(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Why SpaceX ‘catching’ Starship booster with robotic arms is significant READ MORE
2. Cancer cases and deaths to sharply rise between 2022 and 2045 in India: ICMR study on BRICS countries READ MORE
3. India will soon get a clear picture of its Ganges and Indus river dolphins: Centre READ MORE
4. Studies zero in on biology TB bacteria use to evade immune response READ MORE
5. How did the Haber-Bosch process change the world? READ MORE
6. PM to inaugurate ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2024 in New Delhi on 15th October READ MORE
7. India’s Renewable Energy Capacity Hits 200 GW Milestone READ MORE
8. Anusandhan National Research Foundation Launches First Two Initiatives: Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PMECRG) and Mission for Advancement in High-Impact Areas -Electric Vehicle (MAHA-EV) Mission READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Defensive cooperation: Understanding pro-social attitudes in Indian Muslims READ MORE
2. Save Buddha Nullah: Turn rejuvenation plans into reality READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. A blueprint for safeguarding children READ MORE
2. Ensuring a proper social safety net for the gig worker READ MORE
3. Right to protest: Normalisation of disruption is not good READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Internal inequalities must stay at the heart of sub-quota conversation READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. China and Pakistan attending, what India can hope for at SCO meet READ MORE
2. India-Canada Row | Alignment of interests more important than alliances READ MORE
3. How China has made Shanghai Cooperation Organisation a one-power show READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Why nations fail or succeed: what this year’s Economics Nobel winners worked on READ MORE
2. Taking guard: On the RBI and growth concerns READ MORE
3. Why RBI should not look at food inflation READ MORE
4. Speeding up ‘GatiShakti’ READ MORE
5. India is finally becoming a clean energy superpower READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Carbon sink broken? Last year, trees and land barely absorbed any CO2 READ MORE
2. Calling for action to save the planet READ MORE
3. Coordinated governance for equitable, net-zero urban transport READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Why precision medicine in India can’t advance without biobank laws | Analysis READ MORE
2. Why is microRNA discovery a big leap? READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. S.-India Cooperation in Counterterrorism: Redefining Convergence Amidst Challenges READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Humans Can Alleviate Flood Disasters READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. A calm mind is the main ingredient of success READ MORE
2. Ratan Tata’s legacy of decency, humility and compassion that stirred a nation’s grief READ MORE
3. Right to protest: Normalisation of disruption is not good READ MORE
CASE STUDY
1. Karnataka is ignoring Western Ghats UNESCO tag and 6 central notices—to build, build, build READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. By engaging in policy advocacy and public discourse, think tanks influence the development of laws and regulations. In the light of the statement discuss how civil society organisations can play an effective role in implementation of laws and regulations .
2. The transition from “looking” east to “acting” east signalled India’s intent to play a more active and strategic role in the region emphasising the four Cs: Culture, Connectivity, Commerce, and Capacity Building. Comment on the statement in the light of completion of 10 years of India’s Act East policy.
3. The RTI Act was enacted to empower citizens and ensure government accountability but without functional information commissions, the Act’s potential remains unfulfilled. Examine.
4. Digital innovations like the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission offer hope for improving communication and fostering patient autonomy in healthcare decisions. Comment.
5. A balanced, collaborative approach between the government and the online gaming industry is essential for responsible and sustainable growth. In the light of the statement discuss the need for regulation to online gaming insutry.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- An international convention binding state and non-state actors is imperative to ensure coordinated response against the economics of this crime, and for identification of perpetrators, their networks, and for rehabilitation of child victims.
- The release of the report, weeks before the CoP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia, where countries will meet for the first time since agreeing on a set of international targets to halt the degradation of biodiversity, is significant.
- THE right to protest is protected under Article 19 of the Constitution. Citizens have a right to assemble peacefully and protest against the action or inaction on the part of the State.
- The unemployment crisis is not just a transitory issue related to sluggish economic growth; it may become a structural trend if significant policy changes are not put in place.
- For other emerging economies hoping to follow India’s development path, that would be a powerful lesson. The centuries-old nexus between pollution and wealth is finally being broken.
- The ongoing row between India and Canada underscores how Western concepts of alliances, including the Five Eyes, operate in a multipolar world.
- With such colossal support from SCO member nations, the Chinese government has been cunningly using this entity as a potential regional mechanism to maximise its national interests, both at the regional and international levels.
- In a practical sense, India has had no significant gain from the SCO, even years after its untiring efforts in terms of trade, security, or anything else.
- It is high time SCO members like Russia, Iran, and Kazakhstan come forward to end the Chinese hegemony in the SCO so that this organisation can maintain its independence and relevance.
- The government should focus on linking established startup clusters with emerging hubs, rather than creating new ecosystems in new areas in a bid to create balanced regional development.
- The transition from “looking” east to “acting” east signalled India’s intent to play a more active and strategic role in the region emphasising the four Cs: Culture, Connectivity, Commerce, and Capacity Building.
- The increasing importance of the Indo-Pacific in global geopolitics, India will need to deepen its security cooperation with both Asean nations and Quad partners.
- Without a robust trade agreement in place, India’s economic engagement with Southeast Asia has lacked the dynamism seen in its strategic and diplomatic overtures.
- The next decade of the Act East Policy will be crucial in positioning India to strengthen its leadership in the increasingly dynamic Indo-Pacific region.
ESSAY TOPIC
- The unexamined life is not worth living
50-WORD TALK
- That Canada should become the new Pakistan for India is a choice Trudeau made. Not surprisingly, the MEA has extracted the boilerplate script from its Pakistan drawer. Vote bank pressures are understandable if handled maturely and discreetly. Declaring a nation’s envoy ‘Person of Interest’ is the diplomatic equivalent of WMD.
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.
