WSDP Bulletin (08-08-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. States holding up results of Economic Census: Centre READ MORE
2. Centre mum on availability, requirement of key leprosy drug READ MORE
3. Satellites launched by SSLV in ‘wrong orbit, not usable’ READ MORE
4. Lumpy Skin Disease outbreak in Ambala village, 100 cattle sick READ MORE
5. FPIs buy shares worth Rs 14,000 cr in a week amid softening dollar index READ MORE
6. Rajasthan’s nadis, an insurance against a dry summer READ MORE
7. Data on plant ‘sweat’ might help predict wildfire severity READ MORE
8. This common weed can offer drought-resistant crops READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. A volcano is erupting again in Iceland. Is climate change causing more eruptions? READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. India, democracy and the promised republic: At 75, the country must be judged by the extent to which it has advanced human development READ MORE
2. Judging the fudging of data READ MORE
3. How India can get its data protection law right READ MORE
4. Building a civil and just society READ MORE
5. Making it meaningful: Boycott by any Chief Minister of Niti Aayog Governing Council meeting is not good for nation building READ MORE
6. Address pendency issue: The courts have four crores pending cases; inordinate delays leave lakhs languishing in jails READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan: What east can teach west READ MORE
2. An epochal transition: India should not lose strategic focus as it finds its feet in the global order READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why strengthening genomic surveillance is an imperative READ MORE
2. Focused on inflation: A rate increase was needed to prevent inflation expectations from stymieing growth READ MORE
3. RBI, government must act in coordination during an economically challenging period READ MORE
4. India’s tax-GDP ratio may be too high READ MORE
5. India Today~II READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Tackling marine plastic pollution READ MORE
2. The Pesky Problem of Offshoring Pollution READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Defence Atmanirbharta is a real game changer READ MORE
2. Countering radicalisation in Assam with long-term vision READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Flood-fighting inept: Regular losses expose poor state of preparedness READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Accepting humbly with an open heart READ MORE
2. Best defence is good offence READ MORE
3. SPIRITUAL PROGRESS IS MEASURE OF SUCCESS READ MORE

IMPORTANT ARTICLES FOR ESSAY

1. India today~I READ MORE
2. India Today~II READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Justice is the law’s ultimate purpose, but it is sometimes an insufficient instrument for pursuing justice’. In the light of the statement, discuss the need for a reformed bail law for India.
2. ‘India should not lose strategic focus as it finds its feet in the global order’. In the light of the statement, examine why India pursue its neighbourhood policy in the first place in its strategic relations.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Stand a little taller, rise a little higher, be a little better.
• At 75, the country must be judged by the extent to which it has advanced human development.
• India has grossly underestimated the issue of illegal mining, which damages the environment and causes revenue loss.
• The available technologies for identifying data fudging are still inadequate to address all possible situations.
• A rate increase was needed to prevent inflation expectations from stymieing growth.
• Centre has weaponised money laundering law to target political opponents. SC has been blind to this threat to democracy.
• Rather than regret the unfortunate dynamic on the western frontier and bemoan Pakistan’s reluctance to let the SAARC become a vehicle for regional cooperation, Delhi should focus on consolidating the “golden moment” in the east.
• The 75th anniversary of independence offers Delhi and Dhaka a special opportunity to elevate the ambition for their bilateral partnership.
• Once we have a statute on privacy, it would become easier to fashion a law on data protection that protects privacy.
• The common understanding of the law is that it is a formalised set of rules, regulations, and statutes often enforced through societal institutions.
• India should not lose strategic focus as it finds its feet in the global order.

50 WORD TALK

• For the State, the law is the decree it can use to maintain order and police societal progression. Justice, on the other hand, is much more than an esoteric political construct couched in jargon and conventions. Justice is the law’s ultimate purpose, but it is sometimes an insufficient instrument for pursuing justice.

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 the 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.