(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. What the first-ever comprehensive survey of India’s river dolphins revealed READ MORE
2. AI basics: What are artificial intelligence and machine learning? READ MORE
3. How the Supreme Court limited the power of arrest for officers under CGST, Customs Acts READ MORE
4. Delimitation of constituencies: a primer on the exercise and the process READ MORE
5. Private entities to gain access to state-owned degraded forests for afforestation READ MORE
6. Seagrass conservation key to global biodiversity and climate targets, studies show READ MORE
7. Kerala Assembly passes resolution against Centre’s decision to permit offshore mining READ MORE
8. What are the issues around delimitation? | Explained READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. In 1905 Bengal partition, the making of Bangladesh READ MORE
2. Customising treatment for those with mental illnesses READ MORE
3. Groundwater crisis: Step up action READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. How AI can help deliver justice READ MORE
2. Row over delimitation: Will it alter the federal balance? READ MORE
3. Can govt calibrate free speech on social media? READ MORE
4. Retired judges for backlog relief READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Missing teachers: Haryana schools face systemic neglect READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Nepal Policy READ MORE
2. A reality check for Bangladesh-India ties READ MORE
3. How Trump’s tariffs could disrupt global cooperation and impact India READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Government talks big on gender budget, delivers little READ MORE
2. Growth goals in uncertain times READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Dry winter, late snow and rain: How climate change fits into the picture of the Chamoli avalanche READ MORE
2. Economy vision and ecological responsibility READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Scaling intelligence: Expanding AI to the 99 percent READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. War on drugs: Punjab’s battle needs more than crackdowns READ MORE
2. Slavery scam READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Water blight: On the Srisailam tunnel cave-in READ MORE
2. Stampede-like Situation and Disaster-like Management READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Dehyping Western lifestyles: Bridging gap between expectation and reality READ MORE
2. Beyond social media regulation: The call for a national moral code READ MORE
3. The art of arguing READ MORE
CASE STUDY
1. In Chhattisgarh, husbands take oath in place of women panchayat representatives READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. The roots of Bangladesh go back in the 1905 partition of Bengal. Comment.
2. While the appointment of ad hoc judges may offer immediate relief, long-term solutions require structural reforms such as timely filling up of permanent vacancies and improving judicial infrastructure. Discuss.
3. As morality is an abstract concept that varies from place to place and from person to person, it is necessary that, like law, morality is clearly defined as well. Amid debates over social media regulation sparked, should society adopt a clearly defined moral code.
4. Governments consider internet bans as an easy tool to bring a difficult situation under control, but such a policy does major harm to democracy. Discuss the mechanism for Internet shutdown in India and how frequent Internet shutdowns is subverting democracy?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.
- Enhanced cooperation in the aviation sector is just one example of how the UAE-India partnership can evolve to unlock new avenues of mutually beneficial growth and integration.
- The roots of Bangladesh go back in the 1905 partition of Bengal.
- The undue emphasis on the role of family/community in dealing with mental health crisis that individuals may be facing has had severe ramifications.
- Delhi and Dhaka need to have good ties as it important for India’s northeastern states whose security and economy benefited from better ties with Bangladesh.
- India’s relationship with Nepal has always been complex, shaped by historical, cultural, and geographical factors.
- By focusing on shared history, strategic interests, and economic opportunities, India can reinforce its position as Nepal’s most trusted partner, ensuring stability in a region where external influences are constantly at play.
- If adequate steps are not taken, the climate crisis could cost India 10% of its national income and push 50 million people into poverty by the end of this century.
- Strengthening Nepal’s economic ties with India through better infrastructure, trade incentives, and cross-border connectivity will naturally counter external influence.
- Every delimitation is contentious; a delimitation that is divisive and contentious is a dangerous exercise in a polity already riven with fault lines.
- Freedom of speech and expression is critical to the very existence of the idea of democracy and India’s Constitution is very clear on it.
- While the appointment of ad hoc judges may offer immediate relief, long-term solutions require structural reforms such as timely filling up of permanent vacancies and improving judicial infrastructure.
- A structured and transparent system for appointing ad hoc judges can significantly enhance results.
- Excessive use of fertilisers and pesticides, hazardous waste dumping, landfills and deforestation are all causes of groundwater contamination. Steps should be taken to identify contamination and end it.
- Australia boasts a ‘super power’ when it comes to economic engagement with India.
- GDP figures suggest India is doing well on growth. Synchronised policy interventions by fiscal and monetary arms of the government will help to sustain it.
- The visionary NEP 2020, by steadfastly prioritising one’s mother tongue and regional languages, fortifies national integration.
- NEP 2020 is playing a pivotal role in India’s journey of becoming a developed nation.
- The three-laungauge formula is a bogey of the rights and autonomy of state governments being impeded and eroded by the Centre.
- By ensuring foremost priority to one’s mother tongue and regional languages, NEP 2020 conclusively strengthens cooperative federalism.
- The India-Qatar relationship has evolved into a multifaceted strategic partnership encompassing security and defence cooperation, health care and education.
- Educational institutions seem to flounder as not all educational institutions seem to insist on teaching moral or ethical values uniformly at all levels. They lay immense emphasis on scientific and technical education but not in the same way on imparting moral education, which is more or equally necessary.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- It is more important to do right thing than to do things right.
50-WORD TALK
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- The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme was doomed from the start. It belied a complete lack of understanding of India’s cultural affinity for physical gold. Government’s bet on stable gold prices was also undermined by its own import duty hikes. Only a 930% spike in liabilities could make bureaucrats see sense
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.
