WSDP Bulletin (16/08/2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Researchers develop 3D printed artificial cornea READ MORE
2. President approves 107 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces and CAPF personnel on Independence Day READ MORE
3. The spectrum of law-making in independent India READ MORE
4. New law for SEZs: Commerce ministry proposes host of incentives READ MORE
5. Explained: What happened in the Constituent Assembly 75 years ago, when the National Flag was adopted? READ MORE
6. Explainer: What’s the Risk of Disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant? READ MORE
7. US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan amid China tensions READ MORE
8. Arctic Is Warming Nearly Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World READ MORE

Main Exam

1. For progress, dilute caste purity notions READ MORE

 GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Fundamental duties are not just pedantic, they are key to social transformation: CJI READ MORE
2. The shackles of 1861 need to go: Though much has changed, attention needs to be paid to lingering issues in India’s police agency READ MORE
3. Meeting aspirations: India needs better governance for the sake of its own people, not global approbation READ MORE
4. NITI Aayog has failed cooperative federalism READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi writes: Commitment to inclusivity and social justice should drive the nation’s march to 100 READ MORE  
2. The menace of trafficking READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. C Raja Mohan writes: Diplomacy for Viksit Bharat READ MORE
2. A road map for India-EU ties: India and EU should not let divergence of views on some issues overwhelm the convergence of views on other areas READ MORE
3. Biggest external challenges come from China READ MORE
4. Saving India from unruly neighbours READ MORE
5. Seventy Five Years of Indian Foreign Policy: Key Successes, and the Gaps That Still Remain READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Our problem is fiscal mismanagement and not freebies READ MORE
2. To be developed: Farm reform, judicial reform, freer trade are critical if India wants an economic change of status READ MORE
3. Manufacturing needs cohesive policies READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Climate and Us | India’s domestic goal of 450 GW RE capacity by 2030 is crucial READ MORE  
2. Another Okay for Biodiversity Change Bill Is a Reminder To Remember Its Dangers READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Turn attention inside to change your destiny READ MORE
2. Equality And Unity READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Fundamental duties are not just pedantic; they are key to social transformation’. Examine the statement.
2. NITI Aayog generated hopes of building Team India making states equal partners in nation’s development and promoting cooperative fiscal federalism. Critically examine.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
• Fundamental duties are not just pedantic, they are key to social transformation.
• India and EU should not let divergence of views on some issues overwhelm the convergence of views on other areas.
• India and the EU should not let such divergences of views overwhelm the many areas of convergence among them.
• European partners acknowledge India as an important pillar in ensuring stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
• India needs better governance for the sake of its own people, not global approbation.
• India might not need approval from other countries, but it needs to do better on rights and freedoms, welfare and justice, growth and development, and in building a more egalitarian society.
• We need a course correction so that our upcoming generations witness a free and prosperous society. We should ensure our republic protects all citizens and approaches checkpoints in this journey with a scientific temper.
• India must act on its domestic renewable energy and climate goals for this will also help in delivering on its updated NDC. It will also help maintain people’s trust in the Centre’s seriousness when it comes to clean energy.
• Despite several measures, human trafficking goes on unabated. It must be the Govt’s priority to check this inhumane trade.
• While liberty and equality are enforced with constitutional means, fraternity is getting the short shrift Fraternity, as opposed to liberty and equality, fails to get traction in public discourse or political programmes.
• Aayog generated hopes of building Team India making states equal partners in nation’s development and promoting cooperative fiscal federalism.

50 WORD TALK

• It will be a make-or-break effort in the next decade and a half for India to catch up with China while India still has the potential for demographic dividend. So, out-of-the-box thinking is vital or else the present, all-round asymmetry with China will become permanent. This will drive India into the arms of the US, a declining global power, and New Delhi’s strategic autonomy will be lost.

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.