WSDP Bulletin (06-07-2022)

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Prelim and Main

1. Restoring Banni grasslands, Gujarat battles invasive tree species READ MORE
2. Odisha tops first-ever NFSA state ranking index READ MORE
3. Increase paddy sowing, Centre asks States READ MORE
4. Ukrainian mathematician becomes the second woman to win Fields Medal READ MORE
5. PMI: Service activity touches an 11-year high of 58.9 in May on strong demand READ MORE
6. India still among countries with poor access to banking: Report READ MORE
7. Direct-seeded rice: Why this water-saving method failed in Punjab this year READ MORE
8. DoT warns e-commerce companies on the illegal sale of wireless jammers READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Unity and diversity: Our obsession with diversity misses the point READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. As students gear up for university, the devil is in the NEP’s details READ MORE
2. Rule of law, anyone? READ MORE
3. Social media, content moderation and free speech: A tussle READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The way to control tuberculosis READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained | What is the status of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia? READ MORE
2. CARs of foreign policy: Uzbekistan’s troubles are a reminder of Central Asian Republics’ importance to India READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. A matter of import: Spectre of wider trade and current account deficits is dragging the rupee down READ MORE
2. India must be the new champion of globalization READ MORE
3. Reverse migration could hurt the urban economy READ MORE
4. A regulatory framework for digital assets in India READ MORE
5. GST has to resolve anomalies in tax structure READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Greening better: NGT is a vital cog in environment regulation but it needs a performance review & better staffing READ MORE
2. A call to protect the Western Ghats READ MORE
3. Heavy rainfall due to climate change increasing landslides, say experts READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Road safety: Himachal must adopt a targeted programme READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. 5 ways in which we can experience constant contentment READ MORE
2. SEEKING NEUTRALITY, AND DETACHMENT IN THE WORLD READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Critically examine the recent steps taken by the government of India to improve higher education in India. Do you think these steps are able to fill the gap in India’s higher education system? Substantiate your view.
2. Critically analyse the impacts of reverse migration, as seen during the recent pandemic, on the Rural as well as the Urban economy.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The way to have power is to take it.
• Policymakers ought to recognise the country’s untapped potential and work towards dismantling the many hurdles.
• The Supreme Court’s directives on handcuffing must be observed, but issues that affect police reform cannot be ignored.
• All nations have diversity. It is only by overcoming narrow identities that they flourish.
• A confluence of factors has made space for us to help reshape global trade and supply-chain arrangements to our advantage.
• The recent PLFS data reveals the extent of Covid-induced urban exodus, as well as rising labour participation in rural India.
• Delays in finalising the notification to earmark eco-sensitive areas can prove to be quite costly.
• Meditation helps look at a problem or dispute from a neutral perspective, facilitating a balanced and unbiased decision and choices. In order for things to flow or move smoothly even speed needs to be controlled and brought to a neutral point.
• The rule of law is a good thing to have, but it must ultimately be backed by groups and communities working out their own arrangements for peace and respect for the law based on reciprocity and give and take.
• With increasing online misinformation, fake news and hate speech, content moderation has flummoxed social media intermediaries and regulators alike.
• Any reforms to bring in platform accountability and prevent harmful speech, would require research identifying what should online spaces look like, who are its beneficiaries, what hinders achieving the ideals and how a policy change could overcome it.

50 WORD TALK

• In the rush to regulate social media while assuming the platforms are working against the Constitution, the Proposed Amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 do not assess the already existing mechanisms of these platforms that may be reconciled with the Rules and codified accordingly.

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.