Ethics Through Current Developments (24-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Geography (24-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Pub Ad (24-03-2022)
WSDP Bulletin (23-03-2022)
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
- FDI INFLOW READ MORE
- India crosses $ 400 bn milestone in exports READ MORE
- The Artemis programme, NASA’s new moon mission READ MORE
- Explained: What are black boxes, and why are they important in a crash investigation? READ MORE
- Modi govt reorganises AGMUT civil service cadre, keeps IPS strength same in J&K after merger READ MORE
- Kamrup vulture deaths: It is time to fight for the birds, if we want to secure our own future READ MORE
- Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launches Sujalam 2.0 campaign for greywater management in New Delhi READ MORE
Main Exam
GS Paper- 1
- The controversy over the proposed Mekedatu water project READ MORE
- Conservative Framing of the Hijab Issue and the Muslim Women’s Movement READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
- Delink the Rajya Sabha seat from privilege READ MORE
- India’s law enforcement framework needs to strike a balance between legal and illegal READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
- Teachable moments: CUET has merit but pitfalls too READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
- Explained: What is OIC, and what are its relations with India? READ MORE
- India holds its own: Justified in resisting US pressure over Russia READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Global uncertainties, India’s growth prospects: Normalisation of the economy has been disturbed and the growth objective would be served by apt fiscal policy moves READ MORE
- India sets $400 billion export record: Its significance and key drivers of growth READ MORE
- Priority sector lending needs a tweak READ MORE
- Turning the spotlight on unemployment crisis READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
- Tackling Delhi’s air pollution READ MORE
- Where Does India’s New Arctic Policy Stand Amid Russian Invasion, Climate Change? READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
- Mind, body & growth: How to ensure India’s government schools, healthcare deliver quality service for the majority READ MORE
- THE PITIFUL CAUSES OF WAR AND THE DUTY OF EVERYONE TO STRIVE FOR PEACE READ MORE
CASE STUDY
- MP to serve show-cause notice to IAS officer for tweet on Kashmir Files READ MORE
Question for the MAIN exam
- How far do you agree with this view that the culture of privilege and political commitment for Rajya Sabha seats affecting the quality of debate in Parliament? Analyse your view.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- I believe healthcare is a civil right. — Dennis Kucinich
- Normalisation of the economy has been disturbed and the growth objective would be served by apt fiscal policy moves.
- Lending institutions must demonstrate a moral duty towards the society and environment protection. The rationale of priority sector lending deserves a review.
- It is lack of demand rather than past baggage of bad loans that is holding back investment and demand for credit.
- On the medical oxygen front, the nation is unlikely to witness shortage; on the district hospital front, there is a long way to go; and in terms of science- and evidence-based decision making, some progress has been made.
- The Upper House of the Indian Parliament has become a parking lot for discredited politicians.
- The US understands the importance of India for Quad in the Indo-Pacific and that even if they do differ on Russia, their relationship is deep and resilient.
- The CUET should focus on not perpetuating the limitations of the Indian education system, which continues to focus on rote learning and exam-cracking techniques.
- India needs a mechanism that enables the law enforcement and security agencies to intervene legally, without having to adopt grey tactics.
- It is an irony that the language of rights leads to depoliticisation of these groups from the larger universal concern such as non-violence, secularism, and individual and collective freedom.
- Such a conception of reified autonomy then raises the question as to where do these parties stand in terms of the larger issues of humanism and social harmony.
50-WORD TALK
- In November 2021, at a meeting with Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu, floor leaders of various parties expressed concern about the comments made on Parliament by Chief Justice NV Ramana. The CJI had described the lack of debate in the two Houses as a ‘sorry state of affairs’. The comment is bang on. There have been some notable speeches delivered in the House of Elders, but to largely empty benches. Our ‘learned’ parliamentarians not only do not know, they do not even care to know.
- As developed countries are being forced to raise their interest rates and inflationary pressures continue to mount in India and abroad, the RBI may find it advisable to raise the policy rate with a view to stemming inflationary pressures and outward flow of the U.S. dollar even as the growth objective would be served by fiscal policy initiatives.
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.
Ethics Through Current Developments (23-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Geography (23-03-2022)
- Rise in human-wildlife conflict in Kerala due to depletion of forest habitat, changing crop patterns READ MORE
- World Water Day: Water management, dead rivers seminal issues in India’s groundwater debate READ MORE
- Record Heat Waves Sweeping Both Poles of Earth, Climate Scientists Warn of Danger READ MORE
- World Water Day: Unsustainability of the System Cannot Beget Sustainable Solutions READ MORE
Today’s Important Articles for Sociology (23-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Pub Ad (23-03-2022)
- Needed, an Indian Legislative Service: A common service can help strengthen the many legislative bodies in India, from the panchayat level to Parliament READ MORE
- The weaknesses of corporate governance systems in India READ MORE
- Digital India dream and arbitrary internet shutdowns can’t go together. Just see the loss READ MORE
WSDP Bulletin (23-03-2022)
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
- SOIL HEALTH CARD SCHEME READ MORE
- KISAN CREDIT CARD SCHEME READ MORE
- 59,350 farmers get subsidy for cultivation of medicinal plants READ MORE
- Mandaviya to inaugurate Step-Up to End TB – World TB Day Summit on March 24 READ MORE
- Every country exceeds new PM2.5 annual limit set by WHO: Report READ MORE
- New Delhi remains the world capital in air pollution, Swiss survey finds READ MORE
- Double Membership of Houses READ MORE
Main Exam
GS Paper- 1
- Hijab Ban Verdict Ignores Constitutional Values, Favours ‘Right of Society’ Over the Individual READ MORE
- Why Bhagat Singh still inspires many Indians READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
- Needed, an Indian Legislative Service: A common service can help strengthen the many legislative bodies in India, from the panchayat level to Parliament READ MORE
- The weaknesses of corporate governance systems in India READ MORE
- Digital India dream and arbitrary internet shutdowns can’t go together. Just see the loss READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
- TB and mental health concerns have to be addressed together – urgently READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
- A blow to equitable access to essential medicines: The ‘compromise outcome’ at the WTO could see India and South Africa losing their lead theme in the COVID-19 fight READ MORE
- ICJ has ordered an end to invasion of Ukraine. This matters READ MORE
- India, US Have Different Priorities READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- A digital-first ecosystem: The Govt’s initiative, India Stack, has revolutionised fintech sector READ MORE
- Handle with care: Address risks before introducing CBDC READ MORE
- E-Commerce Rules Need to Stay True to Scores of Small Retailers and Shopkeepers READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
- Rise in human-wildlife conflict in Kerala due to depletion of forest habitat, changing crop patterns READ MORE
- World Water Day: Water management, dead rivers seminal issues in India’s groundwater debate READ MORE
- Record Heat Waves Sweeping Both Poles of Earth, Climate Scientists Warn of Danger READ MORE
- World Water Day: Unsustainability of the System Cannot Beget Sustainable Solutions READ MORE
SCIENCE
- Understanding hypersonic weapons READ MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- How climate change is making India’s big dams dangerous READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
Questions for the MAIN exam
- Discuss the issues involved in the appointment of the Secretary-General to the Houses of the Parliament.
- ‘Frequent shutdowns adversely impact both Indian economy and society’. In the light of the statement, discuss how government can avoid frequent internet shutdowns and maintain law and order?
- ‘Effective governance is intertwined with the full realisation of people’s fundamental rights’. Analyse the statement with the appropriate examples.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Power in defence of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression.
- When the Indian judiciary bases its verdicts on theological grounds, it risks diluting the Constitution’s written word, which deems fundamental rights as unconditional.
- Protecting and conserving water sources must be a major task to follow. It is important that the least city moves out from its boundaries and rejuvenates its own resources and groundwater for a secured life.
- While the world is concerned about climate change and almost irreversible global warming, the polar region is specifically important owing to their sensitive climatic conditions.
- Secularism is increasingly becoming anathema in India. A few people have taken it upon themselves to deride all religions, apart from their own, on the slightest pretext.
- India could end up without friends in the free world exactly when it needs them most if it does not stand on the right side of history today and now.
- India has to brace for the worst because it is now far more globalised in trade, investment and finance.
- India could be vulnerable in both energy and food, given its political economy compulsions and commitment to supply free food to large populations post-Covid.
- The right to internet access should be treated as a fundamental right. Frequent shutdowns adversely impact both Indian economy and society.
- Effective governance is intertwined with the full realisation of people’s fundamental rights.
- A common legal service can help strengthen the many legislative bodies in India, from the panchayat level to Parliament.
50-WORD TALK
- A common entrance test for central universities seems like the obvious solution to the outrage of 100% cut-offs at colleges. However, it raises questions about equal opportunities to students from across states and the role of board exams. Government should ensure this doesn’t become a repeat of the NEET mess.
- President Biden has complained India alone, among Quad countries, is “somewhat shaky” on sanctioning Russia. He’s right, but India has reasons. High oil prices and economic disruption hurt India disproportionately. But Delhi should be careful not to isolate partners needed to push back against China. It’s not an easy balance.
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.
Ethics Through Current Developments (22-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Geography (22-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Sociology (22-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Pub Ad (22-03-2022)
- Need for sensitivity: Instead of Pocso Act provisions, employ a sensible approach in minor girls’ cases READ MORE
- Is Disclosure of Identity of Vctim under POCSO Act a Cognizable Offence? A three-judge SC Bench May Decide READ MORE
- Examining the Legality of Extraneous and Irrelevant Conditions for Bail READ MORE
WSDP Bulletin (22-03-2022)
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
- Nipun Bharat Scheme READ MORE
- IPCC Report on Climate Change READ MORE
- Indian, U.S. officials discuss 2+2 ministerial, Ukraine READ MORE
- India says oil import from Russia less than 1% of total, sees rise from US READ MORE
- Rawat, Ghulam Nabi Azad, N. Chandrasekharan conferred Padma awards READ MORE
- International Day of Forests: Significance of March 21 and theme for 2022 READ MORE
- Tamil Nadu: GI tag for handmade Narasingapettai nagaswaram READ MORE
Main Exam
GS Paper- 1
- Shrinking the Muslim woman’s choice READ MORE
GS Paper- 1
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
- Need for sensitivity: Instead of Pocso Act provisions, employ a sensible approach in minor girls’ cases READ MORE
- Is Disclosure of Identity of Vctim under POCSO Act a Cognizable Offence? A three-judge SC Bench May Decide READ MORE
- Examining the Legality of Extraneous and Irrelevant Conditions for Bail READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
- Driving change and inclusive growth: The aim is to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to higher education READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
- A Ukraine peace plan that needs a U Thant: The elements of viable peace exist, and all that is required is for someone to step forward and pursue it with urgency READ MORE
- Realising the potential of ‘maitri’ and ‘mateship’: Deepening investments in Australia-India strategic, economic, and community ties highlight their stronger relationship READ MORE
- On South Asia, US must reorient itself READ MORE
- UNSC is not fulfilling its primary mandate READ MORE
- The future of India-Japan ties READ MORE
GS Paper- 1
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- The pandemic’s income inequality surprise READ MORE
- PLI plus: India’s supply side policies for EV and battery manufacturing are too inward looking READ MORE
- RBI, banks up against new challenges READ MORE
- Edible oils, incredible prices: Incentivise Punjab farmers to reduce imports READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
- Groundwater depletion must be arrested READ MORE
- Climate and Us | India needs an emergency plan for heat extremes READ MORE
- Climate variability may explain annual spike in ozone-destroying gas: Study READ MORE
SCIENCE
- Tech companies have a road out of China. It lies with the EV industry READ MORE
GS Paper- 1
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
- Dharma is not rigid, it’s everchanging by nature READ MORE
- Man’s Search For Meaning READ MORE
- Truth about tolerance~I READ MORE
Questions for the MAIN exam
- Discuss the possible geo-political solutions to the Ukraine-Russia military conflict.
- ‘Self-sufficiency in edible oil production is a distant dream, but there is ample scope for drastically lowering the dependence on imports and minimising the damage caused by global shocks’. Analyse the statement.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
- Australia knows that in India we have a natural partner who will help build a region where every nation can prosper.
- Washington could seize the current opportunity, amid Ukraine crisis, to elevate US’s salience, limit the traditional economic and military weight of China and Russia in the Subcontinent.
- There is no clear pattern between growth or poverty on the one hand, and inequality on the other. The policies should focus on growth and poverty. While inequality is problematic, it is a more elusive target.
- The hijab ban in the classroom is not only a ban on identity but also on female expression, choice, development and the ability to break away from the shackles of chauvinists, whether judges or religious fundamentalists.
- Institutional reform in the form of creating water user groups, besides pricing water realistically, should be seriously pursued to address the issue of groundwater depletion.
- The Security Council’s objective was to stop a conflict by addressing its cause. But, for years now, it has taken on the subsidiary pursuit of being a humanitarian council. India needs to consider if this is the change it wants
- Self-sufficiency in edible oil production is a distant dream, but there is ample scope for drastically lowering the dependence on imports and minimising the damage caused by global shocks.
- The sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of any country should be respected and safeguarded because this is a basic norm of international relations. It is consistent with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and is the consistent position of the Chinese Government. Ukraine is no exception.
- As far as education at the tertiary level is concerned, NEP’s approach appears to set out a very clear way forward by getting the mentors fully involved in new techniques and developing challenging strategies to meet the need of all categories of students.
- Bail conditions in the nature of planting trees, community service, and distribution of free food, while certainly contributing towards social good, are entirely disconnected with the purpose of administration of ‘justice’ or effectiveness of the trial.
50-WORD TALK
- The value of praise depends on who gives it. So Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s shabaash for India’s foreign policy is a cause for anxiety, not satisfaction. Khan simultaneously undermined his country’s relationship with the West, China and Saudi Arabia. Pats on the back like this, India can do without.
- Supreme Court panel’s year-old report on now-repealed farm laws, made public by a member, is a year too late. Modi government’s fear of political damage was misplaced and exaggerated. A silent majority supported them. It’s unfortunate that SC sat over the report. Timely judicial response may have saved these laws.
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.
Ethics Through Current Developments (21-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Geography (21-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Sociology (21-03-2022)
Today’s Important Articles for Pub Ad (21-03-2022)
WSDP Bulletin (21-03-2022)
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
- Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching READ MORE
- Japan to invest $42 billion in India over five years READ MORE
- Explained | What is the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority’s role in fixing drug prices? READ MORE
- IAF to employ ‘direct tactical planning’ for S-400 READ MORE
- Recombination of two virus variants seen since 2020 READ MORE
- Govt restores valid e-visa to 156 countries; regular visas to all; 10 year visa to US, Japan nationals READ MORE
- India extends $1 billion credit facility to Sri Lanka for short-term concessional loans READ MORE
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands brace for Cyclone Asani, preparations on for evacuation READ MORE
- 100 endangered vultures killed by suspected insecticide poisoning in Assam READ MORE
- Finland ranked world’s happiest country for fifth year running READ MORE
- The complexities of introducing African cheetahs to India READ MORE
- UN international court of justice orders Russia to halt invasion of Ukraine READ MORE
- 16 Chinese got Indian citizenship since 2007 READ MORE
- Deep ocean gliders, manned vehicles for ocean mission READ MORE
Main Exam
GS Paper- 1
- Secularism and its constraints READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
- Treating values of individual freedom as trifles: The hijab judgment has struck a blow against each of these principles — liberty, equality, and fraternity READ MORE
- Supreme Court tears into practice of ‘sealed cover jurisprudence’ READ MORE
SOCIAL ISSUES
- Towards inclusive education: The accessibility guidelines for higher education institutions and universities require some modifications READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
- United Nations votes are not black and white: Delegations do not vote for or against other countries; they vote for themselves READ MORE
- India’s stand on the Ukraine war is tragic: New Delhi cannot crawl for the goodwill of Russia but must at least condemn Moscow’s aggression and illegal invasion READ MORE
- A churn in the global order READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- The spring blues: On India’s recovery two years into the pandemic READ MORE
- Land resource management measures will impact larger economy READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
- Clean energy should use the battery of a circular economy READ MORE
- Explained | What is the upcoming global treaty on plastic pollution? READ MORE
- Study reveals significant decline in Golden Langur habitat READ MORE
SCIENCE
- Innovations in vaccine science can make our lives safer READ MORE
SECURITY
- A blueprint for cost-effective defence management READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
Questions for the MAIN exam
- Discuss how Legalized gambling would help curtail an important source of black money and bring revenue to the government?
- Highlight the changes made in the Plastic Waste Amendment Rules 2022 vis-à-vis 2016 and why it may still remain just a paper tiger?
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- War is what happens when language fails.
- One thing to be understood is that just as violence is part of the human mind, peace and happiness are also very much part of it. And, if people really want, they can find peace both within and without.
- There should be not only the neutrality of political authority but also the freedom of conscience and belief as well as equality before law.
- India hasin the past decade started to warm up to the US-led global alliance of strategic partners but misgivings in New Delhi and Washington policy circuits remain.
- The main difference is immunity, and vaccines have played a critical role towards higher population immunity and minimizing the number of vulnerable people.
- Vaccines have played an important role in limiting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and are our best way forward. Relying on natural immunity alone to stop pandemics is analogous to taking comfort in an old surgical adage – all bleeding stops.
- Land resource management and governance, like the keel of a ship, will provide the right balance and float to the national economy despite one of the worst economic downturns induced by the pandemic.
- Without naming or blaming anyone, India has expressed its fundamental position that war is not a solution and diplomacy should be the only option to prevent war.
- The hijab judgment has struck a blow against each of these principles — liberty, equality, and fraternity.
- An efficient waste management ecosystem is crucial to manage the huge waste generated in India’s new energy push.
50-WORD TALK
- India’s fresh $1 billion credit to help Sri Lanka’s struggling economy is good diplomacy. India may not have the wallet to match China’s but its intentions aren’t usurious or extortionist and that should comfort strategic partners in the neighbourhood. It’s good that the drift in New Delhi-Colombo ties is ending.
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.