1. Resolving the gig paradox READ MORE  
2. Double standards: Supreme Court shows Centre the mirror READ MORE
3. No confidence motion will not bring solace to Manipur READ MORE
4. Mediation Bill, 2021: A welcome legislation: Mediation will help reduce the case burden on courts READ MORE
5. Pending cases cross 5-crore: Justice delayed is justice denied READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Lok Sabha Speaker accepts the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against the Modi government READ MORE  
2. Citing FATF, Centre urges Supreme Court to let S.K. Mishra continue as Enforcement Directorate chief READ MORE
3. Lok Sabha passes Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill READ MORE
4. Centre moves Bill to nominate 2 Kashmiri migrants to J&K Assembly READ MORE
5. Blinken visits Tonga; slams China’s actions READ MORE
6. 530 districts reported as free of manual scavenging: Centre READ MORE
7. What is the Biodiversity Act? What changes has the Lok Sabha cleared in the law? READ MORE
8. Cases for climate justice more than doubled globally since 2017, finds UNEP READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a water deal — what that means for other Nile River states READ MORE
2. Caste has no place in a modern democracy READ MORE
3. Opinion: UCC undermines autonomy of Scheduled Tribes READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Resolving the gig paradox READ MORE  
2. Double standards: Supreme Court shows Centre the mirror READ MORE
3. No confidence motion will not bring solace to Manipur READ MORE
4. Mediation Bill, 2021: A welcome legislation: Mediation will help reduce the case burden on courts READ MORE
5. Pending cases cross 5-crore: Justice delayed is justice denied READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Indian education system creating new forms of inequality. Caste, class lines now more defined READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The SCO is a success story that can get better READ MORE
2. Expansion of five-nation BRICS faces diverse challenges READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Resilient, but just: On the IMF’s economic outlook and lopsided growth READ MORE
2. Shedding more light on the debt dilemma READ MORE
3. EU’s green rules will derail trade READ MORE
4. Power sector remains a work in progress READ MORE
5. India can’t lead the Global South and not feed it READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Combating climate change & its horrific impact READ MORE
2. The eco collapse we were warned about has begun READ MORE

DISASTER

1. Explained | Himachal floods: a man-made disaster? READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Let your work speak for your personality READ MORE
2. The death penalty: a breach of human rights and ethics of care READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Despite India’s consistent efforts in implementing nutrition programmes such as the ICDS, mid-day meals, and Poshan Abhiyaan over the years, malnutrition remains a persistent challenge for the country. How would you justify this statement?
2. The powers to promulgate regulations with respect to Union Territories rest with the President, undermining the role of parliament in rule-making. Critically examine.
3. Having only one elected Member of Parliament from each Union Territory does not compensate for the absence of local governance. In the light of the statement critically analyse the constitutional justification for Union Territories and their centralised administrative system.
4. As India finds common ground with the US in advancing a regional approach for addressing shared development challenges, it has to continue to maintain its independent strategic vision of its extended neighbourhood in West Asia. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.
• Huge tuition fees and increased living costs in major urban centers where these desirable educational institutes are located are segregating student bodies along caste and class lines.
• Despite India’s consistent efforts in implementing nutrition programmes such as the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), mid-day meals, and Poshan Abhiyaan over the years, malnutrition remains a persistent challenge for the country.
• As the economy and population surge forward, the need for comprehensive judicial reforms becomes increasingly urgent.
• India’s power sector is on the path to better financial health, efficiency, and productivity, and political will has clearly been a major factor for this revival.
• Having only one elected Member of Parliament from each Union Territory does not compensate for the absence of local governance.
• The unelected bureaucratic system is operating with a sense of entitlement, as if they have been given free rein over the archipelagos, disregarding their history, nature, and the local population’s sensibilities.
• The policies of successive governments in recording land rights have broken down customary land governance systems, intensified their marginalisation and created social conflict amongst the tribals.
• As India finds common ground with the US in advancing a regional approach for addressing shared development challenges, it will continue to maintain its independent strategic vision of its extended neighbourhood in West Asia.
• An inclusive policy demands that disability’s impact on poverty be addressed and includes a capabilities approach.
• The conventional growth strategy will take longer to remove poverty. The alternative strategy will do the job faster, provided it can keep inflation at bay.
• Political dispensation has little impact on crime rates, highlighting the need for effective prosecution to combat caste crimes.
• With growing need for a ‘reduce-reuse-recycle’ model, India’s G-20 presidency has focused on adopting resource efficiency and moving to a circular economy.

ESSAY TOPIC

• A secure and reliable cyber space is the key to national security.

50-WORD TALK

• Indian Navy gearing up for the maiden trials of India’s indigenously developed ocean-going multirole unmanned surface vessel is a huge step. This project is of extreme strategic interests and a successful completion would open up the Navy to a new paradigm in changing warfare, visible in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
• The fact that just 1-2% Indians pay income tax is a stark indicator of how skewed our tax system is. Although compliance is improving, the tax base isn’t widening fast enough. Such a small proportion of taxpayers in a growing economy implies rampant evasion. The answer is lower tax rates.

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. Why Oppenheimer’s moral dilemma is as significant as the atom bomb READ MORE
2. A fearless conviction that conquered death READ MORE
3. To help girls, focus on oversight, social evils READ MORE
4. The pursuit of perfection READ MORE

1. Moon missions offer tough tests – landers, the toughest READ MORE
2. What’s the Biodiversity (Amendment) Bill passed by Lok Sabha & why it is facing criticism READ MORE
3. The eco collapse we were warned about has begun READ MORE

1. Caste has no place in a modern democracy READ MORE
2. Opinion: UCC undermines autonomy of Scheduled Tribes READ MORE
3. India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis READ MORE

1. A welcome amendment: Sub-registrars have been empowered as well as made responsible for genuine registrations READ MORE  
2. Why Niti Aayog report must include disability data READ MORE
3. Free speech limits~I READ MORE
4. Free speech limits~II READ MORE
5. Multidimensional Poverty: How Do the Best States in NITI Aayog’s Report Perform? READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. The ultra-careful quest to find the shape of the electron’s charge READ MORE  
2. IMF lifts India growth forecast a tad to 6.1% READ MORE
3. IMF: India’s rice curbs could spur inflation READ MORE
4. President opens tribal arts gallery at Rashtrapati Bhavan as she finishes a year in office READ MORE
5. Lok Sabha passes contentious Biological Diversity Bill amid din READ MORE
6. Non-basmati white rice: IMF ‘encourages’ India to remove export restrictions READ MORE
7. What is a no confidence motion? READ MORE
8. What a scientist has claimed about finding ‘alien life’, and why his peers are irked READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Moon missions offer tough tests – landers, the toughest READ MORE
2. Caste has no place in a modern democracy READ MORE
3. Opinion: UCC undermines autonomy of Scheduled Tribes READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. A welcome amendment: Sub-registrars have been empowered as well as made responsible for genuine registrations READ MORE  
2. Why Niti Aayog report must include disability data READ MORE
3. Free speech limits~I READ MORE
4. Free speech limits~II READ MORE
5. Multidimensional Poverty: How Do the Best States in NITI Aayog’s Report Perform? READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. C Raja Mohan writes: Why India may not be averse to UAE rescuing Pakistan’s economy READ MORE  
2. India’s Turn to Mini-lateralism in West Asian Context READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Drawn from gig workers’ struggles, hewn in Rajasthan READ MORE
2. Moving away from the ‘take-make-dispose’ model READ MORE
3. Is the external sector resilient? READ MORE
4. SDGs are unlikely to be met. What comes next? READ MORE
5. Change economic growth strategy to banish poverty faster READ MORE
6. Changing hues of migration READ MORE
7. Unemployment crisis in India is an invisible epidemic READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. What’s the Biodiversity (Amendment) Bill passed by Lok Sabha & why it is facing criticism READ MORE
2. The eco collapse we were warned about has begun READ MORE

DISASTER

1. Explained | Himachal floods: a man-made disaster? READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Why Oppenheimer’s moral dilemma is as significant as the atom bomb READ MORE
2. A fearless conviction that conquered death READ MORE
3. To help girls, focus on oversight, social evils READ MORE
4. The pursuit of perfection READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Despite India’s consistent efforts in implementing nutrition programmes such as the ICDS, mid-day meals, and Poshan Abhiyaan over the years, malnutrition remains a persistent challenge for the country. How would you justify this statement?
2. The powers to promulgate regulations with respect to Union Territories rest with the President, undermining the role of parliament in rule-making. Critically examine.
3. Having only one elected Member of Parliament from each Union Territory does not compensate for the absence of local governance. In the light of the statement critically analyse the constitutional justification for Union Territories and their centralised administrative system.
4. As India finds common ground with the US in advancing a regional approach for addressing shared development challenges, it has to continue to maintain its independent strategic vision of its extended neighbourhood in West Asia. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking.
• To create jobs for so many people, the country has to boost its annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
• Despite India’s consistent efforts in implementing nutrition programmes such as the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), mid-day meals, and Poshan Abhiyaan over the years, malnutrition remains a persistent challenge for the country.
• It is essential to critically analyse the constitutional justification for Union Territories and their centralised administrative system.
• The powers to promulgate regulations with respect to Union Territories rest with the President, undermining the role of parliament in rule-making.
• Having only one elected Member of Parliament from each Union Territory does not compensate for the absence of local governance.
• The unelected bureaucratic system is operating with a sense of entitlement, as if they have been given free rein over the archipelagos, disregarding their history, nature, and the local population’s sensibilities.
• The policies of successive governments in recording land rights have broken down customary land governance systems, intensified their marginalisation and created social conflict amongst the tribals.
• As India finds common ground with the US in advancing a regional approach for addressing shared development challenges, it will continue to maintain its independent strategic vision of its extended neighbourhood in West Asia.
• An inclusive policy demands that disability’s impact on poverty be addressed and includes a capabilities approach.
• The conventional growth strategy will take longer to remove poverty. The alternative strategy will do the job faster, provided it can keep inflation at bay.
• Political dispensation has little impact on crime rates, highlighting the need for effective prosecution to combat caste crimes.
• With growing need for a ‘reduce-reuse-recycle’ model, India’s G-20 presidency has focused on adopting resource efficiency and moving to a circular economy.

ESSAY TOPIC

• A secure and reliable cyber space is the key to national security.

50-WORD TALK

• Indian Navy gearing up for the maiden trials of India’s indigenously developed ocean-going multirole unmanned surface vessel is a huge step. This project is of extreme strategic interests and a successful completion would open up the Navy to a new paradigm in changing warfare, visible in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED. Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

1. Why Oppenheimer’s moral dilemma is as significant as the atom bomb READ MORE
2. A fearless conviction that conquered death READ MORE
3. To help girls, focus on oversight, social evils READ MORE
4. The pursuit of perfection READ MORE

1. What are marine heat waves, which have gripped parts of the world’s oceans this summer? READ MORE
2. Monsoon 2023: Two weather phenomena to decide fate of agriculture in Indo-Gangetic belt READ MORE

1. Haryana sex ratio: Dip in numbers must trigger robust response READ MORE
2. Why Same Sex Marriage Should Not Be Called an Urban, Elitist Demand READ MORE

1. Never-ending saga: on the legal wrangling between the Centre and the Government of the National Capital Territory READ MORE
2. Unplug the internet more judiciously READ MORE
3. This was a fit case to deny bail READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. ISRO to launch PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore’s new imaging satellite READ MORE  
2. Centre plans nationwide events under ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ campaign in August READ MORE
3. Civil areas of 58 cantonments to be merged with municipalities READ MORE
4. Bill introduced in LS to add in Chhattisgarh SC list READ MORE
5. House panel expresses concern over slow documentation of antiquities READ MORE
6. Kharif sowing turns around to rise 1.2% amid excess rain READ MORE
7. ICMR argues for controlled human infection studies READ MORE
8. Gig workers welfare Bill passed in Rajasthan READ MORE
9. Ethanol+petrol: How to blend more and blend better READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Remembering Tilak, the Father of India’s Revolution READ MORE
2. What are marine heat waves, which have gripped parts of the world’s oceans this summer? READ MORE
3. Monsoon 2023: Two weather phenomena to decide fate of agriculture in Indo-Gangetic belt READ MORE
4. Haryana sex ratio: Dip in numbers must trigger robust response READ MORE
5. Why Same Sex Marriage Should Not Be Called an Urban, Elitist Demand READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Never-ending saga: on the legal wrangling between the Centre and the Government of the National Capital Territory READ MORE
2. Unplug the internet more judiciously READ MORE
3. This was a fit case to deny bail READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Unravelling Ayushman Card’s impact on healthcare READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. ASEAN, a persistence with dialogue, on a trodden path READ MORE  
2. Still incomplete: on India-Sri Lanka ties and their vision READ MORE
3. End Manipur violence or forget Acting East READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Scrap priority sector lending READ MORE
2. Down But Not Out: On the Indian Government’s Semiconductor Fab Ambition READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Climate, inflation and elections: Extreme weather ahead READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. A case for a new pronoun for AI READ MORE

SECURITY

1. ‘Eye on Eye’ in the times of cyberwarfare is an eye-opener READ MORE
2. Hybridity in Warfare: A Compelling Dimension in Modern Wars READ MORE

DISASTER

1. A big step in reducing the risk of disasters READ MORE
2. Floods Often Caused By Unplanned Development READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Why Oppenheimer’s moral dilemma is as significant as the atom bomb READ MORE
2. A fearless conviction that conquered death READ MORE
3. To help girls, focus on oversight, social evils READ MORE
4. The pursuit of perfection READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Cyber-security has become the foundational layer to all domains of national security and can no longer be ignored, as it impacts national security planners and practitioners across the public policy spectrum. Analyse.
2. Low-income levels at the bottom of the pyramid and limited avenues for income growth have meant India is stuck fighting poverty through subsidies and ‘freebies’ rather than with more effective and long-lasting measures. How would you justify this statement?
3. How far do you agree with this view that the Priority Sector Lending policy should be scrapped as it has lost its relevance in 21st-century economic policy shift and shrinking the banking policy choice? Justify your view with relevant examples.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
• With the rise of China and other regional powers which are as disruptive as the rising ones, inter-state wars seem to be re-emerging as a pre-eminent form of conflict, albeit in a newer form.
• The digital age is shaping the geopolitics and future of warfare, in ways the nuclear weapons shaped deterrence and conflict in the 20th century
• A secure and reliable cyber space is the key to national security. Be it the economy, food, health, energy, infrastructure, banking and financial sectors, all of these domains contribute to the security and well-being of the state.
• Cyber-security has become the foundational layer to all domains of national security can no longer be ignored, as it impacts national security planners and practitioners across the public policy spectrum.
• The security implications of an increasing cyber and technological rivalry between adversarial states are therefore immense. For instance, any disruption in the key information infrastructure or hi-technology related production lines can have severe implications and consequences for national security.
• With increasing budgetary allocations to India’s military modernisation effort, a policy alignment might be necessary to maintain the right balance in the development, production and fielding of required kinetic and non-kinetic war-fighting capabilities.
• The Central and State Governments should make advance arrangements to deal with natural calamities keeping in view such international and national reports.
• Low income levels at the bottom of the pyramid, a frustrating lack of accurate consumption data, and limited avenues for income growth have meant India is stuck fighting poverty through subsidies and ‘freebies’ rather than with more effective and long-lasting measures.
• Rather than making people less poor by increasing income levels, the freebies increasingly will be, to instead help them spend less. This is not a great situation to be in.
• Priority Sector Lending is a legacy of the socialist era. It creates distortion in credit flows, keeps bank officials busy with target fulfillment and is prone to blatant misuse.
• Inclusive and multi-hazard early warning systems are among the most effective means of reducing disaster deaths and economic losses.

ESSAY TOPIC

• A secure and reliable cyber space is the key to national security.

50-WORD TALK

• After a string of cheetah deaths, now radio collars are being blamed and removed from the surviving ones – without robust scientific evidence. This, after claiming they died of natural causes. Translocation is intricate and should have science at its heart. The government appears to be tweaking policy on the go.

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. Expressing truth READ MORE
2. Why accountability is so important READ MORE

1. What are marine heat waves, which have gripped parts of the world’s oceans this summer? READ MORE
2. Monsoon 2023: Two weather phenomena to decide fate of agriculture in Indo-Gangetic belt READ MORE

1. To help girls, focus on oversight, social evils READ MORE
2. India’s middle class is expanding, thanks to rapid urbanisation. This will reshape the economy READ MORE

1. Can new data panel improve India’s statistics? READ MORE
2. On ED’s power to arrest and seek custody READ MORE
3. The politics of the Uniform Civil Code READ MORE
4. How to draft a Uniform Civil Code: The first requirements are removing rules that discriminate against women, including those related to marriage and inheritance READ MORE
5. Why accountability is so important READ MORE
6. Why the recent US Supreme Court judgment on affirmative action is a race to the bottom India should avoid READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. A muted cheer READ MORE  
2. Captive-bred vultures take wing in forest expanses READ MORE
3. Imphal civil society body COCOMI writes to European Parliament on Manipur READ MORE
4. Russia strikes Odesa cathedral, as Putin says Ukraine counteroffensive ‘failed’ READ MORE
5. Ethanol+petrol: How to blend more and blend better READ MORE
6. G20 energy ministers call for cooperation on nuclear energy & low-emission hydrogen READ MORE
7. Fix at source: Bengaluru must rope in bulk generators to decentralise waste management READ MORE
8. Why India’s non-Basmati rice export ban could hit global markets hard READ MORE
9. Scientists Find Clue to What Makes Multiple Sclerosis Worse READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. What are marine heat waves, which have gripped parts of the world’s oceans this summer? READ MORE
2. Monsoon 2023: Two weather phenomena to decide fate of agriculture in Indo-Gangetic belt READ MORE
3. To help girls, focus on oversight, social evils READ MORE
4. India’s middle class is expanding, thanks to rapid urbanisation. This will reshape the economy READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Can new data panel improve India’s statistics? READ MORE
2. On ED’s power to arrest and seek custody READ MORE
3. The politics of the Uniform Civil Code READ MORE
4. How to draft a Uniform Civil Code: The first requirements are removing rules that discriminate against women, including those related to marriage and inheritance READ MORE
5. Why accountability is so important READ MORE
6. Why the recent US Supreme Court judgment on affirmative action is a race to the bottom India should avoid READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Unravelling Ayushman Card’s impact on healthcare READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Dilemmas of India’s great power ambitions READ MORE   
2. India-France can be a potent force READ MORE
3. Why NATO is enhancing engagement with Indo-Pacific allies READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Downhill driving: On India’s overall trend of exports- Shrinking trade volumes pose a risk for this year’s growth hopes READ MORE
2. Ashok Gulati, Manish Kumar Prasad write: How not to tame inflation READ MORE
3. Indian economy surges ahead despite challenges READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Deep ecology, not shallow environmentalism needed READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. A case for a new pronoun for AI READ MORE

SECURITY

1. National cybersecurity strategy should spur digital resilience READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Expressing truth READ MORE
2. Why accountability is so important READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. By addressing the barriers to healthcare access and affordability, Ayushman Bharat strives to improve health and reduce health inequalities. Critically examine.
2. The first requirement is removing rules that discriminate against women, including those related to marriage and inheritance. In light of the statement, discuss what should be the government approach in implementing Uniform Civil Code?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Our Gods of wealth and prosperity like clean spaces, hence all the spring cleaning before a festival.
• What comes with the stream will run with the water.
• Despite the affirmative action policies’ near-constitutional permanence, their ineffectiveness in holistically transforming the lives of its beneficiaries is nothing short of an incredible failure.
• The evolving consciousness of humanity is moving inexorably to the development of a new planetary culture. In an ecological sense, humanity has appeared, in many respects, to be a delinquent species running out of control.
• Land must be made fertile again with the help of trees of mixed species, and the earth once again be clothed in a green mantle of trees. The balance of nature must be restored. Paradise must be regained.”
• Present-day lifestyles of a consumerist society, from the affluent and the middle class to the vast majority of the poor in the world is unsustainable. Far-reaching changes are urgently needed.
• Civilization itself does not arise merely from material progress, but rather is defined by and founded upon the ideals and shared beliefs that weld society together.
• India and France are already working on a trilateral platform with Australia and UAE, and plan to expand the net on most critical areas of maritime cooperation, security, climate change etc to a wider bunch of nations impacted in the region.
• Interpersonal skills are not only valuable for a leader, but they are such values that one uses in everyday life.
• Interpersonal skills are important to live a happy and successful life.
• Interpersonal skills are traits one can rely on when one interacts and communicates with others.
• By addressing the barriers to healthcare access and affordability, Ayushman Bharat strives to improve health and reduce health inequalities.
• Ayushman Card has emerged as a game-changer in India by addressing the barriers to healthcare access and affordability.
• Law enforcement does not take too well name-dropping, arguments or bending the rules towards any authority of power, as they slam the rulebook at anyone caught doing a misdemeanour.
• The resilience and vibrancy shown by Indian economy gives hope and optimism for the global economy which is going through tough times.
• Exploring and harnessing the power of technology without letting it be misused and abused, also becomes important, as it is the technology that is the greatest leveller and empowering element when it comes to governance, financial inclusion and ease of living.
• The trigger for NATO’s engagement with Indo-Pacific allies is the Ukraine crisis and not the Chinese threat to the region.
• India can contain CPI inflation within 6 per cent, provided it uses import policy for food products liberally and well in time.
• Artificial Intelligence requires pronouns to establish an identity that is distinct from that of humans, and it is a right, for ethical and security reasons, to know that a person is indeed dealing with a bot.
• Even though domestic inabilities will continue to moderate New Delhi’s ability to influence the world order, being unwilling to be a ‘global rule shaper’ would be a strategic blunder.

ESSAY TOPIC

• What comes with the stream will run with the water.

50-WORD TALK

• Amid global economic upheavals, the Indian economy has shown much vibrancy, and also optimism for the global economy. Even IMF has just said that the Indian economy will contribute 15% to the overall growth of the world economy. Here, constant progress on Sustainable Development Goals is also very much needed to withstand future challenges.

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. After Manipur, our self-serving morality READ MORE
2. The true treasure READ MORE
3. What is Character? READ MORE

1. To tackle the climate crisis, address inequality READ MORE
2. Why One Deforestation Solution Has Yet To Stop Massive Tree Loss READ MORE
3. Urban wetlands in India need urgent attention READ MORE

1. Building an inclusive social safety system READ MORE
2. India’s rising ruralisation defies claims of declining poverty READ MORE
3. Child labour needs our urgent attention READ MORE

1. An Internet ban will not restore peace in Manipur READ MORE
2. Is the delimitation question settled? READ MORE
3. Supreme Court rescues rule of law READ MORE
4. Asymmetrical federalism & abrogation of Art 370 READ MORE
5. 5 crore and counting: Huge case pendency impeding delivery of justice READ MORE
6. Revisit provisions of Model Prisons Act to plug loopholes READ MORE
7. Govt erred in deputing IAS officers READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Assam Rifles files sedition case against Imphal group READ MORE  
2. Consider Indian languages as an optional medium of instruction, CBSE tells schools READ MORE
3. Online portal launched to report violation of ban on e-cigarettes READ MORE
4. Wordly Wise: Some Moon talk ahead of Chandrayaan 3’s lunar rendezvous READ MORE
5. Adjournment Motion, Rule 267: Ways to seek urgent discussion in Parliament READ MORE
6. Oppenheimer and others underestimated fallout of the Trinity nuclear test, new study finds READ MORE
7. The dramatic transformation of India’s oil trade with Russia, in seven charts READ MORE
8. Scientists Find Clue to What Makes Multiple Sclerosis Worse READ MORE

Main

GS Paper- 1

1. Building an inclusive social safety system READ MORE
2. India’s rising ruralisation defies claims of declining poverty READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. An Internet ban will not restore peace in Manipur READ MORE
2. Is the delimitation question settled? READ MORE
3. Supreme Court rescues rule of law READ MORE
4. Asymmetrical federalism & abrogation of Art 370 READ MORE
5. 5 crore and counting: Huge case pendency impeding delivery of justice READ MORE
6. Revisit provisions of Model Prisons Act to plug loopholes READ MORE
7. Govt erred in deputing IAS officers READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Child labour needs our urgent attention READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

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GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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2. Time to focus on digital-led manufacturing READ MORE
3. Most MSMEs Are Not Even in the Policy Net READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. To tackle the climate crisis, address inequality READ MORE
2. Why One Deforestation Solution Has Yet To Stop Massive Tree Loss READ MORE
3. Urban wetlands in India need urgent attention READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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SECURITY

1. National cybersecurity strategy should spur digital resilience READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Urban flooding: Delhi’s inundation should be a wake-up call for India’s policymakers READ MORE
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GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

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Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Building character requires repetition and consistency of behaviour. This first step is to identify own core values and it also helps to develop a personal code of ethics. Comment.
2. Virtue-based ethics emphasises on which rules people should follow and instead focuses on helping people develop good character traits. Analyse.
3. Compared to the statutes of many Western Democracies, the Constitution of India is less federal. Even then, it accommodates a degree of asymmetrical federalism. How would you justify this statement?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
• Coherent management and governance of urban wetlands in India needs to be initiated to secure the urban ecological balance and add to the city’s economic value.
• Building character requires repetition and consistency of behavior. The first step is to identify your own core values. It also helps to develop a personal code of ethics and a mission statement that incorporates those values.
• Simplification of the GST structure does not necessarily mean harmonisation of rates between the union and states.
• A successful model of sustainable urban wetland management in India will have lessons for densely populated cities across the world facing similar challenges.
• Despite their significance, the MSMEs’ challenges have only increased for three reasons: demonetisation, followed by some degree of forced ‘formalisation’ (of sorts) due to GST, and then an ill-planned lockdown of unnecessarily harsh strictness.
• India is no longer fastest-growing large economy, nor is it benefiting from ‘China Plus One’ scenario. But on inflation, deficit management, forex reserves & stable rupee, it has done well.
• When our partnership progresses, economic resilience increases, innovation grows, science flourishes, knowledge advances, humanity benefits … the world will be a better place.
• The Model Prisons Act, in its present form, appears to suffer from policy paralysis and is crippled by inappropriate drafting. A case is made out to revisit its provisions.
• Hopefully, the best and worst practices shall be shared by the departments dealing with cybersecurity, critical infrastructure and Internet governance with the NSCS.
• Compared to the statutes of many western democracies, the Constitution of India is less federal. Even then, it accommodates a degree of asymmetrical federalism.

ESSAY TOPIC

• India needs to move from ‘spending more’ to ‘spending better’ in education

50-WORD TALK

• CJI Chandrachud’s letter to HC chief justices saying ‘protocol shouldn’t become privilege’ sets the right precedent for the judiciary’s credibility. It should apply to all judges and in all situations. Exemption from paying toll and stopping traffic are some such protocols, but they must not become tools for VIP culture.
• The series of recent high-level American visits from Blinken to Yellen to Kerry to China is a healthy sign that the big powers are engaging. It’s in nobody’s interest that the world gets split into two irreconcilable blocs. Any effort seeking to moderate Beijing’s conduct is in India’s strategic interest.
• India’s rice export bans, last year and now, don’t reconcile with its ongoing plans to use rice for ethanol blending. Rice-based ethanol makes sense if rice supplies are surplus to food requirements. Export bans suggest such a surplus doesn’t exist. Better instead to use less water-intensive corn for ethanol production.
• Fuel prices remaining unchanged since mid-2022, despite falling oil prices, highlights the need for transparency in the government’s pricing policy. A dynamic market-linked policy loses meaning if it’s neither dynamic nor market-linked. With oil marketing companies back in profit, it’s time to restore daily price revisions or officially abandon them.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED. Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

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