WSDP Bulletin (10-08-2023)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. India takes first step to remove animals from drug-testing READ MORE
2. Focussing on 13-A without policing powers ‘practical’, Ranil tells House READ MORE
3. To curb price rise, Centre to release more foodgrain stock by open market sale READ MORE
4. Rajya Sabha passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill READ MORE
5. Orbit reduction manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 performed READ MORE
6. Kerala Assembly adopts resolution against Uniform Civil Code: Can states make laws on UCC? READ MORE
7. RBI’s status quo: What it means and why MPC has kept interest rate unchanged READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Freedom struggle and the role of revolutionary poetry READ MORE
2. Amazon nations to jointly fight deforestation READ MORE
3. Amendment to forest conservation act leaves 28% of India’s forest cover vulnerable READ MORE
4. Employed more suicidal than the unemployed. 90% of Indian youth don’t seek help READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Data Protection Bill does not protect us — it attacks our rights READ MORE
2. Tackling TB: Supplement clinical care with nutritional support READ MORE
3. Rajasthan’s Rights-Based Laws: Hits and Misses READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. India’s gig workers need urgent social security. But Gehlot’s new law isn’t the answer READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Chasing consensus: On Jeddah conference and ending the Ukraine-Russia conflict READ MORE
2. West is Paranoid About BRICS Summit READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. That ‘70s show: On India’s restrictions on imports of laptops, PCs, tablets and servers  READ MORE  
2. Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes on laptop import ban: India needs an industrial policy READ MORE
3. MDPI: BIMARU states are breaking poverty’s chains READ MORE
4. Seeds for growth: How technology can boost Indian agriculture READ MORE
5. The loose ends in manufacturing READ MORE
6. Import licence for laptops is regressive policy READ MORE
7. Public and Private Sectors Need to Work Together to Accelerate Sustainable Agriculture READ MORE
8. Modi govt wants to hurt China with laptop import curb, but it will end up hurting India READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Can small modular nuclear reactors help India achieve net-zero? READ MORE  
2. South Asia Needs a Policy Framework to Respond to Climate Migration READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Inter-services Bill: Set up integrated theatre commands on priority READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Floods in China and Slovenia: Can extreme flooding be prevented? READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Fair is not foul, foul is now fair READ MORE  
2. Dangers of Cyberbullying READ MORE

CASE STUDY

1. Former IPS officer Basant Rath registers himself as BJP activist online; party says no place for indiscipline READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. The internet can often be perceived as a lawless place, where the rules and taboos of society are easily broken thus, government should be step-in to regulate online media. Argue.
2. In recent times, developing countries diplomatic independence and strategic autonomy against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis has accelerated their rise as an emerging force in global politics. Discuss how BRICS for India is a favourable instrumental platform to realise its aspiration to achieve greater representation on the international stage.
3. Data protection Bill current Bill supersedes the Right to Information Act and exploits the fundamental Right to Privacy as a justification and legal sanction to hide the use or misuse of public resources by any identifiable person including public officials. Critically examine.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained mankind for ages.
• The Green Revolution made India self-sufficient in foodgrains production and a leading exporter, but it is a tragic paradox that millions of people are going to sleep every night with pangs of hunger. Global agencies have recognised the increasing reliance on regenerative agriculture and the crucial role it plays in achieving net-zero targets through further agricultural CDR.
• The internet can often be perceived as a lawless place, where the rules and taboos of society are easily broke.
• Their diplomatic independence and strategic autonomy against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis has accelerated their rise as an emerging force in global politics in a remarkably short period of time.
• For India, BRICS is a favourable instrumental platform to realise its aspiration to achieve greater representation on the international stage.
• BRICS success can only strengthen India’s foreign policy — and, conceivably, may even create some positive energy and ambience in its relations with China.
• This dimension of the national movement taught us that beyond our religious identity lies another space, that of humanity.
• Not only Data Protection Bill sound the death knell for the RTI Act, but it also makes anyone and everyone who deals with someone else’s information liable for prosecution for any breach of its provisions.
• New seed technologies supported by scientific validation and enabling regulatory mechanisms offer significant advantages for sustainable agriculture at little additional cost.
• For an economy stuck in a low level equilibrium, it can generate demonstration effects that are a powerful signal of credibility.

50-WORD TALK

• The RTI Act creates a harmony between the RTI and the Right to Privacy within the exemption clause under section 8(1)(j), a balance that will be demolished through this new Act. Instead of fostering a similar balance, this current Bill supersedes the Right to Information Act and exploits the fundamental Right to Privacy as a justification and legal sanction to hide the use or misuse of public resources by any identifiable person including public officials.

 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.