(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. IIT-Madras researchers map foetus’s brain: Why is this significant? READ MORE
2. Where is La Niña? And why did global models err in their predictions? READ MORE
3. World Liquid Gas Association launches roadmap to expand access to clean cooking solutions across Africa READ MORE
4. Why are parts of north India experiencing an early cold wave, with colder nights? READ MORE
5. Genomic variation in mosquitoes responsible for low rates of Zika transmission in Africa: Study READ MORE
6. India needs to triple green investments for meeting climate targets: Report READ MORE
7. Switzerland scraps MFN status to India, dividend income to face higher tax READ MORE
8. New rules proposed on packaging waste management, set to take effect in 2026 READ MORE
9. Opposition submits notice seeking Allahabad High Court judge’s impeachment READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Why simplicity and equality must redefine weddings READ MORE
2. Are Indian wives really weaponising domestic violence and maintenance laws? READ MORE
3. Mapping of foetus’s brain at IIT-Madras can yield significant breakthroughs READ MORE
4. Understanding India’s socioeconomic groups: Attitudes towards materialism & minimalism READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. One Nation One Election READ MORE
2. Wounding the spirit of the Constitution of India READ MORE
3. Welcome spotlight: On the Supreme Court directive to Manipur government READ MORE
4. Is ‘One Election’ reform a bridge too far for India? READ MORE
5. ‘One Nation One Election’ is Bad for India’s Democracy READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. AI-led education, a new normal READ MORE
2. Transforming education READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. India learning to play it both ways READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Indian gig economy in 2024: Faster delivery and slow movement of rights for ‘delivery partners’ READ MORE
2. How AI skills will drive economic growth in 2025 READ MORE
3. 75 Years of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 READ MORE
4. India’s Growth and Employment Patterns: A Four-decade Perspective READ MORE
5. New Technologies, Employment, and Inequality in the Indian Economy READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. India’s Pollution Crisis: Time for a Reset READ MORE
2. Burning green: Health costs of landscape fires READ MORE
3. Diluting the Wildlife (Protection) Act for rhesus macaques will be devastating for this Indian species READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. AI’s boost to the spirit of service READ MORE
2. One nation one subscription as a catalyst for equitable education READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. A roadmap for modernising India’s security framework READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Disaster Management Plan Preparation by Panchayats READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. India’s gender equality reforms are incomplete. Atul Subhash suicide exposes the divide READ MORE
2. Want a better future? Make better choices READ MORE
3. Recognise core values READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Transformative change with the ‘One Nation, One Election’ initiative will be a test for India’s federal polity. Examine.
2. The One Nation, One Election seeks to streamline India’s electoral process, reduce the economic and administrative burden of frequent elections and enhance governance. Critically Examine.
3. How far do you agree with this view that simultaneous elections can overshadow local issues due to the dominance of national narratives, potentially affecting regional representation?
4. Indian democracy needs more decentralisation, not more centralization. In the light of the ongoing debate about ONOE comment on the statement.
5. Technological change has contributed to income inequality by increasing employment inequality. Comment how the structural shift towards services-led growth has emerged as the primary contributor of rising income inequality in India?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- The moral of 2024 is that power is not enough; it is the exercise of that power that is equally important.
- Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
- With artificial intelligence poised to reshape industries worldwide, a paradox is emerging. Despite a growing demand for people with the knowledge to leverage the technology’s potential, AI-related skills remain in short supply.
- India’s democratic system is on the verge of a transformative change with the ‘One Nation, One Election’ initiative.
- AI and automation technologies can make existing education platforms far more effective.
- By embracing AI, we can enhance learning and professional outcomes, improve operational efficiency, and reduce costs across the economy. But all of that will require developing the skilled workforce we need.
- Simultaneous elections might overshadow local issues due to the dominance of national narratives, potentially affecting regional representation.
- The growth of AI cannot be accurately estimated due to its potential to self-train. Moving forward understand, and navigate this new normal of AI-led education.
- The Constitution and its core values together as ordinary citizens, elected citizens and judicial citizens, speaking a shared language across vernaculars and faiths, is the only way of effectively affirming our collective and individual human dignity and the unity and integrity of this country — India that is Bharat.
- Impeachment is a good move, but is only symbolic; it is destined to fail when Justice Yadav’s political masters have a brute majority in Parliament, unless of course we have an unprecedented and unlikely action by members of the ruling alliance standing with the Constitution.
- The concept of conducting simultaneous elections for both Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies across India may save costs, improve efficiency and boost voter turnout.
- Our Indian democracy needs more decentralisation, not more centralization.
- The structural transformation of Indian education system, which was earlier rigid and conventional, is now moving rapidly towards flexibility, innovation and being multidisciplinary.
- The NEP-2020 is going reshape our future generations, which may emerge as the foundational resource for Viksit Bharat.
- The rapid pace of technological developments comes with new regulatory challenges. The policymakers must decide as to how and to what extent the usage of artificial intelligence and machine learning should be regulated in banks.
- Technological change has modestly contributed to income inequality by increasing employment inequality, while the structural shift towards services-led growth has emerged as the primary contributor of rising income inequality in India.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- Achieving Universal Health Care requires political commitment, adequate resources, and effective governance.
50-WORD TALK
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- SC’s decision to put on hold mandir-masjid cases pending in various courts is a timely intervention. It stems simmering tension between the two communities. SC’s role doesn’t end here. It must decide petitions on Places of Worship Act expeditiously to end feuds that could flare up political and communal tensions.
- Our aspiration of a developed economy necessitates our banking sector to remain at the front of this journey, which requires the next phase of regulatory initiatives in the financial sector focusing specifically on the quality and quantity of banking services to establish a bigger, inclusive, competitive, and resilient banking sector in the country.
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.
