(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
- ‘India could meet Sri Lanka fate if freebie culture persists’ READ MORE
- Demolition drives violate international law READ MORE
- Mahinda moots clipping presidential powers; one killed in police firing READ MORE
- Why rise in nickel price due to Russia-Ukraine war casts shadow on shift from fossil fuels to EVs READ MORE
- Scientists discover new eel species from Kerala, Bengal READ MORE
- India to get world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass connecting Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh READ MORE
- RBI ‘State of the economy’ report: ‘Global policy tightening may precipitate rocketing inflation’ READ MORE
Main Exam
GS Paper- 1
- Caste inequalities within socio-religious groups: Evidence from Uttar Pradesh READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
- Demolition drives violate international law: The bulldozing of houses in M.P. was to impose collective punishment on the alleged rioters READ MORE
- An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths READ MORE
- The challenge of regulating online gaming READ MORE
SOCIAL JUSTICE
- Infirm childhood: The Gadchiroli experiment must be replicated across India to counter child malnutrition READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
- India-UK partnership is like the Modi-Johnson relationship. Underrated in geopolitics READ MORE
- West-Led Globalisation May End, New One Might Have Eastern Face READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- High inflationary trends: Need to lower dependence on fossil fuels READ MORE
- Why India shouldn’t get carried away by wheat, rice export bonanza due to Ukraine war READ MORE
- A new pandemic has struck the world: Food inflation READ MORE
- Global Implications of Covid-19 and the Economic War on Russia READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
- Before We Can Manage E-Waste, We Must Reduce Waste. This Is Why. READ MORE
- Emissions reduction: Address market failure READ MORE
- Climate and Us | Two draft green clearance notifications that should worry us READ MORE
- Responding to climate change: India needs institutions to address concerns READ MORE
- Only 10% Chance of Limiting Global Warming Under 1.5 Degrees READ MORE
SECURITY
- Towards a peaceful, stable Northeast READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
- Ramzan, the month of fasting and forgiveness READ MORE
- Opinion: India must address its lack of ethics READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
- How far do you agree with this view that the culture of party whip is making executive less accountable, and laws are passing with inadequate scrutiny? Justify your view.
- ‘Rising inflation in India not only foretells greater misery for the beleaguered middle and lower middle classes, but it also threatens to impede the economic revival in the country’. Justify the statement.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead us to peace.
- As the custodian of India’s constitutional order, it is high time that the judiciary acted and imposed necessary checks on the unbridled exercise of power by the executive.
- Courts should use international law to counter the nationalist-populist discourse.
- Healthy tax revenues and disinvestment proceeds will allow the government to absorb the risks related to increased spending this year.
- The efforts by the Union government to make the northeastern region the main pillar of the Act East policy have been useful in bringing a sense of political stability that is very crucial for optimal economic development and capacity enhancement in the region.
- Our Parliament must reflect the changing aspirations, restlessness and ambition of the new India, driving accountability and not suborning itself to the executive — it should be a true centre of inquiry.
- RISING inflation in India not only foretells greater misery for the beleaguered middle and lower middle classes, it also threatens to impede the economic revival in the country.
- Modi govt must assess food inflation and the domestic requirement of wheat and rice in a war-ravaged year. Data on procurement doesn’t look good.
- As US widens its net to sanction more and more countries, these countries seek to build up trade mechanisms that are not reliant upon Western institutions anymore.
- Developing countries will have to cooperate closely, combat the economic and public health consequences of the pandemic, and tackle the fallout of the economic war on Russia together.
- The appetite in many parts of the world has already increased for an alternative to Western-shaped globalisation, but this does not necessarily mean deglobalisation. It could mean a globalisation platform that no longer has its epicentre located in Washington or Brussels.
50-WORD TALK
- Supreme Court’s decisions to expand the definition of ‘vulnerable witness’ to include civil and juvenile justice cases is important judicial reform. Witnesses are crucial to justice delivery and their sensitive engagement. A safe and secure court environment can help improve the quality of deposition and the outcome of a trial.
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.
