1. Women vs the marriage fatwa: Children become adults at 18. Deciding when to marry is the basic human right of all adults READ MORE
2. Liberal economics creates illiberal societies: A new form of ‘Gandhian’ democratic socialism powered by cooperative economic enterprises is required READ MORE

1. Time to eradicate the rot in immoral political system READ MORE
2. How civil servants tackle retirement phobia—take up service extensions and live in luxury READ MORE
3. We Cannot Forget That India Is a Union of States READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Forest, tree cover in India up by 2,261 sq km in two years READ MORE
2. News Analysis | Not possible to demilitarise Siachen READ MORE
3. WHO recommends Eli Lilly, GSK-Vir’s drugs, widening Covid-19 treatment pool READ MORE
4. High coal prices to intensify India’s efforts to curb imports, lift domestic supplies READ MORE
5. RBI Governor-headed FSDC sub-committee reviews economic situation READ MORE
6. Environmental crises pose biggest threats to global population over next decade: WEF Global Risks Report 2022 READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Explained: Takeaways from Forest Report READ MORE
2. Women vs the marriage fatwa: Children become adults at 18. Deciding when to marry is the basic human right of all adults READ MORE
3. Dharam Sansad: Dangerous echo READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Time to eradicate the rot in immoral political system READ MORE
2. How civil servants tackle retirement phobia—take up service extensions and live in luxury READ MORE
3. We Cannot Forget That India Is a Union of States READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Liberal economics creates illiberal societies: A new form of ‘Gandhian’ democratic socialism powered by cooperative economic enterprises is required READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Passport power READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. NBFCs must manage operational risks READ MORE
2. Preventing homeward flight: Workers must be given guarantee of employment, welfare READ MORE
3. Digital change behind IT sector job growth READ MORE
4. Disturbing Portents READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Global warming: Arctic lightning strikes up drastically in 2021 READ MORE
2. Ladakh, J&K, Himachal May Witness Rise in High Temp in 2030, 2050 and 2085: Govt Report READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Space for dreams: Under a new leadership, ISRO willneed to continue innovation READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity: In service of God and humans READ MORE
2. Basic Principles of True Success READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Investigating agencies needs independence in their working, not tenure extension for their directors’. Critically analyse the statement in the light of recent developments.
2. Discuss the pros and cons of the tenure extension of the investigating agencies’ directors.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where your fail.
• A new form of ‘Gandhian’ democratic socialism powered by cooperative economic enterprises is required.
• MoCs unique brand of faith and compassion brings hope and relief to millions of destitute, sick and abandoned people, irrespective of their country, faith, or denomination.
• India is one among a handful of countries that legally protects the rights of transgender people. But far too often, good policy is rendered effete due to hostile social attitudes. It is the government and its many arms that can beget change.
• No country can ever prosper and move forward with the kind of unprincipled political environment that is prevalent in our country.
• Migrant workers need to be given the confidence that even in the case of the pandemic worsening, they would be looked after by their employers and governments.
• The need is to strike a balance between symptom-based and testing-based strategies for ending the isolation of most patients.
• From police to spending, the growing power of the Union government has been the source of continuous conflict between the centre and states.
• A number of unforeseen developments have disturbed the trajectory visualised by the Government at the beginning of its term; a mid-term appraisal and stock taking of the Government’s priorities and policies may be required to sync them with the changed circumstances.

50-WORD TALK

• The digital transformation induced by the pandemic is here to stay. In the year just begun, Indian chief information officers will capitalise on the new interest in digital technology to survive the pandemic and ask and get fresh budgets to make the digital transformation mainstream. And as company IT budgets grow, the IT service providers will thrive. They are prepared and ready to grab this opportunity with their fresh hirings.
• India is now equipped to handle a crisis and the govt’s back is not really broken in doing so. This does not, however, mean that the economy is robust. The growth in the agriculture sector has been impressive and it is for this reason that the govt took the risk of exposing farmers to market risks. Of course, the farmers refused to bite the bait and the govt had to repeal the farm 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.

1. Faith in God, the self & in the world around READ MORE
2. Australia visa row: For now, Novak Djokovic is a free man but it may be a hollow victory READ MORE
3. Safeguarding integrity in public institutions READ MORE

1. How the past informs the present READ MORE  
2. Economic development, the nutrition trap, and metabolic disease READ MORE

1. In Great Nicobar, an EIA Points the Way for a Megaproject READ MORE
2. Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE READ MORE

1. The rise of collaboratives for social impact: The emphasis on inclusion, equity and justice, and formal collaborations could make a mark in India’s social sector READ MORE
2. How India has approached customary international law READ MORE
3. Risks of three Cs: CVC curtailing CBI’s scope for bank probes is excellent. But PSBs still face perverse incentives READ MORE
4. Challenges for ECI: Ensuring free, fair and safe elections an onerous task READ MORE
5. Government needs effective communications strategy READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Ghaziabad most polluted city, says NCAP report READ MORE
2. Supreme Court panel to probe PM Modi security breach READ MORE
3. Explained: Why does Turkmenistan plan to close its ‘Gateway to Hell’? READ MORE
4. China’s Chang’e 5 Lunar Probe Finds First On-Site Evidence of Water on Moon READ MORE
5. Red Sanders falls back in IUCN’s ‘endangered’ category READ MORE
6. PM Narendra Modi greets Indian diaspora on Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas READ MORE
7. Ex-RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed Vice President of AIIB READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. How the past informs the present READ MORE  

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. The rise of collaboratives for social impact: The emphasis on inclusion, equity and justice, and formal collaborations could make a mark in India’s social sector READ MORE
2. How India has approached customary international law READ MORE
3. Risks of three Cs: CVC curtailing CBI’s scope for bank probes is excellent. But PSBs still face perverse incentives READ MORE
4. Challenges for ECI: Ensuring free, fair and safe elections an onerous task READ MORE
5. Government needs effective communications strategy READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Economic development, the nutrition trap, and metabolic disease READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The sail that Indian diplomacy, statecraft need: Striking the right balance between continental and maritime security will enable India’s long-term security interests READ MORE
2. Disparity, escalation key issues for NPT review READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. FDI in retail: The conundrum persists READ MORE
2. Industrialisation of Space READ MORE
3. Time for a shift in balancing under IBC READ MORE
4. With RCEP now in force, India must strengthen trade & engage with other blocs, say experts READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. In Great Nicobar, an EIA Points the Way for a Megaproject READ MORE
2. Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE READ MORE

INTERNAL SECURITY

1. AFSPA debate: What could be a possible solution? READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Faith in God, the self & in the world around READ MORE
2. Australia visa row: For now, Novak Djokovic is a free man but it may be a hollow victory READ MORE
3. Safeguarding integrity in public institutions READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Striking the right balance between continental and maritime security would be the best guarantor of our long-term security interests.’ Discuss.
2. ‘True social advancement arises from the ideals and shared beliefs that weld society together’. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.
• The emphasis on inclusion, equity and justice, and formal collaborations could make a mark in India’s social sector.
• Current crises in Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Kazakhstan are reshaping the geopolitics of the region, with Russia at the very centre of that restructuring.
• Strengthening the livestock sector will not only help meet the growing demand for livestock products, but will also enhance farmers’ income, generate employment, empower women and give a fillip to livestock-based processing sectors.
• Indian support for the statement and a decision to offer similar commitment will not really demand any immediate steps that could adversely impact its nuclear deterrence.
• The way forward is tolegitimize FDI in Indian online retail. Modi should also allow 100 per cent FDI in offline retail without any riders.
• We need to restore confidence on both sides and ensure an atmosphere of reasonable operational freedom without harming people, whom the military also treats as its centre of gravity.
• True social advancement arises from the ideals and shared beliefs that weld society together.
• Maturity isn’t just taking responsibility for our actions but critically assessing the history that placed us there. The ultimate freedom is having the power to change it.

50-WORD TALK

• There’s not much to celebrate over Djokovic being allowed to play. Tennis Australia’s arbitrary rules granting Djokovic an exception shows what you can get away with if powerful. Anti-vaxxer Djokovic isn’t a hero sports needs. He has neither the grace of Nadal or Federer, nor any regard for people’s lives.
• India has welcomed the P-5 statement. In fact, New Delhi could go a step further and echo the same at an individual level. It could also call upon the P-5 to start realising their promises by joining India on the two resolutions that it annually presents at the UNGA. One of this precisely matches the P-5 promise to address nuclear dangers. India’s resolution calls for steps to reduce the risk of unintentional or accidental use of nuclear weapons.

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. Some Raj Bhavans are on the war path READ MORE
2. Unchanged: After much loss of time, SC allows EWS quota income norm to stay for this year READ MORE
3. Apprehensions persist over electoral bonds READ MORE
4. Imprudent Judgement Leaves Detainees in Despair: The human cost of detention and the implications of re-verification of NRC. READ MORE

1. Empowering Women or Curbing Rights? Increasing the minimum marriage age is not just tokenistic, but harmful. READ MORE
2. Changing Education~II READ MORE

1. Zero the way to go READ MORE
2. 2022 may continue the trend of world’s warmest years: UK Met Office READ MORE

1. Politics with the Value of ‘Honesty’? READ MORE
2. The unreality of fact and reality of fiction READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. 24th National Conference on e-Governance 2021 successfully concludes at Hyderabad READ MORE
2. Explained: France’s controversial vaccine pass bill READ MORE
3. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier begins another phase of sea trials READ MORE
4. Galápagos islands volcano erupts spewing lava and clouds of ash READ MORE
5. Expanded tiger reserve may see return of gharials in Assam READ MORE
6. Scientists can detect animal species by vacuuming their DNA out of the air READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. A prudent heritage-CSR partnership is needed READ MORE  
2. Empowering Women or Curbing Rights? Increasing the minimum marriage age is not just tokenistic, but harmful. READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Some Raj Bhavans are on the war path READ MORE
2. Unchanged: After much loss of time, SC allows EWS quota income norm to stay for this year READ MORE
3. Apprehensions persist over electoral bonds READ MORE
4. Imprudent Judgement Leaves Detainees in Despair: The human cost of detention and the implications of re-verification of NRC. READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Changing Education~II READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Maldives, China ink key deals, agree on visa exemption READ MORE
2. Japan-Australia pact shows others can move on without India in Quad READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The Devas arbitration READ MORE
2. What GDP data says about state of economy, its influence on budget priorities READ MORE
3. How India can give a boost to biofuels: Rather than bank on crop residue and used oilseeds, the focus must shift to a few feedstock crops to produce biofuels READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Zero the way to go READ MORE
2. 2022 may continue the trend of world’s warmest years: UK Met Office READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Politics with the Value of ‘Honesty’? READ MORE
2. The unreality of fact and reality of fiction READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Compare between Dissent and Disagreement in a democracy. Do you think that dissent is in principle against the social contract for the state. Justify your view.
2. The institution of bureaucracy in India is showing signs of fatigue in keeping with modern times. Do you agree?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
• Increasing the minimum marriage age is not just tokenistic, but harmful.
• Brandishing honesty through conducting raids is something that results from one’s moral discomfort with the truth.
• The National Education Policy 2020 has all the right intentions in place to propel the higher education institutions of this country in a trajectory of catalyzing innovative growth and economic development.
• India continues to harbour the illusion that more partners are better than deeper partnerships. This makes creating a regional balance against China more difficult.
• Communalism can be resisted, not by a different version of it, but only by constitutionalism. The politics of hatred need to be checked by politics of love and inclusiveness.
• India’s built heritage is predominantly falling under the jurisdictions of urban areas being governed by respective urban local bodies.
• The law would take its own course and time, but political parties in the Opposition will have to fight the elections in the meantime.
• The investment in the infrastructure to synchronise the electricity produced from RE sources with that from conventional power stations will contribute to energy security, ensure ecologically sustainable growth, and spur employment generation.
• Rather than bank on crop residue and used oilseeds, the focus must shift to a few feedstock crops to produce biofuels.

50-WORD TALK

• Fearful the health system could collapse as the Covid third wave accelerates, panicked citizens have begun stockpiling the antiviral Molnupiravir. But self-medication and over-prescription caused immeasurable harm last summer; avoidable mucormycosis deaths were just one particularly grim result. The government must ensure the use of life-saving medicines is carefully regulated.
• The Supreme Court has finally weighed in on the much-delayed NEET-PG OBC/EWS reservation matter. Not a day too soon. This will contribute immensely toward filling doctor shortages, especially when many of them are getting infected. The allocation of colleges should now be taken up immediately without the usual administrative sloth.

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. Inter-Caste Marriage ; Need For Strict Implementation of LaxmiBai Judgment READ MORE
2. Power Of Judicial Review: How Supreme Court Caused Changes In Government Decisions in 2021 READ MORE
3. To bridge the digital divide, bridge the distance between student and teacher READ MORE
4. Social justice forays into medical education READ MORE

1. Is it right to increase the age of marriage of women to 21? READ MORE
2. Raising marital age of women: Smashing patriarchy or further regression? READ MORE

1. Come Up With Conservation Plan For Sarus Crane Birds: Bombay HC Tells Govt READ MORE
2. Wet end of 2021 leads to fewer migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika this year READ MORE

1. The Meaning Of Life READ MORE
2. Vigilantism is about failure of the system: Life, goes the cliche, imitates art. But life is not a film that ends in a few hours. READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Turkmenistan on Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management READ MORE
2. Cabinet approves Agreement between India and Spain on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters READ MORE
3. Cabinet approves MoU between India and Nepal for construction of bridge over Mahakali River at Dharchula (India) – Dharchula (Nepal) READ MORE
4. Seasonal fluctuations in darters’ movements being monitored READ MORE
5. Cabinet approves Rs 12,000 crore for second phase of Green Energy Corridor READ MORE
6. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu among 5 Indian states with dirtiest coal power stations: CSE analysis READ MORE
7. Airtel Payments Bank gets permission to function as scheduled bank from RBI READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Is it right to increase the age of marriage of women to 21? READ MORE
2. Raising marital age of women: Smashing patriarchy or further regression? READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Inter-Caste Marriage ; Need For Strict Implementation of LaxmiBai Judgment READ MORE
2. Power Of Judicial Review: How Supreme Court Caused Changes In Government Decisions in 2021 READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Worrying trends in nutrition indicators in NFHS-5 data READ MORE
2. To bridge the digital divide, bridge the distance between student and teacher READ MORE
3. Social justice forays into medical education READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The US-Russia tango, and the Indo-Pacific READ MORE
2. Building up on Indo-French ties READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The politics of a Minimum Support Price: Facilitating a bargain between wealth accumulators and welfare seekers seems to have become the key function of politics READ MORE  
2. Bridging tech and agriculture READ MORE
3. Roadblocks remain on way to economic growth READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Come Up With Conservation Plan For Sarus Crane Birds: Bombay HC Tells Govt READ MORE
2. Wet end of 2021 leads to fewer migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika this year READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The Meaning Of Life READ MORE
2. Vigilantism is about failure of the system: Life, goes the cliche, imitates art. But life is not a film that ends in a few hours. READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Empowerment of women through education should be a priority irrespective of the law’. Discuss the statement.
2. Discuss the role of technology to improve crop productivity and farmer welfare.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Always be a little kinder than necessary.
• Empowerment of women through education should be a priority irrespective of the law.
• Facilitating a bargain between wealth accumulators and welfare seekers seems to have become the key function of politics.
• Welfare schemes have created significant development outcomes in the long and short term, as experience from many Indian States over the decades shows. They were seen as the deepening of democracy.
• When welfare is weaponised to mute substantive political questions, its impact on democracy is less reassuring. The current generation of welfare schemes do not come as a right of citizens but as the generosity of the individual leader.
• India’s nutrition programmes must undergo a periodic review addressing gaps such as institutional delivery and adolescent anaemia.
• Stability in Russia-US ties will alleviate pressure on India at a time when the rise of China has changed the geopolitical calculus for the Indo-Pacific.
• A careful reading of their experiences suggests an underlying challenge in online education post-Covid — the limited presence of teachers.
• Healthcare is a matter of national importance, a key to Swasth Bharat, and the resident doctors are crucial for the entire healthcare system.
• The proposed law to raise the marital age of Indian women is not very productive in the attainment of better health and education health status for them.

50-WORD TALK

• The outcome of the third wave, yet in its initial stages, will unfold itself much later. But dealing with its impact on the economy immediately is becoming a major challenge for both the Central and state governments in 2022. It has already claimed its first casualty. The contact-intensive sectors that were poised for a resurgence are again facing a slump.

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. Supreme Court must ensure hate speech guilty are punished READ MORE
2. Age & agility READ MORE
3. Opinion: The electoral bonds act akin to a ‘token’ in the hawala model READ MORE

1. What the targeting of Muslim women really means READ MORE
2. Food insecurity and child malnutrition: New empirical evidence from India READ MORE

1. Protect the Aravalli range: Thar desert can creep towards the east READ MORE  
2. Climate funds: Developed nations must step up READ MORE
3. Moving beyond a zero-sum approach: In many situations, acting for oneself as well as the group gets the best results READ MORE

1. Message from Mumbai: Online mobs spreading hate should not be allowed to continue their work with impunity READ MORE
2. Great ecstasy comes from doing something useless READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Write-offs in Covid year helped banks reduce bad loans: RBI READ MORE
2. Bhojeshwara temple: A hidden living gem READ MORE
3. Six One District One Product brands launched under the PMFME scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries READ MORE
4. UJALA completes 7 years of energy-efficient and affordable LED distribution READ MORE
5. 74 lakh birds flock to Chilika, the largest wintering ground in the Indian subcontinent READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Protect the Aravalli range: Thar desert can creep towards the east READ MORE  
2. What the targeting of Muslim women really means READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Supreme Court must ensure hate speech guilty are punished READ MORE
2. Age & agility READ MORE
3. Opinion: The electoral bonds act akin to a ‘token’ in the hawala model READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Food insecurity and child malnutrition: New empirical evidence from India READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The Chinese challenge uncovers India’s fragilities: The border crisis has laid bare political, economic and diplomatic problems — the result of choices made after 2014 READ MORE
2. China: An abiding challenge for India READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The infrastructure push: Higher expenditure will be needed to sustain recovery READ MORE
2. Missing: Bank Credit Engine in India’s Economic Growth READ MORE
3. To achieve $ 5 trillion GDP goal, India needs to revamp its regulatory frameworks READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Climate funds: Developed nations must step up READ MORE
2. Moving beyond a zero-sum approach: In many situations, acting for oneself as well as the group gets the best results READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Why short-termism is a recipe for disaster READ MORE
2. Thailand’s new early warning technology to protect 70 million from disasters READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Message from Mumbai: Online mobs spreading hate should not be allowed to continue their work with impunity READ MORE
2. Great ecstasy comes from doing something useless READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The judiciary has an absolute obligation and duty to step in when the executive fails in the enforcement of the fundamental rights of citizens’. Substantiate the statement.
2. ‘The principle of constitutionalism is now a legal principle that requires control over the exercise of governmental power to ensure that it does not destroy the democratic principles upon which it is based’. Analyse.
3. ‘Without transforming society from a neutral or contentious to a collaborative stance, expecting public-private-partnerships to work is unrealistic’. Critically examine.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
• Quick, appropriate regulatory frameworks that respond to technological changes and innovations are in themselves a significant source of value creation in an economy.
• The targeting of Muslim women is not just a one-off thing; it is well ideated and deliberated. This is not just an attack on Muslim women alone; it’s an attack on religious identity, a normalisation of the ‘othering’ and dehumanisation of Muslims.
• The electoral bonds scheme seems to be a systematic design to route the black money of the ruling political party at the Centre through its crony corporates.
• Prompt reporting of cases, well-trained investigators and prosecutors, fast and fair trial are essential to control cyber crimes against women.
• The rule of law is a basic structure and basic feature of the Constitution. It clearly obliges the executive to enforce the law, without fear or favour.
• The judiciary has an absolute obligation and duty to step in when the executive fails in the enforcement of the fundamental rights of citizens.
• The principle of constitutionalism is now a legal principle that requires control over the exercise of governmental power to ensure that it does not destroy the democratic principles upon which it is based.
• A distinction between development and climate finance is vital. More funds are needed for climate adaptation projects.
• As the LAC challenge heightens, India must evolve a resolute and effective holding strategy to prevent further salami-slicing by PLA.
• Without transforming society from a neutral or contentious to a collaborative stance, expecting public-private partnerships to work is unrealistic.
• While latest data signals nascent signs of recovery, it will be misleading to accept it at face value without accounting for the headwinds that lie in wait in the Indian macroeconomic scene.

50-WORD TALK

• PM Modi cancelling the Ferozepur rally due to a ‘security lapse’ is disturbing. His safety is of prime concern. Its politicization is deplorable. What’s equally disconcerting is how politicians are holding meetings and rallies in poll-bound states as the third wave of the pandemic hits India. They are setting a terrible example.
• India’s first Omicron case was in November, but we are still quoting data from South Africa and the UK to plan strategy. Without India-specific data about mortality, hospitalisation and demography of cases – Mumbai is an exception — we are shooting in the dark. Data transparency is a casualty of the pandemic.

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 main 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.