(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Spring Equinox 2025: What to know about the vernal equinox READ MORE
2. Tiger traders switch to rhino horn routes, enforcement plays catch-up READ MORE
3. Explained: The story of the PEPSU Muzhara Movement, observed on March 19 READ MORE
4. Hydrologist Günter Blöschl wins 2025 Stockholm Water Prize READ MORE
5. Forest rights under siege: Petitioners challenge misrepresentation of FRA ahead of Supreme Court hearing READ MORE
6. World Economic Forum initiative cut carbon emissions by over 140,000 tonnes in 2023-2024 READ MORE
7. Migration of labour from low-income states resulting in higher inflation in Kerala, TN: SBI study READ MORE
8. El Niño or La Niña? Anomalous temperature pattern keeps confusion alive READ MORE
9. Air pollution will lower India’s solar generation capacity: study READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. The unintended effect of alcohol prohibition on adolescents’ mental health READ MORE
2. When festivals become platforms of polarization READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. How do habitual offender laws discriminate? | Explained READ MORE
2. Free and fair: On the Election Commission, calls for transparency READ MORE
3. Should immigrants have the same right to protest as citizens? READ MORE
4. Torture shadows India’s justice system READ MORE
5. India’s Data Protection Law: Simple, consent-driven and business-friendly READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Meaningfully engaged communities are the key to ending TB READ MORE
2. A role for private schools in transforming education READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. The assault on multilateralism and international law READ MORE
2. Changed circumstances: On the U.S., India and extremism concerns READ MORE
3. International institutions have lost credibility READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Digital Competition Bill, a must to curb monopolies READ MORE
2. Responsible AI means good business for all READ MORE
3. Farm reforms need a new imagination READ MORE
4. Indian Railways: Powering India’s growth READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. India’s green growth: Balancing carbon sequestration with development READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Global AI framework: Learning from nuclear arms race and climate change READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Punjab and the spectre of political radicalism READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Water blight: On the Srisailam tunnel cave-in READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Enlightened choices READ MORE
2. Emotions and you READ MORE
3. Aloneness vs Loneliness READ MORE
4. Transforming education in a globalised era READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Only by balancing modern advancements with time-tested values can India cultivate an education system that nurtures both knowledge and character, securing a prosperous and harmonious future. Comment.
2. Delimitation has the potential to enhance the quality of India’s electoral democracy and rejuvenate its democratic longevity in the long term. Critically Examine.
3. Instead of unifying the citizens of the country under the umbrella of a common code State-wise UCCs are doing the opposite. Critically examine.
4. Artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence are not just reshaping economies and governance but social structures. Comment.
5. 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.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) enshrines freedom of expression as a fundamental human right, extending to both citizens and immigrants.
- While international law affords immigrants the same right to protest as citizens, the extent of this right depends on the host country’s domestic legal framework.
- India has consistently emphasised the importance of multilateralism and adherence to international law.
- In an expansive interpretation of Article 21 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has emphatically declared that torture in any form is an unacceptable infringement of the sacrosanct right to dignity and privacy.
- While India continues to push for action against anti-India and separatist groups, it must ensure that its efforts do not impact the by and large cohesive Indian diaspora abroad, nor affect India’s diplomatic relationships with partners.
- India needs to develop its own brand of multilateralism. The road to global leadership will pass through South Asia.
- Multilateral reforms refer not merely to the UNSC but to an entire gamut of global governance institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, the WHO, the NSG, and many more.
- India’s first and foremost priority should be its neighbourhood, as its road to global leadership will pass through South Asia.
- India’s Data Protection Board must demonstrate real independence and hold both government agencies and corporations accountable, while enhancing user rights — such as data portability — and tightening international data transfer rules.
- Delaying the introduction of a robust digital competition law could hurt domestic start-ups, and leave our digital ecosystem vulnerable to monopolistic practices by global tech giants.
- In an era where trust and transparency are more valuable than ever, Responsible AI is good business for all.
- Agriculture’s future cannot be redeemed by demands such as guaranteed MSP for all crops or repeatedly asking for farm loan waiver.
- The role of private schools must go beyond being centres of academic instruction to becoming hubs of innovation.
- A production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to boost domestic industries, along with stronger ties with alternative trading partners, can help mitigate the impact of reciprocal tariffs.
- With strategic investments, technological advancements and a visionary public policy approach, Indian Railways is redefining connectivity, efficiency, and sustainability.
- By prioritising tree plantation and carbon sequestration, India can strike a balance between economic development and ecological preservation, ensuring a sustainable and resilient future for generations to come.
- AI’s immense promise should not blind us to its potential perils as AI has already transformed the planet’s strategic and economic landscape. To avoid a future shaped solely by a powerful few, we must proactively craft a global governance system.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- You can’t serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.
50-WORD TALK
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- The widening gap between Centre’s collections from cesses and their utilisation points to gross inefficiency in taxation. Cesses can only be used for earmarked purposes, and so remain locked until utilised. Unutilised collections also strengthen the states’ arguments that the Centre should rely less on these non-shareable sources of revenue.
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.
