WSDP Bulletin (18-04-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Large scale forest fires posing threat to wild animals in Jharkhand READ MORE
2. Explained: What is parboiled rice, and why Centre wants to stop purchasing it READ MORE
3. Explained: What is Twitter’s ‘poison pill’ roadblock to Elon Musk’s ‘hostile takeover’? READ MORE
4. India’s extreme poverty down by 12.3% in last decade, says World Bank READ MORE
5. Deep percolation pits in Odisha forests harmful for local flora, fauna, say experts READ MORE
6. FDA Authorises First COVID-19 Breathalyser Test READ MORE
7. Govt to organise Block Level Health Melas at more than 1 lakh Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Time for change: On IMD’s 2022 monsoon forecast READ MORE   
2. Social media literacy to address misinformation READ MORE
3. A mighty Gupta-era masterpiece from MP READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Confidentiality ring amendment could make antitrust disputes more opaque READ MORE  
2. Has political interference eroded academic freedom? READ MORE
3. India’s steel frame stands at the crossroads READ MORE
4. Cost of justice READ MORE
5. Makeshift repairs cannot fix the IAS READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Does increasing female representation in school management improve school quality? READ MORE
2. Delivering comprehensive primary healthcare READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The world must pull back from the brink READ MORE
2. Multi-alignment: Re-defining diplomacy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Standing deposit facility, a policy milestone READ MORE  
2. Divide forex reserve into two components READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. The high cost of Himalayan ruin READ MORE
2. Why re-introducing tigers to the Kumbhalgarh sanctuary in Rajasthan may not be a good idea READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Explained | The status of India’s National Cyber Security Strategy READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Free the spirit READ MORE
2. A simple method to attain Self-realisation READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. India has recently had bilateral trade deals with UAE and Australia and is in talks with other countries also. How will the bilateral trade agreements help India in realizing the $5T economy dream? Substantiate.
2. No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of a lack of means. Hence, a fully publicly funded healthcare system is required. Elaborate

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The next war may well bury Western civilisation forever.
• Unlike the EU, which established rules for a confidentiality ring to protect the information provider, the Competition Commission of India seems to want to protect the defendant, which is usually a large, multimillion-dollar entity.
• SDF can absorb surplus liquidity which is transient in nature. As a non-collaterised instrument, it can absorb large volumes.
• Developing and poor nations require food, not weapons. The situation is fuelling inflation and the direct repercussions are being felt the most by developing countries.
• India must divide its forex reserve into two components — a safe component with the traditional sovereign debt plus gold and a strategic component.
• India and Pakistan have continued limited contacts, but there is clearly a need for a structured dialogue to address tensions and focus on new confidence-building measures.
• Road projects without prior green clearance will be devastating for the region’s ecology.
• A destitute person who cannot afford a lawyer is denied that equal opportunity until and unless legally assisted and for free.
• To make people knowledgeable and secure online an effective mechanism for increasing information literacy and building resilience to misinformation and disinformation within communities is required.

50-WORD TALK

• Doctrine of the bulldozer has travelled from Yogi’s Uttar Pradesh to Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Madhya Pradesh. The target almost exclusively is Muslim homes and properties. In a nation of the Constitution and the laws this medieval, partisan ‘justice’ is an abomination. And judiciary watching silently is an awful institutional shame.
• India is essentially an underachieving country in every segment of governance. Certainly, the IAS has failed, just like every other institution. But the thing one can’t take away from the IAS is the quality service delivery by several members despite resource crunch and upholding the democratic principle of conceding primacy to the political executive while being the major prop of the rule of law.

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.