WSDP Bulletin (27-09-2022)

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Prelim and Main

1. India’s push for home-grown navigation system jolts smartphone giants READ MORE
2. Seven years which saw the Supreme Court embrace live-streaming, online RTI portal READ MORE
3. I&B Ministry blocks 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels READ MORE
4. The case to decide on excommunication within Dawoodi Bohras READ MORE
5. Growth in credit offtake at 9-yr high, with retail driving demand READ MORE
6. Inflation to stay above 6% until 2022-end: S&P READ MORE
7. 60 years after they were last seen, tigers to come back to Madhya Pradesh’s Madhav National Park READ MORE
8. Union minister Giriraj Singh launches ‘Jaldoot’ app to check water levels of selected wells READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Repeated multi-year droughts hit India over last 1,000 years, water policies need reassessment: Study READ MORE  
2. 3 reasons Hurricane Ian poses a major flooding hazard for Florida — a meteorologist explains READ MORE
3. Break chains of inequality, historical injustice READ MORE
4. SOCIAL MEDIA SPURS SUICIDAL TENDENCIES READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Putting power back in the hands of the people: With a crisis of representation, tottering democracies can be brought to life with the crucial role of referendum or direct democracy READ MORE
2. Death penalty: Deciding the rarest of the rare READ MORE
3. Lawless policing an abomination in a free society READ MORE
4. Governor vs Govt: The spat between the Kerala Governor and the Chief Minister is most unfortunate READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Digitised healthcare depends on faster connectivity READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Modi’s vishwa guru quest continues. Australia visit will help India wean Canberra away from China READ MORE

 GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why PLI is worth doing: Critiques are missing both the immediate economic logic & its longer term strategic benefit READ MORE
2. The RBI’s rupee headache READ MORE
3. Food Security Dwindles: Increasing foodgrain prices will be a big blow to country’s food security which is already strained READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT

1. Waste mismanagement: NGT applies ‘polluter pays’ principle for lapses 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. Be like an immovable rock in the midst of chaos READ MORE
2. Shed gloomy thoughts READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Caste-based discrimination continues to stalk the political landscape of independent India’. Comment with examples.
2. ‘In a democratic society, the law vests vast powers in the hands of the police to curb lawlessness by anti-social elements, but also keeps provisions to ensure that these powers are not used to imperil the rights of citizens’. With the help of relevant examples discuss how the cases of police brutality can be minimized?
3. The tussle between state government and the office of Governor set many bad examples and ultimately affects the working of state government. Discuss what India can learn British monarch to address the issue between state government and governor overreach?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• History never looks like history when you are living through it.
• With a crisis of representation, tottering democracies can be brought to life with the crucial role of referendum or direct democracy.
• The draft telecom act, which replaces a colonial law, does well to put in technological, regulatory changes but falls short on some aspects.
• The country’s efforts so far in tackling water and air pollution as well as ensuring garbage and e-waste disposal have suffered due to misgovernance.
• Within redistributive justice, special provision has to be made for those who have suffered historical injustice. Dalits and Scheduled Tribes are doubly disadvantaged. They are socially discriminated on the basis of birth and also denied opportunities. Caste-based discrimination continues to stalk the political landscape of independent India.
• Despite facing myriad personal and official issues, the Queen remained a cool customer and a role model for other heads of State.
• Digital health delivery is gaining popularity, but its expansion in rural India will bank on connectivity.

50-WORD TALK

• The Supreme Court has done well to acknowledge that capital punishment needs closer scrutiny and referring the matter to a five-judge bench. The problem that the Supreme Court’s reference to a Constitution Bench seeks to remedy is the need to achieve consistency on the requirements of a fair, meaningful and effective sentencing hearing.
• In a democratic society, the law vests vast powers in the hands of the police to curb lawlessness by anti-social elements, but also keeps provisions to ensure that these powers are not used to imperil the rights of citizens. The conviction of criminals is important, but more important is the fact that the police must function in a way that promotes the values of a liberal, democratic society. Illegal means ultimately undermine the ends. This approach damages the credibility of the police.

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.