(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
1. Lancet commission proposes new definition for obesity: All you need to know READ MORE
2. Why protesting farmers in Punjab want India to withdraw from WTO READ MORE
3. 150 years of IMD: What the weather agency has planned for the future READ MORE
4. ISRO Docks SpaDeX Satellites in Space: What was done and how – and why does it matter? READ MORE
5. Suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania kills 8 READ MORE
6. Binding DDT-infused soil with biochar can help in alleviating ecological risks: Research READ MORE
7. RBI announces steps to encourage cross-border transactions in Indian rupee READ MORE
8. PM approves constitution of Eighth Pay Commission for central government employees READ MORE
9. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will be Republic Day chief guest, says MEA READ MORE
10. The impacts of rupee weakening READ MORE
Main
GS Paper- 1
1. Chasing the monsoon, IMD in mission mode READ MORE
2. Uttarakhand’s initiatives to strengthen climate resilience in the Himalayas READ MORE
3. Social media bans won’t keep teenagers safe – Finland shows a better approach READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. Why the draft personal data protection rules are contentious READ MORE
2. How the new digital data protection rules infantilise people with disabilities READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Network membership and demand for health insurance READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
1. Gaza ceasefire: Israel-Hamas truce fragile, faces tough test READ MORE
2. India, China and the Malacca Strait game READ MORE
3. Diplomacy: The pillar of India’s global aspirations READ MORE
4. A river beyond borders READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1. Working 70-90 hours isn’t the answer – more equity is READ MORE
2. How to ride the Rupee slide READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
1. India should resist Western pressure on net zero and decarbonise at its pace READ MORE
2. Producing biochar a profitable alternative to stubble burning READ MORE
3. Western Ghats Among World’s 4 Regions Where Freshwater Species Are at Highest Risk of Extinction READ MORE
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Gates in the sky: On ISRO and SpaDeX READ MORE
2. ISRO’s latest success, an example to follow READ MORE
3. AI Does Not Have the Answers to India’s ‘Aspirational’ and Frustrated Economy READ MORE
INTERNAL SECURITY
1. Why defence industry needs an urgent rehaul READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Burrow tragedy: On the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
1. Ten fetters that bind us and how to untie them READ MORE
2. Traditional wisdom, modern challenges READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
1. Crop residue management is one of agriculture’s most pressing challenges and causing hazardous air pollution. Discuss how biochar can be a most suitable alternative to stubble burning?
2. India’s proposed Digital Private Data Protection Act provide a foundation, ensuring AI systems adhere to strict guidelines for safeguarding sensitive information. Examine.
3. Emphasising water security, efficiency, and sustainable management is crucial for enhancing resilience and reducing carbon emissions. Comment.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
-
- Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
- India must learn from its mining disasters and enforce regulations.
- Until decisive action to puncture the economics of rat-hole mining is taken, India is only burrowing the way to another tragedy.
- Artificial Intelligence, quantum systems, clean energy are some of the technologies that are likely to decide a country’s fate and well-being in the immediate future.
- The critical technology sectors which are likely to emerge as the key drivers of the Indian economy and form the backbone of its strategic self-reliance need support, nurturing and some special liberties. ISRO’s success needs to be learnt from, replicated and spread widely.
- Instead of glorifying long hours, we need to reframe the conversation — more sustainable work schedules, fair compensation, and genuine equity are the key to both productivity and a more balanced society.
- A ministry of defence tech and production, that will subsume the departments of defence production and R&D and implement a strategy for production, is needed.
- Global bodies, such as WMO, should facilitate the development of a cooperative and comprehensive framework of standard specifications, launching satellites, and data sharing.
- IMD remains the foremost institution touching the everyday lives of several Indians and impacting the lives and livelihoods of lakhs of farmers on an everyday basis.
- India should forget net-zero targets and decarbonise at its own pace. Probably new tech will facilitate much faster decarbonisation. If not, India should refuse to sacrifice development for net zero.
- Delivery of affordable healthcare remains a critical challenge for governments worldwide.
- The excessive use of fertilisers and pesticides since the Green Revolution has significantly degraded soil, depleting its carbon levels, a key indicator of soil health.
- Adopting sustainable agriculture reflects a collective commitment to securing a healthier planet and a better future for generations to come.
- In emerging contingencies, as per the India-US cooperative deterrence — the Indo-Pacific Strategy — New Delhi should align its maritime domain expertise and naval capability in the Indian Ocean while the US focus should be in the Pacific Ocean.
- As the world’s largest democracy and one of its fastest-growing economies, India’s foreign policy must address a wide range of global issues.
- Strengthening the MEA is vital not only for safeguarding India’s interests but also for crafting a vision capable of influencing global politics.
- The new personal data protection rules mandate parental consent for children’s data and give the government control of Data Protection Boards.
- The Digital Personal Data Protection Act embodies an incomplete understanding of guardianship and the role of the guardian in relation to persons with disabilities.
ESSAY TOPIC
-
- With great power comes an even greater responsibility
50-WORD TALK
-
- The US lifting curbs on Indian nuclear entities is significant in removing the final barriers to realising full potential of the historic civic nuclear deal signed 16 years ago. This will go a long way to enhance ties, support India’s bid for cleaner energy, and reinforce a larger strategic framework.
- The US and Qatar brokered ceasefire pact between Israel and Hamas will hopefully bring the 15-month conflict to an end. Netanyahu is seen as having dragged this fight for too long to save his own chair. While this ceasefire was long awaited, lasting peace remains elusive without deeper political resolution.
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.
