WSDP Bulletin (29-09-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Centre extends free ration scheme by three months READ MORE
2. Lt Gen Anil Chauhan appointed Chief of Defence Staff READ MORE
3. Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince is named prime minister READ MORE
4. ASI discovers 26 ancient caves in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve READ MORE
5. Uttar Pradesh plans its 4th tiger reserve in Bundelkhand READ MORE
6. Handful of agrifood giants control global food markets, warns report READ MORE
7. Methane emission to rise 13% by 2030 without global pledge, claims Kerry READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Bengaluru, Lucknow flooding: What do we mean by water-sensitive cities? READ MORE  
2. The future of old times READ MORE
3. SPOTLIGHT – ON THE HIJAB READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Appealing the PFI ban: How UAPA tribunal works READ MORE
2. Jurisprudence Shifts from the Rights Regime READ MORE
3. The need for revising the age of consent under the POCSO Act READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. PM SHRI schools reimagine education in India READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Rediscovering the Bay of Bengal: The Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies will strengthen India’s overall framework for maritime engagement READ MORE
2.  G-20 presidency is an opportunity to position India as the voice of the Global South READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Automation has impacted lower-level jobs in banks READ MORE
2. What the draft telecom policy intends to regulate READ MORE
3. Simple GST structure can check tax evasion READ MORE
4. Foreign trade: Going beyond a phrase READ MORE
5. It is time to make employment benefits more inclusive READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT

1. In nature’s warning signs, a nudge to riparian states READ MORE

SECURITY

1. National security must be priority 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. FREE WILL IS the ABILITY TO choose READ MORE
2. Saying sorry READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Regional marine entities should strive to balance opportunities and goals on a national, regional, and international scale. Discuss why Rediscovering of the Bay of Bengal is vital to strengthen India’s overall framework for maritime engagement?
2. In recent times, the issue of climate refuges has become a major challenge against the world community. Discuss the issues associated with this challenge and how the international communities can address them?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.
• With the devastating effects of climate change visible, riparian states across the world must comply with all the procedural duties pursuant to the ‘no harm rule’.
• Working together is important due to shared nautical concerns and the complexity of the marine environment.
• Regional marine entities should strive to balance opportunities and goals on a national, regional, and international scale.
• The Indian elite and foreign policy commentariat, influenced heavily by Western thinking on world affairs, have acquired an exaggerated view of Indian global influence, hitching their wagons to the West rather than stay the course with the South.
• The Centre gave strong reasons in its order banning PFI. Now, all governments need to ensure vigilance.
• India must establish that it can create and consolidate economic, human and strategic security, maintain social harmony and bestow more largesse on neighbours compared to China.
• A politically and socially harmonious India could set an example to its neighbours; a divided and high-handed one raises concerns about their own security.
• The existing GST structures, along with the prevailing income tax slabs and exemptions, need urgent revision to rid our nation’s tax system of anomalies.

50-WORD TALK

• No amount of obfuscation in the alleged Uttarakhand blackmail, murder of Ankita Bhandari can hide what is undoubtedly a high-power sleaze racket at the resort. It’ll be a shame if political connections protect the guilty. PM Modi campaigned on women’s safety issues, he must ensure BJP members abide by it.
• The ban on Popular Front of India will choke global networks recruiting Indians into jihad. PFI should never have been allowed to grow this strong in the first place. Extremist groups like PFI, SIMI flourish primarily because of the vacuum in political leadership, not just because of poverty or unemployment.

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.