(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Jammu CSIR lab finds cannabis plant compound has antibiotic effects | Explained READ MORE
2. Govt expands scope of financial services on offer at IFSC READ MORE
3. PM Modi announces solar roof-top scheme for one crore households READ MORE
4. Odisha government seeks urgent deployment of kumki elephants from Tamil Nadu READ MORE
5. PM Modi launches new rooftop solar power scheme: What it is, why it is needed READ MORE
6. How food inflation in India has been de-globalised, what factors can drive prices now READ MORE
7. Over 17,000 tree species face heightened risk of extinction due to global change READ MORE
8. What ails climate-smart agriculture in South Asia? Limited state resources & incentives, unequal tech dissemination READ MORE
9. Over 3% of all cancer patients in India are under 15; 4.6% under 20: Study READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Women in small towns see a future in business READ MORE
2. How smartphones can make education inclusive READ MORE
3. Unravelling Antarctica’s Shrinking Sea Ice Levels READ MORE
4. Multi-pronged strategy needed to conserve groundwater READ MORE
5. China’s population dip is a global concern READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Why was FCRA registration for several NGOs cancelled? | Explained READ MORE
2. On equal access to benefits for all Scheduled Caste communities | Explained READ MORE
3. The idea of one nation, one election is against federalism READ MORE
4. How the Union Govt Is Slowly but Surely Blurring India’s Federal Structure READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Time to move beyond 1-2-3-4: What the ASER report reveals about Indian education system READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Delving into the Iran-Pak dispute: While tensions may have been defused for now, the underlying causes persist READ MORE
2. India-Maldives ties: Turbulence in paradise READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Tax contribution by States needs to be revisited READ MORE
2. Fired up and plugged in – Driving India’s energy security and decarbonisation this decade READ MORE
3. Building on financial inclusion’s success READ MORE
4. Cooperative route to build rural economy READ MORE
5. India’s fight for food security at WTO READ MORE
6. What next for India’s fintech revolution? READ MORE
7. WTO | Permanent solution to central pool stocks critical for India READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Warming up to climate change: What is the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold, and what happens when we breach it? READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Better use of technology needs free access READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Army needs smartsizing to optimise resource utilisation READ MORE
2. Will Myanmar fence end problems? READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. In Morbi’s debris, the role of the State in PPP projects READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Ram represents triumph of responsibility READ MORE
2. Education’s role in opening the mind READ MORE
CASE STUDY
1. How Aadhaar is strangling MGNREGA in a Maharashtra district and pushing workers to migrate READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. India’s growing economy and Azerbaijan’s strategic location as a gateway to Europe and Asia offer the potential for increased trade and investment. Comment.
2. It is important to focus on technical and vocational education from the school level onwards so that children are equipped with skills that are needed in a growing economy. Comment in the light of ASER’s survey.
3. AI can lead to economic growth, but it also has the potential to destabilise national policies and disrupt financial systems. Critically comment.
4. The Right to Education Act, 2009 may have ensured universal access to education, but there is many a gap to fill before it touches every child in the true spirit of the law. Comment on the statement in the light of recent ASER’s report.
5. Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions globally and a united Asian front could serve as a counterbalance allowing for a more multipolar world order where India plays a significant role. Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.
- The cost of holding free and fair elections to elect a government of the choice of the people is a price that can never be high.
- The Model Code of Conduct and other guidelines issued by the Election Commission are necessary pains to ensure that executive influence over voters is kept to a minimum and the playing field, during the election period, remains level.
- The Indian constitutional architecture is structured differently granting higher courts inherent and broad powers of judicial review when executive actions transgress the fields assigned to them.
- Efficiency is to reward the States that are efficient in collecting revenue and rationalising spending. The trade-off between equity and efficiency is normative and remains dynamic in successive Finance Commission recommendations.
- In the case of Union excise duties, the value of taxable products consumed in a State is essential to decide its contribution. Due to the unavailability of proper consumption statistics, contribution was never a determinant in the distribution formula for Union excise duties.
- In this critical decade, the spotlight will be on how India decarbonises its power sector while ensuring economic development and energy security.
- To effectively advance financial inclusion in India, a comprehensive and multifaceted strategy is essential, addressing the varied needs of its diverse population.
- Overcoming geographical and social barriers, such as inaccessibility, illiteracy and other socio-economic constraints, is imperative to achieve financial inclusion vision.
- In this evolving scenario, maintaining consistency in international relations and diplomatic finesse becomes paramount for India to navigate the stormy waters of the India-Maldives controversy.
- With AI, cyber-risks will pose a significant threat. But the challenges can spur agile and proactive regulatory resposes to safeguard users while fostering innovation.
- Through generative AI India see conversational interfaces that support a range of regional languages and this evolution reflects a more interactive and accessible approach across the country, further bridging the digital and financial divide.
- The fintech landscape in India, as with other digital new-age sectors, will continue to face challenges with cyber risk and data security, especially as we enter the AI-led future.
- Apart from issuing guidelines and directives, the health authorities should ensure that they are strictly followed. It is not known whether there are inspections and checks and those who violate the rules are penalised.
- Responsibilities of the state governments are being slowly overtaken by the Centre, keen as it is to take credit for all welfare programmes. Meanwhile, state coffers are not getting the assistance they need from the Union government.
- In a federal structure it is critical that Union government responds to the needs of states and there is complete transparency and accountability in the functioning of both these organs.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
50-WORD TALK
- Supreme Court’s refusal to extend the deadline for surrender of Bilkis Bano’s rape convicts is a bold iteration of the rule of law. Their reasons for extension were flimsy and an obvious sham to buy more time. It was a travesty that they were even released in the first place.
- Health ministry’s direction to doctors ordering them to specify the reason every time they prescribe antibiotics has come not a day too soon. With high incidence of antibiotics abuse, India’s contribution to the global drug-resistant pathogen is very high. And it is now also India’s burden to fix the problem.
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.
