and slower growth.
• As India and China continue to seek a much-needed modus vivendi to restore ties from the lowest point in decades and ensure peace on the border, they will also need to have a broader conversation about global currents that are reshaping their bilateral relations.
• Only by creating a level playing field can we see the true potential of women as well as that of the nation.
• Every woman in our country deserves equal access to opportunities. It is only when we level up the playing field, do we see the true potential of our Bhartiya naari.
• Given that economic uncertainty coupled with higher inflation will act as a drag on private consumption, governments must ensure revenue spending is not contractionary in inflation-adjusted terms.
• If we are to do any justice to the Constitutional mandate of equality before law, and the right to legal representation, we must put in place a mechanism to provide competent and effective legal aid to all those who cannot afford it, particularly to those languishing in jail.
• Heatwaves in the waters are reducing monsoonal rains over central India, while the rapid warming of the ocean’s northern portions is intensifying cyclones.
• Lokpal should be a body of persons from different walks of life who have impeccable integrity and who are held in high esteem by the public.
• Higher representation of women in political decision-making positions can help increase women’s autonomy in their families and economy.
• Given China’s close ties with Russia, India may have to play its cards deftly in the geopolitical sweepstakes.

50-WORD TALK

• For ideals or rupees, Indians have sacrificed their lives across the world—so it’s unsurprising some are volunteering to fight for Ukraine. Indians serve the French and United States armies. They fought in two World Wars, Spain and even Lebanon. Battlefields are cruel but meritocratic, and open to global talent!
• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi blaming “some forces” – read Washington – for stoking tensions between India and China is a bit absurd. The facts speak for themselves and it’s time Beijing ends this diplomatic deception. Military talks this week is a good opportunity to display sincerity and begin repairing the relationship.

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.