WSDP Bulletin (06-06-2023)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Services maintain momentum in May amid cost rebound READ MORE  
2. ‘Cyclonic circulation’ in Arabian Sea may cloud monsoon’s progress READ MORE
3. NIRF 2023 | IIT-Madras occupies top spot; IISc Bengaluru ‘best university’ READ MORE
4. Time to give up on the vaunted but unproven ‘paleo diet’ READ MORE
5. After a 7-year gap, Iran set to reopen embassy in Riyadh READ MORE
6. UN body faults U.S., other states over Guantanamo prisoner torture READ MORE
7. S. releases video showing close call in Taiwan Strait with Chinese destroyer READ MORE
8. The decade-long search for a rare Higgs boson decay continues READ MORE
9. Kerala launches KFON to offer high-speed internet connectivity for all households in state READ MORE
10. Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity vulnerable to future pandemics READ MORE
11. Tanzania has moved its capital from Dar after a 50-year wait — but is Dodoma ready? READ MORE
12. World Environment Day 2023: A glossary of terms to do with plastic pollution READ MORE

 Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Evapotranspiration: first part of a cycle moving water from terrestrial surfaces to the air READ MORE
2. An unfinished task of social justice politics READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. UGC’s clamp down on distance education goes against the spirit of NEP2020 READ MORE
2. Top court must strike down the sedition law READ MORE
3. The conundrum of constitutional morality: Delhi’s Chief Minister versus Lieutenant Governor READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. The multiple benefits of community-driven learning READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Why the fourth India-Africa forum summit should happen during Delhi’s G20 presidency READ MORE
2. India and the US are indispensable partners READ MORE
3. Virtual SCO summit plan sends the right signals READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Eye on oil: on oil prices and India: India must bring pump prices of petrol and diesel in line with global oil prices READ MORE
2. The war against NPAs isn’t over yet READ MORE
3. Why our export mix is changing READ MORE
4. RBI should adopt calibrated approach on CBDC READ MORE
5. Focus on what RBI has to say READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. To erase plastic waste, focus on recyclability READ MORE
2. Pollution crisis: Timely warning to scale up action READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Is India missing the graphene bus? READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Preventing landslips: NHAI initiates action on Parwanoo-Solan stretch READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Why India’s national security needs a 21 century refit READ MORE
2. Cracking down on fraud in cyberspace READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. A word of advice to the Delhi police READ MORE
2. Violence, Aggression and Onset of Peace READ MORE
3. Draw the mind back to simple and clean living READ MORE
4. Success is in the mind READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. The central government on Delhi is an act of constitutional subterfuge and destroys established norms on bureaucratic accountability. Critically examine.
2. Caste inequality and caste census must be considered in policy discourse; caste inequality is a reality of Indian society that cannot be ignored. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
• Given the issues related to the quality of generic drugs, it is not appropriate for the DGHS to force doctors to prescribe such drugs.
• Creating a civil services authority where bureaucrats can overrule an elected Chief Minister destroys long-established norms on bureaucratic accountability.
• In a scenario where India seeks to achieve dual objectives of net zero by 2070 and advanced economy status, it would have to increase the share of green energy in primary energy consumption
• The RBI and banks need to factor in problems in circulation of working capital finance, when they seek to nip NPAs in the bud.
• The State must be able to defend itself against internal and external aggression.
• Though the law survived post-Independence, there has been a lot of discussion of late on its continued misuse, and on whether it should have any place in modern India.
• Caste inequality and caste census must be considered in policy discourse; caste inequality is a reality of Indian society that cannot be ignored.
• The crude oil and natural gas sectors saw contractions in production, but that’s not surprising, given India’s strategy to take advantage of relatively cheap imports from Russia.
• From India’s perspective, it is important that a more global avatar of NATO has been engaging with its arch rivals China and Pakistan.
• India is by far Nepal’s biggest trading partner and continues to remain the critical partner for its economy, which has taken a severe hit from Covid and its fallout.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

50-WORD TALK

• In the horrific, wrenching tragedy unfolding after the train collision, one thing stood out: the spirit and generosity of Odia people. The manner in which hundreds of people reached the spot to rescue the injured, donate blood, and camped out day and night in the scorching summer was indeed heart-warming.
• The 31 years it’s taken to convict UP legislator Mukhtar Ansari for murder have shown up India’s criminal justice system as a farce only loosely resembling the real thing. Legal stalling, intimidation, vanishing documents: A rotten system worked to protect Ansari from justice. That system must be held to account.

Things to Remember:

• 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.