WSDP Bulletin (09-09-2022)

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Prelim and Main

1. Centre imposes 20% export duty on non-Basmati rice from September 9 READ MORE
2. 39 Bengal-bound exotic animals seized in Assam READ MORE
3. Queen Elizabeth II, longest-reigning monarch of U.K., dies READ MORE
4. China’s fully solar-powered, semi-satellite drone, explained READ MORE
5. Invasive south red-eared slider turtle poses threat to Indian biodiversity READ MORE
6. India’s life expectancy falls to 67.2 in 2021, decade-long improvement undone READ MORE
7. India, UK organise virtual cybersecurity exercise for 26 countries READ MORE
8. Uncertain times: What UN human development report warns us about READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Road safety needs a holistic policy framework READ MORE
2. Why India’s Data Protection Bill Should Follow the EU Model, Not the China-Russia One READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Should the mother tongue or English be the medium of instruction? READ MORE  
2. A Suitable Teacher: Success of new education policy depends on how we recruit and assess teachers READ MORE
3. Amid stressed healthcare system, a shining example READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The outline of an essential global pandemic treaty: A treaty under the umbrella of the World Health Organization would build coherence and avoid fragmentation READ MORE
2. Golden chapter continues: India-Bangladesh ties have grown. Mature leadership on both sides has not let minor disagreements disrupt them READ MORE
3. CEPA WILL be A FILLIP TO INDO-BANGLADESH TIES READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India’s experiments for reducing the digital divide READ MORE
2. A warning on loose talk about bank privatization READ MORE
3. Data, the new oil of the 21st century READ MORE
4. Uncertain times: What UN human development report warns us about READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Time to put wastewater to good use READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Floods in Pakistan and the pulls and pressures of India-Pak disaster diplomacy READ MORE
2. Pakistan floods: Why India and other South Asian nations must collaborate to fight disasters READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. A thought flowers READ MORE
2. Suicide is never a solution READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. English should be taught effectively not as a medium but as a language. Comment on the statement regarding the ongoing debate.
2. The Covid-19 pandemic taught us that the world needs a global pandemic treaty under the supervision of the World Health Organization to build coherence and avoid fragmentation. Comment.
3. If India and Bangladesh want to secure a future of economic growth and prosperity, both countries must cooperate more closely against the menace of inimical forces. Discuss.
4. ‘The RBI’s plan to digitise Kisan credit lending can narrow the digital divide and boost rural banking with its knock-on effects’. Examine.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.
• Politicians in India need to ask themselves whether ethics are more important than ‘gain now, damnation forever’.
• English should be taught effectively not as the medium, but as a second language.
• While bilateral ties will continue to grow, inimical forces will seek to undermine goodwill. Both countries must cooperate more closely against this menace if the future has to be secured for economic growth and prosperity.
• Respecting learner diversity and skills in building a participative/democratic classroom culture are crucial requisites of a teacher. The recruitment process should assess the teacher’s aptitude in this respect.
• The RBI’s plan to digitise Kisan credit lending can narrow the digital divide and boost rural banking with its knock-on effects.
• With water scarcity in India becoming alarming, industries and apartments should use tech to treat and reuse wastewater.
• Data pilferage is a big issue in the cyber world; to contain it, a composite approach with technical and political acumen is called for.
• Shared responses to humanitarian crises could be a mechanism to build co-operation and trust.

50-WORD TALK

• The free market enthusiasts in the Modi government and in the public sphere are afraid to discuss openly the pros and cons of a market economy: whether a market economy can function with its own rules or whether government regulation is needed and whether there is something called market failure. These issues might appear to be fruitless theoretical babble, but they need to be clarified time and again, and there are no simple answers either way.
• It is high time we stopped treating road safety as just a law and order or policing issue. It is a development and health issue. This change in outlook is necessary to tackle the problem effectively. It can be done by addressing such well-known risk factors as bad road engineering, poor road maintenance, slacked law enforcement and inadequate infrastructure for life-saving emergency care.

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.