WSDP Bulletin (18-09-2023)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. IBBI open to innovative suggestions that can reduce delays, help in better recovery READ MORE
2. Why Nipah virus outbreaks are occurring only in Kerala READ MORE  
3. One-third of TB patients received no payment for nutrition support READ MORE
4. New Parliament to host session from tomorrow READ MORE
5. Centre plans to recall RAF from Manipur READ MORE  
6. Military leaders of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign mutual defence pact READ MORE  
7. Santiniketan finds its place on UNESCO’s World Heritage List READ MORE
8. Committed to helping artisans, says PM; unveils ₹13,000-crore scheme READ MORE
9. How Basmati in India is reaping the rewards of research READ MORE
10. What is the Vishwakarma scheme, launched for those engaged in traditional crafts and skills READ MORE
11. What is the National Judicial Data Grid and how it could help courts READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Did warnings about Libya’s dams go unheeded? Here’s how they contributed to the floods READ MORE  
2. India’s forest policy needs revaluation READ MORE
3. Building resilient education systems: Evidence from five countries READ MORE
4. Focus on putting a halt to student suicides READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. G20’s inclusive thrust should extend to global governance on health issues READ MORE
2. Convicted lawmakers: Plug legal loophole to cleanse electoral politics READ MORE
3. States must give panchayats administrative and financial powers READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. India is at a pivotal moment in its health-care journey READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Winds of change in global governance | Global South READ MORE
2. What purpose does the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) serve? | Explained READ MORE ]
3. Assessing outcomes of G-20 summit READ MORE
4. It’s time for India and Africa to deal with food and security issues together READ MORE
5. Global South shaping geopolitics & development READ MORE

 GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Export bans and stocking limits: are they working? READ MORE
2. Testing times: On shrinking of India’s goods exports READ MORE
3. Food cost spoils inflation spread READ MORE
4. Responsible lending: RBI orders return of papers on loan settlement READ MORE
5. Time for 100 per cent FDI in retail sector READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. What is driving the Global Biofuels Alliance? READ MORE   
2. Project Cheetah, a year on READ MORE
3. Eight countries witness devastating floods in Sept: Is climate change causing deluge across the world? READ MORE
4. One year on, India’s cheetah project shows a spotty report card READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Yet another virus alert READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Dovetail ITBP with integrated restructuring of armed forces READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Protecting floodplains is the need of the hour READ MORE
2. The deadliest and strongest earthquakes in recorded history READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Aspire for the best READ MORE
2. Karma & destiny READ MORE
3. Moral compass in education is a must READ MORE
4. yama and niyama: the ethical foundation READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Critically Assess the outcomes of G-20 summit. How would you justify that the summit has been a major political and diplomatic success for G-20 and India?
2. A reimagination of India’s health-care model can lead the country to becoming a powerhouse in AI-driven health-care solutions and a leader in combating non-communicable diseases. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.
• A reimagination of India’s health-care model can lead the country to becoming a powerhouse in AI-driven health-care solutions and a leader in combating non-communicable diseases.
• The summit has been a major political and diplomatic success for G-20 and its current president, India.
• The project’s goal is to establish a viable cheetah metapopulation in India that allows the animal to perform its functional role as a top predator and provides space for the expansion of the cheetah within its historical range.
• With Africa’s inclusion in G20, the challenges posed by rapid population growth, persistent poverty, and widespread undernourishment become more serious.
• The inability of global governance to impose checks and balances to ensure that the needs of less endowed countries are served is worrying.
• The deepening relationship between India and Saudi Arabia has potential to change the dynamic of the subcontinent and West Asia.
• Nipah outbreak holds lessons for governments on the need to improve disease surveillance and pharma industry to work on vaccines.
• An ideal democracy entails decentralisation of power.
• Instead of being self-governing, the panchayats are supplicants before petty government officials, who take orders from the ministers of the departments concerned.
• The higher number of crimes that involve educated people, and increasing malpractices in every sector by the educated people point to our faulty education system.
• Aspiring career-seekers should be given proper counselling to deal with exam-related stress and trained to handle depression and despondency.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior.

50-WORD TALK

• The delivery of the first C295 aircraft, manufactured by a partnership between Airbus and Tata Advanced Systems, to the Indian Air Force is a major milestone for the country. The acquisition marks the beginning of a new era as it’s the first time an Indian private company will manufacture planes.
• Supreme Court order on a policy for law enforcement agencies to brief media on ongoing criminal investigations was much needed. There is often irresponsible and breathless coverage of such probes. The police and other agencies are to blame for selective leaks and sharing sensitive information that can influence public opinion.
• RBI’s order saying banks must hand over all loan-related assets within 30 days of payback or settlement will give relief to lakhs currently at the mercy of bank bureaucracy. Earlier, RBI also limited banks’ ability to charge penal interest. Such strictness with banks over their treatment of borrowers is timely.

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.