(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Explained: The significance of Lignosat, the first wooden satellite launched into space READ MORE
2. COP29 Baku: How climate negotiations have evolved over the years READ MORE
3. 2024 to cross 1.5°C, be hottest year on record READ MORE
4. Lack of rainfall impacts arrival of migratory birds in Kashmir Valley’s Hokersar wetland READ MORE
5. Accessibility for disabled persons is a human and a fundamental right: SC judgment READ MORE
6. India will fail to meet 2025 TB ‘elimination’ target READ MORE
7. Why Cambodia’s novel H5N1 reassortant virus needs close monitoring READ MORE
8. Mpox clade Ia has evolved to jump from humans to humans: new study READ MORE
9. How do lightning rods prevent lightning strikes from reaching people? READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Creating a workplace culture that truly supports mental health READ MORE
2. Sharenting in the Digital Age READ MORE
3. Are pro-natalist policies the way to address the ageing population problem? READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Private property and the ‘common good’: Unpacking the SC verdict READ MORE
2. States and the Centre’s fetter of ‘net borrowing ceiling’ READ MORE
3. National minority: On the ruling on an institution’s ‘minority character’ READ MORE
4. Crucial affirmation of minority rights READ MORE
5. Welcome rulings by SC on bail, disabled rights READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Declining health spending risks SDG goals READ MORE
2. Public Distribution System must be reformed to fix leakage, invest in farming READ MORE
3. A slow walk to freedom READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Israel, Palestine and a divided Africa: Seeking a path forward READ MORE
2. India charts its IMEC path to global trade influence READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Can India get rich before growing old? READ MORE
2. The consumer economy cannot afford to disregard the care economy of unpaid labour READ MORE
3. Nutrient-based subsidy: Support and scrutiny balance READ MORE
4. Addressing the goal of clean energy transition READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Financing the climate transition of India’s power sector READ MORE
2. COP29 must inspire action beyond pledges READ MORE
3. No cop-out on climate crisis READ MORE
4. Can Green NBFCs Take Climate Finance to the Last Mile? READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Inactivated COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac associated with TTP READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Need awareness to avoid online fraud READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. India committed to Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction: PM’s aide P.K. Mishra READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Sharenting in the Digital Age READ MORE
2. Occam’s razor READ MORE
3. Ethics over profits: Corporate governance in the fight against corruption READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. The global clean energy transition agenda is driven by social, environmental and economic concerns. Comment.
2. The IMEC is not a direct alternative to China’s BRI, but it is part of the global response to counter China’s growing economic influence. Discuss.
3. In today’s competitive business landscape, corporate ethics, profit, and corruption are intricately connected. Discuss how to achieve financial success while adhering to ethical standards?
4. The Supreme Court’s verdict reaffirms the importance of balancing public welfare with private property rights. Examine.
5. Comprehensive healthcare needs of India’s rapidly growing elderly population require further policy evolution, aiming for a holistic, sustainable healthcare system for the aging citizens. Comment on the statement in the light of recently introduce PM-JAY for elderly people.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- Civilisation has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think.
- India’s rapid decline in TFR challenges conventional wisdom, which links lower birth rates to improvements in education and income.
- Demographic dividend denotes a country’s economic growth advantages when most of its population is in the working-age bracket.
- India’s total fertility rate (TFR) — the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime — is declining at a faster pace than was anticipated a decade ago.
- The proven path for economic growth has been the movement of workers from low-productivity sectors such as agriculture to higher-productivity jobs in manufacturing and services.
- If politicians and policy makers want a productive and healthy workforce, they will need to care about encouraging and rewarding our intrinsic instincts to perform such unhistoric, hidden acts of care.
- To plug leakages, direct cash transfers to beneficiary accounts are an option. Digital coupons for more nutritious food through the nutrition hubs of FPS need to be encouraged.
- Care is not a commodity; it is an interpersonal relationship that defies standard transactional economic frameworks of buying and selling.
- In a workplace where mental health is prioritised, employees would feel confident, heard, valued and supported.
- While companies have the flexibility to set their MRP, these prices remain under close government scrutiny, ensuring affordability without undermining competition.
- India’s inflationary pressures are back in the spotlight, as food prices surge amid unpredictable weather patterns and shifting global dynamics.
- The Supreme Court’s recent rulings on disability rights and bail petitions highlight the importance of protecting fundamental rights and ensuring timely government action.
- Nations across the world are working towards a clean energy transition. India, in particular, has taken several steps to reduce its fossil fuel dependence.
- The global clean energy transition agenda is driven by social, environmental and economic concerns.
- The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the first truly global attempt to set universal development goals for all countries and transform the economic system.
- The IMEC is not a direct alternative to China’s BRI, but it is part of the global response to counter China’s growing economic influence.
- The IMEC corridor offers India the opportunity to strengthen its geopolitical alliances with key countries in the Middle East, Europe and North America while simultaneously countering China’s influence in global trade.
- The IMEC represents a significant opportunity for India to strengthen its position in global trade networks.
- Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing inessential to take away.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing inessential to take away.
50-WORD TALK
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- J&K Assembly resolution seeking dialogue with Centre on return to special status avoids mentioning Article 370. This makes it rhetorical in its sweep, but pragmatic in substance. It also shows how Omar Abdullah has matured in politics. There’s no need to be knee-jerked into negativity. This, in fact, is progress.
- A second term for Donald Trump is already making global climate action advocates wary. He’s a denier. He was reluctant to support past climate commitments, including financial support to India. The US exited from the Paris Accord in his first term. All this dampens the mood for COP29 in Azerbaijan.
Things to Remember:
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- 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.
