Table of Contents
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. SC asks Himachal Pradesh HC collegium to reconsider names of two judicial officers for elevation as Judges READ MORE
2. Israel’s Tower Semiconductor, Adani plan $10 bln chip project in India READ MORE
3. Pollution in Ganga: SC stays NGT order directing criminal prosecution of Uttarakhand government officials READ MORE
4. Why India’s latest push for industrial smart cities is more likely to succeed READ MORE
5. Quad leaders to meet in U.S. on September 21 READ MORE
6. Night time light pollution linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk: what a new study says READ MORE
7. Why global models went wrong with their La Niña predictions — and what its delay means READ MORE
8. Quest for nutrients: The versatile water spinach can boost folic acid levels 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. Law must not silence READ MORE
2. Counting for equality READ MORE
3. ECI’s Credibility 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. Aggressive China and neighbourhood woes: India is at a strategic crossroads READ MORE
2. India must give its African outreach a new lease of life READ MORE
3. India the peacemaker READ MORE
4. The United Nations’ struggle for relevance in a changing global order READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Stick to fiscal deficit as the norm for fiscal prudence READ MORE
2. The Middle-income Trap: A strategy for the transition to a high-income economy still remains hazy and ambiguous. READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Saving those who save us from epidemics READ MORE
2. Sanctuary under siege: HP road expansion endangers ecosystem 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. ‘Google abused its dominance’: UK regulator slams tech giant for ‘anti-competitive’ practices in ad service business READ MORE
2. SC rap to Dhami: Blocks feudal approach to appointment READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Strategic alliances are an important tool of statecraft, which can significantly reinforce national security. Comment.
2. The India-Africa Forum Summit IS an opportunity to devise a more contemporary agenda with a view to global rebalancing and strengthening of the Global South. Examine.
3. The United Nations faces unprecedented challenges that threaten its relevance in the modern world. Critically comment.
4. Sub-classification policies have to be backed up by quantifiable data and a nation-wide or state-specific caste census is imperative for the effective implementation of this policy. Do you agree with this view? Justify your view.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- With the current lower levels of household financial savings, having 3% of GDP as a limit to fiscal deficit should be the focus.
- In this era of geopolitical competition and realignment, leveraging the historical partnership with Africa is imperative.
- The United Nations faces unprecedented challenges that threaten its relevance in the modern world.
- It is disconcerting that the Election Commission of India (ECI), the mainstay of free and fair elections, is suffering from a credibility crisis. On the one hand, the public trust in the ECI is dipping.
- Reforming the UN involves navigating a complex web of international law. Any proposed changes must comply with existing legal frameworks and secure broad international support.
- The India-Africa Forum Summit can be an opportunity to devise a more contemporary agenda with a view to global rebalancing and strengthening of the Global South.
- With uncertainty in the neighbourhood and volatility across the globe, India needs adroit statecraft to maintain its regional dominance.
- A stable and cooperative neighbourhood is indispensable for India to realise what many see as its “manifest destiny” of achieving great-power status.
- Strategic alliances are an important tool of statecraft, which can significantly reinforce national security.
- Despite claims to a rich heritage of “strategic culture”, India’s statecraft and military posture have thus far failed to deter these adversaries from seeking their revanchist goals.
- India needs insurance against hegemony and domination to create space in which to nurture its economy and bridge technology gaps while boosting its military muscle.
- The Twelfth Finance Commission had argued that the investible surplus for the private corporate sector and the non-government public sector can be derived as the excess of household financial savings and net inflow of foreign capital over the draft of this surplus by the central and State governments through their borrowing.
- The paths of adjustment of upward and downward movements of debt-GDP ratio due to a macroeconomic shock often tends to be asymmetric.
- If development continues without adherence to environmental laws, it risks destroying the very resources that sustain its economy. It is time for the state government to enforce stricter environmental regulations and adopt more sustainable construction practices before irreparable damage is done to its natural heritage.
- Africa stands to benefit from India’s three significant multilateral initiatives: the International Solar Alliance, the Global Biofuel Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
- Sub-classification policies have to be backed up by quantifiable data and a nation-wide or state-specific caste census is imperative for the effective implementation of this policy.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Smallness adores and adorns itself – greatness is humble.
50-WORD TALK
- Uttarakhand High Court’s direction to Centre to provide empanelment-related records to IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi is exemplary. Officers should have right to know why they’re left out of Central empanelment. Current mechanism rewards loyalty over merit and promotes committed bureaucracy. It’s arbitrary and opaque. Transparency in empanelment is a must.
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.