(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ successfully flight tested READ MORE
2. Ukraine dominates Modi-Biden talks READ MORE
3. Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab top NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index list READ MORE
4. Microplastics in Cauvery River may be harming fish: IISc. Study READ MORE
5. Pakistani lawmakers elect Shehbaz Sharif as new Prime Minister READ MORE
6. Explained: What is the ‘2+2’ format of dialogue between India and the US? READ MORE
7. India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. It is time to let sleeping dogmas lie READ MORE
2. Why India’s road to becoming a civilised and free society is long and tough READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Delivering justice calls for fair investigation READ MORE
2. Criminal Identification Bill Follows Similar Unsuccessful, Discriminatory Laws Elsewhere READ MORE
3. Explained: Amendments to FCRA Law That the Supreme Court Has Upheld READ MORE
4. Cost of disharmony: Diverse India can’t afford imposition of one group’s ideas on others. Neither can its economy READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India and the U.K.: Crafting a new legacy- Despite the challenge posed by the war, the India-U.K. relationship has been on an upward trajectory READ MORE
2. Our geo-economic interests lie with the West as well as the rest READ MORE
3. India-US forging tech alliance since long. Now use 2+2 dialogue to push it further READ MORE
4. The Security Council might have been ineffective in Ukraine, but the United Nations hasn’t READ MORE
5. Towards a new equilibrium in Eurasia: A possibility of a win-win scenario for India READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. RBI is right to prioritise inflation management. But it won’t be easy READ MORE
2. Repo, reverse repo rates still relevant? READ MORE
3. Causes of Sri Lankan Economic Crisis READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. IPCC Says Large-Scale CO2 Removal ‘Essential’ To Meet Climate Targets READ MORE
2. Climate disasters are becoming more frequent in west, central Asia than other regions: IMF READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. A forest fire is raging in Chhattisgarh at a time when those who can control it are on strike READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. To evolve, boundlessness and infinity are key READ MORE
2. Think clearly about peace READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Despite a greater deal of interest in the Indo-Pacific region, India can be a counter-balance and has a great opportunity to even more enhance its role in Eurasia’. Examine the statement in the context of current geopolitical scenario.
2. ‘Care work should be viewed as a collective responsibility and public good.’ In the light of this statement, discuss the challenges faced by workers in care economy in India and suggest measures to address them.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.
• Despite the challenge posed by the Ukraine crisis, the India-U.K. relationship has been on an upward trajectory, exemplified by the conclusion of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on May 4, 2021.
• As India seeks to carve out a new role for itself in the evolving global order as a ‘leading power’ and the U.K. recalibrates its strategic outlook post-Brexit, this is a unique moment in India-U.K. ties.
• New geopolitical realities demand a new strategic vision from London and New Delhi.
• The RBI has rightly decided to place top priority on inflation management. This will help in maintaining the credibility of the inflation targeting framework.
• Poverty, inequality and a deeper understanding of what works for poverty reduction is not just an academic exercise but is crucial for designing policies and programmes that work.
• The Indian Constitution is an instrument to seek modus vivendi.
• At the fourth edition of India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, first under Biden administration, the two sides will likely focus on strengthening partnership in emerging tech.
• Data is power in digitised societies, and while the CPI Bill purports to facilitate identification, in reality, it sweeps in a far greater scope of personal biometrics than required for that purpose.
• Data is power in digitised societies, and while the CPI Bill purports to facilitate identification, in reality, it sweeps in a far greater scope of personal biometrics than required for that purpose (or even what is required for Aadhaar).
• The government has used the FCRA as an instrument for harassment of political rivals or activist organisations such as Amnesty International.

50-WORD TALK

• Communal violence during Ram Navami processions in four states is shocking. Clashes over food choice in JNU is another marker of things getting worse. It sullies India’s image and has grave implications for its socio-economic stability. Karnataka government’s action against Sri Ram Sene would mean little if it’s mere tokenism.

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. Fill yourself with Ram Naam to be in bliss READ MORE
2. A few good officers: There are still some dedicated men & women who are keeping IPS flag flying READ MORE

1. With India’s geographical diversity, states must tailor climate change plans to localised concerns READ MORE
2. Thazhampettai: Climate change, erratic ocean currents make fishing in this Tamil Nadu village unpredictable READ MORE

1. Parliament has just passed a dangerous bill READ MORE
2. Ensuring no migrant worker goes hungry READ MORE
3. In solving crime, the false promise of technology READ MORE
4. The Slow Poison of Hate Speech Harms in Obvious and Insidious Ways READ MORE
5. Faulty Biometrics, Duplication, Errors: What CAG Audit Report Says About Aadhaar Regime READ MORE
6. Unravelling Concerns Over the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 READ MORE

1. Ending extreme poverty in India READ MORE
2. Roadblocks to social cohesion and amity READ MORE
3. Rethinking agrarian suicides in India READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Budget session of Parliament ends on productive note READ MORE
2. Russia suspended from UN Human Rights Council over Ukraine READ MORE
3. India-US 2+2 dialogue will provide opportunity to discuss key issues: MEA READ MORE
4. Explained: What is SDF, the RBI’s new tool to absorb excess liquidity to control inflation? READ MORE
5. Explained: Indonesia’s palm oil crisis, and its implications for India READ MORE
6. What Is Hybrid Immunity and Why Is it ‘the Best Kind of Immunity to Have’? READ MORE
7. RBI stays accomodative, warns of ‘tectonic shifts’ READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Ending extreme poverty in India READ MORE
2. Roadblocks to social cohesion and amity READ MORE
3. Rethinking agrarian suicides in India READ MORE
4. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee gave India the means to express itself. Sri Aurobindo echoed him READ MORE
5. With India’s geographical diversity, states must tailor climate change plans to localised concerns READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Parliament has just passed a dangerous bill READ MORE
2. Ensuring no migrant worker goes hungry READ MORE
3. In solving crime, the false promise of technology READ MORE
4. The Slow Poison of Hate Speech Harms in Obvious and Insidious Ways READ MORE
5. Faulty Biometrics, Duplication, Errors: What CAG Audit Report Says About Aadhaar Regime READ MORE
6. Unravelling Concerns Over the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Ukraine and the anatomy of India’s neutrality READ MORE
2. Is India’s position on Russia affecting its relationship with the U.S.? READ MORE
3. BRICS and the creation of a multipolar world READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Beyond Border-Gavaskar: Periodic reappraisal of the economic gains from the trade pact with Australia is pragmatic READ MORE
2. Driving monetary policy in troubled times READ MORE
3. The future of Indian trade deals READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Thazhampettai: Climate change, erratic ocean currents make fishing in this Tamil Nadu village unpredictable READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Not just AFSPA, India must reboot its counter-insurgency strategy & free its Army from it READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Fill yourself with Ram Naam to be in bliss READ MORE
2. A few good officers: There are still some dedicated men & women who are keeping IPS flag flying READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Recent Russia-Ukraine war is challenge for India’s strategic autonomy and maintaining a balance between Russia and West is not as easy as was in recent past’. In the light of statement discuss whether the NAM like initiative is still relevant for India’s foreign policy?
2. Instead of joining multilateral trade pacts like RCEP, India is focusing on bilateral trade pacts, that shows India is choosing its interests over the regional interests. In the light of the statement discuss how bilateral trade pacts are more beneficial for India?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Integrity, the choice between what’s convenient and what’s right.
• The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) signed last week is a key step in enhancing bilateral economic ties between the two major Indian Ocean littoral states and reflects the growing strategic alignment between New Delhi and Canberra.
• Ukraine crisis could catapult India to the centre of a diplomatic and economic triangle, with Russia and China, in Indo-Pacific.
• New Delhi is basking in its well-deserved spotlight with well-crafted diplomacy. India could be looking at a new dawn. After all, RIC controls 22 per cent of the global GDP and 16 per cent of global exports of goods and services.
• The right against self-incrimination is at the heart of protection against police excess and torture. Record-keeping as mandated by the Bill violates this right.
• The Monetary Policy Committee must give priority to reviving growth. Inflation threat can be addressed through non-monetary measures.
• The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill creates a system with virtually no fetters on processing measurements from any arrestee, detainee, convicted offender, or any person whose measurement may be considered “expedient” for any investigation.
• The role played by subsidised foodgrain programmes in eliminating extreme hunger in the country has an all-round stamp of approval. Their impact on reducing the level of poverty, however, cannot be considered a foregone conclusion since poverty is not just a measure of hunger.
• The government must carry out a holistic review of India’s counter-insurgency strategy, transform the CRPF (if not done in the last 8 years) and relieve the armed forces for their primary mission.
• The vacancies raise questions on the justice delivery system as tribunals are institutions that play an important role in discharging judicial or quasi-judicial duties.

Essay Topic

• The future belongs to nations with grains, not guns.

50-WORD TALK

• The third positive indigenisation list released by the defence ministry with some big-ticket items like naval utility helicopters, light tanks and anti-drone systems is a major step forward. However, a mere list isn’t enough. Indian private industry should be better integrated and emphasis should be on spending more on R&D.

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. We Need Climate Action – But It Shouldn’t Be at the Expense of Social Justice READ MORE
2. The hijab case and the struggle for the right to be and remain different READ MORE

1. A moment of moral awakening READ MORE
2. Beauty, body and soul READ MORE

1. Safety first: The Dam Safety Authority might be able to monitor safety aspects of Mullaperiyar dam READ MORE
2. 10 Reasons Why Hydropower Dams Are a False Climate Solution READ MORE
3. IPCC report shows a greater need for increased climate action READ MORE

1. Explained: How electoral bonds work, and why they face criticism READ MORE
2. A candid conversation about the ‘caged parrot’ READ MORE
3. The hijab case and the struggle for the right to be and remain different READ MORE
4. Has IAS failed the nation? Not really: Critiques of the service should also recognise its immense strengths & many constraints READ MORE
5. Criminal Identification Bill: A good step, but more needs to be done READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Rajnath Singh launches second edition of swarm drone competition for start-ups READ MORE
2. Explained: Why Centre has opposed Odisha’s plans for landmark Lingaraj Temple READ MORE
3. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency declared on April 1 READ MORE
4. Union Bank launches super-app UnionNXT, digital project SMBHAV READ MORE
5. Parliament passes Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022 READ MORE
6. Pahwa Plastics: The Judgement That Endangers India’s Environmental Jurisprudence READ MORE
7. ADB projects India’s economy to grow by 7.5% in FY23 READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. Safety first: The Dam Safety Authority might be able to monitor safety aspects of Mullaperiyar dam READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Explained: How electoral bonds work, and why they face criticism READ MORE
2. A candid conversation about the ‘caged parrot’ READ MORE
3. The hijab case and the struggle for the right to be and remain different READ MORE
4. Has IAS failed the nation? Not really: Critiques of the service should also recognise its immense strengths & many constraints READ MORE
5. Criminal Identification Bill: A good step, but more needs to be done READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. We Need Climate Action – But It Shouldn’t Be at the Expense of Social Justice READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Repairing the complex India-Nepal relationship READ MORE
2. Neutrality dissonance READ MORE
3. Amid Sanctions Against Russia, BRICS Can Lead the Change Towards National Currency Payments READ MORE
4. India’s Dilemma Over West vs Russia READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India-Australia trade pact promises significant economic, strategic gains READ MORE
2. Economic well-being key to social stability READ MORE
3. Sri Lankan economic crisis and India READ MORE
4. Export opportunity: India can become a reliable grain exporter READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. 10 Reasons Why Hydropower Dams Are a False Climate Solution READ MORE
2. IPCC report shows a greater need for increased climate action READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Not just AFSPA, India must reboot counter-insurgency strategy & free Army from it READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. A moment of moral awakening READ MORE
2. Beauty, body and soul READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘India needs to be a sensitive and generous partner for the “neighbourhood first” policy to take root’. In the light of the statement discuss the need for revival of relations between India and Nepal.
2. ‘If the CBI is to tread the path of virtue, it should have a strong leader with a distinct belief in the law and ethics’. Comment on the statement in the light of recent criticism facing by CBI in its working.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Every heart to love will come, but like a refugee.
• India needs to be a sensitive and generous partner for the “neighbourhood first” policy to take root.
• Reforming the criminal justice system is the task of many years. In the immediate future, however, it is at least possible to curtail the manner in which the UAPA plays havoc with the lives of so many individuals.
• If the CBI is to tread the path of virtue, it should have a strong leader with a distinct belief in the law and ethics.
• The primary task of constitutional politics is to transmute a partisan controversy into a reasoned public debate.
• Constitutional governance entails rectitude, and responsibility, in the exercise of power.
• Ukraine’s plea at the UNSC should not be interpreted for solutions. It must be a moment to recognise the human costs of war.
• Regulation needs to find its way through the ‘efficiency vs equity’ argument, encouraging gains through technology to pay, via taxes, for traditional market inefficiency.
• Any laxity on grabbing this export opportunity would mean missing the golden chance to create the much-needed export outlet for the surplus grains.
• The government must carry out a holistic review of India’s counter-insurgency strategy, transform the CRPF (if not done in the last 8 years) and relieve the armed forces for their primary mission.
• Not only does hydel power fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, but it also renders countries more vulnerable to climate change while emitting significant amounts of methane.

50-WORD TALK

• Evidence shows Russian troops killed unarmed civilians in Bucha. True to type, the Kremlin’s claimed it’s the victim of disinformation, but survivor testimony is backed up by video and satellite imaging. The world must unite to demand punishment for this war crime. India has done well to strongly condemn it.
• The need today in order to increase the happiness quotient of people in India is to follow the economic policies of Scandinavian countries marked by social security and job market flexibility. This will raise incomes and reduce social tensions that result from income disparities. The Scandinavian societies are free of sectarian tensions. There is a strong sense of social responsibility which prompts these nations to opt for taking in refugees who are victims of ethnic conflict.

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. Opinion: India’s weakening democracy needs urgent electoral reforms READ MORE  
2. The Need for a Supreme Court Bench in South India READ MORE
3. Centre’s New Exam System is not Reform but Elite Capture READ MORE
4. Why the inordinate delay in SC’s hearing of FCRA and electoral bonds cases is of concern READ MORE

1. Strengthen secularism, save the republic: India, as a nation, can survive only as a secular state — where the state has no religion and does not promote any religion READ MORE  
2. Urban planning key to realising rights for persons with disabilities. Learn from Karnataka READ MORE
3. Grassroots Wisdom~I READ MORE

1. Explained: The Punjab-Haryana dispute over rivers waters and SYL Canal READ MORE
2. Climate crisis: No universal solutions READ MORE

1. Your response to situations can immortalise you READ MORE
2. The Magic Of Three READ MORE
3. Stop stereotyping differently abled READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. The Indian Antarctic Bill and its various provisions READ MORE
2. ISRO to send team to investigate objects that fell from sky in Maharashtra READ MORE
3. Bill introduced to ban financing of weapons of mass destruction READ MORE
4. Quixplained: How does India acquire forex? READ MORE
5. Explained: The Punjab-Haryana dispute over rivers waters and SYL Canal READ MORE
6. Temple-360 to offer online darshan at pilgrimage centres READ MORE
7. What is Russia’s Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine? READ MORE
8. India’s Trade Deficit Rose 88% In 2021-22 READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Strengthen secularism, save the republic: India, as a nation, can survive only as a secular state — where the state has no religion and does not promote any religion READ MORE  
2. Urban planning key to realising rights for persons with disabilities. Learn from Karnataka READ MORE
3. Grassroots Wisdom~I READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Opinion: India’s weakening democracy needs urgent electoral reforms READ MORE  
2. The Need for a Supreme Court Bench in South India READ MORE
3. Centre’s New Exam System is not Reform but Elite Capture READ MORE
4. Why the inordinate delay in SC’s hearing of FCRA and electoral bonds cases is of concern READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. We Need Climate Action – But It Shouldn’t Be at the Expense of Social Justice READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India must focus on Nepal’s geo-economics READ MORE
2. In the middle: On the Ukraine war India must fulfil its responsibilities as a non-aligned democracy READ MORE
3. Oz is just the start: Australia FTA shows India is now confident on trade. Aim bigger, including the ambitious deal with US READ MORE
4. The BIMSTEC Charter: Much Ado About Nothing READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. MSMEs need innovative solutions as inflation kicks in READ MORE  
2. Close the policy gap: RBI has fallen behind the curve READ MORE
3. Why India needs to bring back nature-positive farming READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Climate crisis: No universal solutions READ MORE

TECHNOLOGY

1. The rise and rise of Facial Recognition Technology READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Afspa removal: It will restore peace, dignity READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Your response to situations can immortalise you READ MORE
2. The Magic Of Three READ MORE
3. Stop stereotyping differently abled READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Without any legal safeguards in place, the widespread deployment of facial recognition technology by the Indian State makes it a tool to gain collective control over society’. Critically analyse the statement.
2. ‘BIMSTEC is not just an alternative of SAARC for India, but it is an important platform to counter China’. In the light of the statement, discuss how can India use this platform to counter China?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
• Without any legal safeguards in place, the widespread deployment of facial recognition technology by the Indian State makes it a tool to gain collective control over society.
• The pandemic showed that human interventions in natural processes can have disastrous consequences; we should now scale up natural-positive food systems that would simultaneously promote crop, soil and human health.
• Good leadership and long-term change happen when people are open to understanding each other, willing to learn from each other and mutually invested in fostering change that positively impacts the community as a whole.
• While disability rights are guaranteed by the Constitution, their realisation lies with state and municipal laws.
• The announcement of the reduction of the area under the law should be welcomed as a significant step to restore not just peace, but also dignity.
• The IPCC report says the world is not on track for achieving the mitigation goals. The response to that should be to redouble efforts and limit harm to the extent possible.
• The World Trade Organisation rules on FTAs in goods require that whenever an FTA includes one or more developed countries as members, all member countries must eliminate duties and other trade restrictions on substantially all products traded among them.
• The Constitution of India adopted that moral framework for the governance of India. Equality, justice and fraternity are as much a part of the great Buddhist tradition as of the modern European Renaissance.
• Secularism was chosen as the foundational principle of the republic to keep the nation united. Enlightened citizens should realise that if secularism is jettisoned, the hard-won national unity will be in peril.

50-WORD TALK

• India’s focus has to be on geo-economics — towards a prosperous Nepal, to help it create wealth and jobs so that one-third of its population is not on errands abroad. India has stopped looking at which government is in power in Nepal as long as there is mutual respect, mutual trust and mutual concern for each other’s national interests.

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 Magic Of Three READ MORE
2. Ramana Maharshi’s three postulates of creation READ MORE

1. Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin READ MORE
2. IPCC: World Must Halve Emissions by 2030 READ MORE

1. More suicides than murders: Society sensitised to mental ills key to addressing problem READ MORE
2. In 2022, let’s create gender-positive learning spaces READ MORE
3. Safeguard LGBT people from bias READ MORE
4. The Need to Address Caste Discrimination and Atrocities as Collective Trauma READ MORE

1. Push the policy needle forward on migrant support READ MORE
2. Criminal Procedure bill will not make Indians safer READ MORE
3. Politics of freebies: States and political parties aren’t realising the cost of fiscal spend on giveaways READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Jagannath Puri Temple READ MORE
2. ‘Govt committed to develop sports infrastructure in J&K’ READ MORE
3. 53 airports are included under Krishi Udan Scheme READ MORE
4. Linking Of Five Rivers READ MORE
5. Amendment In Easements Act, 1882 READ MORE
6. Explained: What is the IPCC, and why are its Assessment Reports important? READ MORE
7. All about India-Australia Economic Co-operation and Trade Agreement READ MORE
8. Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO READ MORE

Main Exam  

GS Paper- 1

1. More suicides than murders: Society sensitised to mental ills key to addressing problem READ MORE
2. Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Push the policy needle forward on migrant support READ MORE
2. Criminal Procedure bill will not make Indians safer READ MORE
3. Politics of freebies: States and political parties aren’t realising the cost of fiscal spend on giveaways READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. In 2022, let’s create gender-positive learning spaces READ MORE
2. Safeguard LGBT people from bias READ MORE
3. The Need to Address Caste Discrimination and Atrocities as Collective Trauma READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The road to Ukraine peace runs through Delhi READ MORE
2. Ambedkar, Nehru, and Atmanirbhar Bharat READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Time for RBI to end its ‘take it easy’ policy READ MORE
2. Limited gains: India should review its position on RCEP READ MORE
3. Renewable energy to climate action — how India can achieve sustainable development in 2022 READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. IPCC: World Must Halve Emissions by 2030 READ MORE

SECURITY

1. The Withdrawal of AFSPA in Parts of Northeast Changes Little on the Ground READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The Magic Of Three READ MORE
2. Ramana Maharshi’s three postulates of creation READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” – Ambrose Bierce.
2. Policy in India often emerges from the ground up, taking decades to cement into national law and standard practice. Discuss with examples.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• When we change the way we communicate, we change society.
• Rapid decarbonization of energy is non-negotiable if we are to avert catastrophic global heating, says the latest UN climate report.
• If India wants the best of both worlds, it must step up and live up to its claim of becoming a ‘Vishwa-Guru’ (or world leader).
• Amidst the scattered experimentation now, the Centre must offer strategic policy guidance for inter-State coordination.
• The criminal Procedure bill empowers police and governments to conduct such intrusive investigations with little accountability and few legal guidelines.
• Grumblings about dollar dominance aren’t new. But even if Russian sanctions lead to some non-dollar trade & some crypto payments, dollar will remain a safe haven asset.
• State governments can have great impact on safeguarding LGBTQIA+ communities from bias, and one hopes that the intent behind these bills will be reflected in the everyday policies of administrations run in these states.
• A society sensitised towards the mentally afflicted persons can help prevent suicides.
• A common test for admission into Central Universities might just now seem appealing, but it could heavily impact learning in the long run
• A clean energy transition can improve the quality of life of rural communities, especially for women. It could improve healthcare and education and facilitate a host of local economic activities to create new jobs.
• While it is true that AFSPA in Assam not as heavy-handed as in Manipur and Nagaland, it is worth recalling that there was never an assurance to a commoner in Assam either that they would not be unfairly impacted by the draconian law.

50-WORD TALK

• As Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov lobbies India to defy Western sanctions, emissaries for London and Washington have asked Delhi to reduce ties with Moscow. Delhi must assert its interests without becoming entangled in a superpower brawl. There’s no prize for standing tall in the middle of someone else’s firefight.

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.

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