WSDP Bulletin (25-04-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. PM Modi receives Lata Mangeshkar Award READ MORE
2. Palli in Jammu becomes India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat READ MORE
3. Air Pollutants Impact Immune Cells in Causing Cancer READ MORE
4. The long road to Atmanirbhar Bharat: India’s trade deficit with China hit record $77 bn in FY22 READ MORE
5. French president Emmanuel Macron wins re-election: a victory with deep challenges READ MORE
6. How to read IMF’s latest GDP forecast for India READ MORE
7. India’s oil import bill doubles to USD 119 bn in FY22 READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Face the facts on communal violence in India READ MORE
2. The primacy of ‘Inclusion’ in Indian Thought READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Understanding the Olga Tellis judgment READ MORE
2. Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute READ MORE
3. Reforming the higher education system READ MORE
4. Police must be part of the reform agenda READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

1. What Happens to the Right to Education, Online? READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Side-stepping irritants: India and the U.K. chose to keep the big picture in mind and work on long-term goals READ MORE
2. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and India’s opportunity READ MORE
3. Ukraine: Opportunities for India in a new world order READ MORE
4. Don’t lose sight of the neighourhood READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why reforming the system of free food is necessary READ MORE
2. Can technology help provide easier access to finance? READ MORE
3. Bitcoin as next-generation money READ MORE
4. Limiting currency supply to bring down inflation is outdated. Inflation was never about money READ MORE
5. 2 Crore Women in India Quit Workforce in 2017-22 READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Saving Mangroves READ MORE
2. Agrarian Distress in Kuttanad a Wake-Up Call For Urgent Climate Adaptation READ MORE
3. World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Hate speech is violent in itself and must be called out READ MORE
2. Plant the right seedREAD MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The challenge for Indian foreign policy lies in creating effective and enduring incentives for our neighbours to remain sensitive to India’s interests’. In the light of the statement why can’t India lose sight of the neighourhood?
2. ‘India has maintained its strategic autonomy on critical issues and increased its leverage vis-a-vis the other essential powers’. Analyse the statement in the light of recent developments in international politics.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.
• India and the U.K. chose to keep the big picture in mind and work on long-term goals.
• Religious consciousness is one degree of God consciousness. The lesser the connection we feel between ourselves and another, the lesser we are religious or spiritual. Total independence or non-connection with objects outside is opposite to religious consciousness.
• Inefficient implementation is the reason for the poor delivery of programmes. At times, the implementing agencies’ commitments are not in sync with the government’s vision.
• The challenge for Indian foreign policy lies in creating effective and enduring incentives for our neighbours to remain sensitive to India’s interests.
• A nationwide audit is needed to pinpoint the lapses in the implementation of the 2013 Act and prepare an actionable road map for complete mechanisation of sewer-cleaning operations.
• Economic prosperity of the country cannot be impacted by levying new taxes to fund the Robin Hood image of politicians.
• India has maintained its strategic autonomy on critical issues and increased its leverage vis-a-vis the other essential powers.
• The current foreign policy is a blend of multi-alignment and multilateralism, which is strongly tied to the commitment of Atmanirbhar Bharat to the defence sector and hence requires a strong support.
• There are three principal concerns in online education: digital divide, privacy, and access. All of these emerge from contexts in which cultural practices, of which education is one, have run into rough weather in terms of rights.

50-WORD TALK

• A multilateral approach, either through the BRICS or Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), will ensure intentions being translated into confidence that can result in India’s favourable position as far as the reforms of the UNSC are considered. One can recall that in 2010, despite the best attempts, India was unable to get even a two-thirds majority of UN members for the purpose mentioned above.

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.