WSDP Bulletin (21-09-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Monsoon begins withdrawal from Rajasthan READ MORE
2. Grazing lands turning into buffer zones, says chief of village bordering LAC READ MORE
3. EWS quota does not erode rights of scheduled communities, OBCs: Centre tells Supreme Court READ MORE
4. After unrecognised parties, now EC takes on discrepancies in recognised parties’ statements READ MORE
5. RBI removes Central Bank of India from Prompt Corrective Action framework READ MORE
6. Earth just experienced its 6th-warmest August on record READ MORE
7. James Webb gets a close look at the Red Planet for the first time READ MORE
8. DPIIT planning multi-media campaign to promote over 400 GI products READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. The ‘triple dip’ La Niña, and its likely impact in India READ MORE
2. How climate change is fueling hurricanes READ MORE
3. A better world: India and the world are now more congenial to women and their success READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Death penalty: Constitution Bench to bring clarity on sentencing READ MORE
2. CBI’s overreach: Top probe agency’s credibility is under a cloud READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Why a sensitive healthcare system is key to addressing the high suicide rate among India’s women READ MORE
2. Hijab row shows why we should see Muslim women’s rights through the dual lens of religion and gender READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Christophe Jaffrelot writes: Weighing Quad against SCO READ MORE
2. SCO summit marred by mutual dissensions READ MORE
3. Dealing with the dragon READ MORE
4. Positioning India in a chaotic world: With old fashioned geo-political risks jostling alongside newer political challenges, India’s foreign policy planners need to refashion the way they look at issues READ MORE  

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Changing contours of India’s FTAs READ MORE
2. A better way out of bad loans READ MORE
3. Govt must take fresh look at gas pricing READ MORE
4. Fiscal federalism and hullabaloo around freebies READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Arrest climate change READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Explained | What is lumpy skin disease in cattle? Does it affect milk we consume? READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. There is no way to peace, peace is the way READ MORE
2. Understanding war through papacy & morality READ MORE
3. SWABHAVA IS CORE OF HUMAN NATURE READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘A homogenous understanding of our rights is a disservice to the plurality of the Indian population’. Examine the statement in light of ongoing debate related to wearing the hijab.
2. Why is a sensitive healthcare system key to addressing the high suicide rate among India’s women? Discuss the statement in light of increasing trend of suicide case among women.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.
• The case of school and college girls wearing the hijab should be looked at from a dual lens of religion and gender.
• Women’s rights are diverse; similarly Muslim women’s issues are diverse. A homogenous understanding of our rights is a disservice to the plurality of the Indian population.
• Healthcare facilities offer unique sites for interventions as they may be among the first places where women may report such abuse.
• The role of health system cannot be overemphasised in responding to immediate psychological needs of women facing domestic violence and preventing suicides.
• The World Bank can significantly contribute by increasing the target for the share of its financing for climate benefitting projects from 35 percent to at least 50 percent.
• The indomitable neighbour in China is testing India’s diplomacy and prowess; but we are found wanting on both as it goes all out to extract its pound of flesh.
• The progress in the SCO continues to be hampered by lack of connectivity and differences among its members on the issues of terrorism, territorial integrity, connectivity (transit rights between India and Pakistan for Afghanistan) and economic development.
• Export thrust. Along with greater trade cooperation and lower duties, new free trade agreements include digital trade.
• India may give up its strategic balancing of China and West if the Ukraine war weakens Russia and Moscow is unable to provide for its defence needs.

ESSAY TOPIC

• There is no way to peace, peace is the way.

50-WORD TALK

• The reopening of movie theatres in Kashmir, shuttered by jihadist violence in 1989, is a welcome step towards restoring normal life. Terrorists attacked theatres when they last reopened in 1998, and ensuring safety will be challenging. Oppressive security measures will be counterproductive, though, so a fine balance must be found.
• Russian President Putin acknowledged that China had some ‘concerns and questions’ over the Ukraine war and promised to answer them. China’s President Xi Jinping claimed that China had fulfilled its responsibility as a major country by ‘injecting stability into a turbulent world’. While maintaining the façade of their united front against the US, both Beijing and Moscow are quietly limiting each other’s influence in their backyard.

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.