WSDP Bulletin (20-06-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Services rule out rollback of Agnipath, reveal hiring plan READ MORE
2. India grants visas to 111 Sikhs in Afghanistan READ MORE
3. What West Seti power project can mean for India-Nepal ties READ MORE
4. Quantum diamond microscope to image magnetic fields READ MORE
5. What drives sustained growth of monkeypox cases READ MORE
6. 5G deployment to begin in August-September: Vaishnaw READ MORE
7. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. The undeniable shift in our heat and rain cycles READ MORE
2. Desertification is Rising in Central Asia: Study READ MORE
3. Policy Gaps between India and Other Developing Countries in Elderly Care: A Reflection READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Ensure fairness in investigation READ MORE
2. One candidate, one seat: Keep election-related expenses under check READ MORE
3. What makes election of President important READ MORE
4. Recruiting more judges is the only solution to judicial pendency, an empirical study finds READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. India must shift the discourse on abortion rights READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Treading softly on the Brics expansion READ MORE
2. ASEAN takes centre stage: India and South East Asian nations reaffirm commitment to strengthen ties READ MORE
3. I2U2 – India’s Wild Swing Towards Rank Opportunism Why India must de-couple from I2U2 READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Indian interests at the WTO Ministerial Conference READ MORE
2. An oil palm plan for home READ MORE
3. Auctioning 5G spectrum bands READ MORE
4. The primacy of homebuyers over financial institutions: the RERA and SARFAESI conundrum READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. How marine heatwave fuelled super cyclone Amphan READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Grey list challenge: Likely reprieve for Pak shows chinks in the war against terror READ MORE
2. A possible solution to the Kashmir issue READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Shining a light on women’s empowerment READ MORE
2. When Hate Speech Falls Short of Being Free Speech READ MORE
3. Integrity, ethics and board decisions in the digital age READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘If the President does not exercise his discretion when the situation demands, then it is a failure on his or her part to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law’. Illustrate with examples.
2. ‘Necessitating a byelection should not be a habit for the parties in pursuit of political objectives’. Comment on the statement in the light of recent one candidate, one seat proposal by ECI.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
• Abortion rights is not just a family planning and maternal health issue, but also a sexual health and reproductive rights issue.
• There is an urgent need in our country to shift the discourse on abortions from just being a family planning and maternal health issue to one of a sexual health and reproductive rights issue.
• The Supreme Court’s decision to consider banks as promoters for the purpose of the RERA Act will lead to a conundrum in the execution of the three legislations namely, the RERA, the SARFAESI Act, and the IBC.
• Hate speech vitiates the very purpose of free speech, which is the free and fearless operation of a human mind that constantly seeks answers and the truth.
• While the government is promoting select industries in the manufacturing sector through an incentive scheme, it would not be able to create jobs at the scale required. Nearly half of India’s labour force is engaged in agriculture and can move only to low-skill manufacturing.
• In the Constitution of India, there are no special provisions specified to choose a Prime Minister. It is purely President’s discretion.
• If the President does not exercise his discretion when the situation demands, then it is a failure on his or her part to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law.
• MSMEs are the backbone of the economies of ASEAN and India and took the worst hit during the pandemic.
• Curbing money and muscle power in elections has been a challenge for the ECI and the voting process has seen many changes of late, with the poll panel commendably adapting to the conditions to hold elections to Assemblies amid the Covid pandemic.
• Necessitating a byelection should not be a habit for the parties in pursuit of political objectives.

50 WORD TALK

• The curse of the Coronavirus has come to remind us that we need to spend some time with ourselves. We need an hour – okay, a few minutes – to look at our life, take stock of our joys and pains, ask if we ought to do some course correction and take a step in a slightly different direction. Who knows, you may glimpse a new track, a track that you did not even know existed, that you will find closer to your lifelong dreams and infinitely more fulfilling.

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.