(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Stalin announces $1-million prize for decoding Indus Valley script READ MORE
2. Study traces the route of Ebola virus to the skin surface READ MORE
3. Why is the rupee weakening against the dollar? | Explained READ MORE
4. Data Protection rules balance regulation & innovation while safeguarding citizens’ rights: Vaishnaw READ MORE
5. Rupee slide against dollar may compound India’s fertiliser troubles READ MORE
6. World Braille Day: What is braille? And how was the system of writing invented? READ MORE
7. School enrolment down by 1 crore from 2018-19 level: the report, reasons given READ MORE
8. Kerala to amend state Forest Act: the changes, why they are being opposed READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. The implications of China’s mega-dam project | Explained READ MORE
2. What do the State of Forest Report 2023 findings mean? | Explained READ MORE
3. Imagine a society based on trust READ MORE
4. Balancing dreams and parental aspirations: A dilemma for students READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. In Dallewal’s case, Supreme Court balances his right to expression and the state’s duty to save his life READ MORE
2. No secret affair: on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 READ MORE
3. The looming threat to federalism and democratic tenets READ MORE
4. Balancing privacy rights and investigative powers READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Why was the no-detention policy rolled back?: Explained READ MORE
2. India needs to prioritise preventive care READ MORE
3. Filling the gaps in school education READ MORE
4. Missing learners: Concerning drop in school enrolment READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. How waterways shape global dominance READ MORE
2. Bridging the Gap: India-Latin America Trade Partners READ MORE
3. Technological Sovereignty: An Imperative for Strategic Autonomy READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. When do community programmes work? READ MORE
2. Rupee worries READ MORE
3. De-dollarisation: A bold step toward economic equity or a path fraught with uncertainty READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Unlocking philanthropy to meet India’s climate goals READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Nothing alarming: on China’s HMPV cases READ MORE
2. How do we develop ‘core’ technologies? READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Pegasus probe needs new push READ MORE
2. Digital Personal Data Protection Act: Shaping India’s AI-driven fintech sector READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. The lessons learnt since 2004 READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Transcend patriarchy: Sikh gurus’ vision of equality READ MORE
2. Paradox of tolerance READ MORE
3. The paradox of happiness: Why we fear what we seek READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Protesting democratically by way of hunger strike without causing any inconvenience to anybody is the right guaranteed by the Constitution of India. Discuss through the case law.
2. While the ONOE promises several administrative and fiscal benefits, but it has the far-reaching consequences on the democratic and federalist character of India, as laid out in the Constitution of India. Examine.
3. The absence of any sort of time-bound framework for Speakers to decide on disqualification petitions and provisions for “group defections” has rendered the anti-defection law ineffective. Examine.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.
- Hunger strike, in our country, is a well-known form of peaceful protest, and it is difficult to connect this with public disorder.
- A threat to go on hunger strike or the action itself “cannot be termed as unconstitutional or barred under any law.
- Protesting democratically by way of hunger strike without causing any inconvenience to anybody is the right guaranteed by the Constitution of India.
- The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, is a long overdue advance in the direction of enforcing the fundamental right to informational privacy for Indians.
- People’s confidence in the government’s seriousness about protecting their data from government agencies as well as private enterprises would be shaken.
- We need to prioritise preventive care to mitigate the increasing economic and financial burden of chronic diseases.
- Recent developments in India’s Neighborhood raised question whether India indeed has a proper ‘neighbourhood policy’.
- ‘One Nation One Election’ should not become a device for the centralisation of powers; issues such as a strengthening of anti-defection laws cannot be glossed over.
- While the ONOE promises several administrative and fiscal benefits, but it has the far-reaching consequences on the democratic and federalist character of India, as laid out in the Constitution of India.
- The absence of any sort of time-bound framework for Speakers to decide on disqualification petitions and provisions for “group defections” has rendered the law ineffective.
- The federal system of India, being a basic feature of Indian democracy, enables States to function as relatively independent units in solving problems of a localised nature.
- The federal character of the Constitution is not an arrangement in procedure but a recognition of the diversity and the plurality that constitute the country.
- A hurried imposition of the ONOE, without sets of systemic reforms that are necessary to stem the erosion of federalism, would indeed be a frontal attack on the Constitution’s basic structure.
- As long as these foundational areas remain unsorted, the ONOE, rather than solving those structural vulnerabilities, may end up making them starker.
- True democratic governance requires much more than a routine exercise of simultaneous elections.
- ‘Core’ technologies are foundations that serve as the backbone of multiple sectors. They directly enable products, processes or services and are critical for operational success.
- In our constitutional scheme, no right, including the right to life, is absolute and may be curtailed in accordance with the procedure established by law.
- The global economy stands at a crossroads as the concept of ‘de-dollarisation’ gains momentum, sparking debates about the future of international trade and finance.
- Beyond the rhetoric of ideologies and resources, history reveals a stark reality: whoever commands the strategic arteries of global trade rules, the world.
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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- ISRO’s SpaDeX mission takes India one step closer to achieving autonomy in space technology, testing a crucial docking mechanism required for the Bharatiya Antariksha Station, Gaganyaan, and Chandrayaan-4 missions. The space agency’s slow and steady achievements bode very well for India’s future in space, while ending 2024 with a win.
- RBI data shows NPA crisis left by UPA is under control. Bad loan ratios are at 13-year lows & additions of new NPAs are slowing. Unsecured loans are turning sour, but RBI has done what it can on those. It’s government that needs to implement policies to increase people’s incomes.
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.
