(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. US and UK Approve Gene Editing Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease READ MORE
2. Supreme Court rules that tribunals cannot direct government to frame policy READ MORE
3. T.N. rains | Predicting extreme rainfall events using probabilistic forecasts READ MORE
4. Centre plans to revive tax cuts on sugar exports READ MORE
5. Open sale of hazardous pesticides continues to impact the health of farmers in Maharashtra READ MORE
6. Why has the Indian government criticised the methodologies of global credit rating agencies? READ MORE
7. El Nino effect: Cases of dengue have increased globally READ MORE
8. Astronomers Detect Seismic Ripples In Oldest Known Spiral Galaxy READ MORE
9. Winter Session Snapshot: Record Number of Lok Sabha MPs Suspended; No Bills Sent to Committees READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Marital rape exception must go READ MORE
2. The Role of Gender and Caste in Accessing Livelihood Opportunities in India READ MORE
3. The Sahara Desert Used To Be a Green Savannah and New Research Explains Why READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. India’s revised criminal law proposals READ MORE
2. WFI’s suspension is an opportunity to clean up, deliver justice and catalyse accountability across federations READ MORE
3. SC shows the way: Case disposal rate has improved this year READ MORE
4. Strike a balance between surveillance and privacy READ MORE
5. In the shadow of the anti-conversion law READ MORE
6. Article 370 Verdict: A Missed Opportunity to Rein in an Unrestrained Exercise of Power READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Death of merit or social equality? READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. US Ploy To Drag India Into the Red Sea Will it succeed? READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. India’s jobs crisis, the macroeconomic reasons READ MORE
2. Growth’s New Normal: 7.5% READ MORE
3. Economic research has lost its way READ MORE
4. MSP guarantee is bad economics READ MORE
5. Free Trade Isn’t a Good Thing; It Creates Unemployment READ MORE
6. India’s crypto journey: Leading the global adoption race READ MORE
7. Indian rice export ban: Implications for global markets and food security READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Unpacking the first ever COP ‘Health Day’ READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. The drone moment of Indian agriculture READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Myriad challenges on the security front: The govt will need to fine-tune the country’s higher defence management in the new year READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Turbulence in south: On the heavy rain in southern Tamil Nadu, weather forecasting and preparedness READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Revering the Inanimate READ MORE
2. Punish the inhuman teachers READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Recently proposed agri-drone technology has potential to provide a real breakthrough in modernising and transforming India’s farming practices. Comment.
2. The unemployment challenge cannot be longer address through rapid GDP growth rather a separate policy focus is needed on employment. In the light of unemployment challenges in India, comment on the statement.
3. Reverence plays an important role in making a person expansive in his thinking and strengthening his belief in truth, justice, and dharma – right conduct. Justify the role of religious text in a right conduct and rational thinking.
4. A stable reliable democratic partner is India’s best bulwark against an aggressive, money-pushing autocratic dragon and to secure its strategic borders. Discuss why Bangladesh’s geographic location and proximity provide hope for India.
5. While the persistence of security risk, GenAI proposes improved threat detection and predictive capabilities. Analyze the statement.
6. In recent times, the Cooperative Economic Framework marked a significant shift, renewing the Social Contract between the government, the masses, and other stakeholders. Analyse how this sector presents a comprehensive vision of inclusive development.
7. While the last four finance commissions increased states’ grants from one-third to 40%, it is still tilted towards the centre and making states vulnerable to borrowings and thus creating a challenge for the fiscal sustainability of states. Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.
- The agri-drone technology is proving to be a real breakthrough in modernising and transforming our farming practices.
- The employment challenge can no longer be met only through more rapid GDP growth; a separate policy focus is needed on employment.
- In our constitutional scheme, fundamental rights are not absolute; concerns of national security, decency, morality and public order would always take priority over rights of individuals.
- India, with its thriving startup ecosystem and growing smartphone and internet penetration, has the potential to position itself as a future crypto hub.
- Control over the appointment process is directly connected with institutional independence.
- Control over the appointment process is directly connected with institutional independence. This is why, across the world, constitutional democracies do not grant to the executive the power of EC appointments.
- Reverence towards all things makes us expansive in our thinking; it strengthens our belief in truth, justice and dharma – right conduct.
- GenAI is a dual-edged sword. On the one hand, it is a security risk, on the other it promises improved threat detection and predictive capabilities.
- While the industry works to address the risks of GenAI, it holds promise to become an ally in cybersecurity, opening avenues to help better protect organizations in the face of threats.
- GenAI brings a paradigm shift in cybersecurity, with its capabilities to emulate human understanding, and learnings and the promise of both enhancing IT security and preventing new potential vulnerabilities.
- Bangladesh geographically sits in a critical part of the Indian Ocean serving as an important port of transit.
- Its geographic location and proximity to many Indian northeastern states allow it to provide a crucial land route for trade, and human movement connecting the northeastern part of India to South East Asia and beyond.
- India’s visionary cooperative economic framework catalyses inclusive development, global integration, and social prosperity.
- COP 28 was big on rhetoric but little in terms of ‘credible’ action. On meeting the ‘funding gap’, sans a token amount for LaDF, there was nothing to show.
- The Cooperative Economic Framework marks a significant shift, renewing the Social Contract between the government, the masses, and other stakeholders. With 290 million Cooperative Members in India, this sector is poised to embrace a comprehensive vision of inclusive development, challenging traditional economic forecasts.
- Cooperatives can play a crucial role in the profitable and social development of emerging markets, and their competitiveness needs strengthening through legal, non-supervisory, and executive support, access to finance, and human capital development.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Reverence plays an important role in making a person expansive in his thinking.
50-WORD TALK
- The bickering between the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government over who’s contributed what to flood relief is the opposite of what is needed. The two governments need to come together and help the beleaguered people of the state. Able leadership is knowing when to back political grandstanding with action.
- The tragic loss of four Army personnel on Thursday is yet another bloody reminder that something is really amiss in the Rajouri-Poonch area. It has been one debacle after another this year, with too many precious lives lost. Political bosses should step in and demand accountability from the Army leadership.
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.
