WSDP Bulletin (10-03-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. UPI123Pay: Payment solution for feature phone users READ MORE
2. Reviving the inland water transport system for the Northeast READ MORE
3. Shackleton’s ship ‘Endurance’ found beneath Antarctic ice, 100 years on READ MORE
4. National Land Monetization corporation: Cabinet clears agency to monetise Govt land READ MORE
5. US man who got first pig heart transplant dies after 2 months READ MORE
6. DCGI gives emergency use nod to SII’s Covovax for 12-17 years age group READ MORE
7. Cabinet approves establishment of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India READ MORE
8. More than 75% of Amazon rainforest near tipping point, may transform into dry savanna: Study READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Skewed social mindset: Break silence over rape to deter crime & heal victims READ MORE
2. Women as Change Agents in Corporate India READ MORE
3. India’s gender empowerment enigma READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Governors must be fair in inviting CMs READ MORE
2. Federalism And The Idea Of Regionalism READ MORE
3. Call for Indianisation is a fallacy, if not a fraud on the Constitution READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India should keep door open for talks with Pak READ MORE
2. INDIA’S PRUDENT DIPLOMACY IN WAR READ MORE
3. Five Reasons Why the Ukraine War Will Adversely Impact India-UK Ties READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Our country is caught between a rock and a hard place READ MORE
2. Corruption’s consequences READ MORE
3. To reduce oil import, focus on renewables READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Water management needs a hydro-social approach READ MORE   
2. Is eco-shaming enough to save the planet? READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Elective identity, religion and gender READ MORE
2. Culture and Behaviour READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Discuss the issues associated with efficient freshwater management in India.
2. ‘The call for Indianization of India’s legal system is evidently a fallacy and does not consist in a call to constitutionalize despite the false pretext’. Discuss the statement in the light of the recent call for the Indianization of India’s legal system.
3. How far do you agree with this view that to address the issue of antinomies in Indian federalism, there is a need to give more autonomy to the state governments? Analyse your view.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
• A legal system is a department of values. So is the case with ideology, ethics and morality, including political morality. Any particular orientation or identity of a legal system or constitutional system depends on the values and ideology on which it is built and being developed.
• The call for Indianization of India’s legal system is evidently a fallacy and does not consist in a call to constitutionalize despite the false pretext.
• Faith and belief, emotions and attitudes take centre-stage, which is why intellectual, emotional and spiritual factors throughout our growing years and after, play significant roles.
• Strong and autonomous state governments can offset the antinomies that Indian federalism is in the habit of reproducing.
• The strong and autonomous state governments, to the possible extent that federalism permits, can offset the antinomies that Indian federalism is in the habit of reproducing, such as the misuse of extraordinary powers of Parliament.
• In federalism it is important to share the federal powers—precisely for shared-rule and self-rule—but it is all the more important to use those powers for achieving constitutional goals and morality and also for holding out together the beautiful Indian diversity.
• India and the UK face an unprecedented trust deficit in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As Russia’s war efforts expand, so, too, will this deficit widen.
• The troubling resistance to criminalising marital rape neatly encapsulates the concerns of a violently patriarchal society.
• Governors often exercise discretion in deciding who to invite to form the government, especially in the case of close elections. They must be fair and judicious, and discharge their duty without fear or favour.
• A hybrid water management system is necessary, where the individual, a community and society have definite roles in the value chain. The challenge is not to be techno-centric but anthropogenic.

50-WORD TALK

• Russia and Ukraine will Thursday begin high-level talks, the first since their war. Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t join NATO. Russia claims it will not topple his regime. The missteps of the two countries caused suffering for their people, and the world. Even belated wisdom must be welcomed.
• Consensus is claimed in Pakistan between elected govt and the army over the National Security Policy though the goal of peace with neighbour contradicts the military objective of India being an existential threat. Imran Khan has pontificated about Pakistan drawing geo-economic benefits from its geo-strategic location. Army Chief Bajwa has also spoken about burying the past. But strategic ambiguity prevails over the demand for rolling back Article 370 before talks.

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.