(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Nearly 20% of species residing in UNESCO’s world heritage marine sites live in unsuitably warm waters READ MORE
2. Yemen faces a cholera crisis; Arabian Peninsula country accounted for 35% of global cholera cases as of December 1: WHO READ MORE
3. Why are activists opposing EC’s election rule amendment? | Explained READ MORE
4. Former Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed Manipur governor; Arif Mohammed Khan new Bihar governor READ MORE
5. Time to excoriate inflation is now: RBI Bulletin READ MORE
6. Why do we lose muscle mass with age? Scientists find one factor READ MORE
7. Climate change is making plants less nutritious READ MORE
8. Population dynamics: a century of growth, a future of decline READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Religion in the time of uncertainties READ MORE
2. Fight gender-based violence at the roots READ MORE
3. Manipur conflict not just a local crisis READ MORE
4. Forest survey misses the wood for the tree READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Hide and seek: On the ECI and the election READ MORE
2. Go back to Constituent Assembly debates and learn READ MORE
3. The Constitution, beyond fundamental rights READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Detention revisited: Infra to back students who fail exams poor READ MORE
2. Five principles integral to better schooling systems READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. An India-China reset needs bold and new thinking READ MORE
2. India recalibrates Myanmar strategy READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Vocal on growth, silent on inflation READ MORE
2. How regenerative farming can safeguard our soil READ MORE
3. How India’s economy can catch up with that of China READ MORE
4. Building rural resilience READ MORE
5. Green transition: Balancing growth, stability, and energy transition READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Unlocking philanthropy to meet India’s climate goals READ MORE
2. COP29: Milestones, challenges, and prospects READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Exploring India’s potential in neuromorphic research READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Digital Personal Data Protection Act: Shaping India’s AI-driven fintech sector READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Safety compromised: Mohali building collapse exposes lapses READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. AI, capitalism, and ethics: The urgent need for responsible governance READ MORE
2. Whose life is it anyway? READ MORE
3. Cunning device READ MORE
4. Success Through Workplace Intelligence READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. For an institution that is central to the functioning of democracy, and yet facing an unprecedented challenge to its credibility, should promote less secrecy and more transparency. Comment on the statement in the light of recent amendments related to the Conduct of Election Rules to restrict public access to poll documents.
2. The Constitution is not just about fundamental rights, it is a document that lays out structures and systems for governance of the country. Comment.
3. For an institution that is central to the functioning of democracy, and yet facing an unprecedented challenge to its credibility, less secrecy and more transparency must be the way forward.
4. Persistent challenges within the IAS and the wider bureaucracy have highlighted the urgent need for administrative reforms to unlock India’s true economic potential. Suggest some measures to improve the efficiency of Civil Servants.
5. The country’s economic story is juxtaposed with enduring issues of income inequality and bureaucratic inefficiency. Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- For an institution that is central to the functioning of democracy, and yet facing an unprecedented challenge to its credibility, should promote less secrecy and more transparency.
- Presently, the problem facing India’s economy is not the lack of growth; the problem lies in its inequitable distribution across the population, partly induced by food price inflation.
- Making the right choice requires bold new thinking in New Delhi and Beijing. But this is not possible unless both make an honest effort to remove mutual apprehension that one is acting against the other’s core interests.
- Beijing must respect India as an equal pole in a multipolar Asia and a multipolar world, knowing that India will never accept a subordinate position vis-à-vis any country in the world, including China.
- If India and China enhance convergence in their foreign policies, they can bring greater stability, predictability and fairness to global governance, which is now becoming increasingly ineffectual.
- India needs to redesign agriculture in India and focus on radical transformation by adopting regenerative farming and not relying merely on managing the existing intensive system. If we want to meet the growing demand for food, this is our only hope.
- India must redesign its agriculture to sustain its food, nutritional and ecological security. It is possible by identifying and scaling up systems that utilise ecological intensification, such as natural or regenerative farming.
- Empowering grassroots movements, channelling resources to often overlooked segments, and framing policies and on-ground initiatives are at the core of accelerating climate solutions.
- Sustainable economic growth is a process of enterprises in a country learning new skills and creating collective capabilities they did not have before.
- The stakes are high for India, balancing its Act East policy, border security and competition with China, all against the backdrop of a fractured Myanmar.
- Myanmar is a pivotal land bridge for its Act East policy, the Asean Trilateral Highway and the security of its Eastern frontier.
- Shift in rural incomes, with reduced dependence on pure cultivation, is an encouraging trend that helps pull out excess and disguised labour from the sector.
- However, the Constitution is much more than just fundamental rights. It is a document that lays out structures and systems for governance of the country.
- The Constitution entails much more than just fundamental rights and a public engagement with the procedural provisions in the Constitution are crucial.
- While fundamental rights are indispensable to the constitutional governance of the country, how the fundamental rights must be understood and what is their true scope can be influenced and re-shaped by the other parts of the Constitution.
- India’s regulatory approach to fintech demonstrates a balanced concern for both technological advancement and consumer rights.
- Macroeconomic policies that manage the consequences of green transition and support from the Global North are essential to India’s future as a green economy.
- India’s green transition presents both challenges and opportunities for its macroeconomic landscape. The short-term impacts may include inflationary pressures and exchange rate fluctuations.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
50-WORD TALK
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- The GST Council’s latest meeting has further complicated an already torturous tax system. Tax rates on food items vary based on location, price, specific ingredients, and sometimes even temperature. This encourages evasion and discretion of the tax officials. Meant for ease of doing business, GST is boomeranging on the idea.
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.
