WSDP Bulletin (20-08-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Shortage of drugs forces HIV patients to carry on with stir READ MORE
2. Indian team deliberating on ocean diversity pact READ MORE
3. China gives tacit nod to Pakistan’s move to scrap CPEC Authority amid reports of rift over tardy progress, security READ MORE
4. India better placed on growth-inflation-external balance triangle: FinMin report READ MORE
5. India’s first indigenous monkeypox test kit launched READ MORE
6. India, Vietnam wrap up joint military exercise READ MORE
7. This State Is India’s 1st To Use Blockchain To Distribute Seed To Farmers READ MORE
8. Explained: Who was Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who partitioned Bengal in 1905? READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. The forest economy must be nurtured READ MORE

 GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. India needs a data regulator READ MORE
2. Only Inclusive Policies Can Strengthen the Nation READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. How to promote information processing by students READ MORE  

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. EXTERNAL CHALLENGES GROW IN AMRIT KAAL READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. End this asymmetrical conflict over ‘freebies’: The judiciary’s move to study the issue could impact the economic freedom of States and the ‘Idea of India’ READ MORE
2. Reining in overreach: Setting higher requisites for arrests or summons under the GST law is welcome READ MORE
3. Selling public sector banks is no solution READ MORE
4. Only Inclusive Policies Can Strengthen the Nation READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Cyclonic disturbance threatens crops, population in Odisha READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The injustice of exceptionalism: It is the exceptionalism in granting the release of 11 individuals that lies at the core of injustice in the Bilkis Bano case READ MORE
2. Pursue self-realisation, it pays rich dividends READ MORE
3. Work is worship 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 center 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

• The words you speak reveal the heart you have.
• Doing away with the data protection authority will bring with it several challenges to privacy.
• The AIS structure is unique to India and is too delicate 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

• CBI raid on Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has a weary sense of predictability. So predictable – merits of the case notwithstanding – that it risks damaging whatever credibility the Modi Government might still have with its agencies-led excursions. Its track record almost entirely is creating headlines, not proving anybody guilty.

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 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.