WSDP Bulletin (03-10-2022)

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Prelim and Main

1. First among equals READ MORE
2. Indore bags cleanest city award for sixth year, M.P ranks first among States READ MORE
3. Who is behind the Nord Stream pipeline leakages, and who gains from it? READ MORE
4. UNEP calls Nord Stream methane leak ‘biggest-ever’; plume over Europe fading READ MORE
5. Telangana scoops Swachh Survekshan Gramin, 2022 award READ MORE
6. Tokenisation for credit and debit card transactions: What is it, and how does it help you? READ MORE
7. India abstains on UNSC resolution condemning Russia’s ‘referenda’ READ MORE
8. Fast-melting Arctic ice is turning the ocean acidic, threatening life READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Monsoon 2022 ends with filling up India’s major reservoirs READ MORE
2. Monsoon 2022 ends: 188 districts dry even after heavy rains in last week of September READ MORE
3. Gandhi and Ambedkar: A Parallax Relation? READ MORE
4. Freedom of conscience should be valued READ MORE  

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Rights and duties are interrelated READ MORE
2. By recognising pregnant woman’s right to dignity and autonomy, Supreme Court has made informed decisions on reproductive health possible READ MORE
3. Why the greatest legacy of monarchical Britain is parliamentary democracy READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. On abortion, Supreme Court has listened to women READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. UN Security Council reform an onerous task READ MORE
2. If India wants to support Sri Lankans, it must back extension of UN panel probing rights violations READ MORE

 GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Boxed in: As high prices restrain consumption, inflation control must be top priority READ MORE
2. The link between inflation and climate change READ MORE
3. Anti-poaching labour pacts need scrutiny READ MORE
4. Leading economies of the world are driving global instability. What can India do to retain its balance? READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. 5G is here: What lies ahead will become clearer with time but the possibilities are enormous READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Mahatma Gandhi, the peacemaker: Gandhi considered the problem of peace as an ethical, rather than political, issue READ MORE
2. On Gandhi Jayanti, let’s remind ourselves of transformative power of our youth, need to tap into it READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Though fundamental duties are not enforceable constitutionally, they are as vital as fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution’. Argue the statement.
2. In India, the greatest legacy of monarchical Britain has been the ideas of parliamentary democracy and liberal law. Comment on the statement and compare the system of parliamentary democracy between India and Britain.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
• Gandhi considered the problem of peace as an ethical, rather than political, issue.
• In an age of increasing ‘globalisation of selfishness’, there is an urgent need to read and practise the Gandhian social and political philosophy in order re-evaluate the concept of peace.
• It has upheld the right of all women to make their own reproductive decisions. It has recognised that deprivation of access to reproductive healthcare affects the dignity of women.
• If we have to tame food inflation, we will have to invest more in climate-smart agriculture, in precision farming, with high productivity and less damage to natural resources. Science and technologies can, of course, help us, but they cannot be scaled in a perverse policy ecosystem.
• We need to encourage the nation-builder and sewa leader within them so that they go on to spearhead a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and diversity.
• The CCI must shed its laissez faire approach to labour markets, with no-poach deals and moonlighting on the rise.
• Even in present-day India, Gandhi is greatly needed. As divisive forces prevail in our country, only Gandhi and ‘Gandhism’ are the most effective counter-measures to win over these.
• Though fundamental duties are not enforceable constitutionally, they are as vital as fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution.
• If Gandhi and Ambedkar are indispensable to political thought today, it is because both are deeply committed to the figure of the minor, and to an equality centred around this figure. This is why we must study the antagonism between them.
• The Sri lanka’s economic crisis is also a political and human rights calamity. There can be no justice until the rights of ordinary Sri Lankans are safe.
• Only through sustained poverty alleviation programmes and policies directed at benefitting the common man economically, India can sustain its economic bull run for over a period of time.

50-WORD TALK

• Every year, since February 2009, diplomats from various countries ritually make statements on the question of equitable representation in the membership of the Security Council, but nothing changes. A broad list of issues relevant to the debate around the UNSC reform includes the proposed size of the expanded council, the question of veto, categories of membership, regional representation and the working methods.

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.