1. Explained: Reforming death penalty READ MORE
2. Rethink the criminal identification bill READ MORE
3. To fix India’s criminal justice system, weed out the corrupt first READ MORE

1. Manual scavenging is a blot on society READ MORE
2. Who Has an Authentic Conception of ‘Generation’? READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. NFC technology for instant payments READ MORE
2. The key takeaways of a UNEP report on noise pollution READ MORE
3. Government panel recommends inclusion of Covovax in national COVID-19 vaccination drive for 12-17 age group READ MORE
4. India, Australia sign FTA, trade likely to ‘double in 5 yrs, generate 1 mn jobs’ READ MORE
5. Technological advancements in India’s Aerospace and Defence sector READ MORE
6. Prehistoric relics point to riverine settlement at Attappady READ MORE
7. WHO records new recombinant SARS-CoV-2 variant READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. Manual scavenging is a blot on society READ MORE
2. Who Has an Authentic Conception of ‘Generation’? READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Explained: Reforming death penalty READ MORE
2. Rethink the criminal identification bill READ MORE
3. To fix India’s criminal justice system, weed out the corrupt first READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Playing the strategic autonomy game: New Delhi should play its cards extremely well right now to invest in future geopolitical dividends READ MORE
2. BIMSTEC can boost ties with the East READ MORE
3. India puts itself first READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Renewable energy has a tariff problem. Here’s how to fix it READ MORE
2. RBI’s shift in stance imminent READ MORE
3. Ways to take Russia-India trade forward READ MORE
4. Balance economic & environment policies READ MORE
5. The need for evaluation of fiscal policies READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Climate and Us | The Parvati Valley forest fire is a sign of the times to come READ MORE
2. A Promising Conservation Policy for India: Climate Change and the Miyawaki Forests READ MORE

SECURITY

1. For a full repeal: The relaxation of AFSPA is welcome, but the demand for full repeal should be considered READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Hellenic wisdom: Balm for frayed nerves READ MORE
2. Clash and Creation READ MORE
3. In Pursuit of Happiness: The efforts to officially prepare indexed happiness are nothing but an ideological production. READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Contemporary Indian diplomacy is a textbook example of a swing state that refuses to swing either way.’ Comment in the light of India’s stand on Ukraine-Russia war.   
2. “You must change your approach in order to change your results”. Explain the importance of given quotation in a Civil servant life?
3. How far do you agree with this view that to achieve $5 Trillion economy, India needs a regional free trade agreement with neighbouring countries and BIMSTEC group is the ideal group for it? Analyse your view.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• New Delhi should play its cards extremely well right now to invest in future geopolitical dividends.
• You must change your approach in order to change your results.
• Shifting to a two-part tariff for solar and wind will incentivise private investments.
• Geopolitical choices are almost never black and white, nor are they always readily available. Sometimes, therefore, states must proactively try to shape the environment to generate new options. It is New Delhi’s turn to do so.
• The Russia-Ukraine conflict has only worsened the growth-inflation matrix and raised the spectre of tighter financial conditions.
• India cannot forsake defence ties with Russia. To sidestep Western sanctions, the two nations can revisit rupee-rouble system.
• India as well as other neighbouring countries on the east can gain mutually. This way, India’s act East policy may strengthened.
• Improved connectivity will usher in lower trade cost which could be the driving force for gains from BIMSTEC.
• Criminal identification bill places the privacy of individuals at the mercy of the State; allows for the retention of personal data of convicted individuals for lifetime; and goes against the best practices of data protection.
• The West’s real agenda is the reimposition of a unipolar world order to perpetuate its domination of the international economic and political order.
• The political leadership addressing BIMSTEC cooperation have to realise that pushing a free trade agreement is going to be a domestic exercise, where their own political opponents would create roadblocks.
• In India, it is very difficult to stop a bad economic idea whose time has come, but there is a need for a rigorous assessment of the quality of expenditures by various state governments.

50-WORD TALK

• A longer-term option for countries that are adversely affected by the Western sanctions would be the development of financial messaging systems that can be alternatives to the SWIFT. Russia has developed its own financial messaging system, the SPFS (roughly translated as System for Transfer of Financial Messages) and China has its own Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, or CIPS.
• Air pollution is rising due to the failure of the State and the market forces to give importance to environment. Its genesis lies in policy failure and implementation of less stringent laws & regulations to attract more investment from the developed world. The free market considers only the private cost of production. It fails to consider the social cost of pollution.

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. Clash and Creation READ MORE
2. Never Allow Circumstances Break You READ MORE
3. Ethics of Ecology: The topical agenda of ecological ethics is molded by contemporary environmental problems READ MORE

1. Dry March: Is India looking at deficient pre-monsoon rain in 2022 READ MORE
2. Dry March: Is India looking at deficient pre-monsoon rain in 2022 READ MORE

1. Social media impact: Shield India’s young READ MORE   
2. Gender violence not just a legal issue READ MORE

1. Identity and privacy: Prisoners’ identification Bill, which raises privacy, data safety concerns, requires scrutiny READ MORE  
2. Why the Criminal Identification Bill overreaches: It clubs serious offences with trivial ones and lacks enough safeguards on access to sensitive data READ MORE
3. New methods, new concerns: The ways in which investigative agencies identify criminals and suspects have drastically changed over the course of the 21st century READ MORE
4. The MCD bill is an assault on democracy READ MORE
5. Captive rights: There is a need for disciplining jail inmates, with humaneness READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. 5th BIMSTEC Summit READ MORE  
2. PLI scheme for telecom sector READ MORE
3. Geological Heritage Sites of Himalayan Region of India READ MORE
4. ISRO to step up tracking of space debris READ MORE
5. Four government-run film and media units merged with NFDC READ MORE
6. Explained: What were the Bamiyan Buddhas, and why did the Taliban destroy them? READ MORE
7. Supreme Court strikes down 10.5% reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu READ MORE
8. Pluto: ‘Recent’ volcanism raises puzzle — how can such a cold body power eruptions? READ MORE
9. Explained: Why Karnataka is launching an untouchability eradication scheme in 2022 READ MORE
10. Permanent Body constituted to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. Social media impact: Shield India’s young READ MORE   
2. Early Indic visions of history – I READ MORE
3. Dry March: Is India looking at deficient pre-monsoon rain in 2022 READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Identity and privacy: Prisoners’ identification Bill, which raises privacy, data safety concerns, requires scrutiny READ MORE  
2. Why the Criminal Identification Bill overreaches: It clubs serious offences with trivial ones and lacks enough safeguards on access to sensitive data READ MORE
3. New methods, new concerns: The ways in which investigative agencies identify criminals and suspects have drastically changed over the course of the 21st century READ MORE
4. The MCD bill is an assault on democracy READ MORE
5. Captive rights: There is a need for disciplining jail inmates, with humaneness READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Report: 67% abortions in India unsafe, cause nearly 8 deaths every day READ MORE
2. Gender violence not just a legal issue READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India and Australia are finally acting like the natural partners they are READ MORE
2. The Great Debate Over India’s Neutrality in the Ukraine War READ MORE
3. India Scores a Strategic Victory Over China in Sri Lanka READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Explaining Sri Lanka’s economic crisis: The country’s current situation is due to misguided policies and flawed external advice READ MORE
2. India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ READ MORE
3. Growth in exports needs consistency READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Global Wind and Solar Growth on Track To Meet Climate Targets READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Inter-state border pact: Assam, Meghalaya show way for peaceful resolution READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Clash and Creation READ MORE
2. Never Allow Circumstances Break You READ MORE
3. Ethics of Ecology: The topical agenda of ecological ethics is molded by contemporary environmental problems READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The concern over privacy and the safety of the data are undoubtedly significant and the collection of any sensitive data ought to be introduced only after a strong data protection law’. Examine the statement in the light of the recently proposed Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022.
2. ‘India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement represents a watershed moment in bilateral relations, and a significant turning point for India’s foreign policy in terms of geo-strategy as well as geo-economics’. Comment on the statement in the light of recent developments in India-0Australia relations.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Peace is not only better than war, but also infinitely more arduous.
• The current Sri Lankan economic crisis, then, is the product of the historical imbalances in the economic structure, the IMF’s loan-related conditionalities, misguided policies of authoritarian rulers and the official embrace of pseudo-science.
• India’s recent and ongoing humanitarian food assistance to the people of Afghanistan, through the United Nations Food Programme is an example of its commitment and commendable steps towards humanitarian crises.
• As India’s foodgrain surplus continues to grow, along with its footprint as a key humanitarian food assistance player, underlining its partnership with the WFP, it is also important to highlight the story of its transition from receiving food aid to now providing food aid to those in need.
• Humanitarian food assistance and partnerships that help create robust policy innovations by way of food safety nets and resilient livelihoods, will contribute towards global peace.
• India has made major progress in addressing hunger and malnutrition, but a lot needs to be done and we must continue this path as the trailblazer in access and inclusion through public policies and systems.
• The concern over privacy and the safety of the data is undoubtedly significant. Such practices ought to be introduced only after a strong data protection law, with stringent punishment for breaches, is in place.
• India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement represents a watershed moment in bilateral relations, and a significant turning point for India’s foreign policy – in terms of geo-strategy as well as geo-economics.
• Ethics itself must change to fit the reality that humans are not only social animals, as recognized in classical ethics, but also ecological animals.

50-WORD TALK

• Although Russia-Ukraine talks are far from ending their war, Moscow’s promised pullback of troops is an encouraging step forward. President Vladimir Putin’s military has taken a beating, but it still has formidable destructive capacities. To ensure Putin doesn’t use them, he’ll have to be allowed a face-saving exit for now.
• BJP’s description of Odisha IAS, IPS officers as politicians in disguise is a tad harsh and sweeping but not entirely devoid of merit. They had no business congratulating CM Naveen Patnaik on election victories. They must remember that their oath of allegiance is to the Constitution, not to political masters.

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. Society’s pushback could blunt bigotry READ MORE  
2. Centralising tests: A common test as the sole determinant of merit for admission is problematic READ MORE

1. Let there be peace in the ultimate reality too READ MORE
2. Self-knowing & meditation READ MORE
3. What philosopher Immanuel Kant’s ‘Toward Perpetual Peace’ has to do with the war in Ukraine READ MORE
4. Gandhi’s Moral Agents READ MORE
5. Responsible Management: The new paradigm READ MORE

1. Irreversible damage: Erosion of glaciers must be slowed READ MORE
2. Irreversible damage: Erosion of glaciers must be slowed READ MORE

1. Responsible Management: The new paradigm READ MORE
2. Educated Muslim Women Term Hijab Verdict ‘Judicial Overreach’ READ MORE
3. Decoding the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 READ MORE
4. This scheme mapping ‘abadi’ village areas is a win-win situation for Gram Panchayats READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Rashtriya Gokul Mission READ MORE
2. S. Senate approves $52 billion chips bill in bid to reach compromise READ MORE
3. Assam-Meghalaya Sign Agreement to Resolve Border Dispute in 6 Locations READ MORE
4. As told to Parliament: 75% cropland treated with chemical fertilisers READ MORE
5. Warm Arctic waves, La Niña to blame for early heat waves, depressions: Experts READ MORE
6. New Director-General of the International Labour Organization elected READ MORE
7. Nehru Memorial in Delhi to become ‘PM Museum’ READ MORE
8. Assam: Rhino population rises by 200 in Kaziranga National Park READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Society’s pushback could blunt bigotry READ MORE  
2. Irreversible damage: Erosion of glaciers must be slowed READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Responsible Management: The new paradigm READ MORE
2. Educated Muslim Women Term Hijab Verdict ‘Judicial Overreach’ READ MORE
3. Decoding the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 READ MORE
4. This scheme mapping ‘abadi’ village areas is a win-win situation for Gram Panchayats READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Centralising tests: A common test as the sole determinant of merit for admission is problematic READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Bridging the bay in quest of a stronger BIMSTEC: The grouping has potential as a natural platform for development cooperation in a rapidly changing Indo-Pacific region READ MORE
2. A missed chance for India-China relations READ MORE
3. Quad as ineffectual bloc: Quadrilaterals have been about common goals but lack the strategic depth READ MORE
4. China’s outreach to South Asia READ MORE
5. What good is the UN in its present shape READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India’s space economy boom is here READ MORE
2. Subsidise petrol, check fuel prices READ MORE
3. Is Entrepreneurship A Viable Alternative To Jobs? READ MORE
4. The Future of Fiscal Consolidation in India READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. The principles of wildlife management READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Why India Needs a National Biosecurity Policy READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Let there be peace in the ultimate reality too READ MORE
2. Self-knowing & meditation READ MORE
3. What philosopher Immanuel Kant’s ‘Toward Perpetual Peace’ has to do with the war in Ukraine READ MORE
4. Gandhi’s Moral Agents READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The economic and strategic significance of the Bay of Bengal is growing rapidly with a re-emergence of the idea of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ region’. In the light of the given statement, discuss how India with the help of BIMSTEC can secure its interest in this region?
2. ‘BIMSTEC has huge potential as a natural platform for development cooperation in a rapidly changing geopolitical calculus and can leverage its unique position as a pivot in the Indo-Pacific region’. Analyse the statement in the light changing dynamics in Indo-pacific region.
3. ‘Despite, having many failures, the importance of UN can’t be neglected in world peace and without it, the influence of large countries themselves would be the more disastrous for world’. Justify the statement with the help of appropriate examples.

 QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Politics and religion are obsolete. The time has come for science and spirituality.
• When a thought of war comes, oppose it by a stronger thought of peace. A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love. Thoughts of war bring destruction to all harmony, well-being, restfulness and content. Thoughts of love are constructive of brotherhood, peace, friendship, and happiness.
• In the emerging post-Covid-19 global economic scenario, India has to attempt uplifting its growth rate closer to its potential while restoring fiscal consolidation so that sustained growth and stability in government finances can be achieved.
• A comprehensive employment strategy must extend far beyond entrepreneurship if we want to realise the productive potential and aspirations of our youth.
• The economic and strategic significance of the Bay of Bengal is growing rapidly with a re-emergence of the idea of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ region.
• BIMSTEC has huge potential as a natural platform for development cooperation in a rapidly changing geopolitical calculus and can leverage its unique position as a pivot in the Indo-Pacific region.
• If we can control the mind, then we can regulate peace in ourselves. If we are peaceful, then we can influence the state of peacefulness around us. If we are powerful or influential, the range of our control is widespread.
• Knowledge and self-control can lead us to a peaceful mind. When we have an abundance of peace in ourselves, it automatically diffuses to the surroundings.
• Event-specific evaluation of regulators can be harmful. Objective and periodic assessment of their performance is the need of the hour.
• Responsible management is all about growing and becoming successful without compromising on ethics, community development and safety of the earth.
• This integrative model for responsible management can be seen as the highest level in the evolution of responsible business thinking, since it incorporates the three background domains of sustainability, responsibility and ethics as distinct and equally important bases.

50-WORD TALK

• Fears about the misuse of a proposed new law allowing collection of biometric data from individuals accused of crimes are not unfounded. True, the US and UK have similar laws. But police powers are abused in India and concerns that innocents will be framed are real. Effective safeguards are needed.

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. An Ethical View of the Current Geopolitics Behind the War on Ukraine READ MORE
2. How to Overcome Anxiety READ MORE

1. Indian Ocean hit by six heatwaves in 2021, temp rising by 0.15 degrees Celcius per decade READ MORE
2. Record-Smashing Heatwaves Are Hitting Antarctica, the Arctic Simultaneously READ MORE

1. India’s senior citizens are an untapped group. For startups, they can mean new business READ MORE
2. The problems with Common University Entrance Test that need examination READ MORE
3. Criminalizing marital rape: When is an exception not an exception? READ MORE

1. The MCD bill is about control over Delhi, not improving city’s governance READ MORE
2. With the Russian invasion, the spotlight is on Poland’s role in European politics READ MORE
3. Only tech can’t ensure good governance READ MORE
4. Why strikes are less successful READ MORE
5. Custodial deaths: Improve monitoring to curb excesses in prisons, lock-ups READ MORE
6. Simultaneous Elections, Democratic Concerns READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Social Forestry Schemes READ MORE  
2. Water Crisis in The Country READ MORE
3. Rough-toothed dolphins sighted first time ever in Indian waters READ MORE
4. The Startup India initiative READ MORE
5. Explained: What is alopecia areata, the auto-immune disorder that Jada Pinkett Smith suffers from? READ MORE
6. From a record low of 0.55, India’s Covid R value rises to 0.77 this month READ MORE
7. India crosses milestone of 50,000 ODF Plus villages READ MORE
8. Moradabad 2nd in world in noise pollution: UN report READ MORE

Main Exam  

GS Paper- 1

1. India’s senior citizens are an untapped group. For startups, they can mean new business READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. The MCD bill is about control over Delhi, not improving city’s governance READ MORE
2. With the Russian invasion, the spotlight is on Poland’s role in European politics READ MORE
3. Only tech can’t ensure good governance READ MORE
4. Why strikes are less successful READ MORE
5. Custodial deaths: Improve monitoring to curb excesses in prisons, lock-ups READ MORE
6. Simultaneous Elections, Democratic Concerns READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The problems with Common University Entrance Test that need examination READ MORE
2. Criminalizing marital rape: When is an exception not an exception? READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. A subregional grouping that must get back on course READ MORE
2. How Delhi carved out its diplomatic space on Russia-Ukraine war READ MORE
3. Between BRICS and Quad READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. RBI cannot ignore inflation READ MORE  
2. Sri Lanka’s agrarian crisis a cautionary tale for India READ MORE
3. Unlocking the potential of platform cooperatives READ MORE
4. Farmers and FCI need a new regime of MSP READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Indian Ocean hit by six heatwaves in 2021, temp rising by 0.15 degrees Celcius per decade READ MORE
2. Record-Smashing Heatwaves Are Hitting Antarctica, the Arctic Simultaneously READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. An Ethical View of the Current Geopolitics Behind the War on Ukraine READ MORE
2. How to Overcome Anxiety READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Discuss how the rivers interlinking project are helpful to solve the drought and flooding issues?
2. Discuss the reasons for the drought and flooding in the Bundelkhand region. How is the Ken-Betwa Rivers interlinking project helpful to address these issues?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.
• BIMSTEC is in need of a framework to tackle the specific challenges confronting the Bay of Bengal region.
• Marine environmental protection must become a priority area for cooperation in the Bay of Bengal. Enforcement must be strengthened, and information shared on best practices.
• The challenges that confront the Bay of Bengal region brook no more delay. BIMSTEC must arise, awake and act before it is too late.
• Inflation is best addressed by the central bank using monetary policy, not by the government adjusting taxes.
• Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana should be seen as a safety net, not the norm for all times.
• The cooperative model will benefit the vulnerable producers and consumers who are at the base of the pyramid.
• In treating technology as a panacea, we ignore its tendency to aggregate and centralise. Simultaneously, we have ignored the potential of decentralization.
• The diligence with which the footage is stored and accessed holds the key to preventing excesses in custody. The setting up of fast-track courts to deal with such cases can make a transformational difference.
• A crisis of credibility faces the Indian judiciary. Increasingly, death sentences and life terms awarded by lower courts in murder cases are getting reversed in appeals by the higher courts for reasons of error, subjectivity, or sentiment.
• India lacks a startup that can leverage the business and monetisation potential that the country’s ageing population holds.
• A step forward towards the re-implementation of the practice of simultaneous elections would effectively be two steps back for democracy in India.

50-WORD TALK

• US President Joe Biden’s declaration that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”, is dangerously misguided. Waving the regime-change sword at Russia’s leadership encourages it to fight to the end, instead of negotiating a face-saving exit. That will mean more hardship across the world — and more devastation in Ukraine.

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. An Ethical View of the Current Geopolitics Behind the War on Ukraine READ MORE
2. Concept of creation and evolution of unit mind READ MORE

1. Why has Earth’s Northern Hemisphere witnessed year’s shortest day today? READ MORE
2. Mumbai Climate Action Plan aims to remove carbon emissions by 2050. Can it be done? READ MORE

1. There’s a darkness over India, who will show the light?  READ MORE
2. Women and Indian society READ MORE

1. Sealed justice: On sealed cover jurisprudence READ MORE
2. Explained: What is the reason for the large number of vacancies in the IAS? READ MORE
3. ‘Love jihad’ laws and the path Supreme Court can take READ MOR

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. IMD launches climate hazards e-book and vulnerability e-atlas READ MORE
2. Edu ministry conducts first-of-its-kind study to propel NIPUN Bharat Mission READ MORE
3. Concluding Evening Of Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav Drops With Tabla Recital, Odissi And Martial Dance THANG-TA READ MORE
4. MHA extends FCRA validity of NGOs till June 30 READ MORE
5. Explained: Google’s new pilot programme on third-party payment systems and its significance READ MORE
6. Mange in Jaisalmer’s desert foxes worries experts READ MORE
7. UN sets five-year goal to broaden climate early warning systems READ MORE
8. India Abstains on the Second Resolution on Ukraine in UN General Assembly READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Why has Earth’s Northern Hemisphere witnessed year’s shortest day today? READ MORE
2. There’s a darkness over India, who will show the light?  READ MORE
3. Women and Indian society READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Sealed justice: On sealed cover jurisprudence READ MORE
2. Explained: What is the reason for the large number of vacancies in the IAS? READ MORE
3. ‘Love jihad’ laws and the path Supreme Court can take READ MOR

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The problems with Common University Entrance Test that need examination READ MORE
2. Criminalizing marital rape: When is an exception not an exception? READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India abstains in two UNGA votes on Ukraine humanitarian crisis READ MORE
2. View: How BIMSTEC can play a crucial role in regional cooperation READ MORE
3. India’s QUAD play in the Indo-Pacific’ READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Crisis in Sri Lanka: India should help Sri Lanka during the crisis and also resolve some of the bilateral issues READ MORE
2. The effect of farm sector changes on agrarian movements in India READ MORE
3. Unlocking the potential of agri-tech READ MORE
4. Farmers and FCI need a new regime of MSP READ MORE
5. Economic Recovery a Myth Unless India Takes Inclusive Path READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Mumbai Climate Action Plan aims to remove carbon emissions by 2050. Can it be done? READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Two years on: India had major successes and big failures in Covid response. Right lessons must be learnt READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. An Ethical View of the Current Geopolitics Behind the War on Ukraine READ MORE
2. Concept of creation and evolution of unit mind READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Indian farm sector needs reforms to address its long-time distress but legalised MSP is not among them. Discuss.
2. ‘India will have to carefully calibrate its place in the changing geopolitics’. In the light of the statements, discuss how BIMSTEC can play a crucial role to give a right a right direction to India’s foreign policy?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.
• India should help Sri Lanka during the crisis and also resolve some of the bilateral issues.
• Supreme Court should lay down the limits of using sealed cover material to adjudicate cases.
• The time has come for the Supreme Court to determine and circumscribe the circumstances in which confidential government reports, especially those withheld from the other side, can be used by courts in adjudication.
• India faced the pandemic on the heels of a slowdown in economic momentum. This factor and the uncertain trajectory of the pandemic justified a fiscally cautious stance at first.
• At a time when India’s rural economy has been in distress for a long period amid declining agricultural profits and stagnant wages, agrarian mobilizations will require a broadening of the movement for it to have any political impact.
• Fostering public-private partnerships is vital for creating a viable ecosystem for agriculture technology.
• To realise the opportunity of emerging technologies for agriculture and food systems much change is needed.
• The world, despite ideological differences, cannot ignore the US and its strategic importance as a large superpower.
• The Supreme Court’s human rights judgments based on interpretation in light of disadvantaged class can act as a great tool for the court to decide on the constitutionality of ‘love jihad’ laws to protect the rights of women.
• India needs a new regime of MSP surmounting past legacy which will enable the farmers to get MSP while the fiscal and debt burden of the Government.

 50-WORD TALK

• India’s record $400 billion exports this fiscal is cause to celebrate, even if it was pushed by commodities and post-pandemic global demand. This shouldn’t be a one-off or an exception. India should build on the growth in engineering and electronics goods, boost manufacturing exports and ensure the PLI schemes succeed.
• Afghan Taliban’s decision to shut girls out of high schools isn’t surprising. Since it captured power, the Taliban has reimposed gender apartheid, using violence to stop women from working, accessing medical care and education. Pious Western talk about protecting global freedoms and rights means nothing if Taliban savagery remains unpunished.

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 also 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.