(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Nobel Prize in Physics out: How exactly have the winners contributed to AI READ MORE
2. Green glass ceiling: Women are being left out of jobs in sustainable sectors, shows IMF analysis READ MORE
3. 2023 driest for global rivers in 33 years, reveals WMO’s report READ MORE
4. As the world converges on Baku for COP29, the Caspian Sea it is located on is threatened with ‘catastrophic shrinkage’ READ MORE
5. India has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem: WHO READ MORE
6. Sunset for the U.K.’s coal-fired power, lessons for India READ MORE
7. Global Digital Compact: advancing digital innovation in a sustainable fashion READ MORE
8. What does the USCIRF report say about India? | Explained READ MORE
9. Upper stage of historic PSLV-37 mission re-enters Earth’s atmosphere eight years after launch: ISRO 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. Digital gender divide amidst India’s service-led growth READ MORE
3. India’s ‘silver dividend’, challenge to opportunity READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Legal tussles over EWS quota violations undermine RTE Act in Delhi READ MORE
2. Online gaming industry needs regulation and govt support READ MORE
3. The Union Government of India: From the margins to the centre of urban planning READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Ten years of Swachh Bharat: The road ahead READ MORE
2. How shared decision-making and digital solutions are transforming healthcare READ MORE
3. Social protection schemes: Welfare measures or a test of resilience for the urban poor? READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. A re-balancing of India’s great power relations READ MORE
2. India’s neighbourhood is too volatile READ MORE
3. Unlock India-Canada economic potential via CEPA READ MORE
4. BRICS: Dealing with emerging challenges READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Why ‘Make in India’ can be a game changer READ MORE
2. Rice export and its discontents READ MORE
3. Why is the textile industry struggling to perform better? | Explained READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Privileging development concerns over biodiversity READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Deep roots: On the 2024 Physics Nobel Prize READ MORE
2. Regulation role: On the 2024 Medicine Nobel READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. S.-India Cooperation in Counterterrorism: Redefining Convergence Amidst Challenges READ MORE
2. Securing India’s critical infrastructure: Prioritising cybersecurity in chemical facilities READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Mitigating heatwaves and floods in rural India READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Sufism encapsulates collective empathy and bonhomie READ MORE
2. A Life of Purpose READ MORE
3. Reporting of gender-based violence: Why public activism and dialogue matter READ MORE
4. THE POWER OF INTELLIGENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Digital innovations like the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission offer hope for improving communication and fostering patient autonomy in healthcare decisions. Comment.
2. A balanced, collaborative approach between the government and the online gaming industry is essential for responsible and sustainable growth. In the light of the statement discuss the need for regulation to online gaming insutry.
3. By fostering indigenous innovation and cutting-edge technology, India is challenging long-held economic paradigms. In the wake 10 years of Make in India program, comment on the statement.
4. Women’s self-help groups (SHG) are providing a platform for administering a range of digital strategies to support grassroots women’s collectives. Examine.
5. 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.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- It is time for State governments to respond to the verdict and revisit their laws and regulations related to prison administration and put an end to systemic discrimination in an institution that may treat any form of resistance as indiscipline.
- By attempting to play a meaningful role in resolving the Ukraine conflict, India can hope to reset the terms of its engagement with both the West and Russia.
- A stronger economy and democracy are keeping the country stable. But if we want a cautionary tale, we only need to look at our neighbours to see how quickly things can unravel.
- India needs to make strides in clean energy, but utter precaution is needed when it comes to endangered species, and there has to be continued emphasis on the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities.
- Women’s self-help groups (SHG) can provide a platform for administering a range of digital strategies to support grassroots women’s collectives, while also overcoming regional imbalances in the digital gender divide.
- A reform of the architecture of global governance institutions is imperative to save humanity. Local systems solutions collaboratively developed by the communities are the scientific way to solving the global systemic problems.
- The violation of the Economically Weaker Section quota under the Right to Education Act continues to plague India’s education system.
- It becomes imperative for policymakers, educators, and civil society to collaborate in upholding the principles of the RTE Act and to work towards a more inclusive education system.
- From improved groundwater quality to managing solid and liquid waste, the Swachh Bharat mission’s impact has been substantial.
- Digital innovations like the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission offer hope for improving communication and fostering patient autonomy in healthcare decisions.
- A balanced, collaborative approach between the government and the online gaming industry is essential for responsible and sustainable growth.
- By fostering indigenous innovation and cutting-edge technology, India is challenging long-held economic paradigms and rewriting its own narrative on the world stage.
- As geopolitical tensions escalate and new security challenges emerge, the upcoming 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan promises to be a critical turning point.
- There are disparities in the ground-level implementation of social protection schemes, thus appropriate interventions for the vulnerable urban poor must be undertaken across India.
- 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
- Modi government’s U-turn on merger of eight railway services into an integrated one is unfortunate. It was a transformational reform to break departmental silos and expedite decision-making processes in railways. This U-turn shows how difficult it is to change bureaucracy, which is re-asserting itself vis-à-vis political bosses after 10 years.
- 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.
