WSDP Bulletin (24-09-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Malawi first country in southern Africa to eliminate trachoma: WHO READ MORE
2. ‘Ambedkar tourist circuit only aids nationalistic narrative’ READ MORE
3. Coming soon: relief from spam calls, fraudulent messages READ MORE
4. What banking system liquidity going into ‘deficit mode’ means READ MORE
5. What is carbon dating, and can the Gyanvapi ‘Shivling’ be dated by this technique? READ MORE
6. Burning fuel to carry fuel: Govt’s ethanol programme to face transport challenges READ MORE
7. Rupee breaches 81, policy challenge: let it find its value or burn forex, hike rates READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. To develop, India must forge a new social contract READ MORE  
2. Towards the Instrumentality of Inequality READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Issues before the Supreme Court in EWS quota case: background and analysis READ MORE
2. How to Defend India and Swaraj READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The success of the novel PM SHRI schools scheme will depend on the quality of educators READ MORE
2. National Health Accounts, 2018–19 READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The Global South’s assertion in geopolitics READ MORE
2. UN Charter in jeopardy: World must heed Guterres’ warning that winter of global discontent is on the horizon READ MORE
3. The SCO has a long-term regional agenda READ MORE
4. The Growing Significance of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. True meaning of Atmanirbharta READ MORE
2. The Role of Industrial Policy in Market-friendly Economies READ MORE
3. Rare treasure trove: Rare opportunity for India READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT

1. In Conservation Efforts, the Tiger Overshadows India’s Other Carnivores READ MORE
2. Climate, Salinity, Menstrual Health: Sundarban Women Fight on Three Fronts 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. Five essential steps to happiness READ MORE
2. The power of patience READ MORE
3. The Use and Abuse of Oath-taking READ MORE

CASE STUDY

1. In Nandurbar, delayed MGNREGA wages trap workers in a vicious cycle of debt and migration READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The rising importance of the SCO is an indicator of the growing strategic exhaustion with the US-led world order’. Analysis.
2. ‘Poor teaching is a product of systemic deficits that makes the teaching profession unattractive to a large number of talented people’. In the light of the statement analyse how a parallel teacher training programme can must be in place to train the educators in the pedagogical practices?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
• Given the supply-chain disruptions observed in the past two years and China’s severe hedonistic tendencies, it is not wise to maintain dependence for such crucial raw materials.
• Agriculture electricity supply has been the Achilles heel in the context of electricity policy and subsidy in India. The study summarises all the electricity consumption methods and numbers in the major agricultural states by state electricity regulatory commissions and researchers.
• The rising importance of the SCO is an indicator of the growing strategic exhaustion with the US-led world order.
• A deficit in healthcare and its skewed availability across states remain major limitations.
• The outcome of the SCO in Samarkand shows that the members are bracing for a larger role on the world stage.
• Bemoaning the stark reality that while the international community had a ‘duty’ to act, the SG added: ‘We are gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction. The international community is not ready or willing to tackle the big dramatic challenges of our age.
• Poor teaching is a product of systemic deficits that makes the teaching profession unattractive to a large number of talented people. A parallel teacher training programme must be in place to train the educators in the pedagogical practices proposed by the NEP.

50-WORD TALK

• Arresting PFI leaders — even banning the group — will achieve little unless the government presents credible evidence of ties to terrorism. Past prosecutions against PFI haven’t succeeded, only gave it a halo of victimhood and more supporters. Fighting its toxic politics needs a nuanced political response, not only the police’s hammer.
• Endless arguments about who cast the first stone in Leicester won’t fix the damage Hindu-Muslim clashes have inflicted on South Asian communities abroad. Importing hatred from the homeland will destroy the hard-won reputation of South Asian immigrants as workers and entrepreneurs. Hindu-Muslim fanaticism will only empower English-nationalist opposition to immigration.

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.