WSDP Bulletin (21-03-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching READ MORE  
2. Japan to invest $42 billion in India over five years READ MORE
3. Explained | What is the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority’s role in fixing drug prices? READ MORE
4. IAF to employ ‘direct tactical planning’ for S-400 READ MORE
5. Recombination of two virus variants seen since 2020 READ MORE
6. Govt restores valid e-visa to 156 countries; regular visas to all; 10 year visa to US, Japan nationals READ MORE
7. India extends $1 billion credit facility to Sri Lanka for short-term concessional loans READ MORE
8. Andaman & Nicobar Islands brace for Cyclone Asani, preparations on for evacuation READ MORE
9. 100 endangered vultures killed by suspected insecticide poisoning in Assam READ MORE
10. Finland ranked world’s happiest country for fifth year running READ MORE
11. The complexities of introducing African cheetahs to India READ MORE
12. UN international court of justice orders Russia to halt invasion of Ukraine READ MORE
13. 16 Chinese got Indian citizenship since 2007 READ MORE
14. Deep ocean gliders, manned vehicles for ocean mission READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Secularism and its constraints READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Treating values of individual freedom as trifles: The hijab judgment has struck a blow against each of these principles — liberty, equality, and fraternity READ MORE
2. Supreme Court tears into practice of ‘sealed cover jurisprudence’ READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Towards inclusive education: The accessibility guidelines for higher education institutions and universities require some modifications READ MORE  

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. United Nations votes are not black and white: Delegations do not vote for or against other countries; they vote for themselves READ MORE  
2. India’s stand on the Ukraine war is tragic: New Delhi cannot crawl for the goodwill of Russia but must at least condemn Moscow’s aggression and illegal invasion READ MORE
3. A churn in the global order READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The spring blues: On India’s recovery two years into the pandemic READ MORE
2. Land resource management measures will impact larger economy READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Clean energy should use the battery of a circular economy READ MORE
2. Explained | What is the upcoming global treaty on plastic pollution? READ MORE
3. Study reveals significant decline in Golden Langur habitat READ MORE

SCIENCE

1. Innovations in vaccine science can make our lives safer READ MORE

SECURITY

1. A blueprint for cost-effective defence management READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Performing effortless action is true yog READ MORE
2. Violence, war and solutions READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Discuss how Legalized gambling would help curtail an important source of black money and bring revenue to the government?
2. Highlight the changes made in the Plastic Waste Amendment Rules 2022 vis-à-vis 2016 and why it may still remain just a paper tiger?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• War is what happens when language fails.
• One thing to be understood is that just as violence is part of the human mind, peace and happiness are also very much part of it. And, if people really want, they can find peace both within and without.
• There should be not only the neutrality of political authority but also the freedom of conscience and belief as well as equality before law.
• India hasin the past decade started to warm up to the US-led global alliance of strategic partners but misgivings in New Delhi and Washington policy circuits remain.
• The main difference is immunity, and vaccines have played a critical role towards higher population immunity and minimizing the number of vulnerable people.
• Vaccines have played an important role in limiting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and are our best way forward. Relying on natural immunity alone to stop pandemics is analogous to taking comfort in an old surgical adage – all bleeding stops.
• Land resource management and governance, like the keel of a ship, will provide the right balance and float to the national economy despite one of the worst economic downturns induced by the pandemic.
• Without naming or blaming anyone, India has expressed its fundamental position that war is not a solution and diplomacy should be the only option to prevent war.
• The hijab judgment has struck a blow against each of these principles — liberty, equality, and fraternity.
• An efficient waste management ecosystem is crucial to manage the huge waste generated in India’s new energy push.

50-WORD TALK

• India’s fresh $1 billion credit to help Sri Lanka’s struggling economy is good diplomacy. India may not have the wallet to match China’s but its intentions aren’t usurious or extortionist and that should comfort strategic partners in the neighbourhood. It’s good that the drift in New Delhi-Colombo ties is ending.

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.