(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. What is the World Economic Forum annual meeting, set to begin in Davos? READ MORE
2. How many dolphins are in the Ganga river basin? New assessment has some answers READ MORE
3. What is the SVAMITVA scheme to issue property cards in villages, who benefits from it and how READ MORE
4. Survey adds 24 new species to Munnar’s faunal stock READ MORE
5. Why dead olive ridley turtles are washing ashore in Tamil Nadu READ MORE
6. Fonio, an ancient African millet, is going places READ MORE
7. RNA, not DNA, is the main cause of acute sunburn READ MORE
8. Four new tarantula species identified in Western Ghats READ MORE
9. RBI sold record $20.2 billion in November to back rupee amid FPI outflows READ MORE
10. Zero-carbon shipping fuel could be a new source of pollution READ MORE
11. Nigeria admitted as partner country of BRICS bloc READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Young people face lasting educational and emotional struggles after COVID READ MORE
2. What did the ILO report state about international migrants? READ MORE
3. Budget as instrument for women’s empowerment READ MORE
4. The silent epidemic: The untold story of gender inequality against men in India READ MORE
5. India’s forests: Gains, gaps and the way forward READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Shun corruption: Act on the CJI’s plainspeak READ MORE
2. The Digital Personal Data Protection Board: Persisting Questions of Constitutionality READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. How quality of higher education is tied to primary education READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. The balancing China question before India READ MORE
2. India’s vision for Africa: Supporting AfCFTA in 2025 READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Recasting insolvency resolution READ MORE
2. India’s real growth rate and the forecast READ MORE
3. The reform and welfare India needs READ MORE
4. RBI must take more steps to stem liquidity shortage READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Construction sector and air pollution: Evidence from India READ MORE
2. Conservation and Greening: Although forest cover has increased, net ecological benefits have not improved READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Indian cryptography research gears up to face the quantum challenge READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Need for a unified global strategy against terrorism READ MORE
2. Free Movement Regime and Ethnic Belonging in North East India READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Burrow tragedy: On the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Mark of a true leader READ MORE
2. Traditional wisdom, modern challenges READ MORE
Case study
1. Ranebennur residents complain of harassment by employees of microfinance firms during loan recovery READ MORE
2. Policing personal freedoms, courtesy social sensibilities READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Discuss the reasons why are there more male international migrants in the global labour force than women?
2. Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in the country has to go beyond the Gender Budget Statement (GBS) and focus on gender-responsive planning and programmes in all sectors including the so-called gender-neutral sectors.” Comment.
3. The construction sector has emerged as a significant contributor to worsening air quality in India. Analysing the link between construction activities and air pollution especially in Delhi-NCR in winter session..
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
- The Supreme Court of India has, on multiple occasions, reaffirmed the importance of ensuring the welfare of stray animals while maintaining the delicate balance of coexistence.
- India’s insolvency regime must evolve beyond mere debt resolution to serve as a proactive driver of economic rejuvenation, especially as the country aims to attract greater foreign investment.
- The pandemic has left a lasting impact on the mental health of young people, with many experiencing increased anxiety, depression, and social challenges.
- A combination of ageing populations, growing demand in the care economy and greater economic opportunities means that high income countries will continue to remain attractive destinations for the bulk of IMs.
- The entire MSP framework needs a revisit. Not in the direction of making it legal but freeing up prices of products as well as that of major inputs like fertilisers and power.
- The quality of higher education institutions, including their leadership, is a direct product of the quality of elementary education.
- A society that curtails freedom in the name of tradition stifles its own growth and spirit.
- India, such a conclusion would argue, must engage in a series of acts to externally and internally balance rising Chinese power.
- “GRB in the country has to go beyond the GBS and focus on gender-responsive planning and programmes in all sectors including the so-called gender-neutral sectors.”
- The construction sector has emerged as a significant yet often overlooked contributor to worsening air quality in India.
- Corruption as a hydra-headed monster that undermines public trust and hinders the ideals of democracy is an apt description.
- Nations must come together to share a common vision and adopt a multilayered approach that prioritises security, innovation and collaboration against terrorism.
- Indian society, long entrenched in patriarchy and gender inequality against women, is now grappling with an overlooked dimension of the issue—gender inequality against men.
- In modern-day society, with evolving gender roles and relationships; better education and awareness; and a feminism gaining force, balanced matrimonial laws are more pertinent than ever.
- Ethnicity as a primordial identity has the potential to disengage with political identity created by territorial states. However, the end result depends on the negotiating capacity of the state with different stakeholders.
- The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 transferred forests and the protection of wildlife and birds to the concurrent list of the Constitution and paved the way for a top-down approach against the more effective bottom-up approach that denies less autonomy to gram sabhas in decision-making.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- With great power comes an even greater responsibility
50-WORD TALK
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- The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 does not provide adequate clarity on how the DPDP board, which is responsible for the implementation of the act, is supposed to work. Given that it is the sole agency empowered and responsible to adjudicate the rights and liabilities of individuals, questions can also be raised on the constitutionality of the act and the rules in this respect.
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.
