WSDP Bulletin (23-09-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Government likely to stop funding trust linked to 1098 READ MORE
2. What is the draft Telecom Bill, and what changes it aims to bring READ MORE
3. How this cyclone intensity estimation technique saved millions of lives across continents READ MORE
4. Economic backwardness can be temporary… does EWS need affirmative action, not quota: SC READ MORE
5. Will algae biofuels become viable? READ MORE
6. Coral reefs can adapt to climate change; you must give them a chance READ MORE
7. Global warming increased appetite of termites that feed on wood needed to store carbon: Study READ MORE
8. 10th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission meeting held in New York READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. A census is not about counting sheep: The Census in India is about many things — it must be made a priority and used to affirm a sense of comradeship READ MORE
2. India and Pakistan can future-proof their threatened rivers READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Managing sports: On administrators and the National Sports Code READ MORE
2. For internal democracy: On Election Commission of India rejecting notion of ‘leader for life’ in political parties READ MORE
3. Freeing the caged parrot READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Equality remains an elusive dream READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained | Analysing the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan conflict READ MORE
2. Why the UN security council needs India READ MORE
3. IBSA revival can bring more impetus to G20 READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Tangled issues in electricity law READ MORE
2. RBI should not just track rates, but also consequences of Fed’s quantitative tightening READ MORE
3. Banks as growth catalysts READ MORE

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Environmental Violence Is Rife in West Bengal READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. How this cyclone intensity estimation technique saved millions of lives across continents READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Why think like a chained circus elephant? READ MORE
2. Cause-effect algorithm READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Discuss the reasons, why India seen uneven economic development and progress, uneven levels of education, employment, social cohesion and contentment even after the seventy-five years of independence?
2. States mistrust in central agencies, is not good in a federal structure. If the Centre is serious about fighting graft, it must make the CBI truly autonomous. Comment on the statement in the light of recent criticism faced by central agencies.
3. Living lose and economic costs of road crashes have emerged as a major challenges against the Indian policy makers in recent times and sometimes it is defined as the road terror. In your view, what should the government do to minimize these loses?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
• Having decided to keep away from the trade track of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for now, assertions that the Government has ‘no bandwidth’ left for new free trade pact negotiations though more countries are wooing it, and is seeking to slow talks with the Gulf Cooperation Council, are unnecessary.
• Over time, uneven development has characterised the States of the Indian Union. Regional and linguistic diversity characterises them. And so does uneven economic development and progress, resulting in uneven levels of education, employment, social cohesion and contentment.
• There is need for an Indian global media platform to address the superficial understanding of Indian democracy and the stereotypical perspective of the country’s socio-cultural diversity.
• Surface transport safety reforms can be implemented at the State and national levels to minimise the economic costs of road crashes.
• Decency, among other things, has to be understood in terms of what is minimally available to a person to remain decent while organising their public life in association with others.
• It is even seen that a critical level of human development is a prerequisite for ensuring sustainable economic growth. Hence, it is no surprise that the deceleration in India’s HDI values corresponds with the slowdown in India’s growth rates.

50-WORD TALK

• Supreme Court’s anguish over “hate speech” during debates on TV news channels is understandable. But to ask the government to make a law to curb it is overreach. The rise in hate speech in India is due to the pervasive politics of hate. TV debates only mirror that unfortunate reality.
• A new India-Brazil-South Africa impetus should seek an improved coordination to giving BRICS a better direction. Within BRICS, it must exert itself by coordinating its own positions. Simply blocking the path of what China wants to do is not a long-term solution. It needs to take charge of the destiny of BRICS and G20 as effective leaders.

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.