(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated PARAM Rudra Supercomputer at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS) READ MORE
2. India’s per capita health expense jumped 82% in last decade: National Health Accounts Estimates READ MORE
3. ‘Bangladeshi infiltration’ is changing demography of a Jharkhand region: ST panel READ MORE
4. Naming Arunachal peak after the sixth Dalai Lama is ‘illegal, null and void’, says China READ MORE
5. GST Council sets up GoM on compensation cess; panel to submit report by December 31 READ MORE
6. SC raps Delhi air quality panel over pollution, stubble burning READ MORE
7. Karnataka government withdraws ‘general consent’ to CBI: What it means READ MORE
8. Expert Explains: Why quick fixes like smog towers, cloud seeding won’t save us from air pollution READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Keep the fire of the self-respect movement going READ MORE
2. Mangroves exhibit exceptional heat resilience, study reveals READ MORE
3. Why are sea levels rising? READ MORE
4. Technology as a force multiplier in education READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. One nation, one election prioritises neatness over negotiation READ MORE
2. Why digitisation is not enough to reform land laws READ MORE
3. Infirmities of Bail Jurisprudence: What explains the judicial tendency to deny bail and “play it safe”? READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Education in the Age of AI: Why traditional methods no longer fit the future READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Russia’s geopolitical pivot to Asia, a new India chapter READ MORE
2. Quad summit: Prioritising security in the Indo-Pacific READ MORE
3. Charting a course for global leadership READ MORE
4. RCEP Is No Antidote to India’s Trade Woes READ MORE
5. Multipolar World: BRICS as the Catalyst? READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Union Budget 2024–25: What Does It Have for Rural–Agri Space? READ MORE
2. Budget 2024–25: A Platform for Viksit Bharat? READ MORE
3. The 2024–25 Budget, Employment-intensive Growth and Viksit Bharat READ MORE
4. Performance of Agriculture Sector 2014–24: Implications for Short- and Medium-term Strategy READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Staying the course: On the fight against air pollution in the Indo-Gangetic plains READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. ANRF: A catalyst for India’s R&D READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Govt extends AFSPA in parts of Nagaland, Arunachal READ MORE
2. Reflections from the Northeast: A call for peace amid violence READ MORE
3. Towards a Cohesive Maritime Security Architecture in the Indian Ocean READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024: A city-centric analysis READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. War-torn world needs Gandhian balm READ MORE
2. Transcendence of ego and a quest for profound joy READ MORE
3. Polarising diktat: HP order on vendors’ identity is divisive READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Discuss, how emerging technologies are reshaping the agricultural sector in India, positioning it to meet the demands of the future?
2. With a global order in flux, new ideas are the need of the hour in managing challenges that are emerging fast and furiously. How far do you think that the idea of the Quad is effective measure to handle these challenges?
3. The task of civil society organizations is not only to fight against wrongs done by the government, but to do constructive work at the grassroots level in order to help people to solve their local problems through popular initiatives. Substantiate.
4. Curtailing the tenures of State Assemblies to synchronise them with the tenure of the Lok Sabha is an act against federalism. Justify with case
5. There cannot be a state monopoly on facts in a democracy. Examine the statement in the light of recent Bombay High Court Judgement striking down government-mandated fact-checking unit
6. India’s strategic autonomy requires a tough balancing of its geographical realities, strategic interests, and relations vis-à-vis apparent friends and threats. How India can maintain balance between west and Russia?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- The Ukrainian crisis has become the major incentive for Russia’s turn to India, but there are hurdles in the bilateral engagement.
- The causes of the pollution crisis are multi-layered and will yield results only gradually. The States and the Centre must set aside their political differences and stay the course collectively.
- In order to have a more stable footing, India and Russia should look at how to increase integration in bilateral production chains and negotiate issues of localisation.
- India’s position of non-involvement in the European conflict served as a guarantee for stability in policy planning.
- The long-term politics of constitutional changes for purposes of simultaneous elections can surely open the doors to more systematically infusing the Constitution with “our culture”, our “ancient ideas” and aspirations shaped by those ideas.
- Over and above the fundamental flaws in the proposal for simultaneous elections, the most critical danger it portends is to transform the democratic logic into a logic of “oneness”.
- By prioritising fundamental legal reforms, India can create a more enabling environment for agricultural productivity, infrastructure development, renewable energy expansion, and social equity.
- India’s land records system faces significant issues beyond just assigning unique identification numbers. Slow digitisation has delayed infrastructure projects, and land ownership data remains outdated in some respects.
- A comprehensive overhaul of the legal and administrative framework is needed to incentivise accurate reporting and improve land record management.
- By prioritising fundamental legal reforms, India can create a more enabling environment for agricultural productivity, infrastructure development, renewable energy expansion, and social equity.
- Only by addressing the root causes of the challenges facing land management can India truly harness the power of its land resources for the benefit of all its citizens.
- To unlock the potential of India’s land resources and support inclusive and sustainable development, a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s land laws is necessary.
- Quad summit reiterated its commitment to ensure regional stability and foster sustainable development in the face of China’s growing influence.
- As India looks to the future, building awareness about the maritime domain and its economic potential is essential.
- Through a combination of education, policy, and strategic investment, India has the opportunity to emerge as a true maritime power and an influential global leader.
- As automation and artificial intelligence reshape industries, the education system faces an urgent need for transformation.
- The idea of multipolarity has become dominant, and the evolution of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) supports this.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth learning can be taught.
50-WORD TALK
- Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi’s comment on secularism being a European concept and not a Bharatiya one can’t just be overlooked as rhetoric. He is not a politician. An IPS officer, he took the oath under a secular Constitution. His remit as a Governor is to protect precisely this Constitution.
- As Manipur continues to simmer, Army’s now-deleted social media post seeking intel from the Centre’s security adviser signals a breakdown of the security apparatus. A rift between the CM’s office and police and conflicting claims within security forces shows the state machinery has collapsed. And the Centre’s silence is loud.
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.
