(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. National Health Mission has enhanced workforce, curbed several public health concerns: Centre’s report to Cabinet READ MORE
2. What is U.S.’s new rule for exporting AI chips? | Explained READ MORE
3. Panama complains to U.N. over Trump canal threat, starts audit READ MORE
4. Why Neutral Expert’s decision on Indus Waters Treaty is a win for India READ MORE
5. What is Stargate, Trump’s $500-billion bid for global leadership in AI? READ MORE
6. Cabinet announces 6% hike in jute MSP to revive production READ MORE
7. 33 industrial clusters from 16 countries commit to growth, job creation and cutting on emissions: World Economic Forum READ MORE
8. Kerala sets another example of disaster preparedness with a coordinated early warning system READ MORE
9. Wildfires fuel record rise in CO₂ levels in 2024 READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Caring for mental health READ MORE
2. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao dividend for Viksit Bharat READ MORE
3. Renuka Ji Dam: Addressing Delhi’s water woes READ MORE
4. The silent epidemic: The untold story of gender inequality against men in India READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Empowering panchayats: The key to achieving Viksit Bharat 2047 through community actions READ MORE
2. Balancing rights and order: Innovations in protest management READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. How quality of higher education is tied to primary education READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. China’s moves must recast India’s critical minerals push READ MORE
2. Trump 2.0 as disruptor of the global legal order READ MORE
3. The world has been changing for a while READ MORE
4. Depending on an undependable US READ MORE
5. For America, why India is not China READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. How skill-based degrees are redefining India’s future 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. IT majors should prepare for AI, focus less on margins READ MORE
2. ISRO’s space docking: A new era for India’s space exploration READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Empower CAPFs with designated roles for a safer India READ MORE
2. Need for a unified global strategy against terrorism 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. Gandhi and reflections on the idea of India, past and present READ MORE
2. Work as worship? Ancient wisdom for modern workplaces READ MORE
3. Cause and effect READ MORE
4. Shun the Violence, embrace peace READ MORE
Case study
1. Parbhani violence: Ambedkarite activists march to Mumbai, demand justice for Somnath READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. India is a reliable strategic partner for the US with strong and mutually beneficial ties across trade, business and human capital and it is the central balancer to Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific. Comment.
2. As community leadership is the driving force behind sustainable development in rural India discuss how empowering panchayats from top-down governance is a sure-shoot to realize the real potential of panchayat governance.
3. Discuss the reasons why are there more male international migrants in the global labour force than women?
4. 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.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- India’s critical minerals development plans face challenges; a way out may be to adopt the semiconductor fabrication model.
- Addressing the aforementioned issues can include defining overlapping roles among mental health professionals, establishing a unified regulatory authority, and standardising accreditation, training, and grievance mechanisms.
- India should deepen strategic and economic ties with Trump’s DC, but be aware of its nationalist and revisionist avatar.
- India is a reliable strategic partner for the US with strong and mutually beneficial ties across trade, business and human capital.
- From women’s development to women-led development, the daughters of India are emerging as changemakers, entrepreneurs, and leaders.
- Getting ready for a global pandemic is every bit as important as nuclear deterrence.
- The success of economic policies must be measured by how much they increase incomes, affordable and accessible health and education, and social security of citizens, not by how much the GDP increases.
- Instead of wasting precious political space debating whether the word ‘socialism’ should be removed from the Constitution, India’s leaders should get down to the fundamentals.
- Bad economics is corrupting good politics for the people in India. India’s economic reformers should not remain beholden to free market ideologies, corporate lobbies and sentiments of fickle stock markets.
- India’s proven docking capabilities position it as a significant partner for collaborative missions, potentially enhancing its influence in global space governance and diplomacy. This scientific achievement enhances India’s standing in the burgeoning space economy.
- Nations must come together to share a common vision and adopt a multilayered approach that prioritises security, innovation and collaboration.
- Establishing a new consensus on international security and fostering a collaborative global environment are vital for achieving long-term stability against terrorism.
- India must transition from top-down governance to a model where community leadership is the driving force behind sustainable development
- Village Mukhiyas, as key information providers of government schemes, need real-time access to comprehensive beneficiary data and scheme details. Implementing technology solutions that provide such access is paramount for informed decision-making and efficient governance.
- Protests are the lifeblood of democracy. For law enforcement, it must carefully balance between public safety and democratic freedoms.
- Engaging community leaders, addressing grievances, and prioritising dialogue reflect a commitment to balancing public safety with democratic freedoms.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- With great power comes an even greater responsibility
50-WORD TALK
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- India is a reliable strategic partner for the US with strong and mutually beneficial ties across trade, business and human capital. The two countries have shared concerns about trade and other practices of China. America will benefit greatly by not placing India in the same trade bracket as China.
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.
