1. BL Explainer: What is the Uniform Civil Code all about? READ MORE
2. To be just, UCC needs openness and honesty READ MORE
3. Fact vs fake: Right to dissent must prevail READ MORE
4. Democracy is about institutionalisation of values READ MORE
5. UCC: New India needs new beginnings READ MORE
6. Basic Structure Doctrine: Its genesis and Indian Parliament READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Govt to soon share infrastructure data from Gati Shakti portal with industry, investors READ MORE  
2. ‘GST registered firms must geocode their addresses’ READ MORE
3. AIIB says internal review found ‘no evidence’ of China influence READ MORE
4. ‘Selective ban’ of messaging apps may be looked at: TRAI READ MORE
5. Hydrogen fuel-cell buses likely to be tested in Delhi later this year READ MORE
6. Deport Khalistan elements: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval tells U.K. counterpart Tim Barrow READ MORE
7. How Amazon deforestation rates have fallen since Bolsonaro READ MORE
8. How semiconductors became the flashpoint in the US-China rivalry READ MORE
9. Diarrhoea-causing pathogen becoming prevalent in Kolkata, prevention & control strategies needed: Study READ MORE
10. How Euclid Space Mission, Set for Launch, Will Test Alternative Theories Of Gravity READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

1. Over 50% of world population to face water shortages by 2050: FAO urges countries to prepare for it READ MORE
2. Reservoirs in India face water crunch as monsoon progress remains poor READ MORE
3. Opinion: UCC undermines autonomy of Scheduled Tribes READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. BL Explainer: What is the Uniform Civil Code all about? READ MORE
2. To be just, UCC needs openness and honesty READ MORE
3. Fact vs fake: Right to dissent must prevail READ MORE
4. Democracy is about institutionalisation of values READ MORE
5. UCC: New India needs new beginnings READ MORE
6. Basic Structure Doctrine: Its genesis and Indian Parliament READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. ‘Assistive technology’ is a boon for persons with disabilities READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Sobriety after the euphoria of the U.S. state visit READ MORE
2. SCO for multipolar world order READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Economic compulsions must override politics READ MORE
2. With China’s economy in a slumber, US’s position as world #1 seems safe for now READ MORE
3. Is Inequality the Unstated Constraint on India’s Growth? READ MORE
4. Data Protection Bill approved by Cabinet: Content, concerns READ MORE
5. Despite NRF initiative, R&D has a long way to go in India READ MORE
6. Soil health crisis: Urgent reforms needed for sustainable agriculture READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Plastic crisis: Review effectiveness of single-use ban READ MORE
2. SRSB makes push to achieve SDGs READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Infocracy and necropolitics READ MORE
2. Why India risks falling behind in the AI race READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Manipur peace process needs to be accelerated READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Transforming India’s disaster management READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. What is a Moral Compass? READ MORE
2. Why higher education must be free of the profit motive READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Differentiate between moral compass and How these two influence the ethical decisions of a person?
2. If UCC is introduced, it would further erode the cultural cohesion among tribal communities. Examine.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
• Forged by the judiciary while it tussled with the executive–legislature combined, the basic structure doctrine marks certain features of the Constitution as incapable of destruction.
• 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.
• The Basic Structure Doctrine should balance its ambit concerning the powers of Parliament, as it is the biggest forum of representative democracy.
• The Basic Structure Doctrine should balance its ambit concerning the powers of parliament, as it is the biggest forum of representative democracy. This doctrine has protected the rights of society and individuals but a caution to its usage is required to protect the interest of representative democracy as well.
• Uniform Civil Code will be a big leap forward as it will bring about social change, gender equality and secularism in the country
• It’s time we realised that democracy has much more to it than elections. Elections bring an elite to power. In history, democratic imagination has inspired struggles for emancipation from absolute power.
• A reactive shutdown is imposed after an event takes place and is generally the easiest way to control an escalating law and order situation.
• The freedom of speech and expression is not an absolute right, but shutdowns cannot happen for frivolous reasons.
• A lot of businesses and livelihoods depend on the Internet today. Therefore, there needs to some solution for such situations.
• VPNs could be blocked. People use VPNs freely today, and that also is a facet of your right to privacy. But in certain sectors, especially the government sector, there have been guidelines where VPN use is not allowed.
• The country’s progress towards social harmony, economic and gender justice has been hampered by the absence of a Uniform Civil Code.

50-WORD TALK

• India making 10% of its Russian oil payments using the Chinese yuan reveals the stark reality of our standing in the global order. China’s trade dominance means the yuan is a valuable currency, much more than the Indian rupee. The trick now will be to ensure this 10% doesn’t increase.
• With the COVID-19 pandemic receding in public memory, many of its long-standing effects on the economy and especially vulnerable groups such as women also seem to be forgotten. This is reflected in policymaking as well, as witnessed through a feminist analysis of budget documents. In particular, budgets over the last two fiscals have cut down allocations and expenditures on several key schemes meant for women and other vulnerable groups.
• If UCC is introduced, it would further erode the cultural cohesion among tribal communities. It is improper to encroach upon the cultural space of tribal communities dealing with their affairs by imposing uniform personal laws on them. The tribals should be left to democratically decide when and what changes they want to make in their customary laws pertaining to their personal 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 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. Learners must learn to leave the master READ MORE
2. Rights and wrongs READ MORE

1. Explained | What are the provisions of the High Seas Treaty? READ MORE
2. Plastic crisis: Review effectiveness of single-use ban READ MORE
3. SRSB makes push to achieve SDGs READ MORE

1. An expert weighs in: The challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and how to confront it effectively READ MORE
2. Supreme Court asks UGC what action taken against caste discrimination in campuses READ MORE

1. India needs a Uniform Civil Code: The country’s progress towards social harmony, economic and gender justice has been hampered by the absence of a Uniform Civil Code READ MORE
2. Should Internet shutdowns be used to maintain public order? READ MORE
3. Why a balanced data bill is key READ MORE
4. Data protection Bill: Transparency in collection & use of data a must READ MORE
5. Will the Upcoming Personal Data Protection Law Live Up to Years of Expectations? READ MORE
6. ‘Pleasure’ doctrine does not empower governors to dismiss ministers who enjoy the support of the legislative assembly READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Explained | Understanding dark patterns READ MORE  
2. Pakistan hopes India would implement Indus Waters Treaty in ‘good faith’ READ MORE
3. Supreme Court Collegium proposes new Chief Justices to seven High Courts; focusses on seniority, regional and women representation in higher judiciary READ MORE
4. Chandrayaan-3 launch on July 14, lunar landing on August 23 or 24 READ MORE
5. Finance Ministry pushes for reforms to spur FDI inflows READ MORE
6. An expert weighs in: The challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and how to confront it effectively READ MORE
7. Internationalisation of rupee: Why and what are the benefits? READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

1. Explained | What are the provisions of the High Seas Treaty? READ MORE
2. Supreme Court asks UGC what action taken against caste discrimination in campuses READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. India needs a Uniform Civil Code: The country’s progress towards social harmony, economic and gender justice has been hampered by the absence of a Uniform Civil Code READ MORE
2. Should Internet shutdowns be used to maintain public order? READ MORE
3. Why a balanced data bill is key READ MORE
4. Data protection Bill: Transparency in collection & use of data a must READ MORE
5. Will the Upcoming Personal Data Protection Law Live Up to Years of Expectations? READ MORE
6. ‘Pleasure’ doctrine does not empower governors to dismiss ministers who enjoy the support of the legislative assembly READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The future of SCO remains uncertain READ MORE
2. India’s SCO dilemma READ MORE
3. Modi in France | A new phase of dynamism in India’s external affairs READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Limits of expansion: On the controversy over the Open Market Sale Scheme READ MORE
2. Momentum softens: On S&P Global’s survey- Food inflation threatens to undermine efforts to ensure price stability READ MORE
3. Internationalising the rupee without the ‘coin tossing’: India must pursue reforms confidently to internationalise the rupee, which will result in a number of benefits READ MORE
4. Data Protection Bill approved by Cabinet: Content, concerns READ MORE
5. Despite NRF initiative, R&D has a long way to go in India READ MORE
6. Soil health crisis: Urgent reforms needed for sustainable agriculture READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Plastic crisis: Review effectiveness of single-use ban READ MORE
2. SRSB makes push to achieve SDGs READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Infocracy and necropolitics READ MORE
2. Why India risks falling behind in the AI race READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Manipur peace process needs to be accelerated READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Transforming India’s disaster management READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Learners must learn to leave the master READ MORE
2. Rights and wrongs READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. A reactive shutdown is imposed after an event takes place and is the easiest way to control an escalating law and order situation, but these restrictions have to be proportionate to the event. Substantiate.
2. The Uniform Civil Code is a step in the right direction to safeguard the fundamental rights of all citizens and reduce social inequalities and gender discrimination. Critically examine.
3. “No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent”. Argue.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.
• A reactive shutdown is imposed after an event takes place and is generally the easiest way to control an escalating law and order situation.
• The freedom of speech and expression is not an absolute right, but shutdowns cannot happen for frivolous reasons.
• A lot of businesses and livelihoods depend on the Internet today. Therefore, there needs to some solution for such situations.
• VPNs could be blocked. People use VPNs freely today, and that also is a facet of your right to privacy. But in certain sectors, especially the government sector, there have been guidelines where VPN use is not allowed.
• The country’s progress towards social harmony, economic and gender justice has been hampered by the absence of a Uniform Civil Code.
• The UCC is, therefore, a step in the right direction, long overdue, to safeguard the fundamental rights of all citizens and reduce social inequalities and gender discrimination.
• It is a delicate balance to trade off rupee convertibility for exchange rate stability. One hopes predictable currency management policies will be instituted.
• India’s presidency of the grouping has achieved some key goals. But SCO may be bogged down by internal contradictions and doublespeak.
• It is unequivocally clear that neither the governor of any state nor the President of India can dismiss a minister by invoking the pleasure doctrine when that minister, as part of a council of ministers, enjoys the confidence of the legislature.

50-WORD TALK

• Each personal law therefore needs to be critiqued and filtered from the perspective of social and gender justice so as to weed out gender injustice and outmoded traditions or practices. Thus, Article 44 of’ the Constitution must be interpreted in combination with article 14 of the Constitution which guarantees equality before the law and equal protection of the law but permits reasonable classification.
• Even as the Manipur government has reopened schools and offices in an effort to show normalcy is returning, killings, arson and vandalism are continuing. Instead of focusing on optics, the government needs to secure the return of looted weapons and disarm violent ethnic groups. Cosmetic measures signal haplessness, not resolve.
• Ripples of the Manipur crisis have hit Mizoram, with thousands fleeing there to seek refuge from violence. Already dealing with a large influx from Myanmar, Aizawl is creaking under the cost of providing shelter. The Centre must not ignore its appeal for aid. The state’s benevolence shouldn’t become its burden.

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. Choose good now, bad can wait READ MORE
2. Happiness is not a destination READ MORE

1. Indian Ocean Dipole: What is it, how it can limit El Nino effects READ MORE
2. Congo: World’s 2nd-largest rainforest continues to vanish with half a million hectares lost in 2022, says report READ MORE

1. Focus on reducing demand for drugs through awareness drives READ MORE
2. Science, humanities and the market forces READ MORE

1. Centre’s Delhi Ordinance disregards constitutional morality. Ambedkar and SC concur READ MORE
2. Why Uniform Civil Code divides politics & people READ MORE
3. Courts and law enforcement must combat hate together READ MORE
4. Collective action can curb the drug menace READ MORE
5. Time to act on police reforms READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. New deadline for Aadhaar-based rural jobs scheme wages READ MORE  
2. Seven products from U.P. get GI tag READ MORE
3. Q4 current account deficit narrows to $1.3 billion as trade deficit shrinks READ MORE
4. Netanyahu’s security risks mount as violence spirals in West Bank READ MORE
5. Sri Lanka will not be used as a base against India: Ranil READ MORE
6. Centre planning new Bill on stray dog issue READ MORE
7. Elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats on July 24 READ MORE
8. Brazil GEF meet: Over half a billion dollars set aside for work on biodiversity READ MORE
9. Minerals Security Partnership: India joins the critical minerals club. Here’s why this is important READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Indian Ocean Dipole: What is it, how it can limit El Nino effects READ MORE
2. Congo: World’s 2nd-largest rainforest continues to vanish with half a million hectares lost in 2022, says report READ MORE
3. Focus on reducing demand for drugs through awareness drives READ MORE
4. Science, humanities and the market forces READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Centre’s Delhi Ordinance disregards constitutional morality. Ambedkar and SC concur READ MORE
2. Why Uniform Civil Code divides politics & people READ MORE
3. Courts and law enforcement must combat hate together READ MORE
4. Collective action can curb the drug menace READ MORE
5. Time to act on police reforms READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. A model for quality and inclusive education READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained | Why are U.S. tech firms sceptical about digital trade with India? READ MORE
2. Tracing the arc of American ‘exception-ism’ for India READ MORE
3. Strategic high: On India-U.S. ties and strategic cooperation READ MORE
4. India-US relations: heading north

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Equip SMEs with a robust export policy READ MORE
2. Saving Banks~II READ MORE
3. DC Edit | RBI 4% inflation goal laudable READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Marshall Islands, a nation at the heart of global shipping, fights for climate justice READ MORE
2. SRSB makes push to achieve SDGs READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Jailbreaking generative AI READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Manipur peace process needs to be accelerated READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Transforming India’s disaster management READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Choose good now, bad can wait READ MORE
2. Happiness is not a destination READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Do you agree with this view that EWS judgement undermines the Constitutional code of equality? Analyse your view.
2. A measure of an economy’s competitiveness derives from its human capital. India’s done well to surpass most countries in economic size but henceforth, intellectual capital will be critical in boosting per capita GDP. Critically comment.
3. Recent developments in India-Africa relations provide an opportunity to build on common ground and expand it into new areas and Egypt can play a critical role in it. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
• Food and grocery delivery apps keep a constant watch over their delivery partners. In this online slavery, these partners have no control or liberty over their basic rights.
• The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
• Alternative sources of knowledge and learning are posing challenges to the traditional mission of universities, including online and for-profit universities, non-profits.
• There is much value in defining constitutional morality as a paramount reverence of forms and procedures; however, a mere reverence of procedure is insufficient, as evidenced by the judiciary slowly occupying a more and more powerful position within the State structure.
• The US and India’s collaborations to promote solutions around digital infrastructures will continue to undermine the human rights of people in the Global South. In the case of India too, the government has consistently promised to bring privacy legislation, but has failed to uphold Indian fundamental rights.
• This model of digital identity-based development is gonna make a lot of people invested in this project rich, especially the institutions promoting this project.
• A crisis offers us a rare window of opportunity to implement reforms ~ it is a terrible thing to waste. The temptation will be to overregulate, as we have previously done. This creates a perverse dynamic… Perhaps rather than swinging maniacally between too much and too little regulation, it would be better to think of cycle-proof regulation.
• In a developing country, it is not enough to provide recognition for production. The production itself must be increased with the adoption of improved technology.
• Among the many challenges DM authorities face for the future is the strengthening of the district-level system, professionalisation of disaster management through a cadre of professionals, knowledge capture and management, and a more disaggregated early warning system.
• A measure of an economy’s competitiveness derives from its human capital. India’s done well to surpass most countries in economic size but henceforth intellectual capital will be critical in boosting per capita GDP.

50-WORD TALK

• PM Modi’s heady, historic US trip has now turned into an embarrassing tit-for-tat. The WSJ reporter asked a question, Modi answered, as press conferences go. From the White House statement condemning her harassment to Obama — what should have been a week of celebrating outcomes is now a week of outraging.
• Failure of credit bureaus to maintain up-to-date records deserves exemplary punishment by RBI, not just small fines. It’s inexcusable that these agencies failed to update records even when customers complained. In this credit data lies the reputation and credit-worthiness of people. The management of it requires utmost care and professionalism.

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. Harmonising panch-koshas for abiding anand READ MORE
2. Prone to pleasures READ MORE
3. Get the basics right, excellence follows: Sometimes cosmetics override the basics READ MORE

1. Hundreds stranded as flash flood, landslips disrupt Himachal highways READ MORE
2. A June with extremes in temperature READ MORE

1. Focus on reducing demand for drugs through awareness drives READ MORE
2. Science, humanities and the market forces READ MORE
3. School absences as an early warning system READ MORE
4. Learning to qualify: NEP frameworks overemphasise outcome-based learning while ignoring subjective factors of education READ MORE
5. NFHS Data Reveals Worrying Levels of Malnutrition Among Children in ‘Prosperous’ Gujarat READ MORE

1. Road Ahead to Save India’s Democracy READ MORE
2. Do the ends justify the means? Amending Dr Ambedkar’s constitutional morality to fit a system that has forsaken it READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. For MBBS admissions, NMC withdraws Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 ; Check major details READ MORE  
2. The 400 million-year-old fossil changing our understanding of mathematical patterns in nature READ MORE
3. Wagner mutiny shows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a ‘strategic mistake’: NATO chief READ MORE
4. New Constitution Bench to hear 4 cases READ MORE
5. NHRC sends notice to Maharashtra over torture of 11 workers READ MORE
6. In 10 years of Meitei ST demand, repeated pleas to state, Centre READ MORE
7. ExplainSpeaking: What is Greedflation? Does India also have it? READ MORE
8. US beekeepers fight to replenish honeybee colonies amid high death rates READ MORE
9. World Drug Day: 20 Important Judgments On The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Hundreds stranded as flash flood, landslips disrupt Himachal highways READ MORE
2. A June with extremes in temperature READ MORE
3. Focus on reducing demand for drugs through awareness drives READ MORE
4. Science, humanities and the market forces READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Road Ahead to Save India’s Democracy READ MORE
2. Do the ends justify the means? Amending Dr Ambedkar’s constitutional morality to fit a system that has forsaken it READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. School absences as an early warning system READ MORE
2. Learning to qualify: NEP frameworks overemphasise outcome-based learning while ignoring subjective factors of education READ MORE
3. NFHS Data Reveals Worrying Levels of Malnutrition Among Children in ‘Prosperous’ Gujarat READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. A grand revival: on India-Egypt ties- India and Egypt have re-established close ties in recent years READ MORE
2. Why the country’s boycott of G20 meet in Srinagar must not affect bilateral ties READ MORE
3. Indo-US: Take 2 READ MORE
4. View: In US-China, India-China matrices, competition is the new conflict READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Laying the foundation for a future-ready digital India READ MORE
2. Saving Banks~II READ MORE
3. DC Edit | RBI 4% inflation goal laudable READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Two things that can help us tackle climate change READ MORE
2. Examine patterns in the erratic monsoon READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Jailbreaking generative AI READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Manipur peace process needs to be accelerated READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Transforming India’s disaster management READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Harmonising panch-koshas for abiding anand READ MORE
2. Prone to pleasures READ MORE
3. Get the basics right, excellence follows: Sometimes cosmetics override the basics READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Do you agree with this view that EWS judgement undermines the Constitutional code of equality? Analyse your view.
2. A measure of an economy’s competitiveness derives from its human capital. India’s done well to surpass most countries in economic size but henceforth, intellectual capital will be critical in boosting per capita GDP. Critically comment.
3. Recent developments in India-Africa relations provide an opportunity to build on common ground and expand it into new areas and Egypt can play a critical role in it. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
• Food and grocery delivery apps keep a constant watch over their delivery partners. In this online slavery, these partners have no control or liberty over their basic rights.
• The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
• Alternative sources of knowledge and learning are posing challenges to the traditional mission of universities, including online and for-profit universities, non-profits.
• There is much value in defining constitutional morality as a paramount reverence of forms and procedures; however, a mere reverence of procedure is insufficient, as evidenced by the judiciary slowly occupying a more and more powerful position within the State structure.
• The US and India’s collaborations to promote solutions around digital infrastructures will continue to undermine the human rights of people in the Global South. In the case of India too, the government has consistently promised to bring privacy legislation, but has failed to uphold Indian fundamental rights.
• This model of digital identity-based development is gonna make a lot of people invested in this project rich, especially the institutions promoting this project.
• A crisis offers us a rare window of opportunity to implement reforms ~ it is a terrible thing to waste. The temptation will be to overregulate, as we have previously done. This creates a perverse dynamic… Perhaps rather than swinging maniacally between too much and too little regulation, it would be better to think of cycle-proof regulation.
• In a developing country, it is not enough to provide recognition for production. The production itself must be increased with the adoption of improved technology.
• Among the many challenges DM authorities face for the future is the strengthening of the district-level system, professionalisation of disaster management through a cadre of professionals, knowledge capture and management, and a more disaggregated early warning system.
• A measure of an economy’s competitiveness derives from its human capital. India’s done well to surpass most countries in economic size but henceforth intellectual capital will be critical in boosting per capita GDP.

50-WORD TALK

• The release of terrorists to a mob in Manipur—among them, the commander of an ambush which claimed the lives of 18 soldiers—is a complete abdication of responsibility. From Kashmir to Chhattisgarh, Indian forces have confronted similar situations with lethal force when needed. To back down surrenders state authority.
• While the basic structure doctrine developed by the Supreme Court has acted as a safeguard against clear violations of the constitutional form, the Supreme Court’s departure from Dr Ambedkar’s vision of constitutional morality has rendered even this doctrine incapable of protecting constitutional morality from the consequences of constitutional amendments.

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. Ethical issuesSynthetic embryo science needs guidelines READ MORE
2. Inspirational experienceA life altering message can be delivered to one person has stayed with me all these years READ MORE
3. Discovering your self in a looking glass READ MORE
4. Piloting the psyche READ MORE

1. How can technology help in recycling and replenishing water sources? READ MORE
2. Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF READ MORE

1. Bridging the gap: On India and Gender Gap Report READ MORE
2. Learning to qualify: NEP frameworks overemphasise outcome-based learning while ignoring subjective factors of education READ MORE

1. Judicial restraint READ MORE
2. CoWIN Data Leak Is a Sign India Needs to Rethink its Digital Public Infrastructure Strategy READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. How prokaryotes led to eukaryotes READ MORE  
2. The role of the Y chromosome in cancer outcomes studied READ MORE
3. Indian-made mRNA vaccine priced at ₹2,292, will be available as a booster dose READ MORE
4. New ART regulations push up cost of treatment, limit conception opportunities READ MORE
5. Tamil Nadu idol wing steps up efforts to retrieve 16 idols from the U.S. READ MORE
6. Did climate change really make U.P.’s deadly heatwave twice as likely? READ MORE
7. Vikram, Pragyan to return for another tryst with the moon READ MORE
8. Pricing, terms of MQ-9B drone deal with U.S. yet to be finalised, says govt. READ MORE
9. Vande Bharat train to be introduced from Saharanpur to Prayagraj, says Vaishnaw READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. How can technology help in recycling and replenishing water sources? READ MORE
2. Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF READ MORE
3. Bridging the gap: On India and Gender Gap Report READ MORE
4. Kuki-Meitei conflict is more than just an ethnic clash READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Judicial restraint READ MORE
2. CoWIN Data Leak Is a Sign India Needs to Rethink its Digital Public Infrastructure Strategy READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Learning to qualify: NEP frameworks overemphasise outcome-based learning while ignoring subjective factors of education READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Outreach to diaspora and statesmanship READ MORE
2. The united States of India READ MORE
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

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Questions for the MAIN exam

1. The technological aspects India and the USA is a new era of India-US relationship but both countries will have to travel together given changing geopolitics surrounding China and Russia. Critically comment.
2. Sustainable tourism cannot be seen only through the prism of tourism-specific policies; it requires a holistic understanding of the ecology and the people who are dependent upon this ecosystem. In the light of the statement discuss the pros and cons of the Blue Flag certification.
3. A NATO overreach to the Asia-Pacific poses a major challenge to India’s much-touted “strategic autonomy”. Evaluate.
4. What do you understand by the concept “ethical legalism? In what situation, an legal action can be considered an ethical action?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Violence, even well-intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
• While the flexibility to accelerate should always be present, India must specify a streamlined regulatory process that weeds out non-essential steps but is hawk-eyed on safety and adverse reactions from new drugs and vaccines.
• The underperformance of India- Egypt bilateral ties is not due to a lack of bilateral institutional mechanisms, but their efficacy and sense of purpose.
• The Law Commission of India should aim to eliminate only those practices that do not meet the benchmarks set by the Constitution of India.
• When it comes to the Global South, it is India that nations look up to; it is this nation that millions would like to see as a proponent of their demands.
• Sedition laws need to be viewed in light of their political, and not merely legal, uses and abuses.
• Personal laws are mixed up with religions and their varying practices and cover a range of issues like divorce, succession, inheritance, adoption and guardianship.
• Mere existence of difference does not imply discrimination, but is indicative of a robust democracy.
• A NATO overreach to the Asia-Pacific will pose a major challenge to New Delhi’s much-touted “strategic autonomy”. The push to transform Quad into a security alliance focusing on China will also have the same effect.
• Although an Asian NATO remains a pie in the sky for now, an extended war over Ukraine will force India and the Asia-Pacific nations to bear the brunt of increasing big-power rivalry in the region.

Essay topic

• Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

50-WORD TALK

• Failure of authorities to arrest men hired by a British teacher to make violent pornographic clips using Indian children demonstrates the low priority police give to crimes involving powerless victims. Matthew Smith was arrested in November and convicted this week—but police in India have not even filed an FIR.
• Our epidemiological history has taught us that respiratory viruses (the ones which spread through coughing, sneezing, and talking) emerging from reservoirs in the wild, jumping over the species barrier to infect humans, and then sweeping the globe before settling into an endemic behaviour can cause outbreaks that can result in significant mortality and morbidity. Examples include the 1957 flu pandemic caused by an A/H2N2 influenza virus, the 1968 flu pandemic from an A/H3N2 influenza virus, and the 2009 “swine flu” pandemic, from an A/H1N1 influenza virus.

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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