WSDP Bulletin (14-03-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Chilika lake area to be off limits for motorboats READ MORE
2. Explained: The legal considerations of blockchain gaming in India READ MORE
3. Earthquakes shake Indonesia, Philippines; no tsunami threat READ MORE
4. Currency assets boost forex reserves to $631.9 bn READ MORE
5. India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio Improves to 103; West Bengal Worsens by 10 Points READ MORE
6. US, Allies To End Normal Trade Relations With Russia READ MORE
7. to open villages along China border to tourists READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. How India’s depleting groundwater levels are changing the shape of the land above READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Covid death data: Undercounting casts shadow on welfare schemes READ MORE
2. Lessons in governance & politics India should learn from Chile READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Class struggle READ MORE
2. With school closures fuelling inequality, fears grow that a whole generation might be lost READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained | What are the Geneva Conventions guidelines during wartime? READ MORE
2. On China, Delhi must be alert READ MORE
3. Putin has set a new world order in making READ MORE
4. India Should Quit Quad Now! READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Ukraine invasion, global wheat supply and India’s opportunity READ MORE
2. Politics should not be the criteria for PSU disinvestments READ MORE
3. The paradox of high cash intensity READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Explained: What is the Mumbai Climate Action Plan all about READ MORE
2. Rescue rivers to sustain human life READ MORE
3. Climate justice, now: Latest IPCC report just told us why we need that READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Unguided missile: On a malfunction and Pakistan’s probe demand READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. India’s Silence on Russian Invasion: Why ‘Morals’ Matter in Foreign Policy READ MORE  
2. Big Lies and Deep Lies in Post-Truth India READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Indian farming conditions are characteristically marred by droughts and floods’. In this context, discuss why the project on interlinking of rivers and canals is helpful to solve these disasters?
2. ‘Credible and correct data is the key to the success of the government’s welfare schemes’. In the light of the statement discuss the importance of data for better crisis management and policy-making.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• People want clear guidelines on freedom of expression and want to know if it will be subordinate to economic power.
• Just as governments need to improve the ease of doing business, they need to do the same to improve the ease of delivering private medical education.
• Indian foreign policy needs a strategic course correction. India should distance itself completely from the self-centred US policies whose aim is the preservation of its global hegemony.
• IPCC’s latest climate report provides evidence that climate-justice needs to be at the centre of global policymaking.
• The current state of international politics paints a grim picture of a dissolution of a universal value-based moral compass.
• The effectiveness of the social welfare schemes, both in terms of quality and coverage, will hinge almost entirely on the seriousness of the purpose with which these are implemented.
• Indian farming conditions are characteristically marred by droughts and floods. In this context, the project on interlinking of rivers and canals, is critical.
• Russia is not solely responsible for the current war against Ukraine. The NATO and the EU must share the blame equally.
• Credible and correct data is the key to the success of the government’s welfare schemes. It is the basis of not only course correction for better crisis management but also policy-making.
• India’s drive to modernise and bolster infrastructure in strategic areas must be accompanied by deft geopolitical moves that ensure that India’s claim on its territory is not threatened.
• SEBI and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs should enforce existing rules strictly before formulating new ones.
• Pakistan demand for a joint probe is unwarranted, but India must get to the truth of the missile malfunction.

50-WORD TALK

• How have Russia, China and Ukraine come to acquire a degree of capability in delivering medical education which India has not been able to? The answer is that they are all more developed countries with a higher per capita GDP and a longer experience in the development process than India. They all have a socialist background with state funding for educational infrastructure and offer education as a service.

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.