(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Successful launch of PSLV-C52 with EOS-04 Satellite READ MORE
2. NHA to integrate databases of welfare schemes to boost PM-JAY coverage READ MORE
3. Centre cuts agri-cess on crude palm oil READ MORE
4. India bans 54 Chinese apps that pose threat to the country. Details here READ MORE
5. Explained: India-Australia interim trade agreement and FTA READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Lazy lumps: 41% adults lead inactive lifestyles; at risk of disease READ MORE
2. Uniformity: The need is to promote secularism among the citizenry without State interference READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Incorrect diagnosis, wrong remedy: There are simpler solutions to the shortage of IAS officers at the Centre than the proposed amendments READ MORE
2. States of union: State of federalism needs a debate. Opposition CMs need to rise above party politics to start it READ MORE
3. The debate around pendency in the Supreme Court needs a dash of empiricism READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Are India’s elite abandoning the country’s poor and vulnerable? READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained | The never-ending problem of Tamil Nadu’s fishermen READ MORE  
2. The significance of the Indo-Pacific for India READ MORE
3. New Delhi truly embraces Quad READ MORE
4. Australia warms up to India: Rediscovers relations after falling out with China READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Correct design can ensure CBDCs don’t destabilise banks READ MORE
2. The Budget’s food subsidy conundrum READ MORE
3. Jobless Growth READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. How ‘Wilderness’ Was Invented Without Indigenous Peoples READ MORE
2. Climate change may reduce carbon dioxide uptake by forests: Study READ MORE
3. Climate and food price rise: Weather systems are so extreme that farmers have lost entire crop cycle READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Military modernisation lacks enough funds READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Don’t Be in a Hurry READ MORE
2. Pandemic didn’t just affect our mental and physical health, but also changed our morals, trust issues READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Quad members may have similar concerns and share many core values, they do not have an identical world view.’ Comment.
2. Discuss the need for ease credit availability for the priority sector. Can changes in the co-lending model ease credit availability for the priority sector? Analyse your view.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
• More than illegal fishing, the method of fishing, as practised by the fishermen of Tamil Nadu, is the problem.
• Stronger partnerships can strengthen engagement with the Indo-Pacific region and enhance India’s reach and impact.
• There is great synergy between the US desire to “empower allies and partners as they take on regional leadership roles themselves” and India’s ambition to play a larger role in the Indo-Pacific.
• There is a concern on whether a central bank digital currency could destabilise the banking sector. This stems from the sector’s crucial role in financial intermediation.
• Australia could become a major partner, but India must not only revive economic growth and revitalise trade policies, but also ensure social peace.
• India has once again requested the world body for a comprehensive convention against terror as it doesn’t even have a common definition.
• A long-term strategy could be to link our education system to requirements of trade and industry, ensuring that a student coming out of the education system has requisite skills for the jobs on offer and there is no oversupply in any discipline.
• At a time when upper classes continue to thrive on waves of profit maximisation, the social and economic safety net of the poor has been gradually eroding.
• “Skill India” and “Make in India” can be excellent catalysts for employment generation but the outcome has been sub-optimal because the Government appears to care more for headline numbers, planning to achieve a $5 trillion economy by subsidising big business.

50-WORD TALK

• Election Commission’s rule of 48 hours silence, even for news media, before voting needs a realistic, modern upgrade. As PM Modi, CM Yogi have shown, politicians routinely find ways around it. In this era of social media and multi-phase polls, it’s un-enforceable. Technology and political smarts are one step ahead.
• The Quad threatens to become another forum for discussing everything — but doing nothing. The alliance may be engaged on vaccines, cybersecurity and climate change, but it’s dancing around confronting China’s bullying. It’s also divided on geopolitical issues like Myanmar and Ukraine. Till Washington shows clarity and leadership, this won’t change.

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.

1. A special occasion READ MORE
2. Adherence to Pandemic Ethics during India’s Covid-19 Lockdown READ MORE

1. India’s Biodiversity Act is being amended to help exploit bio-resources, not conserve them READ MORE
2. Fossil Fuel Firms and Their Mouthpieces Offer Net-Zero Logic on Climate Change READ MORE

1. Hijab row: Why empowerment through education is the only right approach READ MORE
2. Hidden Hunger READ MORE

1. How recent amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act threaten years of progress READ MORE  
2. Needed: A gender-inclusive police force READ MORE
3. Modernising the police force and policing READ MORE
4. Rethink must on IAS cadre rules change READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar launches “SMILE” scheme READ MORE
2. India signs MoU to hand over wheat to WFP in Kandahar READ MORE
3. Govt approves Rs 26,275 crore plan for police modernisation; Rs 18,000 crore fixed for security expenditure in J&K, NorthEast READ MORE
4. Australian Foreign Minister announces Maitri initiatives aimed at strengthening ties with India READ MORE
5. Winter bird monitoring programme: Over 200 species of birds recorded across Mysuru region READ MORE
6. Restoration of French heritage structure at Chandernagore will be completed soon: Ambassador Lenain READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Hijab row: Why empowerment through education is the only right approach READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. How recent amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act threaten years of progress READ MORE  
2. Needed: A gender-inclusive police force READ MORE
3. Modernising the police force and policing READ MORE
4. Rethink must on IAS cadre rules change READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Hidden Hunger READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. For something: The Quad remains a group of friends who share many things, but not a common enemy READ MORE  
2. Ukraine crisis, US unilateralism and India’s dilemma READ MORE  

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. A faltering recovery: Flailing factory output trends suggestthe rebound in the economy is slow READ MORE
2. Budget 2022-23: Hits and misses READ MORE
3. Improvements in agri-credit system can revive agriculture READ MORE
4. Digital assets await enabling legal framework READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. India’s Biodiversity Act is being amended to help exploit bio-resources, not conserve them READ MORE
2. Fossil Fuel Firms and Their Mouthpieces Offer Net-Zero Logic on Climate Change READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. A special occasion READ MORE
2. Adherence to Pandemic Ethics during India’s Covid-19 Lockdown READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Quad members may have similar concerns and share many core values, they do not have an identical world view.’ Comment.
2. Discuss the need for ease credit availability for the priority sector. Can changes in the co-lending model ease credit availability for the priority sector? Analyse your view.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.
• Ethics is indispensable to public health because of the great trade-off between the “voluntary versus coercive” measures often employed in health policies.
• Oil and gas CEOs were too chicken to show up to a recent congressional hearing—perhaps fearing that their climate pledges will be revealed as nothing more than slick PR.
• The Government must reboot its rose-tinted assessment of the economy so that the ‘on-paper’ optimism is reflected in billowing factory chimneys.
• There is a need to rethink power and fertiliser subsidies and reorient MSP and procurement policies towards minimising GHG emissions.
• Institutional development across states should be a priority area for equitable flow of subsidised credit.
• Hijab-abiding students should be allowed to exercise their right to education without any hindrance. Let the women be empowered first, so they can decide how much of themselves they wish to hide.
• Apart from the need for gender diversity, there is evidence that increasing women in the force has positive effects on society.
• The capital expenditure push by the government seems to be a step in the right direction, while the rationale behind the continued focus on protectionism is questionable.
• The court has told the state government to withdraw the controversial notices by February 18. It is expected that the due process of law would finally be followed at the earliest.
• States are, however,correct in pointing out that the proposed amendments are a serious infringement of their right to deploy IAS officers as they deem fit.
• The effects of hidden hunger can be devastating, leading to mental impairment, poor health, low productivity, and even death.

50-WORD TALK

• India has been seeing a massive increase in cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets. The Budget speech has broken new ground. It has provided the scheme of taxation of digital assets. However, this is a grey zone. The legalities of the digital rupee will have to be appropriately worked out. There is a need for more clarification so that more people could be encouraged to use digital currency.

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.

1. It’s Tough to Slow Down READ MORE
2. Over 60 social media accounts blocked for anti-India fake news READ MORE

1. Emissions Trading READ MORE
2. Union Budget Lacks Focus on Climate Change Adaptation READ MORE

1. Suicide by unemployed: Centre, states not doing enough to curb joblessness READ MORE
2. Poverty report card READ MORE

1. Local job laws that raise constitutional questions: State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation READ MORE  
2. Protecting the right to voice one’s views READ MORE
3. MP Moves to Commissionerate System, but Will It Make Police More Accountable? READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Too early to intervene in Karnataka hijab row, says Supreme Court READ MORE
2. Clothing and the right to religious freedom READ MORE
3. RBI sticks to dovish policy path even as world turns hawkish to tackle inflation READ MORE
4. Water, Africa’s Gold: South Africa seeks to increase water through recycling, reuse READ MORE
5. Govt Bans Import of Foreign Drones to Promote Domestic Manufacturing READ MORE
6. Australia designates koalas as endangered species READ MORE
7. PM to address high-level segment of One Ocean Summit READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Suicide by unemployed: Centre, states not doing enough to curb joblessness READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Local job laws that raise constitutional questions: State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation READ MORE  
2. Protecting the right to voice one’s views READ MORE
3. MP Moves to Commissionerate System, but Will It Make Police More Accountable? READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Poverty report card READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Saarc members must find way around roadblocks READ MORE  

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Frozen by uncertainty: RBI has forsaken its mandate of ensuring price stability to give an impetus to the economy READ MORE
2. A growth-focussed monetary policy READ MORE
3. An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture: A decentralised plan would aid price stabilisation, offer income support, and also cope with the indebtedness of farmers READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Emissions Trading READ MORE
2. Union Budget Lacks Focus on Climate Change Adaptation READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. It’s Tough to Slow Down READ MORE
2. Over 60 social media accounts blocked for anti-India fake news READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens raises several constitutional questions and go against the idea of India being one nation. Critically analyse.
2. Analyse India’s recently announced semiconductor policy. Do you think that the new policy is the right direction to make self-reliance in chip manufacturing?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation.
• RBI has forsaken its mandate of ensuring price stability to give an impetus to the economy.
• A decentralised plan would aid price stabilisation, offer income support, and also cope with the indebtedness of farmers.
• RBI stays the course despite risks to inflation, changing global environment.
• Due to heightened uncertainty, the monetary policy will largely remain data-driven. The RBI will have to keep its eyes peeled for price trends, which have, so far, surprised on the upside in many economies.
• A serious intent to redefine the perceived goal value may offer the secret sauce to those who are in the rat race to slow down.
• Poverty numbers and trends have traditionally been reported on a country-by-country basis. But in the contemporary world, low-income countries have significant corridors of prosperity while middle-income countries can have large pockets of poverty.
• An effort to replicate such bilateral agreements between other member nations of Saarc could potentially result in a paradigm shift in its performance.
• Placing an adequate price on GHG emissions is of fundamental relevance to internalise the external cost of climate change in the broadest possible range of economic decision making and in setting economic incentives for clean development.
• Even decentralisation of powers within this very system through the creation of distinct allocations, for handling crime and law-and-order functions, still has the effect of concentration of powers within the system.
• The announcements on low-carbon development are encouraging but don’t stipulate a strategy for climate-responsive budgeting.

50-WORD TALK

• A job guarantee scheme for urban areas, on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), needs to be worked out. With joblessness increasingly fuelling despair, anger and unrest, as witnessed during the recent protests in Bihar, this burning issue can no longer be put on the back-burner.
• The Supreme Court verdict reinstating a former woman judge who resigned following her alleged sexual harassment shows the judiciary too is not free from the vices of arbitrariness in its administrative decisions. The judgement instils confidence in women to fight back when wronged, but does it call for a seven-year-struggle?

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.

1. The classroom is important, not the uniform READ MORE
2. Why A Universal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Ethical Today READ MORE

1. Modi government is pursuing ‘ease of business’ at the cost of the environment READ MORE
2. Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse READ MORE

1. Hijab Ban & Indian Concept Of Positive Secularism READ MORE
2. Work sans safety or dignity READ MORE

1. Explained: Governor’s powers, friction with states, and why this happens often READ MORE
2. Deluge of freebies: Parties vie with each other to woo voters at any cost READ MORE
3. To strengthen federalism, revisit the Constitution READ MORE
4. Cooperative federalism READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Number of beneficiaries enrolled for maternity benefit plan exceeded target: Government READ MORE
2. Scientists set new record in creating energy from nuclear fusion READ MORE
3. ISRO to launch earth observation satellite on February 14 READ MORE
4. RBI Monetary Policy: Repo rate unchanged at 4% for tenth consecutive time READ MORE
5. EU joins chips race with €43-billion bid to rival Asia READ MORE
6. India received USD 339.55 billion FDI in last 5 years READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Hijab Ban & Indian Concept Of Positive Secularism READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Explained: Governor’s powers, friction with states, and why this happens often READ MORE
2. Deluge of freebies: Parties vie with each other to woo voters at any cost READ MORE
3. To strengthen federalism, revisit the Constitution READ MORE
4. Cooperative federalism READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Work sans safety or dignity READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Anger in diplomacy: On Indian reaction to MNC Kashmir tweets READ MORE  
2. The significance of S Jaishankar’s Australia visit READ MORE
3. Pak’s security policy is a flawed exercise READ MORE
4. A new headache for Indian foreign policy — Russia-China growing ties on Ukraine and Taiwan READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Post-pandemic Railways at an interesting crossroad READ MORE
2. Opinion: Budget should put money in the hands of poor, not call for capital expenditure READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Modi government is pursuing ‘ease of business’ at the cost of the environment READ MORE
2. Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Digital drive READ MORE
2. Binging on Bhabha, Sarabhai and Bhai READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. INCOIS prepares Coastal Vulnerability Index READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The classroom is important, not the uniform READ MORE
2. Why A Universal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Ethical Today READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The idea of a moral code extends beyond the individual to include what is determined to be right, and wrong, for a community or society at large’. Analyse.
2. ‘Homogeneity must not be imposed on students in garb of dress code’ educational institutions must remain spaces of diversity and inclusivity’. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Every man is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth.
• The idea of a moral code extends beyond the individual to include what is determined to be right, and wrong, for a community or society at large.
• With unprecedented levels of unemployment, low output and aggregate demand, the Indian economy is already in the ICU. And the FY 22-23 Budget had nothing to propel growth in the short term.
• The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others emanate.
• A quiet word with the MNCs might have worked better than a public display of diplomatic opposition.
• S Jaishankar’s Australia visit provides opportunity to strengthen both the Quad and bilateral ties with Canberra.
• Homogeneity must not be imposed on students in garb of dress code. Educational institutions must remain spaces of diversity and inclusivity.
• A digital push without these safeguards will make citizens wary of adopting technology even if it promises better governance.
• Under these circumstances, it is reasonable to expect that these bonds will be issued only within the country. The overseas option would not be on until we are at ease with the idea at a policy and ideological level.
• The pandemic presented a unique business opportunity to Indian Railways to concentrate on its two most profitable business segments.
• The problem with political discourse in India, particularly in recent years, is that it never relies on logic or research. It takes the easy way out and brands the opponent as anti-national.
• Consultation and consensus, and not unilateralism, must inform decision making, being the bedrock of our cooperative federalism.
• The environment ministry has introduced a series of changes in the regulations through office orders that pave way for the diversion of forest land.

50-WORD TALK

• Stories of scientists and scientific development need to be told and retold as and when new material becomes available. Such retelling helps us examine the historical characters in a new light. Rocket Boys is not a biopic but a peek into the turning points in the lives of Vikram Sarabhai and his mentor Homi Bhabha. It attempts to bring out the intertwining of India’s most successful scientific programmes.

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.

1. Why opinion polls need regulation READ MORE
2. Democracy should bridge economic chasm READ MORE

1. Rights of the weak, duties of the powerful: A complaint of undue emphasis on rights creates the suspicion that citizens are being disempowered READ MORE  
2. Human to Human Conduct READ MORE

1. The earth likely holds more than 9,000 undiscovered tree species; and they are in danger READ MORE
2. Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe READ MORE

1. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE
2. Addressing India’s education crisis READ MORE
3. What arguments in marital rape case reveal about the insecurity of patriarchy READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA READ MORE
2. The Governor’s role in approving a Bill READ MORE
3. Meet India’s newest mammal: White Cheeked Macaque READ MORE
4. India to help Sri Lanka launch its version of Aadhaar READ MORE
5. Centre issues new media accreditation guidelines, journalists can lose it over defamation and other clauses READ MORE
6. 50 Cheetahs to be introduced in India in next 5 years: Environment Minister READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. What arguments in marital rape case reveal about the insecurity of patriarchy READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Why opinion polls need regulation READ MORE
2. Democracy should bridge economic chasm READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE
2. Addressing India’s education crisis READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained: The China-Russia relationship READ MORE
2. Russia, China closing ranks: Deepening ties complicate India’s foreign policy challenges READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Step up agri-spending, boost farm incomes READ MORE
2. Moving to an era of better regulation READ MORE
3. How to build a new innovation structure READ MORE
4. Reducing edible oil imports READ MORE
5. Opinion: Without lowering unemployment rates, India cannot effectively address inequality READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. The earth likely holds more than 9,000 undiscovered tree species; and they are in danger READ MORE
2. Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Rights of the weak, duties of the powerful: A complaint of undue emphasis on rights creates the suspicion that citizens are being disempowered READ MORE  
2. Human to Human Conduct READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Rights and duties are conceptually linked to one another. There are no rights without duties.’ Argue.
2. ‘Despite Election Commission’s efforts opinion and exit polls continue to undermine elections’. In the light of the statement discuss whether the opinion polls need to be regulated?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The heart of manipulation is to empathise without being touched.
• India’s poor AOI is a stark reminder of the need to attain a key sustainable development goal of higher agri-growth.
• The intensification in government spending towards the agricultural sector is the key to attain the sustainable development goals of higher agricultural growth and farm income.
• These duties are not antagonistic to rights; they are moral, non-justiciable.
• Powerful men have explicitly laid out their view that sex against the wishes of their wives is not a crime, legal or moral, while others are in the mood for a marriage strike against what they perceive as a men’s rights issue.
• Despite EC’s efforts, broad consensus from political parties, opinion and exit polls continue to undermine elections.
• Carrying out regulatory impact assessment not only improves the quality of regulation but is also cost effective for the regulated and the ecosystem.
• One of the most moving and defining images of the current times is that of a girl bursting into tears after she returned to the classroom as schools reopened earlier this month in India.
• High rates of unemployment point to an economy whose circulatory system is malfunctioning. Because it is through wages, or in other words wages resulting from employment, that the working population can partake in the value that they help generate in the economy, popularly measured through GDP.
• The violent protests in Bihar and UP are telling us something grave and urgent: the economy is ailing from clogged arteries. And we’ll be wise to take the message seriously, not just for the health of ‘the economy’ but for that of our society.

50-WORD TALK

• Israel’s police, it has been revealed, used Pegasus software to spy on elected politicians, businesspeople and activists — even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son. This shows how easily surveillance capabilities can be abused. Israel has ordered an investigation into what went wrong; the Indian government should stop stonewalling and follow suit.

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.

1. Be self-aware and empathetic: These qualities are the markers of high emotional intelligence READ MORE
2. Being alive to the present is enlightenment READ MORE
3. Face Critics Gracefully READ MORE

1. Explained: What are Ramsar Sites, and what is the significance of this listing? READ MORE
2. Climate and Us | Budget shows great promise, but needs greater scrutiny READ MORE
3. Reimagining Indian federalism in the climate crisis READ MORE
4. Plastic Pollution Affects 88% of Marine Species: WWF READ MORE