(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Explained: How mice learn to suppress fear, implications of this finding READ MORE
2. Surat property sealed over sale to Muslim woman: What is the Disturbed Areas Act in Gujarat READ MORE
3. Why Union Cabinet approved bifurcating one of the railways’ biggest revenue-generating zones READ MORE
4. Declining trend in paddy cultivation continues in Kerala READ MORE
5. How do bacteria resist antibiotics? READ MORE
6. National Mission for Manuscripts to be made autonomous READ MORE
7. Trump sanctions ICC for ‘illegitimate’ Israel, US probes READ MORE
8. ‘Interest rate cut, tax stimulus to revive demand, investments’ READ MORE
9. What issues will the Supreme Court consider in the TN govt-Governor dispute case? READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. How rising temperatures have gripped Australia in recent years READ MORE
2. Planning social security cover for gig workers READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Constitutional, not personal, morality must guide courts READ MORE
2. Uttarakhand leads the way: The first state to implement Uniform Civil Code READ MORE
3. An Assault on Privacy and Dignity READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Technology and the challenge of equitable education READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Trump’s foreign aid freeze has created chaos. Here is what to know READ MORE
2. India’s opportunity at the AI Action Summit READ MORE
3. The third way in AI governance READ MORE
4. The new geopolitical communication era READ MORE
5. WTO at a crossroads: Reform or perish READ MORE
6. The Sino-Indian Thaw: Reading between the Lines READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Welfare & freebies vs fiscal prudence READ MORE
2. RBI lowers interest rates as growth considerations dominate READ MORE
3. Growth over inflation: On economic expansion over inflation control READ MORE
4. Elevated levels of pollution will hit long-term growth READ MORE
5. India’s gig economy set to boom: Navigating the future of work READ MORE
6. Growth Divergence between Indian States READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Study in northern Chhattisgarh offers new insights on human-elephant conflict & crop losses READ MORE
2. Threat to survival READ MORE
3. How the climate crisis has intensified marine heatwaves across the world READ MORE
4. ‘Excessive preoccupation with temperature goal’: How India has signalled shift in approach to climate crisis READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Should India build a sovereign, foundational AI model? READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. AI and defence dynamics: Global trends and India’s adaptation READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Mahakumbh stampede: Causes of such disasters, how they can be prevented READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Essence of political seva is in dissolving ego READ MORE
2. Awakening the Mind: The True Essence of Freedom READ MORE
CASE STUDY
1. A hunt for dunki agents in Punjab, Haryana is on. FIRs, raids, demand for lost money READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. ‘Society can’t exist without law and order and can’t advance except through the initiative of vigorous innovation’. Examine the above statement with suitable examples.
2. Courts are tasked with establishing constitutional morality, not the personal morality of judges or even social morality. In the light of recent judgement given by judges, comment on the statement.
3. After Trump’s election as president, international geopolitics is changing in such a way that both India and China need each other. Examine.
4. Conflict management is the foundation for confidence-building and can develop with steady de-escalation and broadening of mutuality as the basis of trust. Critically examine the statement from the ethical point of view.
5. The Uttarakhand UCC seems less about ensuring uniformity and more about controlling the choices which is a clear violation of the constitutional guarantees of privacy and dignity of the individual. Discuss.
6. The population growth rate and the shares of agriculture and industry in gross state domestic product (GSDP) contribute to the differences in steady states across states. Examine the rising inequality among Indian states in terms of per capita gross domestic product.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- A politician thinks about the next election, while the statesman thinks about the next generation.
- To truly transform India into a research powerhouse, the focus must shift to strengthening foundational infrastructure, incentivising private innovation, and ensuring long-term, sustainable engagement from industry leaders.
- India lacks a road map in the field of education that allows the promise of technology to be harnessed for those who need it the most.
- As co-chair of the Paris meeting, India must leverage its position to advance the key AI priorities of the Global South.
- As co-chair of the Paris meeting, India must leverage its position to advance the key AI priorities of the Global South. Doing so would position India as an ideal candidate to host the next AI Action Summit, which would ensure continued focus on the Global South perspective on AI.
- The MPC’s decision to adopt a less restrictive policy clearly indicates that growth considerations now outweigh concerns over inflation.
- There is an increasing trend of moral censure by the courts, which has a chilling effect on people with alternative life experiences, orientations and preferences.
- Courts are tasked with establishing constitutional morality, not the personal morality of judges or even social morality. In the personal sphere, there is no one definition or standard of morality.
- Society can’t exist without law and order and can’t advance except through the initiative of vigorous innovation.
- To develop a scientific temper is a constitutional duty. We must challenge our fixed notions and way of life to respect other’s personal choices and individual autonomy. Judges must judge by constitutional morality and not personal morality.
- It is embarrassing that India allowed the pollution problem to reach where it has.
- The India-France partnership has the potential to lay the groundwork for an alternative global framework on adopting, encouraging, and regulating technology.
- As middle powers with strong democratic traditions and significant technological capabilities, India and France are well-positioned to influence international standards for AI development and deployment.
- With emerging technologies, evolving geopolitical alliances and the dominance of visual storytelling, the way messages are crafted and delivered is being redefined.
- Addressing the misuse of IPR, ensuring fair agricultural policies, and tackling trade distortions caused by superpower conflicts are necessary steps to prevent the WTO from becoming irrelevant.
- In the current geopolitics where India finds itself in a good place with friends on various sides, adding a major power in the region and neighbourhood would be a good idea.
- While the AUKUS alliance is a direct threat, the QUAD with Indian membership is perceived by China as a hostile initiative.
- Conflict management is the foundation for confidence-building and can develop with steady de-escalation and broadening of mutuality as the basis of trust.
- The population growth rate, the bank credit to GSDP ratio, and the shares of agriculture and industry in GSDP contribute to the differences in steady states across states.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
50-WORD TALK
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- The recently notified Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code and the rules made to implement it are yet another unwarranted attack on the dignity and privacy of individuals. The Uttarakhand UCC seems less about ensuring uniformity and more about controlling the choices and bodies of young people. This is a clear violation of the constitutional guarantees of privacy and dignity of the individual.
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.
