WSDP Bulletin (06-10-2023)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. 1.      Text of PM’s address on occasion of 200th birth anniversary of Shri Ramalinga Swamy also known as Vallalar READ MORE
2. 2.      RuPay Domestic Card Scheme Agreement between India and the UAE READ MORE  
3. 3.      Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 decriminalized READ MORE
4. 4.      Services PMI signals September boost READ MORE
5. 5.      First public sector caravan park in Kerala to come up at Bekal READ MORE
6. 6.      In first polls post-370, Kargil hill council elections sees over 78% turnout READ MORE
7. 7.      Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: History, India’s response READ MORE
8. 8.      Govt frees aircraft recovery by lessors from IBC shackles – the move and its significance READ MORE
9. 9.      Why Punjab wants to ban the cultivation of PUSA-44 paddy variety READ MORE
10. 10.  Climate crisis in forests: Dandeli losing its distinctive grasses & hornbills to erratic weather READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Equality and identity: On the findings of the Bihar caste count READ MORE
2. How will proportionate reservation demand affect politics? READ MORE
3. Economic and social reform constitute a radical agenda of eradicating caste READ MORE
4. Climate-change sensitive knowledge-gathering for Himalayan rivers is vital READ MORE
5. Be ready for extreme weather events READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Lack of budget, high demand slow MGNREGS READ MORE
2. ED under fire: SC wants probe agency to do course correction READ MORE
3. River of discord: The long-festering Cauvery dispute can only be resolved politically by the riparian states READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Making menstrual health a welfare priority: Insights from three states READ MORE
2. NEP 2020 centralises education, worsens existing maladies READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. ‘If Indian troops are removed, Maldives will lose a diplomatic card to balance China…it will also distance France and US’ READ MORE  
2. India, Canada need to give quiet diplomacy a chance READ MORE
3. India emerges as a voice of Global South READ MORE
4. IMEC: The Modern Silk Route READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Counting rural women’s labour READ MORE  
2. The banking sector is leading the journey towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat READ MORE
3. Driving mobility to a sustainable future READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Over $9 trillion investments in infrastructure resilience, Net Zero needed by 2050 to mitigate climate impact: CDRI READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Inspiring colours: On the 2023 Chemistry Nobel READ MORE
2. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 goes to three scientists for quantum dots fundamental to nanotechnology READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Make drainage system foolproof to avert disasters READ MORE

INTERNAL SECURITY

1. In Manipur, another internet shutdown, a conflict intensified READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Is mortality subjective? READ MORE
2. God and his many forms READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ONOE would be a great help in substantially minimizing the effects of using polarisation based on socio-economic toxicity to win elections. How far do you agree with this statement? Analyse your viewpoint.
2. Discuss the issue of climate migrants. Suggest ways to address the challenges related to climate migration.
3. By collaborating with neighbouring countries, India can serve as a catalyst for positive change and promote food security and sustainable development in the Indo-Pacific. Comment.
4. India’s female workforce participation remains paltry and calls for an urgent review of India’s policies and schemes related to women’s empowerment. Argue.
5. While legislative representation is a critical aspect, it must be complemented by measures that empower women at the grassroots level. Comment on the statement in the light of the recent Women’s Reservation Act

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• We must avoid the trap set by extremists of limiting human beings to one identity.
• ONOE would be a great help in substantially minimizing the effects of using polarisation based on socio-economic toxicity to win elections.
• An election should mark the celebration of a vibrant democracy. It should not degenerate into an exercise maximising polarisation based on socio-economic toxicity. ONOE would be a great help in substantially minimising this adverse impact.
• Being a multilateral forum of international economic cooperation, the G20 can serve as a suitable platform for creating a dedicated fund for climate migrants.
• By collaborating with neighbouring countries, India can serve as a catalyst for positive change and promote food security and sustainable development in the Indo-Pacific.
• India’s female workforce participation remains paltry and calls for an urgent review of India’s policies and schemes related to women’s empowerment.
• While legislative representation is a critical aspect, it must be complemented by measures that empower women at the grassroots level.
• Achieving gender equity and true empowerment requires a deeper understanding of the complexities involved and a commitment to addressing them effectively.
• True empowerment necessitates a sociopolitical transformation at the grassroots level, characterised by women’s access to education, equal opportunities, economic independence, and, most importantly, political independence.
• Consent is pivotal as it respects individual autonomy, fosters safety, maintains ethical standards, and promotes healthy, respectful relationships.
• A good plan of action is being implemented by the Integrated Development Project implemented by the Himachal Forest Department with the assistance of the World Bank. It seeks to improve upstream water management and water productivity of selected gram panchayats.
• Resolution of dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu can pave the way for addressing interstate river water conflicts.
• The five southern States have effectively controlled their population and should not be penalised through reduced political representation.

ESSAY TOPIC

• India to awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened
• What we sow we reap.

50-WORD TALK

• Canada should have first pursued private diplomatic talks with New Delhi before it decided to go to parliament with Nijjar killing allegations and collect a mohalla-style panchayat of its global allies. The onus of privileging its domestic politics over diplomacy is on Ottawa. Justin Trudeau can’t have it both ways.
• The journey to gender equality in India’s workforce is long and challenging. Yet, the potential benefits of women’s economic empowerment are enormous and transformative, both for women and society. Our collective responsibility is to ensure that the women workforce in India gets their due.
• India can serve as a catalyst for positive change, promoting food security and sustainable development in the Indo-Pacific for the benefit of the entire region. Regional cooperation, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration among nations in the region are vital for developing and implementing effective strategies to overcome these challenges.

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.