(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Why a free fall in the rupee seems unlikely READ MORE
2. Explained: The Turner Prize for art and the controversies around it READ MORE
3. India’s MGNREGS major contributor to global Nature-based Solutions, says report released at COP16 in Riyadh READ MORE
4. What’s the row over tungsten mining in Madurai? READ MORE
5. UN declares December 21 as World Meditation Day, India among co-sponsors READ MORE
6. CII urges Centre to stick to fiscal deficit target to avoid growth risks READ MORE
7. Preserving India’s sacred groves can help country achieve its conservation & climate goals: Experts READ MORE
8. Study ups oft-smuggled Indian star tortoise’s conservation prospects READ MORE
9. UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh recognises importance of indigenous communities in combating desertification READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Death by contamination: on Indian cities and unsafe drinking water READ MORE
2. The misguided debate over declining fertility READ MORE
3. How health has become new social status among India’s elite rich READ MORE
4. Melting Glaciers Manifest Doomsday READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. The Steel Frame has lost its sheen READ MORE
2. SC must reinforce 1991 Worship Act READ MORE
3. SC didn’t answer key question in preamble case. Does 42nd Amendment pass democracy test? READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Plug the gaps in TB drug supply READ MORE
2. Ballari deaths expose systemic failure READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. A good beginning but China negotiations must continue READ MORE
2. Unfreezing India-China ties READ MORE
3. What the Syrian crisis means for the Middle East READ MORE
4. How minilateralism is reshaping global order READ MORE
5. Opacity continues to afflict India-China relationship READ MORE
6. The Geopolitical Aspects of the India-Armenia Partnership READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. The issue of India’s economic growth versus emissions READ MORE
2. As growth falters, RBI’s policy choices narrow READ MORE
3. All is not well with soil READ MORE
4. The cost of GST & fiscal crises in states READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Regulating Carbon Emissions through Nature-based Solutions READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Impediments in global quantum technology collaboration READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. The return of Maoist spectre in Telangana READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Water, sanitation, and health: The overlooked impact of floods on women in India READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Why applying ethics to air pollution is the need of the hour? READ MORE
2. The Difference Between Ethics & Integrity READ MORE
3. Hunter Biden case renews ethical debate over use and limits of peculiar presidential power READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Minilateralism is reshaping the international order, forging hitherto unlikely partnerships among countries to cooperate in specific geographies for targeted purposes. Examine.
2. The Centre is not just limiting the transfers it makes to the states but also exercising its right to limit borrowing by the states in a punishing fashion. If the Indian Union has to be protected, the GST “experiment” must be abandoned. Examine.
3. Ethics are the moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conduct of an activity. Comment.
4. Ethics is not a choice, and integrity is a personal choice. Comment.
5. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles and doing the right thing. Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape.
- While the External Affairs Minister’s remarks offer some clarity, politically, there needs to be an attempt to arrive at a broad consensus on India’s China problem.
- Greater transparency on the part of the government on the one hand and the need for the Opposition resisting the temptation to score points on a sensitive issue affecting our core interests on the other will leave us in a better place in India’s border negotiations with China.
- With the growing climate crisis, the imperative to reduce emissions while ensuring continued economic growth has gained global traction.
- Decoupling of economic growth and GHG emissions is important. It offers a path to sustainable growth and development, a way for nations to grow and improve living standards without exacerbating climate change.
- Policies and measures that support renewable energy, emission mitigation, and sustainable development will be crucial in ensuring that economic growth and environmental preservation can coexist, ensuring a prosperous and sustainable future for India.
- The solution lies in deregulating the fertiliser sector from price controls. Farmers may be given equivalent direct income transfers in the form of digital coupons to buy fertilisers.
- Minilateralism is on the rise today for several reasons. The primary reason is the failure of multilateralism and the emergence of global challenges.
- Minilateralism is reshaping the international order, forging hitherto unlikely partnerships among countries to cooperate in specific geographies for targeted purposes.
- The Centre is not just limiting the transfers it makes to the states but also exercising its right to limit borrowing by the states in a punishing fashion. The result is a fiscal crisis at the state level, which is translating into a crisis of the federal structure itself.
- If the Indian Union has to be protected, evidence suggests that the GST “experiment” must be abandoned.
- Democratic India would be better served by allowing this vital national security issue to be discussed both in Parliament and the media. A comprehensive White Paper on the India-China relationship that builds on the EAM’s detailed statement in Parliament would be a much-needed first step.
- The verdict on the preamble amendments of 1976 suggests that the courts will accept flexible meanings of terms. A Constitution built of plasticine can be made to mean anything.
- The core principle of PRAGATI by using the right combination of technology and leadership, is to accelerate infrastructure development by driving collaboration, accountability, and transparency.
- To address the historical and ongoing injustices faced by OBCs, it is imperative to strengthen constitutional provisions and guarantee their equitable representation across all levels of governance.
- Taking historical responsibility and ensuring comprehensive climate justice can delay the damage to the planet.
- The lack of any legally binding and strong provisions let the polluters get away with incomplete reporting and not fulfilling their obligations with regard to the Paris Agreement’s CBDR-RC.
- The farmers’ demand to legalise MSP is justified since they cannot be left at the mercy of market forces.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- There is a difference between what we have the right to do and what is right to do.
- Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
50-WORD TALK
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- RBI MPC leaving rates unchanged reveals a baffling inconsistency with its own predictions. It highlighted inflation as a larger concern than growth, yet predicted food prices will ease from January. It simultaneously slashed growth estimates for Q3, Q4 and the full year. This single-minded inflation focus is fast becoming damaging.
- The TEDBF, Indian Naval Fighter, project is vital for Navy and India. A repeat of the much delayed, poorly executed and now-scrapped Tejas Navy cannot be allowed. The government must enforce strict deadlines and accountability for DRDO, HAL, and Navy to ensure timely execution and success of this critical project.
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.
