(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. IPBES Transformative Change Report provides options to halt biodiversity collapse READ MORE

2. Sundarbans gets its first electric ferry — but is it a viable solution? READ MORE

3. More than 500 species infected, 300 billion birds dead due to avian flu H5N1: WHO READ MORE

4. Scientists find unusual star pairing near supermassive black hole around centre of our galaxy READ MORE

5. Climate change and biodiversity loss are connected: Key takeaways from NEXUS report READ MORE

6. Ganges river dolphin tagged for the first time in India READ MORE

7. All 17,130 police stations in the country linked through centralised online platform READ MORE

8. Foreigners’ entry restricted in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland READ MORE

9. Formulate policy to manage sacred groves, Supreme Court tells government READ MORE

10. SC mulls tree census with help of Forest Survey of India READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Silver cities: Enabling walkability for the elderly READ MORE

2. Empowering daughters: How conditional cash transfers can shift cultural norms READ MORE

3. Bridging Divides in the Workplace READ MORE

4. Why simplicity and equality must redefine weddings READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Making affordable generics more reliable READ MORE

2. Raucous debate, lost opportunity READ MORE

3. Prioritising quality over quantity: The true test of One Nation, One Election READ MORE

4. Look beyond simultaneous polls READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. ​​​Education: From Kothari Commission to NEP-2020 READ MORE

2. United efforts required to end violence against people with disabilities READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

​​ 1. India must leverage its geo-economic strength READ MORE

2. Multilateral Cooperation in India-Russia Ties: A Decadal Review of BRICS and SCO READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. ​​Strengthening the roots of an agri-carbon market READ MORE

2. In 2025, the hurdles to India’s growth READ MORE

3. Getting a measure of GDP numbers READ MORE

4. Board observers in the spotlight READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Not again! READ MORE

2. Wetland revival: No room for false starts READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Trump 2.0 presents fresh possibilities for India’s technology sector READ MORE

INTERNAL SECURITY

​1. Terror alert in Punjab: Police force can’t afford to let its guard down READ MORE

2. Guarding digital India: The urgent need for cybersecurity in a rapidly evolving digital space READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Warding off fire: on hospital fires READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Inclusive Secularism READ MORE

2. The power of positivity READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. The Constitution debate in Parliament was lost in partisan squabbles instead of discussing new challenges before the nation. In the light of recent developments comment on the statement.

2. The road to UHC starts with increasing government spending on health, a national priority as per the government’s policy documents. Discuss how the Ayushman Bharat programme provides the structure for translating such investment into concrete outcomes for the people. 

3. The Model Code of Conduct prohibits only a certain category of public expenditure with a view to denying the ruling party an unfair advantage by spending public resources. Examine.

4. As digital transformation accelerates across sectors such as finance, healthcare, education, and government services, robust cybersecurity is no longer optional, it is a fundamental necessity. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• • Voting is the only way to ensure that your concerns matter.
  • The key issue lies in India’s decentralised drug regulation system, which grants significant authority to State Drug Regulatory Authorities, leading to inconsistent enforcement and quality standards.
  • In India, existing carbon credit projects listed under non-governmental entities need to be examined to ensure inclusivity and efficiency.
  • Generic drugs are crucial for addressing healthcare affordability in a population marked by significant income disparities.
  • Ensuring the quality of generic medicines in India is vital to make them affordable and effective as innovator drugs.
  • India must enforce uniform stability testing protocols, ensure centralised regulatory oversight, and mandate periodic reassessment of all approved generics to build confidence in drug quality.
  • Centralising drug regulation will only be effective with a comprehensive overhaul of the CDSCO.
  • Carbon markets hold the potential to transform Indian agriculture, turning sustainable farming practices into a lucrative opportunity for farmers while combating climate change.
  • India’s carbon market must incentivise socially inclusive projects by offering higher prices for carbon credits from projects that include smallholders and marginalised communities.
  • Unless private investments and exports pick up, growth is likely to be lower, especially as the government’s capacity to increase capital spending will be further restricted.
  • The success of the universal benefit package rests on the careful design of the benefit package.
  • The Constitution debate in Parliament was lost in partisan squabbles instead of discussing new challenges before the nation.
  • Directed investments towards strengthening institutional governance and capacities for regulation, quality control, enforcement, fraud control, grievance redressal and research have to be prioritised.
  • Administrative efficiency is desirable and there are ways in which the conduct of elections could be less time-consuming and involving less manpower.
  • The Model Code of Conduct prohibits only a certain category of public expenditure with a view to denying the ruling party an unfair advantage by spending public resources.
  • The hazardous air quality in the Capital, especially outside Parliament, the depletion of groundwater, the pollution of our rivers, the pathetic conditions of our educational institutions and public health facilities, and the environmental degradation facing the country are more immediate and pressing issues of governance and deserve their attention as much as the matter of simultaneous polls.
  • Thinking and caring about one’s self inappropriately creates too much dependence on others, too many needs, too many demands, too much possessiveness.
  • The educators and policymakers are called upon to transcend ideological divides and lead India toward inclusive progress and innovation.
  • India has the potential to lead the world in cybersecurity innovation, but achieving this requires more than technological solutions.
  • NBFCs have to tackle the perennial issue of raising capital at frequent intervals to grow. Imposing such restrictions could complicate their efforts to attract investors willing to provide essential funding for growth.
  • With growing non-Western demand for the reform of the existing international order, the legitimacy of BRICS and the SCO will depend on how effectively they can deliver results that would highlight their value for the Global South.

ESSAY TOPIC

• • Science, merely by virtue of its immense power, must equip itself to choose between right and wrong

50-WORD TALK

• • INDIA bloc members Omar Abdullah and Abhishek Banerjee are wise to question Congress’ hypocrisy about EVMs. It’s a conspiracy theory that waxes and wanes depending on whether you’re winning or losing. Call for return to paper ballots is cynical nonsense. You can’t insult voters’ judgement selectively when they reject you.

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.

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