WSDP Bulletin (09-08-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Lok Sabha passes Bill to establish carbon markets READ MORE
2. Idol Wing CID police trace Parvati idol of Chola temple in Bonhams auction house in New York READ MORE
3. Nepal approves India’s hydropower board to study, develop West Seti project READ MORE
4. Russia suspends START arms inspections over U.S. travel curbs READ MORE
5. Monsoon Session adjourned 4 days ahead of schedule READ MORE
6. Hyper-local weather advisories help Bengal farmers cut costs READ MORE
7. Bharat Bill Payment System to help NRIs pay bills in India READ MORE

Main Exam

1. Launch a national tribal health mission READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. PMLA verdict — due process will be bulldozed: The problem of the process being the punishment, which is present in the criminal justice system, can be aggravated READ MORE
2. Talk for India: PM, CMs must meet regularly. It will help solve issues like resource sharing. Politics shouldn’t be a bar READ MORE
3. Ease of justice wanted for undertrials READ MORE
4. Building blocks: Cooperative federalism needs institutional structures READ MORE
5. Punished without trial: How India’s political prisoners are being denied basic rights in jail READ MORE
6. Revisiting Shreya Singhal versus Union of India: A not so bright spot in the free speech jurisprudence of India READ MORE
7. Cyber security versus right to privacy: Some global concerns READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. A law, without a flaw: The SC has put unmarried women on an equal footing in availing abortion services READ MORE
2. Crimes against children: Abuse, exploitation of kids is detestable READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. China-US Tensions a Moment of Reckoning for the Indo-Pacific Order READ MORE
2. India’s Latest Concerns With the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Macrovariable projections in uncertain times: International factors and faulty data will impact India’s projections of GDP, inflation and balance of payments READ MORE
2. The fight for fiscal autonomy: The erosion of fiscal autonomy does not bode well for our federal structure and will thwart the growth of developed States READ MORE
3. Rising US-China tensions can boost Indian manufacturing READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Third heatwave of this summer hits Europe, may be prolonged but less intense than July READ MORE
2. Climate Change May Increase Mortality Rate by 6 Times Due to Excess Heat: Lancet Study READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Like a candle, burn to show light to others READ MORE
2. Is religious freedom waning? READ MORE
3. SHARING HAPPINESS GIVES GREATEST JOYS READ MORE

IMPORTANT ARTICLES FOR ESSAY

1. Sable and a new era for Indian athletics 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

• When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.
• Transparency at the cost of anonymity seems to be a common underlying theme among India, the European Union, and the United States.
• A robust legal framework for data privacy protection against infringement by both State and non-State actors is the need of the hour.
• Lurking behind the Supreme Court’s endorsement of liberal free speech values while striking down Section 66A of the IT Act, is a continuation of the colonial structures of speech regulation that enables a democratically-constituted government to resist attacks on its legitimacy.
• The onus of holding the State accountable to standards of “reasonability” will invariably fall to the judiciary, either by suo motu action or at the instance of civil society organizations.
• If closer Centre-state collaboration remains elusive, part of the problem lies in the lack of an effective mechanism.
• If the Union government is seeking a basis for constructive and sustainable dialogue in the interests of genuine cooperation, an alternative structure is needed.
• While the US and China spar, India should seize the opportunities in the global supply chain shifts.
• If the US and China want to avoid a trade war, they must cut taxes as the economic growth of each country depends on trade, which is the backbone of every country.
• India’s image as a tolerant society is under duress due to untoward incidents happening rather frequently.
• If the Supreme Court was feted for taking a liberal view of the law, its act of pushing the envelope further to set right existing anomalies in law is to be celebrated in full measure.
• The erosion of fiscal autonomy does not bode well for our federal structure and will thwart the growth of developed States.
• International factors and faulty data will impact India’s projections of GDP, inflation and balance of payments.

50 WORD TALK

• Instead of outraging over FIFA’s letter to Indian football federation, the troubling thing is this is another example of courts losing their way into politics of sports, unmindful of consequences, and leaving things worse. Across the world, sports is governed by autonomous institutions, supervised by pan-national, global bodies. That’s sacrosanct.

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.