Table of Contents
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Public Accounts Committee to hold ‘performance review’ of regulatory bodies READ MORE
2. What is vertical fiscal imbalance? READ MORE
3. Can Kerala access funds from the Loss and Damage Fund? | Explained READ MORE
4. Das urges private sector to invest in ‘a big way’ READ MORE
5. What is the Law Commission: its role, members, & recommendations READ MORE
6. Saturn’s rings will briefly ‘disappear’ in March 2025: Here’s why READ MORE
7. Why PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Singapore is significant for India’s semiconductor push READ MORE
8. Why Haryana’s agriculture is different from Punjab’s READ MORE
9. Explained: The significance of the first global ‘legally binding’ pact on use of AI READ MORE
10. WHO releases global guidance to tackle antibiotic pollution from manufacturing processes READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Harsher rape laws do little to prevent sexual violence READ MORE
2. A desperate step: Bengal Bill mandates death penalty for rapists READ MORE
3. Empower communities to fix forest governance READ MORE
4. Childhood trauma and its lasting impact on adult relationships READ MORE
5. Cloud seeding, climate change, and agriculture: A call to action READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. The Food Security Act has revamped the PDS READ MORE
2. Is a recent Karnataka ruling a step towards addressing the misuse of dowry laws? READ MORE
3. Why India urgently needs a Union law to protect healthcare workers 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. Africa can make India’s ‘critical mineral mission’ shine READ MORE
2. India offers an alternate development path for Global South nations READ MORE
3. India bolsters ‘act east’ policy READ MORE
4. India’s Act East Policy | From Rao to Modi and beyond READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Income inequality: On the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook study READ MORE
2. No single way to fight inequality READ MORE
3. Food processing sector symbolises India’s growth story READ MORE
4. Unified pension scheme: Balancing the old and new READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. A green tribute to mothers and the environment READ MORE
2. India Must Increase Investment in Agricultural Research to Strengthen Climate Resilience READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Old wine in a new biotech bottle READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Maoist setback: On the anti-Naxalite operations this year 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. Universal rite of friendship and forgiveness READ MORE
2. The greatest enemy, anger READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. The PDS is now a functional instrument of social policy, it is the backbone of relief efforts, along with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Examine.
2. With the apparent advantages of automation and AI being irreversible, a global goal towards a universal basic income could reduce inequality within and among countries. Discuss.
3. India’s rapidly growing economy and its demographic dividend create a unique and unprecedented opportunity for the food processing sector. Comment.
4. The foreign policy of a country is mostly a continuum and it gets updated with the changing imperatives of the times and demands of national interests. Discuss how India has expanded and extended its policy towards the East in conjunction with the geopolitical shifts in the Indo-Pacific?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- India will have to collaborate with countries in the continent which has a significant amount of the world’s known critical mineral reserves.
- Collaborating on critical minerals will bring in a new dimension to the multifaceted energy partnerships between the regions.
- India’s Critical Mineral Mission should prioritise responsible practices in an era that threatens to be dominated by the geopolitics of a not-so-green energy transition.
- The PDS is now a functional instrument of social policy, guaranteeing a modicum of food security to many. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, it formed the backbone of relief efforts, along with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
- The PDS is now a functional instrument of social policy, it is the backbone of relief efforts, along with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
- The insurgency and the counter-operations have taken a huge toll on the tribal population, bringing in more fatigue for them.
- With the apparent advantages of automation and AI being irreversible, perhaps a global goal towards a universal basic income could address Sustainable Development Goal 10, or reduced inequality within and among countries.
- With the apparent advantages of automation and AI being irreversible, a global goal towards a universal basic income could reduced inequality within and among countries.
- Tardy devolution of rights under FRA and issues undermining gram sabhas’ capabilities to exercise these rights wherever recognised need to be addressed.
- We are not merely advancing an industry but also embracing a shared vision of a future in which innovation, sustainability and prosperity uplift every corner of our nation.
- At the core of India’s transformation lies its rich agro-climatic diversity, empowering our farmers to cultivate a remarkable variety of crops.
- As India’s food processing sector continues to evolve, it not only meets international quality standards but diversifies its offerings to cater to the ever-changing tastes and preferences of global consumers.
- India’s rapidly growing economy and its demographic dividend create a unique and unprecedented opportunity for the food processing sector to reach new heights.
- While cloud seeding holds promise for supporting agricultural livelihood, this intervention also raises questions about its sustainability.
- The US policy of pivot to Asia and China’s vaulting geopolitical ambitions stemming from its economic prowess made the region a strategic hotspot, requiring India to enhance its security and political co-operation with the countries in the region while redoubling its efforts to increase trade and economic cooperation.
- India’s Act East Policy with politically volatile Myanmar often hampers India’s plans for connectivity with its Northeast region, and with South-East Asia and beyond in terms of meeting deadlines.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Smallness adores and adorns itself – greatness is humble.
50-WORD TALK
- Killing of Faridabad’s Aryan Mishra should frighten us not because he was mistaken for a Muslim cow smuggler. India should worry that this phenomenon of arming vigilantes with legitimacy, weapons and licence to kill has gone on for a decade. It’s the equivalent of blasphemy rule where everyone’s a target.
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.