(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Who was Moinuddin Chishti, the most important figure in the spread of Sufism in India? READ MORE
2. How scientists took first zoomed-in image of star outside our galaxy READ MORE
3. Amid concerns of H5N1 spread, WHO asks to step up vigil READ MORE
4. Farmers earn just Rs 27 a day, driven to suicide by mounting debt, finds Supreme Court panel’s interim report READ MORE
5. WHO launches guidance to build resilient healthcare systems amid global crises READ MORE
6. Plastics treaty draft overlooks key issue: limiting production READ MORE
7. India, UK sign agreement on electric propulsion to power naval ships READ MORE
8. La Nina could soon arrive: Here’s what that means for winter weather READ MORE
9. Aims and Objectives of BioE3 Policy READ MORE
10. Ice Age antelopes surge back from the brink of extinction READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Middle East and North Africa warming much faster than global average, finds study READ MORE
2. Indians need to share contraceptive responsibility READ MORE
3. Women’s rights being eroded globally READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Armed insurrection to parliamentary politics READ MORE
2. When the courts act in their own contempt READ MORE
3. Why India’s cities are fiscally challenged READ MORE
4. Distributing freebies to win elections, the new normal READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Unpaid care workers: The neglected workforce READ MORE
2. New pathways to women’s workforce reintegration READ MORE
3. The rat race is ruining education READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. How Brazil exposed the G20 crisis READ MORE
2. How Trump’s America First policy will impact the world READ MORE
3. Countering China’s African influence READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. RBI’s dilemma— with low growth, narrowing choices READ MORE
2. MRP redundant in transformed retail scene READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. Save India’s elephants from multiple threats READ MORE
2. COP29 deal has let the world down READ MORE
3. COP29: Innovation, not funding, holds the key to tackling climate change READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. ONOS bitten: On India’s ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ plan READ MORE
2. One nation, one subscription READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Naga peace talks: Untying the knot might be difficult READ MORE
2. Response to terror short on strategy READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Remedy healthcare to prevent another Jhansi READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Embrace values READ MORE
CASE STUDY
1. Cancer claptrap READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Welfarism that boosts economic and social empowerment is desirable but not freebies that have a contrary effect. Examine.
2. ‘A value-driven life is like an engine-driven vehicle and values are essential to achieve our goals’. Comment which values you consider most important to achieve goals?
3. The growing importance of BRICS financial institutions indicates a gradual democratisation of the global financial landscape. Comment.
4. Article 17 of the Constitution, which abolishes untouchability, became a rallying point for the marginalised communities to fight against caste-based discrimination. Examine.
5. Right to Information is expanding the scope to a lived reality of equality and empowerment citizen. Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- It’s inevitable to lose from time to time. The point is: don’t get used to defeats.
- ONOS will be limited to publicly funded institutes; and it allows the stranglehold of commercial publishers on scholarly publishing to continue.
- With more awareness of gender equality and rights, it is possible to build a society in which male sterilisation is accepted as normative.
- As things stand, with increasing awareness of gender equality and rights, it is certainly possible to build a society in which male sterilisation is accepted as normative through proper and timely course correction.
- India needs to develop, socially, economically and politically for the betterment of its people.
- The return of the Trump administration will impact the forum’s existing commitments towards tackling climate, multilateralism and trade, among other issues.
- Urban local bodies are financially constrained. Better intergovernmental transfers and empowering ULBs to mobilise their own resources can address this problem.
- With unproductive giveaways, capital and social sector expenditure could suffer, even as States are persuaded to reduce their deficit.
- Welfarism that boosts economic and social empowerment is desirable — but not freebies that have a contrary effect.
- Donald Trump’s return at a time of heightened geopolitical turbulence will usher in a period of increased volatility and uncertainty on the global stage.
- Without proactive control measures and mitigation efforts, the mortality from such air pollution is only likely to rise.
- Encroachments on migration corridors, poaching and deadly interactions with humans and infrastructure are creating a precarious future for elephants.
- Unpaid care workers, predominantly women, form the invisible backbone of families and communities, shouldering critical responsibilities without recognition or compensation.
- One Nation, One Subscription loss of autonomy could hinder academic innovation and responsiveness to emerging research trends.
- Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Nigeria highlights India’s bid to rejuvenate ties with the African nation and counter China’s growing influence through partnerships.
- India needs to move and move fast, delivering on its promises made during PM Modi’s visit to Nigeria. It has no time to lose in majorly upscaling its traditional robust ties with African nations, especially with China increasingly grabbing strategic space in the continent.
- As alliances between Eastern nations grow stronger, the American-led global order faces an existential challenge—one that could redefine the world’s balance of power.
- The purpose of the Constitution would be served if the mainstream of ‘power’ is dismantled and those who are at the margin brought to the centre of India’s democratic journey.
- While the Constitution serves as the foundation of our administrative framework, it is, equally, a testament to aspirational citizenship.
- Article 17 of the Constitution, which abolishes untouchability, became a rallying point for the marginalised communities to fight against caste-based discrimination.
- Movements for land reforms, right to education, right to information and even environmental rights movements have consistently used constitutional provisions to demand inclusivity and justice, thereby expanding the scope of citizenship from a legal status to a lived reality of equality and empowerment.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- Attainment of wisdom needs patience and acceptance.
- Wisdom and humility go hand in hand
- The first condition to acquire wisdom is to be humble.
- Humility opens all doors.
50-WORD TALK
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- The government’s new drive to open single-window access to global paywalled academic research under ‘One Nation One Subscription’ is an empowering quantum leap for Indian scholarship. It’s the JSTOR equivalent that India needed. What’s particularly transformational is that now Tier-2 and Tier-3 educational institutions can also use the best resources.
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.
