1. Climate Change Putting 4% Of Global GDP at Risk, New Study Estimates READ MORE
2. Land the size of South America will be degraded if current trends continue: UN Report READ MORE

1. Permanent bliss lies beyond our senses READ MORE
2. Bollywood industry and tobacco READ MORE
3. Roots Of Rage~II READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Cabinet clears higher subsidy for non-urea fertilisers READ MORE
2. J&K hydroelectric project approved READ MORE
3. Large share of India’s threatened endemic species in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka: Study READ MORE
4. 540 MW Kwar hydropower project in J&K READ MORE
5. India Approves New Embassy in Lithuania READ MORE
6. Russia withdraws from UN tourism body: UNWTO READ MORE
7. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 completes four years READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Is it Possible to Make India Poverty-Free by 2047? READ MORE  
2. The fragility of contemporary capitalism READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Digital Services Act: A historic agreement READ MORE
2. SC must take a strong line on hate speech READ MORE
3. The Higher Judiciary’s Increasing Role in Protecting Interfaith Couples READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Building back to avert a learning catastrophe: Governments and schools must focus on the most important priority in school education — learning recovery READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Ride between East & West: India can play a vital global role as West’s Russia boycott disrupts key bodies like G20 READ MORE
2. India stepping up efforts READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Energy independence through hydrogen: It can help lay the foundation of a new India which aims to be a global climate leader READ MORE
2. Explained: State of (un)employment in India READ MORE
3. Tackling the inflation hydra READ MORE
4. Contrasting rules for farm, corporate loans READ MORE
5. MSME Sector needs major reforms to resolve job crisis READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Climate Change Putting 4% Of Global GDP at Risk, New Study Estimates READ MORE
2. Land the size of South America will be degraded if current trends continue: UN Report READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Permanent bliss lies beyond our senses READ MORE
2. Bollywood industry and tobacco READ MORE
3. Roots Of Rage~II READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Hydrogen has potential to transform India’s energy ecosystem by making India net energy exporter. Examine.
2. How far do you agree with this view that to solve the unemployment crisis, India needs to think rethink of its economic model, from macroeconomic policy to industrial policy to strengthening small enterprises? Justify your view.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• As a leader your every action has a consequence, make sure it is one you intend.
• The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
• Creating a hydrogen economy is a chicken and egg problem as consumers seek lower costs which could be possible with scalability and large investments, but for those, producers seek assured demand.
• The online business model today hinges on surveillance of user behaviour to maximise the accuracy of advertisements, the main source of revenue.
• Agriculture is passing through severe distress and banks must realise that coercion is not the way to recover unpaid dues.
• Easing the regulatory environment is a pre-condition to encouraging entrepreneurial instincts of the youth.
• The long-term solution to unemployment has to involve a rethink of the economic model, from macroeconomic policy to industrial policy to strengthening small enterprises.
• To tackle any problem, one needs to both acknowledge it and estimate it accurately.
• With many states enacting laws to make conversion of religion by marriage unlawful, the Special Marriage Act may indeed prove to be a blessing-in-disguise for the interfaith couple.

50-WORD TALK

• PM Modi targeting non-BJP states for high fuel taxes at a Covid review meeting is unfortunate. Fuel taxes have been used by all sides to bolster revenues. Union government is also guilty of managing fuel prices for electoral reasons. A national consensus is needed on fuel taxes, not public finger-pointing.
• Realising the challenges posed by the pandemic, the Government needs to take every necessary step to bring school education back on track and develop a road map for learning recovery. Governments, parents, communities and schools need to work together. It is our moral and social responsibility towards the future of this nation.

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. Learn from mistakes READ MORE
2. Of genes, samskaras and the reality without READ MORE

1. Synergy and collaboration are key drivers in fighting forest fires and heatwaves READ MORE
2. Conservation of Endangered Great Indian Bustard Encounters Birdhit READ MORE

1. Climate change affects women, girls READ MORE
2. The right age: Parents must to first see that their child is fit for school, mentally and physically READ MORE

1. A splintered ‘nerve centre’: Services of urban local bodies have to be integrated with the ICCC for improving amenities for people READ MORE
2. Standing up to America: India refuses to take criticism on violation of rights lying down READ MORE
3. Gaming industry: India needs rational regulations to become global leader READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Carbon dating finds Asurgarh is Odisha’s oldest fortified settlement READ MORE  
2. UN adopts resolution requiring UNSC permanent members to justify veto use READ MORE
3. China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu READ MORE
4. Explained: Why is Maharashtra experiencing a heatwave again? READ MORE
5. World will face at least 560 climate disasters every year by 2030, warns UN READ MORE
6. Rethink sand use, move to circular economy: UNEP READ MORE
7. Centre cancels foreign fund licence of NGO Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Climate change affects women, girls READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. A splintered ‘nerve centre’: Services of urban local bodies have to be integrated with the ICCC for improving amenities for people READ MORE
2. Standing up to America: India refuses to take criticism on violation of rights lying down READ MORE
3. Gaming industry: India needs rational regulations to become global leader READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The right age: Parents must to first see that their child is fit for school, mentally and physically READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India’s designation by the USCIRF READ MORE
2. India and Europe, a continental shift READ MORE
3. Important to learn from S Asia’s mistakes READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Data-dependent policy: Consumption survey will fill important gaps READ MORE
2. A year of hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Synergy and collaboration are key drivers in fighting forest fires and heatwaves READ MORE
2. Conservation of Endangered Great Indian Bustard Encounters Birdhit READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Common values, shared threats in India-Australia cyber security ties READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Increase in disasters leads to spike in intentional homicides of women: UN Report READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Learn from mistakes READ MORE
2. Of genes, samskaras and the reality without READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Long-term community engagement, incentive mechanisms, and shared ownership can be a silver bullet in the management of forest fires’. Comment on the statement.
2. Discuss the importance of climate justice, and gender and social equity for sustainable development.
3. ‘Change in climate is making all sections of society vulnerable for risks but women are that section, which could be most impacted section of the society by this phenomenon’. Justify the statement, in the light of recent IPPC report.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Today’s human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow’s conflicts.
• Services of urban local bodies have to be integrated with the ICCC for improving amenities for people.
• Deepening cooperation can develop avenues for mutual learning and create complementary markets in cyber tools and technologies, boosting bilateral business and strategic commitments on both continents.
• The Russia-Ukraine conflict has shown how cyber threat actors, both state and non-state, have become significant players in hybrid or “unrestricted” warfare.
• Technology-led disinflation will not shelter us from a storm of fast rising prices amid economic slowdowns.
• Given the uncertain geopolitical situation which has led to supply chain disruptions and inflation, investors will be in a ‘wait and watch’ mode this year.
• Long-term community engagement, incentive mechanisms, and shared ownership can be a silver bullet in the management of forest fires.
• The EU and India bring complementary advantages to the partnership while structural and attitudinal similarities provide learning opportunities.
• The recent IPCC report reiterated India’s need for climate justice, and gender and social equity, importantly for sustainable development.
• Climate justice is a utopian concept given our historic baggage of social, cultural, economic, and gender inequities.
• It is imperative for all women to have the absolute right to their bodies and easy access to health services for their sexual and reproductive well-being. For them to be empowered, they need to be educated, to be able to take decisions, particularly with regard to reproductive rights.

50-WORD TALK

• EAM Jaishankar’s call to Europe to look beyond Ukraine and recall how Afghanistan was thrown under the bus is a sobering reminder of geopolitical realities. Europe has much to reflect upon: From its Russian energy purchases to economic bonding with China. India is right to hold the mirror to Europe.

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. Learning to overcome prolonged grief READ MORE
2. Integrity is a way of life READ MORE

1. Centre-state coordination must for cleaner air READ MORE
2. Fulfilling CoP26 promises can limit global warming to 2°C: Study READ MORE

1. The climate crisis threatens universal health care achievements READ MORE
2. The Great Indian Poverty Debate, 2.0 READ MORE
3. The likely demographic impact of the covid pandemic READ MORE

1. Data, interrupted: Reviving the official household spending survey is only a first step READ MORE  
2. View: The core issues for regulators in India are inadequate autonomy and lack of parliamentary accountability READ MORE
3. A paradigm shift in higher education READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. What is Cost disease READ MORE
2. India’s Labour Force Market Down From 46% To 40% In 6 Years: CMIE Report READ MORE
3. At $76.6 billion, India is third highest military spender in world, says report READ MORE
4. States vs Centre on selection of Vice-Chancellors: rules, friction READ MORE
5. Edible oil industry suggests govt initiate dialogue with Indonesia over palm oil ban READ MORE
6. COVID-19: Wasting in children increased in low, middle income countries due to economic shock READ MORE
7. Explained | The Raisina Dialogue 2022 and its significance READ MORE
8. Explained: European Union ground rules for Web READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. The likely demographic impact of the covid pandemic READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Data, interrupted: Reviving the official household spending survey is only a first step READ MORE  
2. View: The core issues for regulators in India are inadequate autonomy and lack of parliamentary accountability READ MORE
3. A paradigm shift in higher education READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

1. The climate crisis threatens universal health care achievements READ MORE
2. The Great Indian Poverty Debate, 2.0 READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. To counter China’s BRI, MEA launches growth model READ MORE
2. India, again, ‘Country of Particular Concern’ on religious freedom grounds, says U.S. Commission READ MORE
3. India, Europe and the Russian complication READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Bolstering IBC architecture – a joke READ MORE
2. The poverty debate is an opportunity for food subsidy reforms READ MORE
3. RBI’s hawkish stance on liquidity READ MORE
4. Regulating digital assets READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Centre-state coordination must for cleaner air READ MORE
2. Fulfilling CoP26 promises can limit global warming to 2°C: Study READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Learning to overcome prolonged grief READ MORE
2. Integrity is a way of life READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Analyse the importance of public data gathered from various surveys for effective policymaking by the government.
2. How far do you agree with this view that as India faces the dilemma of inflation and economic recession, the RBI should not focus on controlling inflation and consider other tools in its MPC meeting? Analyse your view with the help of appropriate examples.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Example, whether good or bad, has a powerful influence.
• Reviving the official household spending survey is only a first step.
• The greatest wrong of the pandemic is how inequitable the rollout of health tools has been.
• The world faces its greatest challenge since the founding of the UN after the Second World War. Historic challenges need historic leadership and time is not on our side.
• Ukraine war has persuaded Delhi to recalibrate its great power relations, compelled Brussels to wake up from geopolitical slumber.
• India appears to have had neither a baby boom nor bust but we do need the numbers for policy planning.
• We must remain focused on the issues of youth, education and employment, and at the same time of the elderly, namely healthcare, elderly care and pensions. This bar-belling of requirements will require skilful political navigation.
• CCRI has placed India as one of the 33 extremely high-risk countries with flooding and air pollution being the repeated environmental shocks, leading to socio-economic adverse consequences for women and children. The Covid pandemic made us a bit more conscious of our food choices and reduced food waste.
• We must build on that and insist on calculated purchasing and single-use packaging as the shopping norm. The mindset has to change from ‘food abundance’ mode to ‘food scarcity’.
• Against the backdrop of the poverty debate Sparked by the IMF and the World Bank working papers, the Centre must consider reforming food subsidies meaningfully.
• With inflation rising, a slower monetary policy tightening by RBI could accelerate de-anchoring of inflation expectations. RBI might “bite the bullet” by hiking policy rates in upcoming MPC meetings.

50-WORD TALK

• Emmanuel Macron’s re-election as France’s President is a triumph for European centrists. His rival, Marine Le Pen, had vowed to pull France out of NATO, scrap the Euro and slash taxes. Economic hardship and social divisions helped Le Pen—but most voters realised her populist nationalism wouldn’t solve these problems.
• The increasingly frequent fire incidents involving electric two-wheelers is worrying news for the emerging automobile sector. Manufacturers and the government should urgently put their heads together and come up with tough standards for EV batteries and e-bikes. Transition to EVs is critical but can’t be at the cost of safety.

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. Hate speech is violent in itself and must be called out READ MORE
2. Plant the right seedREAD MORE

1. Saving Mangroves READ MORE
2. Agrarian Distress in Kuttanad a Wake-Up Call For Urgent Climate Adaptation READ MORE
3. World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid READ MORE

1. Face the facts on communal violence in India READ MORE
2. The primacy of ‘Inclusion’ in Indian Thought READ MORE

1. Understanding the Olga Tellis judgment READ MORE
2. Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute READ MORE
3. Reforming the higher education system READ MORE
4. Police must be part of the reform agenda READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. PM Modi receives Lata Mangeshkar Award READ MORE
2. Palli in Jammu becomes India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat READ MORE
3. Air Pollutants Impact Immune Cells in Causing Cancer READ MORE
4. The long road to Atmanirbhar Bharat: India’s trade deficit with China hit record $77 bn in FY22 READ MORE
5. French president Emmanuel Macron wins re-election: a victory with deep challenges READ MORE
6. How to read IMF’s latest GDP forecast for India READ MORE
7. India’s oil import bill doubles to USD 119 bn in FY22 READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Face the facts on communal violence in India READ MORE
2. The primacy of ‘Inclusion’ in Indian Thought READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Understanding the Olga Tellis judgment READ MORE
2. Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute READ MORE
3. Reforming the higher education system READ MORE
4. Police must be part of the reform agenda READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

1. What Happens to the Right to Education, Online? READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Side-stepping irritants: India and the U.K. chose to keep the big picture in mind and work on long-term goals READ MORE
2. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and India’s opportunity READ MORE
3. Ukraine: Opportunities for India in a new world order READ MORE
4. Don’t lose sight of the neighourhood READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why reforming the system of free food is necessary READ MORE
2. Can technology help provide easier access to finance? READ MORE
3. Bitcoin as next-generation money READ MORE
4. Limiting currency supply to bring down inflation is outdated. Inflation was never about money READ MORE
5. 2 Crore Women in India Quit Workforce in 2017-22 READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Saving Mangroves READ MORE
2. Agrarian Distress in Kuttanad a Wake-Up Call For Urgent Climate Adaptation READ MORE
3. World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Hate speech is violent in itself and must be called out READ MORE
2. Plant the right seedREAD MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The challenge for Indian foreign policy lies in creating effective and enduring incentives for our neighbours to remain sensitive to India’s interests’. In the light of the statement why can’t India lose sight of the neighourhood?
2. ‘India has maintained its strategic autonomy on critical issues and increased its leverage vis-a-vis the other essential powers’. Analyse the statement in the light of recent developments in international politics.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.
• India and the U.K. chose to keep the big picture in mind and work on long-term goals.
• Religious consciousness is one degree of God consciousness. The lesser the connection we feel between ourselves and another, the lesser we are religious or spiritual. Total independence or non-connection with objects outside is opposite to religious consciousness.
• Inefficient implementation is the reason for the poor delivery of programmes. At times, the implementing agencies’ commitments are not in sync with the government’s vision.
• The challenge for Indian foreign policy lies in creating effective and enduring incentives for our neighbours to remain sensitive to India’s interests.
• A nationwide audit is needed to pinpoint the lapses in the implementation of the 2013 Act and prepare an actionable road map for complete mechanisation of sewer-cleaning operations.
• Economic prosperity of the country cannot be impacted by levying new taxes to fund the Robin Hood image of politicians.
• India has maintained its strategic autonomy on critical issues and increased its leverage vis-a-vis the other essential powers.
• The current foreign policy is a blend of multi-alignment and multilateralism, which is strongly tied to the commitment of Atmanirbhar Bharat to the defence sector and hence requires a strong support.
• There are three principal concerns in online education: digital divide, privacy, and access. All of these emerge from contexts in which cultural practices, of which education is one, have run into rough weather in terms of rights.

50-WORD TALK

• A multilateral approach, either through the BRICS or Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), will ensure intentions being translated into confidence that can result in India’s favourable position as far as the reforms of the UNSC are considered. One can recall that in 2010, despite the best attempts, India was unable to get even a two-thirds majority of UN members for the purpose mentioned above.

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. DDMA takes the right call on schools READ MORE
2. Investigation Reimagined READ MORE
3. Criminal Procedure Act’s grand tech vision comes with dangers of police power, data violation READ MORE
4. Explainer: Why the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act Is Being Challenged in Court READ MORE
5. What does ‘citizenship’ mean in India READ MORE

1. There is a growing intolerance to difference READ MORE
2. Hijab, skirts and a woman’s quest for choice READ MORE

1. Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds READ MORE
2. Deforestation of indigenous lands in Brazilian Amazon could derail climate targets READ MORE

1. PM Modi asks civil servants to prioritise ‘Nation First’ READ MORE
2. Positive and right thinking READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Dancing at the foothills of Dhauli READ MORE
2. SAANS launched for early detection of pneumonia READ MORE
3. Explained: UGC rules for tie-ups between Indian and foreign universities READ MORE
4. Earth Day 2022: It’s history, significance and this year’s theme READ MORE
5. Explained: How government procures wheat READ MORE
6. Genetically modified mosquitoes for controlling vector-borne diseases? The successful trial gives hope READ MORE
7. NITI Aayog, UNICEF India sign Statement of Intent on SDGs with focus on children READ MORE

Main exam

GS Paper- 1

1. There is a growing intolerance to difference READ MORE
2. Hijab, skirts and a woman’s quest for choice READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. DDMA takes the right call on schools READ MORE
2. Investigation Reimagined READ MORE
3. Criminal Procedure Act’s grand tech vision comes with dangers of police power, data violation READ MORE
4. Explainer: Why the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act Is Being Challenged in Court READ MORE
5. What does ‘citizenship’ mean in India READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. This is India’s moment of reckoning: The country can be the fulcrum of the new global order, as a peaceful democracy with economic prosperity READ MORE
2. Sharif inherits a troubled India-Pakistan legacy and a crumbling economy READ MORE
3. India-UK: Time is ripe to craft a new legacy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code READ MORE
2. Skilling efforts need to be scaled up READ MORE
3. Digital delivery: New-age banks will increase inclusion READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 

1. Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds READ MORE
2. Deforestation of indigenous lands in Brazilian Amazon could derail climate targets READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. PM Modi asks civil servants to prioritise ‘Nation First’ READ MORE
2. Positive and right thinking READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘India can be the fulcrum of the new global order, as a peaceful democracy with economic prosperity’. Comment.
2. ‘In the absence of data protection law, the Acts related to the privacy of citizens should be implement carefully’. Comment on the statement in the light of Criminal Procedure (Identification)Act, 2022.
3. ‘The hijab ban in Karnataka does not only invoke a question of faith but the larger issue of choice, which cannot be ignored at the cost of the other’. Elaborate the statement.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
• The great culture of India, our country is not made of royal systems and royal thrones. The tradition that we have for thousands of years has been a tradition of carrying on the strength of the common man.
• The country can be the fulcrum of the new global order, as a peaceful democracy with economic prosperity.
• During the Cold War, when India pursued a prudent foreign policy of non-alignment, trade was a small part of India’s economy. Now, trade represents a significant share of India’s GDP.
• The IBC is potentially as effective as a disciplining device as much as it is a resolution mechanism.
• For India to gain from its positive demographics, the skill gap must be bridged. Corporates can help by complementing govt’s efforts.
• It is now critical to keep schools open and allow teachers to assess the present learning level of students and commence remedial measures to ensure that children don’t suffer further.
• The growing closeness between China and Russia, along the current aggression in Ukraine has forced the UK to make the Indo-Pacific a key element of its foreign, trade, political and economic agenda.
• As the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act lacks appreciation for an individual’s consent to give such personal data, it empowers the police to initiate criminal proceedings against them in case they refuse to do so.
• The hijab ban in Karnataka does not only invoke a question of faith but the larger issue of choice, which cannot be ignored at the cost of the other.
• The recent trend of the Indian judiciary sentencing offenders for their natural life term reeks vengeance and departs from the reformatory process of making prisons humane and tolerable institutions.

50-WORD TALK

• Modi government’s move to establish a WHO centre for traditional medicine and offer Ayush visas holds promise. Traditional medicine has a mixed, controversial reputation and lacks adequate regulatory oversight in India. Raising its profile and globalising it can work only if it is based in science and has uniform standards.
• President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of victory in Mariupol is an admission of defeat. Putin has ordered troops to bypass defenders entrenched at Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, who defied deadlines to surrender. This frees troops for Russia’s stalled offensive—but not enough to alter the outcome of poor equipment, logistics and generalship.

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.