WSDP Bulletin (30-06-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Government hikes GST for household items READ MORE
2. ISRO gears for the PSLV-C53 launch mission with three satellite passengers from Singapore READ MORE
3. Explained: What is CAPSTONE, NASA’s new satellite? READ MORE
4. Explained: Why a proposed mega textile park in Ludhiana under PM MITRA scheme is facing opposition READ MORE
5. Nairobi: Global Deal to Halt Biodiversity Loss Dissolves Into Disagreements READ MORE
6. Oil prices fall as concerns over recession overshadow tightening supply READ MORE
7. UN ocean conference: ‘Blue Deal’ to enable sustainable use of ocean resources for economic development READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. MP para teachers scheme showed India struggled with contract service. Apply that to Agnipath READ MORE
2. How black carbon emissions are affecting rainfall in the North East READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Efforts to estimate poverty from 2011-21 are commendable, given absence of data READ MORE
2. It’s time drug regulation system is reviewed READ MORE
3. What India could do to expand space for Parliament to discuss topics that really matter to citizens READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Higher education has to become meaningful READ MORE
2. Mid-Day Meal: Restoration Work in Progress Post-COVID, Stunting a Major Concern READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The G7 is one part of India’s pursuit of a multipolar world READ MORE
2. Europe first: Russia-Ukraine war will preoccupy the G7 for a long time READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Innovations can plug the growth capital gap of MSMEs READ MORE
2. Next stage for GST: Rate rationalisation will be critical READ MORE
3. RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in the battle against rupee fall READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. A direct approach to conservation: The mobilisation of private and public finance for Payments for Ecosystem Services lacks lustre READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. 5G technology will soon be here. India must prepare READ MORE

SECURITY

1. CDS is not the only one. India’s national security management has two more missing links READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Who likes to change? READ MORE
2. LET’S BE THE CHANGE THAT WE WANT TO SEE READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The Parliament needs to function for a longer duration to accommodate a wide range of debates and discussions on people’s issues and national challenges’. In light of this statement, do you think that the working days of Parliament should be increased? Justify your view.
2. ‘In the recent years, there has been a growing concern across the world with regards to ruthless killings of whistleblowers’. In light of the statement, discuss the measures that need to be taken to protect such whistleblowers.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• More than anything, a person’s right to abortion is a person’s right to control one’s own body.
• A global initiative such as the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative to mobilise private sector finance to benefit people and the environment would help maintain the funds.
• UAE is India’s closest partner in the Arab world and fortunately, there is enough resilience in bilateral ties to withstand the recent convulsions. But it will take a sustained public diplomacy effort to undo the damage.
• Visuals from the Prime Minister’s visit and his very evident personal rapport with the leadership of UAE have sent out a positive message but it will take a sustained public diplomacy effort to undo the damage.
• Poverty has a special punch and force in policy discourse at the national and global levels because people associate it with suffering.
• At a time when the world order is intensely polarised, India remains one of the few nations which can engage with both the G-7 and BRICS in a matter of days with élan.
• Unless we are prepared to change, we cannot balance our behaviour and peace cannot be established.
• In the name of ‘ease of doing business’, it is unethical for the government to let the regulators sleep with the regulated, and in the process, compromise people’s health and food safety.
• Peace, spirituality and self-sustainability will be dominant in a culture nourished by non-violence.
• The simplicity of non-violence lies in the fact that it can be used by anyone and at all levels—personal, social and global.
• In the past couple of years, there has been a growing concern across the world with regards to ruthless killings of whistleblowers, most of whom were courageous citizens who fought to secure the truth at the risk of their lives.
• Discarded as a theoretical tool and reduced to a mere embellishment in books, non-violence is actually a magic wand that can protect against the wrong and wrongdoer.
• If the compensation of GST is not extended, which is a strong possibility, recommendations in the context of rate rationalisation would become more important.
• The absence of a National Security Strategy and revised Raksha Mantri’s Operational Directives means the Indian Armed Forces plan and operate in an ad hoc manner.
• The Parliament needs to function for a longer duration to accommodate a wide range of debates and discussions on people’s issues and national challenges.

50 WORD TALK

• The UAE today is India’s closest partner in the Arab world and fortunately, there is enough resilience in bilateral ties to withstand the recent convulsions. But India’s image has been dented in the hearts and minds of the average Emiratis and left many Indians living in the Gulf appalled at the wanton injury caused to their interests.

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.) 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.