(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Eight products used by Assam tribe granted GI tag READ MORE
2. Scientists spin diamonds at a billion RPM to test the limits of physics READ MORE
3. RBI warns of ‘yellow fever’ outbreak READ MORE
4. How a nearby river contributes to the rise of Mt Everest, according to new study READ MORE
5. 10 years of Swachh Bharat Mission: Its aims and status on key targets READ MORE
6. Preparing for the next pandemic: what NITI Aayog report says READ MORE
7. Only 10% of nations fulfil their biodiversity commitments ahead of COP16, reveals NBSAP tracker READ MORE
8. Uttarakhand’s Terai forest yields first-ever honey badger recording on camera READ MORE
9. Swallowtail butterflies in key Assam habitat face a citrus worry READ MORE
10. Monsoon 2024 ends with 8% more rain than historical average: IMD READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. As the oceans warm, deep-living algae are thriving – with major potential effects for the marine ecosystem READ MORE
2. The challenges of parenting in the age of technology READ MORE
3. India’s ‘silver dividend’, challenge to opportunity READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. A case of nothing but patent censorship READ MORE
2. The Waqf Bill 2024 is one that needs review READ MORE
3. Regulating India’s Online Gaming Industry READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Impact of the Food Security Act on Public Distribution System READ MORE
2. India’s education system must prioritise learning over infrastructure READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Inflection point: On the escalation in the multi-party West Asia conflict READ MORE
2. The case for UN reforms READ MORE
3. The Quad and China READ MORE
4. Significance of PM Modi’s Visit to Brunei READ MORE
5. The Chabahar Gambit: India’s Play for Influence in Central Asia READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Having private participation in India’s nuclear energy READ MORE
2. Navigating manufacturing landscape: Bridging growth, disparities, and industrial ambitions READ MORE
3. Busting the myth of jobless growth: Insights from data, theory, and logic READ MORE
4. India’s Economic Realignment 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. Explained: the significance of India’s mission to develop supercomputers READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Armed Forces Special Powers Act extended in hill districts of Manipur for another six months READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Kerala: Community-oriented flood forecast system launched in disaster-prone Periyar, Chalakudi river basins READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. How Gandhi’s politics resonates in a world torn by conflicts READ MORE
2. Gandhi’s concept of trusteeship promotes equity READ MORE
3. Capitalism & trusteeship READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Chabahar port has the potential to become a transit hub, connecting India with Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Europe and Russia, via the INSTC. Comment.
2. PDS is a functional instrument of social policy, guaranteeing a food security to many but it remains an endangered instrument of social policy, constantly subjected to ‘innovations’.
3. The striking down of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, is a verdict in defence of the right to free speech that can be traced to both instrumental and intrinsic values. Examine.
4. PLI has successfully transformed India’s export basket from primarily traditional commodities to a more diversified range featuring high-value-added products. Critically Discuss.
5. Discuss, how emerging technologies are reshaping the agricultural sector in India, positioning it to meet the demands of the future?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- The Bombay High Court ruling on the amendment made to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 is a verdict in defence of the right to free speech.
- Our guarantee of free speech, contained in Article 19(1)(a), can be traced to both instrumental and intrinsic values.
- The Gandhian philosophy of nonviolence can help us change our social imagination of politics, which has continuously taken shape on the battleground of brute force.
- Gandhi, in our times, stands for something more than a hope and wishful thinking. He is a moral exemplar who defines and extends the force of nonviolence in our time.
- The notion of trusteeship is based on the needs of an individual and not on his greed. It is not based on the principle of charity, as charity cannot be a permanent solution to remove the financial inequality of the oppressed and help the poor become self-reliant.
- The UN needs to be made more representative and given teeth so that member States abide by its resolutions.
- 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 India’s relief efforts, along with MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). However, the PDS remains an endangered instrument of social policy, constantly subjected to ‘innovations’.
- Brunei is an important player for India vis-à-visthe implementation of AEP in multiple fields, and PM Modi’s visit to that country further highlighted this fact.
- Before delving into specific regulations, it is essential to differentiate between games of skill and games of chance to implement an adequate mechanism to regulate the real-money gaming ecosystem.
- India’s growth has generated jobs, as evidenced by the positive correlation between rising employment and increased consumption, challenging the narrative of “jobless growth”.
- The Chabahar port is vital to New Delhi’s strategy of enhancing regional connectivity, economic growth, trade, and geostrategic influence in its nearby and extended neighbourhood, while also countering Beijing’s expanding presence.
- The Chabahar port provides India with much-needed access and direct connectivity to Central Asia, bypassing the China-Pakistan axis. Given India’s growing economic footprint, Central Asia has many opportunities for Indian goods and services.
- Chabahar port has the potential to become a transit hub, connecting India with Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Europe and Russia, via the INSTC.
- A confluence of geopolitical shifts, economic aspirations, and historical ties with the region has made Chabahar a pivotal strategic and geopolitical tool in India’s foreign policy.
- PLI has successfully transformed India’s export basket from primarily traditional commodities to a more diversified range featuring high-value-added products.
- The inclusion of the elderly in a rapidly growing digital environment is equally important for the elderly to benefit from many schemes and programmes with ease and convenience.
- Strengthening the health-care infrastructure to focus on the elderly by expanding tele-consultation services, enhancing the skilled workforce for the elderly, and capacity building of the existing workforce may facilitate the utilisation of health care among senior citizens despite limitations of means on the one hand and specific need on the other.
- Energy generation capacity has been central to all economic development across the globe after the Industrial Revolution and a commitment to achieving the same through renewable sources makes India’s ambition just as admirable as it is challenging.
ESSAY TOPIC
- Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth learning can be taught.
50-WORD TALK
- The Annual Survey of Industries pegs India’s manufacturing growth at 7.3% in current prices in 2022-23. Overall economy grew at nearly double this rate. Manufacturing should be a larger part of India’s growth story, with employment as its centrepiece. The sooner government accepts this, the faster it can remedy it.
- Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi’s remarks signal that positive developments are underway to ease the LAC tensions between India and China. He wisely struck a cautionary tone, saying that India must compete, cooperate, coexist, confront, and contest with Beijing. This isn’t just a diplomatic problem, but also a military one.
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.
