Table of Contents
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Amid Red Sea crisis, India gets a specific zone in Duqm Port READ MORE
2. Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary offers a safe haven for vultures READ MORE
3. Tamil Nadu pioneers a model for saving the sinking islands in the Gulf of Mannar READ MORE
4. Explained: The new process for picking Election Commissioners, what led to it READ MORE
5. Kerala govt to protest against Centre at Jantar Mantar: What are its grievances over money allocation? READ MORE
6. Microplastics found in Nile River’s tilapia fish: new study READ MORE
7. WWF demands protection for naturally-restored Mahmudia wetland in Romania’s Danube Delta READ MORE
8. In breakthrough, neural network ‘explains’ how it found a new antibiotic READ MORE
9. 390-year-old lamp post in Nalgonda dedicated to Kasi Viswanatha unravels trade links of Telangana READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Live-in fear: Uniform patriarchal code READ MORE
2. Privilege equality over uniformity READ MORE
3. Vijayanagara was the Indian Renaissance State. It contains memories of older empires READ MORE
4. The Earth’s tectonic plates made the Himalayas — and could rip them apart READ MORE
5. Deep Seabed Mining in the Arctic READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Good/Bad start: U’khand’s UCC ticks some boxes. But it also encourages moral policing & coddles a few social taboos READ MORE
2. Uniform Civil Code: Regulation of live-in relationships regressive READ MORE
3. India’s public recruitment system stuck in ‘state incapacity’ trap. Can new exam bill save it? READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. India’s universities Government school crisis: Critical to win back trust of students READ MORE
2. States have a big role in next-generation social sector reforms READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Takeaways from the great churning: No room for ambiguity on the foreign policy front as India’s credibility is at stake READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Road map for fiscal consolidation READ MORE
2. Equity concerns in banning fossil fuel extraction READ MORE
3. Blue Carbon economy READ MORE
4. RBI confident of containing inflation, maintaining growth READ MORE
5. India is scorning energy bounty that transformed China READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. How cities can factor the climate crisis in budgets READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Innovation needs free and rational minds READ MORE
2. Pioneering progress: Exploring the frontiers of AI-driven growth READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Sparks from Manipur can ignite bigger conflict in region 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. To see life as an infinite gamble READ MORE
2. What a pleasure! READ MORE
3. Supreme Court’s ‘murder of democracy’ remarks on Chandigarh mayor polls give ammo to Oppn READ MORE
4. To link or delink neural connections READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. The UCC is a must to ensure pan-India uniformity of civil laws while respecting religious and cultural diversity, but its nationwide implementation is a huge challenge. Comment.
2. AI is undeniably causing disruptions across the board but a shift in narrative is required to view AI as a constructive force, focusing on its potential to bring about positive changes. Discuss.
3. Budget management of the State is the discretion of the State government and it cannot be ceded to the Union executive and Parliament in the name of fiscal management. Examine the statement in the light of recent stand-off between Kerala and Center.
4. The character of India’s federalism is moving rapidly from cooperative to destructive and annihilation, and recent borrowing restrictions are an example of ‘annihilative federalism’ at play. Critically examine.
5. Climate change poses a significant threat to the country in the coming decades and to address these challenges effectively, the Republic’s current structure needs to evolve by encouraging the devolution of powers to local government bodies (LGBs). Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- It is impossible to build a multipolar world without a very relevant role of India.
- The purpose of enacting special Acts such as the POCSO Act and making special provisions in the IT Act is to protect children from sexual exploitation and punish people involved in different forms of exploitation.
- Any fiscal deficit of the Centre and States taken together substantially above 6% of GDP can only lead to inflation.
- A country such as India, which is facing serious unemployment concerns, cannot afford to transit towards cleaner fuel without adequate transition support and creation of suitable economic opportunities and livelihoods for those affected.
- Despite India’s notable progress in renewable energy systems, fossil fuel continues to dominate India’s power sector.
- The UCC is a must to ensure pan-India uniformity of civil laws while respecting religious and cultural diversity, but its nationwide implementation is a huge challenge.
- The Naga government and people unhappy with the fencing and abrogation of the FMR, the risk of militancy and insurgency reigniting in the North-East, either by accident or design, is higher than ever before.
- The govt’s plan to send Indians abroad as labourers is seen as a practical acknowledgment of the constraints in the domestic economy. However, the larger issue here is an ethical one.
- Education is the most effective tool to act as an external suggestion to bring out knowledge stored in the mind. It acts as the friction needed to fire the flint.
- Education is the instrument through which we look at the universe, interpret it and experience the world.
- Education institutions are the most powerful institution of society. Education is compulsory and a fundamental human right in our country.
- Irrational, illogical, biased thinking along with authoritative oppression in the long run will one day culminate in disaster in society in the form of a threat to democracy and halt in the progress of economic growth.
- Fiscally incentivizing blue carbon conservation and restoration programmes and fostering partnerships with stakeholders across sectors will also be crucial.
- Fostering and leveraging international collaborations can facilitate exchange of knowledge, transfer of technology, and enhancement of capacity in conserving and managing blue carbon. Investing in and promoting blue carbon initiatives will be a pragmatic approach to expanding India’s climate action portfolio.
- The shift towards states as accelerators of future reforms stems from a feeling that the Centre has concluded its role in easing the process of doing business.
- AI is undeniably causing disruptions across the board. However, a shift in narrative is required to view AI as a constructive force, focusing on its potential to bring about positive changes.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Knowledge has become fundamental to economic development and technological advancement.
- The greatest resource of all economic development is the mind.
50-WORD TALK
- EC’s decision to give NCP name and symbol to Ajit Pawar faction was unsurprising. Its arguments for relying solely on legislative strength are convoluted. Assembly Speaker, a BJP leader, sits on MLAs’ disqualification petitions and EC uses their strength to rule in favour of BJP’s ally. It’s politics, not justice.
- Karnataka has joined Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in protesting Centre’s tax devolution policies. The timing works since 16th Finance Commission’s deliberations have just started. But such concerted criticism is another sign of worsening Centre-State relations. If the Centre is serious about fiscal federalism, it needs to rebuild states’ trust.
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.