(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. What is the Egyptian alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan? READ MORE
2. ‘Serious deviation from NGT’s mandate’: Citizens pan measures to desilt & resection Vishwamitri river in Vadodara READ MORE
3. Study finds provision of basic critical care alarmingly low in Africa READ MORE
4. Private entities to gain access to state-owned degraded forests for afforestation READ MORE
5. RBI to inject ₹1 lakh crore in G-Secs after reviewing liquidity conditions READ MORE
6. When debris from space crashes to the earth, who is responsible? READ MORE
7. CAG and 16th Finance Commission hold consultation on public finance READ MORE
8. Manipur group’s march to hill districts opposed by Kuki-Zos READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Could Gandhi have done more to save Bhagat Singh? READ MORE
2. Bracing for a searing summer READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Humour and perversity: On regulatory measures to prevent vulgarity READ MORE
2. State-wise common civil codes contradict the idea of UCC READ MORE
3. Revisiting India’s resource allocation model READ MORE
4. A gender shift in the courtroom READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Healthcare divide: How tier-II and III cities are transforming medical access READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. A brief history of the Russia-Ukraine war | Explained READ MORE
2. Beginning of a trade war READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. What India needs to become a high-income economy READ MORE
2. Lagging behind in mineral geopolitics: India needs a rare earth strategy READ MORE
3. Hunger lost READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Balancing growth and conservation READ MORE
2. Regulating an uncertain climate: Who controls geoengineering fixes? READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. DeepSeek’s market disruption must awaken India READ MORE
2. Laying the digital path to a developed India 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. Talking out our negative emotions READ MORE
2. Understanding God and the Guru READ MORE
3. Dehyping Western lifestyles: Bridging gap between expectation and reality READ MORE
4. Beyond social media regulation: The call for a national moral code READ MORE
5. 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. Delimitation has the potential to enhance the quality of India’s electoral democracy and rejuvenate its democratic longevity in the long term. Critically Examine.
2. Instead of unifying the citizens of the country under the umbrella of a common code State-wise UCCs are doing the opposite. Critically examine.
3. Artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence are not just reshaping economies and governance but social structures. Comment.
4. The pursuit of minerals and fuel resources remains the driving force behind geopolitics even after the end of old-style colonialism. Examine in the light of recent developments in international politics.
5. By revisiting the population and income distance criteria, and incorporating performance-based incentives alongside structural adjustments, the 16th Finance Commission can pave the way for a more equitable and sustainable model of fiscal federalism. Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.
- India lags behind in R&D investment, a critical factor for sustaining long-term economic competitiveness. India’s gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) remains below 1% of GDP, far lower than that of other major economies, including China.
- As a top priority for the future, India must ensure it does not fall behind in the next major technological frontier, which is the quantum computing race.
- Advancements in quantum technology will be crucial for maintaining technological leadership in the coming decades.
- Putting India on a sustained higher growth trajectory will require deeper and wide-ranging reforms by both central and state governments.
- Delimitation in India aims to ensure fair representation in Parliament by adjusting constituency boundaries in line with population changes.
- The delimitation exercise in India is a complex interplay of demographic data, constitutional law, and political interests, all of which must be navigated carefully to ensure fair and equitable representation in the electoral system.
- Delimitation has the potential to enhance the quality of India’s electoral democracy and rejuvenate its democratic longevity in the long term.
- State-wise common civil codes can be intrinsically divisive, as a nation with different civil laws in different states was never intended by the framers of the Constitution.
- India is shaping its digital future with a strong focus on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), AI, semiconductor and electronics manufacturing.
- As AI continues to reshape global industries, India’s vision is clear: Leverage technology for inclusive growth while maintaining a regulatory framework that fosters innovation.
- Instead of unifying the citizens of the country under the umbrella of a common code, state-wise codes do the opposite. State-wise UCCs are a contradiction in terms.
- Very often, violations of fundamental rights are adequately redressed by adjudication rather than legislation.
- Investments in advanced medical technology and government initiatives like Ayushman Bharat are making healthcare more accessible in tier II and III cities.
- With a focused approach towards affordability, accessibility, and technological advancements, the future of healthcare in non-metro regions holds immense potential. By addressing these challenges head-on, tier-II and III cities can become the next frontier in India’s healthcare transformation.
- As healthcare in India evolves, tier-II and III cities are poised to play a crucial role in expanding medical access beyond metropolitan areas.
- India’s Blue Economy vision holds immense promise, but its success will ultimately depend on how well it balances development with ecological responsibility.
- Humanity is now focusing its energies on how it will deal with itself, and the climate agenda is no longer among its top priorities.
- The democracies of the West don’t have the funds to give to the developing world, the developing world is not willing to compromise on growth and other priorities, and the rest don’t matter.
- The pursuit of minerals and fuel resources remains the driving force behind geopolitics even after the end of old-style colonialism.
- India’s economic ambitions rest on its ability to foster a generation of entrepreneurs willing to take risks, build industries, and create jobs.
- While the introduction of the demographic performance criterion is a step in the right direction, its weightage is insufficient to offset the overwhelming influence of population in determining states’ shares.
- Representation of women (and other gender minorities) in the public sphere does not merely ensure a symbolic token-presence but actually, inherently makes the system more inclusive.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- True strength is not found in dominance, but in resilience
50-WORD TALK
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- The 16th Finance Commission has the opportunity to address the complex interplay of demographic changes and fiscal capacity in determining states’ shares. By revisiting the population and income distance criteria, and incorporating performance-based incentives alongside structural adjustments, the Commission can pave the way for a more equitable and sustainable model of fiscal federalism.
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.
