Table of Contents
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Did corporate tax cuts increase wages? READ MORE
2. Centre to sign pact with two armed groups in Tripura READ MORE
3. West Bengal passes Aparajita Women and Child Bill for stringent punishment in cases of sexual assault READ MORE
4. Parambikulam Aliyar Project pact, a symbol of inter-State cooperation READ MORE
5. Explained How can biotechnology be harnessed for economic development? READ MORE
6. New study suggests existence of a dockyard at Lothal, Gujarat, during Harappan Civilisation: What are the findings? READ MORE
7. Karnataka’s deteriorating soil quality is a looming crisis for agriculture & environment READ MORE
8. World Bank pegs India’s growth at 7% in FY25 READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Financial Inclusion of Women: Current Evidence from India READ MORE
2. Spread awareness about mental health to tackle suicide epidemic READ MORE
3. Undersea geopolitics and international law: Deep-sea mining in the Indo-Pacific READ MORE
4. Navigating India’s Water Woes – A Pricey Matter READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Demolition squad: On the Supreme Court and ‘bulldozer justice’ READ MORE
2. A discourse on AI governance that India must shape READ MORE
3. Reforming the process of judicial appointments READ MORE
4. A failed attempt at reforming the bureaucracy READ MORE
5. SC’s recent verdicts on grant of bail affirm the primacy of Fundamental Rights READ MORE
6. The State of Women’s Representation in Urban Local Self-Government in India: A Review READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Healthcare under siege: Rising violence, gender disparity, and the fight for justice READ MORE
2. The impact of CHETNA: Saving lives and empowering communities READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. A strategic pivot READ MORE
2. Time to restore balance in India-China relations READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Take on the challenge of rising income inequality READ MORE
2. How agriculture can be an engine for growth READ MORE
3. Manufacturing Dip READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. How biodiversity can increase the resilience of cities READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. The Use of AI in Arresting Financial READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. India’s nuclear push: INS Arighaat gives impetus to deterrence READ MORE
2. Cyber security: Reducing attack surfaces in the digital age READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024: A city-centric analysis READ MORE
2. Monsoon mayhem: Tackling urban flooding READ MORE
3. How to make disaster relief truly effective READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Teachers must help students pass test of life READ MORE
2. Befriend Humility READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. As digital technologies continue to shape our societal and geopolitical landscape, it is imperative for India to not only to engage with but also actively shape the international discourse on the international governance of AI. Comment.
2. Progressive tax policies are required to redistribute wealth from the affluent to the marginalised. Comment.
3. Access to quality education, skill development and lifelong learning is critical to enhance employability and increase earning. Discuss.
4. While the world has moved towards a new public management system, adopting a new governance model and discarding traditional bureaucracy, India has stuck with an archaic system of governance. Argue in the light of recent debate related to lateral entry.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Humility is not making yourself small and insignificant. It develops inner strength and stamina.
- Amid rising regional tensions, Indo-US defence ties are strengthening, marking a significant strategic shift in South Asia.
- As digital technologies continue to shape our societal and geopolitical landscape, it is imperative for India to not only to engage with but also actively shape the international discourse on the international governance of AI.
- India should push for more equitable access to AI technology, building technical capacity, and creating institutional mechanisms for knowledge sharing to ensure that all countries can harness the benefits of AI.
- India should advocate a more comprehensive and inclusive approach to AI governance that respects human rights, aligns with existing international laws and standards, and ensures that AI systems are designed to be inclusive, fair and representative of diverse global perspectives.
- India’s advocacy for a fair and inclusive AI governance framework is crucial in the context of bipolar dynamics between the U.S. and China, where both countries are driving the AI governance discourse to advance their strategic interests.
- Addressing income inequality is a serious global challenge. It is a complex and multifaceted endeavour which demands examining, trying and implementing several different strategies to find a suitable way to foster a more equitable society.
- Progressive tax policies are required to redistribute wealth from the affluent to the marginalised.
- Access to quality education, skill development and lifelong learning is critical to enhance employability and increase earning.
- Enforcing labour rights, minimum wages, safety, security, eliminating child labour, protection against exploitation, and collective bargaining are essential to ensure that all workers benefit from economic growth.
- The Gandhian model of development with a focus on decentralisation, local needs, local talent, local resources, local production and “small is beautiful” makes huge sense in a hyper-connected world in order to ensure local employment and prosperity in India.
- While the world has moved towards a new public management system, adopting a new governance model and discarding traditional bureaucracy, we are still stuck with an archaic system of governance.
- Transit-oriented development is not limited to making money from tall buildings near transit but also concerns sustainably improving accessibility and liveability in our cities.
- We seek the emergence of a multipolar world and a multipolar Asia. That can happen only when the Indian economy is bigger, more productive and dynamic.
- While the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 aims to improve disaster management through UDMAs and strengthen national and state authorities, its effectiveness is being questioned.
- The pursuit of critical minerals does not come at the expense of the environment; a global moratorium on deep-sea mining should be the natural course of action.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Smallness adores and adorns itself – greatness is humble.
50-WORD TALK
- Bulldozer justice is becoming contagious. Supreme Court is belatedly proposing to frame uniform guidelines to end this retributive approach by state governments. Let’s not stop at guidelines. We also need the will to implement. There should be no place for instant justice in civilised societies that follow rule of law.
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.