(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Why Arctic tundra is emitting more carbon than it absorbs, for first time in many millennia READ MORE
2. Explained: The transcendental legacy of Ustad Zakir Hussain READ MORE
3. How ‘Santa Ana’ winds and climate change are fueling wildfires in Malibu READ MORE
4. Reusing treated wastewater key to resolving India’s urban water crisis: CSE READ MORE
5. Review of studies shows Indus Valley, other ancient societies in South Asia were able to develop resilience to climate change READ MORE
6. Critically endangered Arabian leopard triplets born in Saudi Arabia READ MORE
7. New chemical pathway found to worsen air quality in harsh winters READ MORE
8. Parliamentary committee asks Centre to increase minimum EPS pension READ MORE
9. How does La Niña affect India’s climate? | Explained READ MORE
10. What is the procedure for removing judges? | Explained READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Bridging Divides in the Workplace READ MORE
2. Why simplicity and equality must redefine weddings READ MORE
3. Are Indian wives really weaponising domestic violence and maintenance laws? READ MORE
4. Mapping of foetus’s brain at IIT-Madras can yield significant breakthroughs READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Sound and fury: On the parliamentary debate on the Constitution READ MORE
2. What’s Indian about the Indian Constitution? READ MORE
3. Crossing the line on the judicial front READ MORE
4. Persisting Central Information Commission vacancies challenge transparency claims READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. The digital frontier of inequality READ MORE
2. Two years of PARAKH: How will we assess the PARAKH READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. South Asia: Two decades of turmoil READ MORE
2. Call for fast-tracking WTO agricultural negotiations READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Green hydrogen and the financing challenge READ MORE
2. The hidden cost of greenwashing the Indian Railways READ MORE
3. India’s asset-less, ageing population with poor health is a crisis in the making READ MORE
4. India’s poverty rate does not measure what you think it does READ MORE
5. Economy slowing down READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. India’s Pollution Crisis: Time for a Reset READ MORE
2. Burning green: Health costs of landscape fires READ MORE
3. Diluting the Wildlife (Protection) Act for rhesus macaques will be devastating for this Indian species READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. One Nation One Subscription could take high-quality research beyond elite institutes READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. A roadmap for modernising India’s security framework READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Warding off fire: on hospital fires READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Presence that transforms READ MORE
2. Of Oppenheimer, Arjuna and vexing questions of ethics and morality
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. The Constitution, understood as a living document, provides the foundation and the framework for a fairer social, political and economic order for the country. Examine.
2. India’s success in green hydrogen will depend on leveraging its abundant renewable resources through efficient project execution, access to low-cost capital, and strategic investments. Analyse.
3. The initiative One Nation One Subscription represents a fundamental shift in the way scholarly research is accessed and shared in India. Discuss how it is an important step towards a universal and equitable approach to achieving open access.
4. By playing well with neighboring countries, India can reinforce its position as a responsible and influential regional player, contributing to peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia. Examine.
5. Strengthened regional cooperation and robust international partnerships are essential to addressing the complex interplay of geopolitics and terrorism. In the context of South Asia, comment on the statement.
6. Whether the force of rationalisation, justification and self-preservation stronger than any moral impulse of dharma and the human conscience? Justify with relevant exampkes.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
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- Science, merely by virtue of its immense power, must equip itself to choose between right and wrong
- The judiciary must strive to maintain the confidence of the public in the established courts.
- Uneven demographic and economic trends will require close and unified attention by the political class in the decades ahead to reimagine the constitutional scheme.
- The Constitution, understood as a living document, provides the foundation and the framework for a fairer social, political and economic order for the country.
- Constitutionalism is an evolving project, and any discussion on it must account for this dynamism.
- India’s success in green hydrogen will depend on leveraging its abundant renewable resources through efficient project execution, access to low-cost capital, and strategic investments.
- India needs to adopt innovative financing mechanisms and policy frameworks to effectively de-risk investments and attract capital to scale its green hydrogen sector.
- India’s financial sector must move beyond traditional project finance paradigms designed for conventional energy infrastructure.
- The initiative One Nation One Subscription represents a fundamental shift in the way scholarly research is accessed and shared in India. It is an important step towards a universal and equitable approach to achieving open access.
- The Anusandhan National Research Foundation encourages cross-sectoral collaborations and ONOS is expected to be a powerful tool in promoting such partnerships.
- ONOS is not a value judgement on the subscription-based model of scholarly publishing but the adoption of the most practical India-specific solution towards expanding knowledge access till a sustainable open access model is achieved globally.
- India must nurture its relationships with Bangladesh and Afghanistan as both countries are crucial to ensuring regional stability and security.
- By playing well with neighboring countries, India can reinforce its position as a responsible and influential regional player, contributing to peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia.
- Policy measures that reduce bureaucratic hurdles, provide tax incentives, and simplify labour and land laws can unlock the potential of small and medium enterprises.
- Strengthened regional cooperation and robust international partnerships are essential to addressing the complex interplay of geopolitics and terrorism.
- In a recent WTO meeting, India urges prioritisation of issues, including a permanent solution for public stockholding and special safeguard mechanism.
- The RTI Act, 2005 should have provision to penalize not just the CPIO but also the First Appellate Authority if the Information Commissioner declares him/her guilty of deliberate suppression of information.
ESSAY TOPIC
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- Science, merely by virtue of its immense power, must equip itself to choose between right and wrong
50-WORD TALK
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- INDIA bloc members Omar Abdullah and Abhishek Banerjee are wise to question Congress’ hypocrisy about EVMs. It’s a conspiracy theory that waxes and wanes depending on whether you’re winning or losing. Call for return to paper ballots is cynical nonsense. You can’t insult voters’ judgement selectively when they reject you.
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.
