WSDP Bulletin (25-03-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. IMD launches climate hazards e-book and vulnerability e-atlas READ MORE
2. Edu ministry conducts first-of-its-kind study to propel NIPUN Bharat Mission READ MORE
3. Concluding Evening Of Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav Drops With Tabla Recital, Odissi And Martial Dance THANG-TA READ MORE
4. MHA extends FCRA validity of NGOs till June 30 READ MORE
5. Explained: Google’s new pilot programme on third-party payment systems and its significance READ MORE
6. Mange in Jaisalmer’s desert foxes worries experts READ MORE
7. UN sets five-year goal to broaden climate early warning systems READ MORE
8. India Abstains on the Second Resolution on Ukraine in UN General Assembly READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Why has Earth’s Northern Hemisphere witnessed year’s shortest day today? READ MORE
2. There’s a darkness over India, who will show the light?  READ MORE
3. Women and Indian society READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Sealed justice: On sealed cover jurisprudence READ MORE
2. Explained: What is the reason for the large number of vacancies in the IAS? READ MORE
3. ‘Love jihad’ laws and the path Supreme Court can take READ MOR

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The problems with Common University Entrance Test that need examination READ MORE
2. Criminalizing marital rape: When is an exception not an exception? READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India abstains in two UNGA votes on Ukraine humanitarian crisis READ MORE
2. View: How BIMSTEC can play a crucial role in regional cooperation READ MORE
3. India’s QUAD play in the Indo-Pacific’ READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Crisis in Sri Lanka: India should help Sri Lanka during the crisis and also resolve some of the bilateral issues READ MORE
2. The effect of farm sector changes on agrarian movements in India READ MORE
3. Unlocking the potential of agri-tech READ MORE
4. Farmers and FCI need a new regime of MSP READ MORE
5. Economic Recovery a Myth Unless India Takes Inclusive Path READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Mumbai Climate Action Plan aims to remove carbon emissions by 2050. Can it be done? READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Two years on: India had major successes and big failures in Covid response. Right lessons must be learnt READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. An Ethical View of the Current Geopolitics Behind the War on Ukraine READ MORE
2. Concept of creation and evolution of unit mind READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Indian farm sector needs reforms to address its long-time distress but legalised MSP is not among them. Discuss.
2. ‘India will have to carefully calibrate its place in the changing geopolitics’. In the light of the statements, discuss how BIMSTEC can play a crucial role to give a right a right direction to India’s foreign policy?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.
• India should help Sri Lanka during the crisis and also resolve some of the bilateral issues.
• Supreme Court should lay down the limits of using sealed cover material to adjudicate cases.
• The time has come for the Supreme Court to determine and circumscribe the circumstances in which confidential government reports, especially those withheld from the other side, can be used by courts in adjudication.
• India faced the pandemic on the heels of a slowdown in economic momentum. This factor and the uncertain trajectory of the pandemic justified a fiscally cautious stance at first.
• At a time when India’s rural economy has been in distress for a long period amid declining agricultural profits and stagnant wages, agrarian mobilizations will require a broadening of the movement for it to have any political impact.
• Fostering public-private partnerships is vital for creating a viable ecosystem for agriculture technology.
• To realise the opportunity of emerging technologies for agriculture and food systems much change is needed.
• The world, despite ideological differences, cannot ignore the US and its strategic importance as a large superpower.
• The Supreme Court’s human rights judgments based on interpretation in light of disadvantaged class can act as a great tool for the court to decide on the constitutionality of ‘love jihad’ laws to protect the rights of women.
• India needs a new regime of MSP surmounting past legacy which will enable the farmers to get MSP while the fiscal and debt burden of the Government.

 50-WORD TALK

• India’s record $400 billion exports this fiscal is cause to celebrate, even if it was pushed by commodities and post-pandemic global demand. This shouldn’t be a one-off or an exception. India should build on the growth in engineering and electronics goods, boost manufacturing exports and ensure the PLI schemes succeed.
• Afghan Taliban’s decision to shut girls out of high schools isn’t surprising. Since it captured power, the Taliban has reimposed gender apartheid, using violence to stop women from working, accessing medical care and education. Pious Western talk about protecting global freedoms and rights means nothing if Taliban savagery remains unpunished.

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.