WSDP Bulletin (20-10-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Tamil Nadu’s mission to save the critically endangered vultures READ MORE
2. Indigenous UAV Rustom-2 to complete user trials by August 2023 READ MORE
3. ‘India fast emerging as a sizeable Web3 ecosystem’ READ MORE
4. Lothal, ‘oldest dock in the world’, to get heritage complex: Features, significance of the project READ MORE
5. PM Modi unveils Make in India new list: Frigates to SAMs READ MORE
6. Major wildfires in western US can increase severe storms in central states: Study READ MORE
7. Climate effect in space: Expect more satellite collisions READ MORE
8. Who is Shehan Karunatilaka, the winner of Booker Prize 2022 for Fiction? READ MORE
9. The next CJI will have the longest tenure in the last decade READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Reforming arts, crafts and culture education READ MORE
2. In Thar desert, indigenous systems that help preserve water are fast vanishing READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Why the Election Commission’s strategy to name and shame voters won’t help READ MORE
2. Pricing pressure: Sebi should avoid over-regulation READ MORE
3. Urbanisation without chaos: How to plan and govern our cities READ MORE
4. Fact check: Is the government right to criticise India’s low ranking on the Global Hunger Index? READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Tread cautiously on MBBS in mother tongue READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND RELATIONS

1. Many hurt in US tech war against China: America’s determination will deeply affect China but also companies around the world READ MORE
2. All major powers face two-front challenges READ MORE
3. The myth and reality of ASEAN unity READ MORE

 GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Digital Journey Roadmap to digital rupee isn’t too clear READ MORE
2. In the inflation fight, a liquidity conundrum READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. A new lease of LIFE for climate action: The Lifestyle for Environment (LIFE) mission resonates with the global climate justice India has rightfully called for READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Everyday tapasya READ MORE
2. Faithline: Where do we begin to learn from READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Political parties are just representatives of the Indian people, but this is the Indian people, who are sovereign in India schemes like Electoral Bonds are making Indian democracy fragile. Discuss.
2. ‘Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity but an act of justice’. Analyse how philanthropy can be the catalyst for making make India a poverty-free country?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
• Political parties are vehicles of representation for the Indian people –the Indian Constitution makes the Indian people sovereign and not political parties of Government –and the Electoral Bonds Scheme takes away the right of people to know about the information related to political parties.
• Governors seem to have an exaggerated notion of their own roles under the Constitution.
• Governor are expected to defend the Constitution and may use their powers to caution elected regimes against violating the Constitution, but this does not mean that they can use the absence of a time-frame for decision-making and the discretionary space given to them to function as a parallel power centre.
• An enabling policy regime, proactive government initiatives and supportive regulatory administration allowed the private and public sector entities in the financial sector to overcome longstanding challenges of exclusion of a large part of the population.
• Philanthropy can be the catalyst for innovation and action, while markets and governments can bring the much-needed scale to on-ground efforts.
• The US doesn’t have the people to help industry grow. That’s where India can step in, with its high-quality innovators and researchers.
• While there may be reasons to quibble over terms such as ‘hunger’ or ‘nutrition’, the upshot of the reports is that India still has the world’s largest number of poor and the highest number of malnourished children.
• Gene-editing has been a major scientific advancement, but the limits of such endeavours must be known as there are inherent dangers in doing so.
• Trust deficit mars Sino-India relations, as the tense Line of Actual Control poses a big challenge for the leadership.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
• Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity but an act of justice.

50-WORD TALK

• The government can very well dismiss the findings on poverty and hunger made by international agencies, but its rejections lack credibility. The only way to convincingly counter such studies is by releasing official data. Endless delays in the publication of official data mean researchers are forced to use other sources.
• Gujarat’s affidavit detailing paroles and furloughs for the Bilkis Bano convicts is supremely scandalous. Worse is the Centre’s approval for remission despite objections by trial court judge and the prosecuting organisation, CBI. A Modi government minister is defending the shocking decision. SC can’t let this drag like another routine case.

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.