1. Data, interrupted: Reviving the official household spending survey is only a first step READ MORE  
2. View: The core issues for regulators in India are inadequate autonomy and lack of parliamentary accountability READ MORE
3. A paradigm shift in higher education READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. What is Cost disease READ MORE
2. India’s Labour Force Market Down From 46% To 40% In 6 Years: CMIE Report READ MORE
3. At $76.6 billion, India is third highest military spender in world, says report READ MORE
4. States vs Centre on selection of Vice-Chancellors: rules, friction READ MORE
5. Edible oil industry suggests govt initiate dialogue with Indonesia over palm oil ban READ MORE
6. COVID-19: Wasting in children increased in low, middle income countries due to economic shock READ MORE
7. Explained | The Raisina Dialogue 2022 and its significance READ MORE
8. Explained: European Union ground rules for Web READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. The likely demographic impact of the covid pandemic READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Data, interrupted: Reviving the official household spending survey is only a first step READ MORE  
2. View: The core issues for regulators in India are inadequate autonomy and lack of parliamentary accountability READ MORE
3. A paradigm shift in higher education READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The climate crisis threatens universal health care achievements READ MORE
2. The Great Indian Poverty Debate, 2.0 READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. To counter China’s BRI, MEA launches growth model READ MORE
2. India, again, ‘Country of Particular Concern’ on religious freedom grounds, says U.S. Commission READ MORE
3. India, Europe and the Russian complication READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Bolstering IBC architecture – a joke READ MORE
2. The poverty debate is an opportunity for food subsidy reforms READ MORE
3. RBI’s hawkish stance on liquidity READ MORE
4. Regulating digital assets READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Centre-state coordination must for cleaner air READ MORE
2. Fulfilling CoP26 promises can limit global warming to 2°C: Study READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Learning to overcome prolonged grief READ MORE
2. Integrity is a way of life READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Analyse the importance of public data gathered from various surveys for effective policymaking by the government.
2. How far do you agree with this view that as India faces the dilemma of inflation and economic recession, the RBI should not focus on controlling inflation and consider other tools in its MPC meeting? Analyse your view with the help of appropriate examples.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Example, whether good or bad, has a powerful influence.
• Reviving the official household spending survey is only a first step.
• The greatest wrong of the pandemic is how inequitable the rollout of health tools has been.
• The world faces its greatest challenge since the founding of the UN after the Second World War. Historic challenges need historic leadership and time is not on our side.
• Ukraine war has persuaded Delhi to recalibrate its great power relations, compelled Brussels to wake up from geopolitical slumber.
• India appears to have had neither a baby boom nor bust but we do need the numbers for policy planning.
• We must remain focused on the issues of youth, education and employment, and at the same time of the elderly, namely healthcare, elderly care and pensions. This bar-belling of requirements will require skilful political navigation.
• CCRI has placed India as one of the 33 extremely high-risk countries with flooding and air pollution being the repeated environmental shocks, leading to socio-economic adverse consequences for women and children. The Covid pandemic made us a bit more conscious of our food choices and reduced food waste.
• We must build on that and insist on calculated purchasing and single-use packaging as the shopping norm. The mindset has to change from ‘food abundance’ mode to ‘food scarcity’.
• Against the backdrop of the poverty debate Sparked by the IMF and the World Bank working papers, the Centre must consider reforming food subsidies meaningfully.
• With inflation rising, a slower monetary policy tightening by RBI could accelerate de-anchoring of inflation expectations. RBI might “bite the bullet” by hiking policy rates in upcoming MPC meetings.

50-WORD TALK

• Emmanuel Macron’s re-election as France’s President is a triumph for European centrists. His rival, Marine Le Pen, had vowed to pull France out of NATO, scrap the Euro and slash taxes. Economic hardship and social divisions helped Le Pen—but most voters realised her populist nationalism wouldn’t solve these problems.
• The increasingly frequent fire incidents involving electric two-wheelers is worrying news for the emerging automobile sector. Manufacturers and the government should urgently put their heads together and come up with tough standards for EV batteries and e-bikes. Transition to EVs is critical but can’t be at the cost of safety.

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.

1. Hate speech is violent in itself and must be called out READ MORE
2. Plant the right seedREAD MORE

1. Saving Mangroves READ MORE
2. Agrarian Distress in Kuttanad a Wake-Up Call For Urgent Climate Adaptation READ MORE
3. World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid READ MORE

1. Face the facts on communal violence in India READ MORE
2. The primacy of ‘Inclusion’ in Indian Thought READ MORE

1. Understanding the Olga Tellis judgment READ MORE
2. Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute READ MORE
3. Reforming the higher education system READ MORE
4. Police must be part of the reform agenda READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. PM Modi receives Lata Mangeshkar Award READ MORE
2. Palli in Jammu becomes India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat READ MORE
3. Air Pollutants Impact Immune Cells in Causing Cancer READ MORE
4. The long road to Atmanirbhar Bharat: India’s trade deficit with China hit record $77 bn in FY22 READ MORE
5. French president Emmanuel Macron wins re-election: a victory with deep challenges READ MORE
6. How to read IMF’s latest GDP forecast for India READ MORE
7. India’s oil import bill doubles to USD 119 bn in FY22 READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Face the facts on communal violence in India READ MORE
2. The primacy of ‘Inclusion’ in Indian Thought READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Understanding the Olga Tellis judgment READ MORE
2. Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute READ MORE
3. Reforming the higher education system READ MORE
4. Police must be part of the reform agenda READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

1. What Happens to the Right to Education, Online? READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Side-stepping irritants: India and the U.K. chose to keep the big picture in mind and work on long-term goals READ MORE
2. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and India’s opportunity READ MORE
3. Ukraine: Opportunities for India in a new world order READ MORE
4. Don’t lose sight of the neighourhood READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why reforming the system of free food is necessary READ MORE
2. Can technology help provide easier access to finance? READ MORE
3. Bitcoin as next-generation money READ MORE
4. Limiting currency supply to bring down inflation is outdated. Inflation was never about money READ MORE
5. 2 Crore Women in India Quit Workforce in 2017-22 READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Saving Mangroves READ MORE
2. Agrarian Distress in Kuttanad a Wake-Up Call For Urgent Climate Adaptation READ MORE
3. World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Hate speech is violent in itself and must be called out READ MORE
2. Plant the right seedREAD MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The challenge for Indian foreign policy lies in creating effective and enduring incentives for our neighbours to remain sensitive to India’s interests’. In the light of the statement why can’t India lose sight of the neighourhood?
2. ‘India has maintained its strategic autonomy on critical issues and increased its leverage vis-a-vis the other essential powers’. Analyse the statement in the light of recent developments in international politics.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.
• India and the U.K. chose to keep the big picture in mind and work on long-term goals.
• Religious consciousness is one degree of God consciousness. The lesser the connection we feel between ourselves and another, the lesser we are religious or spiritual. Total independence or non-connection with objects outside is opposite to religious consciousness.
• Inefficient implementation is the reason for the poor delivery of programmes. At times, the implementing agencies’ commitments are not in sync with the government’s vision.
• The challenge for Indian foreign policy lies in creating effective and enduring incentives for our neighbours to remain sensitive to India’s interests.
• A nationwide audit is needed to pinpoint the lapses in the implementation of the 2013 Act and prepare an actionable road map for complete mechanisation of sewer-cleaning operations.
• Economic prosperity of the country cannot be impacted by levying new taxes to fund the Robin Hood image of politicians.
• India has maintained its strategic autonomy on critical issues and increased its leverage vis-a-vis the other essential powers.
• The current foreign policy is a blend of multi-alignment and multilateralism, which is strongly tied to the commitment of Atmanirbhar Bharat to the defence sector and hence requires a strong support.
• There are three principal concerns in online education: digital divide, privacy, and access. All of these emerge from contexts in which cultural practices, of which education is one, have run into rough weather in terms of rights.

50-WORD TALK

• A multilateral approach, either through the BRICS or Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), will ensure intentions being translated into confidence that can result in India’s favourable position as far as the reforms of the UNSC are considered. One can recall that in 2010, despite the best attempts, India was unable to get even a two-thirds majority of UN members for the purpose mentioned above.

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.

1. DDMA takes the right call on schools READ MORE
2. Investigation Reimagined READ MORE
3. Criminal Procedure Act’s grand tech vision comes with dangers of police power, data violation READ MORE
4. Explainer: Why the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act Is Being Challenged in Court READ MORE
5. What does ‘citizenship’ mean in India READ MORE

1. There is a growing intolerance to difference READ MORE
2. Hijab, skirts and a woman’s quest for choice READ MORE

1. Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds READ MORE
2. Deforestation of indigenous lands in Brazilian Amazon could derail climate targets READ MORE

1. PM Modi asks civil servants to prioritise ‘Nation First’ READ MORE
2. Positive and right thinking READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Dancing at the foothills of Dhauli READ MORE
2. SAANS launched for early detection of pneumonia READ MORE
3. Explained: UGC rules for tie-ups between Indian and foreign universities READ MORE
4. Earth Day 2022: It’s history, significance and this year’s theme READ MORE
5. Explained: How government procures wheat READ MORE
6. Genetically modified mosquitoes for controlling vector-borne diseases? The successful trial gives hope READ MORE
7. NITI Aayog, UNICEF India sign Statement of Intent on SDGs with focus on children READ MORE

Main exam

GS Paper- 1

1. There is a growing intolerance to difference READ MORE
2. Hijab, skirts and a woman’s quest for choice READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. DDMA takes the right call on schools READ MORE
2. Investigation Reimagined READ MORE
3. Criminal Procedure Act’s grand tech vision comes with dangers of police power, data violation READ MORE
4. Explainer: Why the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act Is Being Challenged in Court READ MORE
5. What does ‘citizenship’ mean in India READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. This is India’s moment of reckoning: The country can be the fulcrum of the new global order, as a peaceful democracy with economic prosperity READ MORE
2. Sharif inherits a troubled India-Pakistan legacy and a crumbling economy READ MORE
3. India-UK: Time is ripe to craft a new legacy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code READ MORE
2. Skilling efforts need to be scaled up READ MORE
3. Digital delivery: New-age banks will increase inclusion READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds READ MORE
2. Deforestation of indigenous lands in Brazilian Amazon could derail climate targets READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. PM Modi asks civil servants to prioritise ‘Nation First’ READ MORE
2. Positive and right thinking READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘India can be the fulcrum of the new global order, as a peaceful democracy with economic prosperity’. Comment.
2. ‘In the absence of data protection law, the Acts related to the privacy of citizens should be implement carefully’. Comment on the statement in the light of Criminal Procedure (Identification)Act, 2022.
3. ‘The hijab ban in Karnataka does not only invoke a question of faith but the larger issue of choice, which cannot be ignored at the cost of the other’. Elaborate the statement.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
• The great culture of India, our country is not made of royal systems and royal thrones. The tradition that we have for thousands of years has been a tradition of carrying on the strength of the common man.
• The country can be the fulcrum of the new global order, as a peaceful democracy with economic prosperity.
• During the Cold War, when India pursued a prudent foreign policy of non-alignment, trade was a small part of India’s economy. Now, trade represents a significant share of India’s GDP.
• The IBC is potentially as effective as a disciplining device as much as it is a resolution mechanism.
• For India to gain from its positive demographics, the skill gap must be bridged. Corporates can help by complementing govt’s efforts.
• It is now critical to keep schools open and allow teachers to assess the present learning level of students and commence remedial measures to ensure that children don’t suffer further.
• The growing closeness between China and Russia, along the current aggression in Ukraine has forced the UK to make the Indo-Pacific a key element of its foreign, trade, political and economic agenda.
• As the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act lacks appreciation for an individual’s consent to give such personal data, it empowers the police to initiate criminal proceedings against them in case they refuse to do so.
• The hijab ban in Karnataka does not only invoke a question of faith but the larger issue of choice, which cannot be ignored at the cost of the other.
• The recent trend of the Indian judiciary sentencing offenders for their natural life term reeks vengeance and departs from the reformatory process of making prisons humane and tolerable institutions.

50-WORD TALK

• Modi government’s move to establish a WHO centre for traditional medicine and offer Ayush visas holds promise. Traditional medicine has a mixed, controversial reputation and lacks adequate regulatory oversight in India. Raising its profile and globalising it can work only if it is based in science and has uniform standards.
• President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of victory in Mariupol is an admission of defeat. Putin has ordered troops to bypass defenders entrenched at Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, who defied deadlines to surrender. This frees troops for Russia’s stalled offensive—but not enough to alter the outcome of poor equipment, logistics and generalship.

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.

1. The Guru who taught us to fear none, scare none READ MORE
2. Selective demolitions bring no glory to the nation READ MORE

1. Coastline of Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram may be under water by 2050 READ MORE
2. India headed for ‘large deficient’ rainfall to ‘no rain’ in pre-monsoon period READ MORE

1. Grand illusion of inclusive growth READ MORE
2. Selective demolitions bring no glory to the nation READ MORE

1. State of the state: When govts intervene in matters of personal and religious choice, social peace & livelihoods suffer READ MORE
2. CUET: Suitable for admissions or a half-baked policy? READ MORE
3. Foreign academic tie-ups: Ease of rules a step forward for higher education READ MORE
4. Speculation without data: Poverty estimates need govt surveys to resume READ MORE
5. Pegasus is seducing, but good intelligence isn’t just tech. India needs more than software READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. When the stars came out READ MORE
2. Sixth Scorpène submarine Vagsheer launched into water in Mumbai READ MORE
3. OIL commissions India’s first pure green hydrogen plant in Assam READ MORE
4. India to introduce special visa category for Ayush treatment READ MORE
5. Explained: Life and legend of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who stood up to the Mughals READ MORE
6. India, Finland to establish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing READ MORE
7. Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: Stressed farmland shows 63% decline — new research READ MORE
8. New research detects pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Grand illusion of inclusive growth READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. State of the state: When govts intervene in matters of personal and religious choice, social peace & livelihoods suffer READ MORE
2. CUET: Suitable for admissions or a half-baked policy? READ MORE
3. Foreign academic tie-ups: Ease of rules a step forward for higher education READ MORE
4. Speculation without data: Poverty estimates need govt surveys to resume READ MORE
5. Pegasus is seducing, but good intelligence isn’t just tech. India needs more than software READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. UGC’s two degree decision and social justice READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Significant Deal: The Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement with Australia sets an excellent example of how bilateral trade deals READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Give priority to tilting trains than K-Rail, says expert READ MORE
2. Freebies are a passport to fiscal disaster READ MORE
3. Ukraine, virus threaten economic recovery READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Coastline of Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram may be under water by 2050 READ MORE
2. India headed for ‘large deficient’ rainfall to ‘no rain’ in pre-monsoon period READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The Guru who taught us to fear none, scare none READ MORE
2. Selective demolitions bring no glory to the nation READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The culture of freebies could prove expensive for the economy, life quality and social cohesion in the long run’. Comment.
2. ‘Unless the institutional barriers at the ground level are removed, the life chances of the poor will not improve and there can be no inclusive growth’. In the light of the statement, discuss how these barriers can be removed so that an inclusive growth can be achieved?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The success of the manipulation depends on the level of conviction and force of the denial.
• India is a Union of states. It is not a confederation of states. It is not a question of holding together but of coming together.
• The issue of intergenerational equity leads to greater social inequalities because of expenditure priorities being distorted away from growth-enhancing items.
• There is no harm in being sometimes wrong — especially if one is promptly found out.
• Measuring aptitude and selecting students for higher education require deep deliberation. Systematic reforms in schooling, higher education and assessment paradigms would be needed in the long term.
• Instead of focusing on introducing periodical revisions, the emphasis should be on launching administrative reforms in GST, which will achieve goals, such as reducing disputes and increasing resources for the government.
• Initiatives such as the PLI scheme and the emphasis on using only trusted supply chains for the tech sector demonstrate the globalisation-oriented attitude of the government.
• True inclusive growth can happen not with distribution of free ration but by attacking social and economic discrimination that hinder our youth’s progress.
• Unless the barriers at the ground level are removed, the life chances of the poor will not improve and there can be no inclusive growth.
• Until authoritative, transparent and professional government data is once again the order of the day, any claims about poverty reduction will remain pure speculation.

50-WORD TALK

• UGC’s reforms to allow dual, joint degrees and easier collaboration with foreign universities increase options and opportunities to students in a cramped education system. Focus on learning, skilling and enjoying it should not be lost in the bargain though. Degrees should showcase knowledge and employability, not become trophies to collect.
• BJP-controlled Delhi civic body’s selective demolition drive in riot-hit Jahangirpuri was malicious, unlawful and aimed at more communal polarisation. For a party that takes credit for regularising Delhi’s 1,700 illegal colonies, BJP’s stand on Jahangirpuri demolition is rich. Bulldozer power is a terrible advertisement for democracy and rule of law.

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.

1. Demolition drives violate international law: The bulldozing of houses in M.P. was to impose collective punishment on the alleged rioters READ MORE
2. An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths READ MORE
3. The challenge of regulating online gaming READ MORE

1. Caste inequalities within socio-religious groups: Evidence from Uttar Pradesh READ MORE
2. Infirm childhood: The Gadchiroli experiment must be replicated across India to counter child malnutrition READ MORE

1. Before We Can Manage E-Waste, We Must Reduce Waste. This Is Why. READ MORE
2. Emissions reduction: Address market failure READ MORE
3. Climate and Us | Two draft green clearance notifications that should worry us READ MORE
4. Responding to climate change: India needs institutions to address concerns READ MORE
5. Only 10% Chance of Limiting Global Warming Under 1.5 Degrees READ MORE

1. Ramzan, the month of fasting and forgiveness READ MORE
2. Opinion: India must address its lack of ethics READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. ‘India could meet Sri Lanka fate if freebie culture persists’ READ MORE
2. Demolition drives violate international law READ MORE
3. Mahinda moots clipping presidential powers; one killed in police firing READ MORE
4. Why rise in nickel price due to Russia-Ukraine war casts shadow on shift from fossil fuels to EVs READ MORE
5. Scientists discover new eel species from Kerala, Bengal READ MORE
6. India to get world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass connecting Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh READ MORE
7. RBI ‘State of the economy’ report: ‘Global policy tightening may precipitate rocketing inflation’ READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Caste inequalities within socio-religious groups: Evidence from Uttar Pradesh READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Demolition drives violate international law: The bulldozing of houses in M.P. was to impose collective punishment on the alleged rioters READ MORE
2. An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths READ MORE
3. The challenge of regulating online gaming READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Infirm childhood: The Gadchiroli experiment must be replicated across India to counter child malnutrition READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India-UK partnership is like the Modi-Johnson relationship. Underrated in geopolitics READ MORE
2. West-Led Globalisation May End, New One Might Have Eastern Face READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. High inflationary trends: Need to lower dependence on fossil fuels READ MORE
2. Why India shouldn’t get carried away by wheat, rice export bonanza due to Ukraine war READ MORE
3. A new pandemic has struck the world: Food inflation READ MORE
4. Global Implications of Covid-19 and the Economic War on Russia READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Before We Can Manage E-Waste, We Must Reduce Waste. This Is Why. READ MORE
2. Emissions reduction: Address market failure READ MORE
3. Climate and Us | Two draft green clearance notifications that should worry us READ MORE
4. Responding to climate change: India needs institutions to address concerns READ MORE
5. Only 10% Chance of Limiting Global Warming Under 1.5 Degrees READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Towards a peaceful, stable Northeast READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Ramzan, the month of fasting and forgiveness READ MORE
2. Opinion: India must address its lack of ethics READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. How far do you agree with this view that the culture of party whip is making executive less accountable, and laws are passing with inadequate scrutiny? Justify your view.
2. ‘Rising inflation in India not only foretells greater misery for the beleaguered middle and lower middle classes, but it also threatens to impede the economic revival in the country’. Justify the statement.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead us to peace.
• As the custodian of India’s constitutional order, it is high time that the judiciary acted and imposed necessary checks on the unbridled exercise of power by the executive.
• Courts should use international law to counter the nationalist-populist discourse.
• Healthy tax revenues and disinvestment proceeds will allow the government to absorb the risks related to increased spending this year.
• The efforts by the Union government to make the northeastern region the main pillar of the Act East policy have been useful in bringing a sense of political stability that is very crucial for optimal economic development and capacity enhancement in the region.
• Our Parliament must reflect the changing aspirations, restlessness and ambition of the new India, driving accountability and not suborning itself to the executive — it should be a true centre of inquiry.
• RISING inflation in India not only foretells greater misery for the beleaguered middle and lower middle classes, it also threatens to impede the economic revival in the country.
• Modi govt must assess food inflation and the domestic requirement of wheat and rice in a war-ravaged year. Data on procurement doesn’t look good.
• As US widens its net to sanction more and more countries, these countries seek to build up trade mechanisms that are not reliant upon Western institutions anymore.
• Developing countries will have to cooperate closely, combat the economic and public health consequences of the pandemic, and tackle the fallout of the economic war on Russia together.
• The appetite in many parts of the world has already increased for an alternative to Western-shaped globalisation, but this does not necessarily mean deglobalisation. It could mean a globalisation platform that no longer has its epicentre located in Washington or Brussels.

50-WORD TALK

• Supreme Court’s decisions to expand the definition of ‘vulnerable witness’ to include civil and juvenile justice cases is important judicial reform. Witnesses are crucial to justice delivery and their sensitive engagement. A safe and secure court environment can help improve the quality of deposition and the outcome of a trial.

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.

1. Affection, Disaffection READ MORE
2. Recognise the Divine Within READ MORE
3. Why fight with life, learn to flow with it READ MORE
4. Doing Ethnography in Conflict Zones: Ethics and Empathy READ MORE