WSDP Bulletin (28-06-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Performance Grade Index-District 2019-20 report: Rajasthan tops the list, Punjab second READ MORE
2. ‘No place to store water’: TN asks A.P. to suspend supply of Krishna water to Chennai from July 1 READ MORE
3. In Raising Red Flag on the Key States, RBI Puts Spotlight on Unsustainable Subsidies READ MORE
4. What Is a Heat Dome? READ MORE
5. Central banks in Asia spend billions to bolster weakening currencies against the rising US dollar READ MORE
6. Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Mass extinction haunts oceans READ MORE
7. Explained: What is the US-led ‘Partners in the Blue Pacific’ initiative to counter China? READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. End of critical pedagogy READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Shooting messengers: Criminal defamation must go from IPC. Effective civil libel law is enough for protecting reputations READ MORE
2. Data analysis: Indian women are reluctant to approach the justice system when they are the victims READ MORE
3. Laws, flaws and accountability READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India and ASEAN: Overcoming perceptions READ MORE
2. India-South Africa TRIPS Waiver Proposal Dies at WTO READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. States, freebies and the costs of fiscal profligacy READ MORE
2. The market reality is catching up to the tech startup ecosystem READ MORE
3. State of dependence READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Go beyond supply curbs to squeeze plastic waste READ MORE
2. Asia’s largest cities, including Delhi, lack water security READ MORE
3. How to Save the Oceans From Climate Change and Wildlife Loss READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Transparency in the selection of CDS is a must READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Elusive ethics READ MORE
2. Power of Thought READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘There is enough scope for the Indo-ASEAN relationship to grow exponentially but it is perceptions and suspicions that will continuously make this more and more challenging’. What are these challenges and how these can be addressed?
2. With the help of recent examples, critically examine how this law is harming the concept of free speech?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• We are not makers of history, we are made by history.
• Accountability jurisprudence must take root in our justice delivery system so that the culture of impunity that our officials have grown up with gets obliterated from our lexicon.
• The absence of accountability jurisprudence has long-term consequences. Safety lessons are not learnt. Even if some lessons are learnt, they are quickly forgotten, and remedial steps are not taken.
• Whichever way you slice the data, there aren’t that many consumers with significant discretionary spending capacity, and those with capacity aren’t increasing their spending.
• Criminal defamation is particularly problematic, allowing complainants to claim the accused had the intention to harm their reputation. Claiming defamation on intent to harm reputation sets a very low and subjective bar for prosecution.
• India must shed criminal defamation colonial baggage, too, and get an effective civil libel law.
• India’s ban on disposable plastic items is slated to take effect on Friday, but their appeal on counts of cost and convenience is so strong that we’ll need to work on demand reduction too.
• The Centre needs to keep in mind the negative impact of compensation cess on consumers and industries, especially the automotive sector.
• History must arouse a learner’s interest in the major socio-cultural and techno-economic transformations that characterise the human race’s journey.
• A transparent and correct selection of our senior commanders including the CDS, the service Chiefs and the C-in-Cs of all three services, is a major factor in ensuring the long-term stability and war-fighting capability of our armed forces.
• The Indo-Pacific is getting increasingly complicated with Asean wondering if it should welcome India into its fold or shun it fearing rubbing China the wrong way.
• The liberal democratic values of India are in common with many ASEAN nations and the US would definitely wish to expand on that.
• ASEAN is unable to understand the nature of the relationship between India and China which brings close economic cooperation between the two giants and yet a massive trust deficit.
• There is enough scope for the Indo-Asean relationship to grow exponentially but it is perceptions and suspicions that will continuously make this more and more challenging.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Humans are not makers of history; humans are made by history.

50 WORD TALK

• Supreme Court set out to uphold the SIT’s clean chit to then-CM Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots. But it didn’t stop there. Instead, it wrote a new judicial doctrine by turning on those who knocked on its doors, drew conclusions on their guilt, and became the basis of their persecution.

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 main 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.