(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Telangana’s new EV policy: what are its features READ MORE
2. Why GRAP stage IV has been announced now, what is allowed under it READ MORE
3. The Slender-billed Curlew, a shorebird occurring from western Siberia to the Mediterranean, is now extinct: Scientists READ MORE
4. India’s first dolphin research centre remains non-operational 8 months since inauguration READ MORE
5. Thermal power plants cause 240 times more air pollution than stubble burning: CREA READ MORE
6. Cauvery basin: New genus of freshwater fish registered from Western Ghats READ MORE
7. With 45 years to go, how sustainable is India’s road to net-zero? | Explained READ MORE
8. SpaceX’s Falcon-9 deploys India’s GSAT-N2 satellite into orbit READ MORE
9. Chennai-Vladivostok eastern maritime corridor operational: Sonowal READ MORE
10. SC asks Centre, CAQM to procure data on farm fires from geo-stationary satellites READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Birsa Munda a symbol of resistance, empowerment READ MORE
2. Extending net of protection online for children READ MORE
3. President Droupadi Murmu writes: Birsa Munda’s enduring legacy READ MORE
4. Caste discrimination: A shameful legacy READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. The ‘new’ Justitia and reimagining justice READ MORE
2. Two cheers for the top court’s ‘bulldozer’ judgment READ MORE
3. Manipur as a case for imposing Article 356 READ MORE
4. Bulldozer injustice: Supreme Court checks executive overreach; broader reforms needed READ MORE
5. Supreme Court strikes down ‘bulldozer injustice’ READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Redesigning education for real-world skills READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. This time for Africa: On India, Africa and the Global South READ MORE
2. Is India really ‘neighbourhood first’? READ MORE
3. Global South seeks to put its imprint on G20 READ MORE
4. India’s policy change towards Taliban pragmatic READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. For RBI, a choice: Vegetable prices, growth or currency READ MORE
2. Regenerative blue economy: A strategic framework for global ocean governance READ MORE
3. Rethinking the global trade infrastructure READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. The baffling silence on climate and pollution READ MORE
2. Cloud seeding, urbanisation, global warming: Where is the world headed? READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Growing epidemic: On diabetes and India READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. New tentacles of international terrorism 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. Why were the Kerala IAS officers suspended? | Explained READ MORE
2. Transforming the world by changing from within READ MORE
3. The art of redundant leadership READ MORE
4. Servant leadership READ MORE
CASE STUDY
1. Stringent eco checks vital for new highway READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. In the present day and age, social media is a powerful medium for providing publicity to various governmental initiatives. Do you think that the civil service rules 1968 need to be reviewed to adequately cover the usage of social media?
2. As India continues its digital journey, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will play a vital role in ensuring a secure and transparent landscape for its citizens. Examine.
3. Fiscal transfers from the central government serve as an important mechanism for state governments to mitigate adverse impacts of extreme climate events. Examine.
4. Strategic autonomy is essentially the extension of guarding sovereignty in matters of foreign relations. Comment.
5. Compare and contrast the electoral process of India and the USA. How far do you think India’s electoral process is more transparent than the USA?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- Besides sharply lowering the risk of diabetes, avoiding tobacco in all forms is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in people with diabetes.
- In the present day and age, social media is a powerful medium for providing publicity to various governmental initiatives. It educates citizens when used judiciously.
- It is important to ask whether the interpretation now attributed to an open-eyed justice relates to equality, impartiality, and transparency.
- Decolonisation must not become a driver either of a recurrence of older precolonial or newer postcolonial forms of social discriminations and state violences.
- While India’s voluble commitment to the Global South and South-South cooperation has been appreciated, particularly in Africa, it also has been seen as short on follow-through at times.
- Article 355 obliges the Union to assist States to meet challenges and one can assume that the Union government has indeed done so, though unsuccessfully.
- It is true that Article 356 has been more abused than used. But today, its invocation in Manipur will be lauded nationally.
- “Neighbourhood first” is the charming label of the Modi government’s South Asia policy.
- The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill’s emphasis on mandatory reporting of data breaches and stringent penalties underscores its commitment to accountability.
- The DPDP Bill represents a significant step towards protecting personal data in India’s financial services industry.
- As India continues its digital journey, the DPDP Bill will play a vital role in ensuring a secure and transparent financial landscape for its citizens.
- The Supreme Court has rightly censured the erring States usurping the functions of the judiciary by using demolitions as a form of punishment without trial for families of persons accused of crimes.
- Together, India and Brazil, along with their counterparts in the Global South, are laying the groundwork for a future that reflects the true diversity of the world’s nations.
- By reinforcing legal safeguards, the Apex Court seeks to restore public trust in the justice system and ensure that no citizen is denied their constitutional rights.
- Economic recovery remains a critical priority as nations grapple with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and global geopolitical tensions.
- By integrating practical lessons on earning, saving and managing money, education can better prepare students for real-world challenges.
- Proactive leadership is crucial for implementing strategic plans, while swift judicial reforms are needed to handle terrorism cases more effectively.
- To address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss in the Indo-Pacific region will require a comprehensive and multi-dimensional approach.
- Ocean conservation and sustainability are imperative in the current landscape, but the ocean technology ecosystem must be made more innovation-friendly and accessible.
- A strategic partnership between India and Greece can balance China’s inceasing influence on shipping and global trade.
- Beyond mitigative responses to climate change’s impact on oceans, regenerative blue economy strategies emphasise inclusive and sustainable growth.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.
50-WORD TALK
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- As India shores up ties across the Southern hemisphere, and builds common cause with countries that are important when it comes to the debate over global governance, food, energy and health security, it must be seen to match its ideals with nimble footwork and a decided presence across the developing world, as is evidenced by the Prime Minister’s travels.
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.
