WSDP Bulletin (21-10-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Explained | Saving the vultures of Tamil Nadu READ MORE
2. Centre launches programme to strengthen Kashi-Tamil Nadu bond READ MORE
3. P. bags top honours at PMAY-U Awards 2021 READ MORE
4. PM Modi launches Mission LiFE in the presence of U.N. Secretary General READ MORE
5. Reduce, reuse and recycle for a sustainable future, says PM READ MORE
6. NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Sharpest ‘Pillars of Creation’ Portrait Ever READ MORE
7. Rupee recovers on RBI intervention 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
10. October storm in Bay of Bengal after 3 years: When, where it is likely to hit READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. The importance of understanding many tongues READ MORE
2. Proselytization is a colonial practice: The colonial hangover is visible in many aspects of national life but often its religious aspect is overlooked which needs to be addressed READ MORE
3. Gut health has impact on immunity and ageing READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Should Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians be given SC status? READ MORE
2. Why the tenure of D Y Chandrachud as Chief Justice of India is reason to hope READ MORE
3. Strong laws to protect encryption are the need of the hour READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Global Hunger Index: A lesson in how not to measure hunger READ MORE
2. Laying a strong foundation in school READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND RELATIONS

1. Checks, no balance: India must look at all its options with China to ensure listing of terrorists READ MORE
2. What should India’s goal be during its G20 presidency? READ MORE
3. US TARGETS CHINA IN INDO-PACIFIC READ MORE

 GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why modern banks are inherently unstable READ MORE
2. As a slowdown looms, how long will India’s economic and geopolitical ‘sweet spot’ last? READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Addressing north India’s burning issue sustainably: The issue of crop stubble burning cannot be addressed in a silo and using short-term, unsustainable solutions READ MORE
2. Oceans are warming twice as fast than the 1960s and it could get much worse READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Seeking permanent bliss or illusory happiness? READ MORE
2. Out and about: Long paroles for Bilkis case convicts were unjustifiable. And their remission must be scrutinised READ MORE
3. Happiness & suffering 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

• Vladimir Putin’s declaration of martial law in Russian-occupied Ukraine is a desperate bid to shore up regime authority amid military reverses. Emergency laws have also been imposed elsewhere in Russia, to contain public fury over battlefield losses. Putin might end up fighting the decisive battles of this war at home.

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.