WSDP Bulletin (8/06/2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Assam celebrates annual festival for good rain and harvest READ MORE
2. Blue Duke declared state butterfly READ MORE
3. Resolve GST disputes quickly and smartly READ MORE
4. India ranks lowest among 180 countries in environmental performance index READ MORE
5. Here’s how RBI’s Repo rate hike of 50 bps impacts you READ MORE
6. Of what good is a bad bank? READ MORE
7. Maharashtra gets 12 new conservation reserves and three wildlife sanctuaries READ MORE

GS 1

1. History and significance of Mela Kheerbhawani for Kashmiri Pandits, being held today READ MORE
2. Reservoir storage declined 7% every month between March, June; can kharif sowing proceed READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Sabhas we listen to READ MORE
2. Tamil Nadu tops food safety index READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. advisory board on disability not re-constituted since Nov. 2020 READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Decoding China’s occupation READ MORE
2. India looks forward to joining the NSG, says External Affairs Minister Jaishankar READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The weight of the GST Council ruling READ MORE
2. The shadows over global growth recovery are long READ MORE
3. World Bank cuts India’s economic growth forecast to 7.5% for FY23 READ MORE
4. It is potentially ‘stagflation’ READ MORE
5. Will the WTO wake up to the food crisis? READ MORE
6. RBI likely to hike policy interest rates; raise inflation forecast today READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. What are ‘green jobs’, mentioned by PM in his Environment Day speech? READ MORE
2. What are ‘carbon bombs’, why environmentalists want them defused? READ MORE
3. SC order on eco-sensitive zone has no scientific basis, case-to-case ESZ needed, say experts READ MORE
4. Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 7, 2022) READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. What are the draft amendments to IT Rules, 2021? READ MORE
2. India successfully tests intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-4 READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The ‘Physician’s Pledge’ in new draft code of ethics for doctors, and how it differs from Charak, Hippocratic oaths READ MORE
2. Listen to the meaning, not to the words READ MORE
3. The world of progress READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.How has the covid 19 pandemic brought out the over centralized model of globalization?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Many critics have pointed to several problems with the idea of a bad bank. Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has been one of the fiercest critics of the idea, arguing that a bad bank by the government will merely shift bad assets from the hands of public sector banks, which are owned by the government, to the hands of a bad bank, which is again owned by the government.
• Look deeper into things. People may use the same words, but they don’t use them with the same meaning. Listen to the meaning rather than only listening to the words. If all you listen to is the words you will never understand people.
• Success we cannot depend on, because somebody will always come along and make our success pale into insignificance. When we live in the success-world, sooner than at once, we are doomed to frustration. But when we live in the progress-world, there is always tremendous joy. This joy comes not only from transcending one’s capacities but from the effort itself.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Scope of “green jobs” in India.

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.