WSDP Bulletin (23/05/2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Frequent extreme weather events may lead to decline in Olive Ridley turtle population: Experts READ MORE
2. On Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s 250th birth anniversary, remembering the legacy of the father of Modern Indian Renaissance READ MORE
3. International Day For Biological Diversity 2022: Theme, History And Significance READ MORE
4. Understanding the process of issuing LOCs READ MORE
5. Food security does not need this ‘surgical strike’ READ MORE
6. How disasters, poverty fuel human trafficking READ MORE
   

   Main exam   

   GS 1

1. On Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s 250th birth anniversary, remembering the legacy of the father of the Modern Indian Renaissance READ MORE

2. Frequent extreme weather events may lead to decline in Olive Ridley turtle population: Experts READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Understanding the process of issuing LOCs READ MORE
2. Sedition and the Law READ MORE
3. What the Supreme Court Said About Those Promoting Hatred in the ‘Guise of Historical Truth’ READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. How disasters and  poverty fuel human trafficking READ MORE
2. Lahbera: how the last Santhal settlement of Dhanbad is fighting for survival READ MORE
3. Ground Report: Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics READ MORE
4. In Uttarakhand School, Students Once Again Boycott Midday Meals Cooked by Dalit Woman READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

 PM to attend Tokyo launch of U.S. trade initiative

1. PM to attend Tokyo launch of U.S. trade initiative  READ MORE
2. Pangong Tso Bridge Built by China Is in ‘Area Under Illegal Chinese Occupation Since 1960’: MEA READ MORE
3. How Can India Fulfil its Defence Requirements in a Post-Ukraine War Arms Bazaar? READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Food security does not need this ‘surgical strike’ READ MORE
2. Wheat confusion: On India’s export restriction READ MORE
3. Take proactive mitigating measures, RBI tells banks amid global turmoil READ MORE
4. Centre’s excise duty cut on petrol, and diesel to cost Rs 60,000 crore to the exchequer READMORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. International Day For Biological Diversity 2022: Theme, History And Significance READ MORE
2. Frequent extreme weather events may lead to decline in Olive Ridley turtle population: Experts READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Let the wide universe be your place of worship READ MORE
2. Connecting with the unified consciousness READ MORE
3. Everybody’s talented but talent remains latent if not showcased READMORE
4. Bring out your best READMORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

Q1. Reform movements in religion were largely responsible for social reform movements in India. In this context, discuss the contribution of various socio-cultural reformers in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Q2. India’s engagement in the QUAD is a reflection of its evolving multi-polar foreign policy. Analyse.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Apart from developing compassion towards others, empathy can bring out the best possible trait lying deep within us.
• Man’s freedom is not curbed by prescribed rituals or customs. The wide universe is his temple, a pure heart is his holy shrine, and the truth is the most infallible scripture, believed Raja Rammohan Roy, an Indian religious, social, and educational reformer.
• After several businessmen fled the country after defaulting on loans, the MHA in 2018 brought changes to the 2010 guidelines authorising executives of all public sector banks to generate LOCs against persons who could be detrimental to the economic interests of the country.

50-WORD TALK

• The government’s decision to cut petrol and diesel taxes, among other steps to fight inflation, is a pleasant surprise. This is the kind of monetary and fiscal tango India needs to manage economic headwinds hurting recovery. States need to match these cuts with their own before RBI raises rates again.

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 on 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.