(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. 375 Indian Bison inhabiting Papikonda National Park, nearby forests READ MORE
2. NBBL asked to start interoperable system for net banking in 2024 READ MORE
3. PM Modi witnesses commencement of core loading at India’s first indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam READ MORE
4. What is India’s disability law; how accessible are govt buildings to PwD? READ MORE
5. What is the Punjab-Himachal dispute over the Shanan hydropower project READ MORE
6. Warming up to climate change: What is carbon capture and can it help save the planet? READ MORE
7. National leopard survey shows count up, but fewer animals outside tiger reserves: What this means READ MORE
8. Why Odisha wants to introduce Similipal’s black tigers to female big cats from central India READ MORE
9. India records 1,036 species for backyard bird count — third highest globally READ MORE
10. India’s first National Dolphin Research Centre finally a reality READ MORE
11. Poor regulation of aquaculture endangers human health READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Addressing Tripura’s indigeneity concerns READ MORE
2. Exploring linguistic identities amid pluralism READ MORE
3. Tackling mental health crises in medical students READ MORE
4. Uttrakhand’s Uniform Civil Code Is a Mere Extension of Highly Controlled Lives Indian Women Lead READ MORE
5. Most of Greater Horn of Africa to see excess rain till May thanks to El Nino, climate change READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Stripped of immunity: SC shows zero tolerance for corrupt lawmakers READ MORE
2. A welcome amendment READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. All is not well: Unintended consequences of maternity leave policy in India READ MORE
2. India’s pink economy READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Why Shehbaz Sharif as PM does not signal a new beginning in India-Pakistan ties READ MORE
2. Finding a better way to shape our future READ MORE
3. UN’s new improved human rights vision READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Is India finally entering stage II of its nuclear programme? | Explained READ MORE
2. Consumption survey decoded READ MORE
3. Financial planning comes of age in India READ MORE
4. Tepid trade-offs: On the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi READ MORE
5. Is this the beginning of the end of WTO? READ MORE
6. Old pension and new challenges READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. UNEA-6 delegates want more action on plastics, Paris Agreement READ MORE
2. Mountains of plastic are choking the Himalayan States READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. A vaccine that prevents six cancers READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. What is grey zone warfare, mentioned by India’s Chief of Defence Staff recently? READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Dilemmas in disaster management: SAARC under scrutiny READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. What’s in a surname?: On a woman’s right to choose her own identity READ MORE
2. UN’s new improved human rights vision READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. The WTO Ministerial Conference has failed to make progress and continues to struggle to foster free and fair trade on key issues. Examine in the light of recent meeting outcomes.
2. The Supreme Court related to the stripped of immunity judgement is a significant step towards curbing the rampant role of money power in horse-trading and other legislative malpractices. Critically Analyse.
3. To address the crisis of mental health among medical students, concerted efforts are needed at both institutional and systemic levels. Comment in the light of mental health challenges faced by students.
4. In a welfare state, the government should act as an ideal employer and pay decent pensions to its employees, setting a good example for the private sector. Analyse whether the govt should revive OPS?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Without continual growth & progress, such words as improvement, achievement & success have no meaning.
- HPV vaccination and screening for precancerous lesions are two major strategies for prevention and early detection of cervical and other cancers.
- The WTO itself must do much more to stay relevant in an increasingly polarised world.
- The World Trade Organization continues to struggle to foster free and fair trade.
- The greatest human rights challenge in the world right now is achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls.
- A society that is already battling caste-based hierarchies should not add to the discrimination by giving an upper hand to anyone in a relationship, but work towards safer spaces without gender bias, difference and humiliation.
- Bilateral engagement is a high-cost and low-reward exercise. The costs are higher in Pakistan, where the new government is weak and hobbled by multiple domestic challenges.
- The latest consumption survey is not comparable with earlier ones. But preliminary results point to significant inequality.
- WTO Ministerial Conference fails to make progress on key issues like fisheries subsidies, reflecting serious divisions among 166 member countries.
- Identity politics revolving around questions of ethnicity, language and faith has been central to the Northeast.
- The latest judgement is a significant step towards curbing the rampant role of money power in horse-trading and other legislative malpractices.
- The SC annulled the electoral bond scheme, saying that it violated the constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression as well as the right to information.
- While economists debate how much GDP is required to create adequate employment, we are losing the ground that supports our economic growth and our lives.
- Social, environmental, economic and political systems must work together to improve the wellbeing of the whole.
- The world is going deeper into darkness by pursuing data sciences rather than the science of dialogue. And, in a mad competition for more for ourselves, we are destroying our common ground and ourselves.
- Certified financial planning is ideal for individuals seeking professional management of their portfolios. It is a great career option, too.
- The emergence of financial planning as a career option holds immense promise, both for the aspiring professionals and the nation at large.
- With the demand for financial expertise on the rise and the potential to make a tangible difference in people’s lives, financial planning presents a win-win scenario for both the country and its youth.
- The essence of upholding human rights lies in fostering collective cooperation among diverse social entities.
- Despite the existential threats posed by environmental degradation, governments often prioritise short-term economic gains over long-term sustainability.
- In a welfare state, the government should act as an ideal employer and pay decent pensions to its employees, setting a good example for the private sector.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Passivity is fatal to a soldier.
50-WORD TALK
- In a welfare state, the government should act as an ideal employer and pay decent pensions to its employees, setting a good example for the private sector. The goal should be to revert to the OPS in government and to work towards a similar scheme in the private sector, but it should not be to reduce the existing benefit anywhere.
- Gangrape of Brazilian biker-tourist in Jharkhand tells us what we already know but are largely apathetic about. We do a poor job of keeping public spaces free of molesters, rapists. Even after Nirbhaya, outrage over rapes is episodic, not sustained. Women’s safety isn’t just a ‘women problem’, it is India’s.
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.
