March 28, 2024

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WSDP Bulletin (29-03-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

  1. Social Forestry Schemes READ MORE  
  2. Water Crisis in The Country READ MORE
  3. Rough-toothed dolphins sighted first time ever in Indian waters READ MORE
  4. The Startup India initiative READ MORE
  5. Explained: What is alopecia areata, the auto-immune disorder that Jada Pinkett Smith suffers from? READ MORE
  6. From a record low of 0.55, India’s Covid R value rises to 0.77 this month READ MORE
  7. India crosses milestone of 50,000 ODF Plus villages READ MORE
  8. Moradabad 2nd in world in noise pollution: UN report READ MORE

Main Exam  

GS Paper- 1

  1. India’s senior citizens are an untapped group. For startups, they can mean new business READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

  1. The MCD bill is about control over Delhi, not improving city’s governance READ MORE
  2. With the Russian invasion, the spotlight is on Poland’s role in European politics READ MORE
  3. Only tech can’t ensure good governance READ MORE
  4. Why strikes are less successful READ MORE
  5. Custodial deaths: Improve monitoring to curb excesses in prisons, lock-ups READ MORE
  6. Simultaneous Elections, Democratic Concerns READ MORE

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. A subregional grouping that must get back on course READ MORE
  2. How Delhi carved out its diplomatic space on Russia-Ukraine war READ MORE
  3. Between BRICS and Quad READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  1. RBI cannot ignore inflation READ MORE  
  2. Sri Lanka’s agrarian crisis a cautionary tale for India READ MORE
  3. Unlocking the potential of platform cooperatives READ MORE
  4. Farmers and FCI need a new regime of MSP READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

  1. Indian Ocean hit by six heatwaves in 2021, temp rising by 0.15 degrees Celcius per decade READ MORE
  2. Record-Smashing Heatwaves Are Hitting Antarctica, the Arctic Simultaneously 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. How to Overcome Anxiety READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

  1. Discuss how the rivers interlinking project are helpful to solve the drought and flooding issues?
  2. Discuss the reasons for the drought and flooding in the Bundelkhand region. How is the Ken-Betwa Rivers interlinking project helpful to address these issues?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

  • The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.
  • BIMSTEC is in need of a framework to tackle the specific challenges confronting the Bay of Bengal region.
  • Marine environmental protection must become a priority area for cooperation in the Bay of Bengal. Enforcement must be strengthened, and information shared on best practices.
  • The challenges that confront the Bay of Bengal region brook no more delay. BIMSTEC must arise, awake and act before it is too late.
  • Inflation is best addressed by the central bank using monetary policy, not by the government adjusting taxes.
  • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana should be seen as a safety net, not the norm for all times.
  • The cooperative model will benefit the vulnerable producers and consumers who are at the base of the pyramid.
  • In treating technology as a panacea, we ignore its tendency to aggregate and centralise. Simultaneously, we have ignored the potential of decentralization.
  • The diligence with which the footage is stored and accessed holds the key to preventing excesses in custody. The setting up of fast-track courts to deal with such cases can make a transformational difference.
  • A crisis of credibility faces the Indian judiciary. Increasingly, death sentences and life terms awarded by lower courts in murder cases are getting reversed in appeals by the higher courts for reasons of error, subjectivity, or sentiment.
  • India lacks a startup that can leverage the business and monetisation potential that the country’s ageing population holds.
  • A step forward towards the re-implementation of the practice of simultaneous elections would effectively be two steps back for democracy in India.

50-WORD TALK

  • US President Joe Biden’s declaration that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”, is dangerously misguided. Waving the regime-change sword at Russia’s leadership encourages it to fight to the end, instead of negotiating a face-saving exit. That will mean more hardship across the world — and more devastation in Ukraine.

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 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.
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