WSDP Bulletin (19-08-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Supreme Court orders status quo on move to put the panel in charge of Indian Olympic Association READ MORE
2. Great Indian Bustards adapt to produce a 2-egg clutch READ MORE
3. The recent blocking of the VLC Media Player READ MORE
4. Big bang privatisation of banks can be harmful: RBI article READ MORE
5. Megalodon: A giant transoceanic predator that lived 23 million to 2.6 million years ago READ MORE
6. Experts Explain: An India Blockchain Platform READ MORE
7. Nearly 600 farmer suicides in 8 months: Is Marathwada facing agri-distress READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Respect for women is a sham; violence is a reality READ MORE
2. India should target a casteless society READ MORE

 GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Panchpran a reminder of our Fundamental Duties READ MORE
2. Lawless Laws and the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court’s blessing of the PMLA shows its contempt for human rights and the Constitution. READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The Union Government Should Understand, No Human Is Illegal READ MORE  

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Eye on China, Jaishankar says Quad will benefit Indo-Pacific READ MORE
2. A tightrope walk for India READ MORE
3. Nepal to Bangladesh, nations mounting small acts of big rebellion against China, US READ MORE
4. India-China relations going through an ‘extremely difficult phase’, says S Jaishankar READ MORE

 GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Should there be limits on ‘freebies’? READ MORE
2. Hard truths about India’s labour reforms READ MORE
3. India’s Food Security Is Thanks to the Green Revolution. Let Us Not Deny It READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Preventing pollution: Challenge is to tap into the yearning to make a difference READ MORE
2. Climate change isn’t the only challenge READ MORE
3. How climate change spurs megadroughts READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. India needs a robust flood management policy READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. ‘Is this how justice ends?’: Bilkis Bano’s question should haunt the Indian republic READ MORE
2. Celebrating the charioteer who gave us the Gita READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘India needs a stable system of civil services to bolster responsive public administration’. Comment on the statement in the light of recent tussle between centre and states over the AIS.
2. ‘The AIS structure is unique to India and is too delicate to handle during a crisis. No public administration practitioner or scholar abroad can comprehend its nuances’. Analyse.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• No one person, no one alliance, no one nation is as smart as all of us thinking together.
• The AIS structure is unique to India and is toodelicate to handle during a crisis. No public administration practitioner or scholarabroad can comprehend its nuances.
• The India-U.S. maritime relationship remains a work in progress. There has doubtless been some movement ahead, but it is far from clear whether navy-to-navy ties are headed towards a wide-ranging and comprehensive partnership in the Indian Ocean littorals.
• Increasing privacy and security concerns coupled with economic interests have compelled governments to institute rules and standards that govern and restrict cross-border flows with natural implications for negotiations on global trade and commerce.
• Political economy of discom operations and intensifying populism on freebie-ism at the level of state governments will make reforms harder. A more rational, measured approach should be considered.
• Apart from the rising death toll, crop and infrastructure damage has risen over the years.
• The fundamental issue lies in the word freebie, which has no clear definition, making it susceptible to misuse and selective targeting of welfare measures.
• A well-known environmentalist and lawyer says a national movement led by citizens can hold those who allow illegal mining and unplanned construction to account.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

50 WORD TALK

• Remission of Gujarat gang rape convicts’ life sentence is a political obscenity and their celebratory ‘welcome’ a national shame. We know there is an election in Gujarat soon and the BJP needs polarisation. But stooping to this? Bilkis Bano is owed an apology and return of the rapists to jail.

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.