1. A moment of moral awakening READ MORE
2. Beauty, body and soul READ MORE

1. Safety first: The Dam Safety Authority might be able to monitor safety aspects of Mullaperiyar dam READ MORE
2. 10 Reasons Why Hydropower Dams Are a False Climate Solution READ MORE
3. IPCC report shows a greater need for increased climate action READ MORE

1. Explained: How electoral bonds work, and why they face criticism READ MORE
2. A candid conversation about the ‘caged parrot’ READ MORE
3. The hijab case and the struggle for the right to be and remain different READ MORE
4. Has IAS failed the nation? Not really: Critiques of the service should also recognise its immense strengths & many constraints READ MORE
5. Criminal Identification Bill: A good step, but more needs to be done READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Rajnath Singh launches second edition of swarm drone competition for start-ups READ MORE
2. Explained: Why Centre has opposed Odisha’s plans for landmark Lingaraj Temple READ MORE
3. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency declared on April 1 READ MORE
4. Union Bank launches super-app UnionNXT, digital project SMBHAV READ MORE
5. Parliament passes Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022 READ MORE
6. Pahwa Plastics: The Judgement That Endangers India’s Environmental Jurisprudence READ MORE
7. ADB projects India’s economy to grow by 7.5% in FY23 READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. Safety first: The Dam Safety Authority might be able to monitor safety aspects of Mullaperiyar dam READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Explained: How electoral bonds work, and why they face criticism READ MORE
2. A candid conversation about the ‘caged parrot’ READ MORE
3. The hijab case and the struggle for the right to be and remain different READ MORE
4. Has IAS failed the nation? Not really: Critiques of the service should also recognise its immense strengths & many constraints READ MORE
5. Criminal Identification Bill: A good step, but more needs to be done READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. We Need Climate Action – But It Shouldn’t Be at the Expense of Social Justice READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Repairing the complex India-Nepal relationship READ MORE
2. Neutrality dissonance READ MORE
3. Amid Sanctions Against Russia, BRICS Can Lead the Change Towards National Currency Payments READ MORE
4. India’s Dilemma Over West vs Russia READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India-Australia trade pact promises significant economic, strategic gains READ MORE
2. Economic well-being key to social stability READ MORE
3. Sri Lankan economic crisis and India READ MORE
4. Export opportunity: India can become a reliable grain exporter READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. 10 Reasons Why Hydropower Dams Are a False Climate Solution READ MORE
2. IPCC report shows a greater need for increased climate action READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Not just AFSPA, India must reboot counter-insurgency strategy & free Army from it READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. A moment of moral awakening READ MORE
2. Beauty, body and soul READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘India needs to be a sensitive and generous partner for the “neighbourhood first” policy to take root’. In the light of the statement discuss the need for revival of relations between India and Nepal.
2. ‘If the CBI is to tread the path of virtue, it should have a strong leader with a distinct belief in the law and ethics’. Comment on the statement in the light of recent criticism facing by CBI in its working.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Every heart to love will come, but like a refugee.
• India needs to be a sensitive and generous partner for the “neighbourhood first” policy to take root.
• Reforming the criminal justice system is the task of many years. In the immediate future, however, it is at least possible to curtail the manner in which the UAPA plays havoc with the lives of so many individuals.
• If the CBI is to tread the path of virtue, it should have a strong leader with a distinct belief in the law and ethics.
• The primary task of constitutional politics is to transmute a partisan controversy into a reasoned public debate.
• Constitutional governance entails rectitude, and responsibility, in the exercise of power.
• Ukraine’s plea at the UNSC should not be interpreted for solutions. It must be a moment to recognise the human costs of war.
• Regulation needs to find its way through the ‘efficiency vs equity’ argument, encouraging gains through technology to pay, via taxes, for traditional market inefficiency.
• Any laxity on grabbing this export opportunity would mean missing the golden chance to create the much-needed export outlet for the surplus grains.
• The government must carry out a holistic review of India’s counter-insurgency strategy, transform the CRPF (if not done in the last 8 years) and relieve the armed forces for their primary mission.
• Not only does hydel power fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, but it also renders countries more vulnerable to climate change while emitting significant amounts of methane.

50-WORD TALK

• Evidence shows Russian troops killed unarmed civilians in Bucha. True to type, the Kremlin’s claimed it’s the victim of disinformation, but survivor testimony is backed up by video and satellite imaging. The world must unite to demand punishment for this war crime. India has done well to strongly condemn it.
• The need today in order to increase the happiness quotient of people in India is to follow the economic policies of Scandinavian countries marked by social security and job market flexibility. This will raise incomes and reduce social tensions that result from income disparities. The Scandinavian societies are free of sectarian tensions. There is a strong sense of social responsibility which prompts these nations to opt for taking in refugees who are victims of ethnic 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. Opinion: India’s weakening democracy needs urgent electoral reforms READ MORE  
2. The Need for a Supreme Court Bench in South India READ MORE
3. Centre’s New Exam System is not Reform but Elite Capture READ MORE
4. Why the inordinate delay in SC’s hearing of FCRA and electoral bonds cases is of concern READ MORE

1. Strengthen secularism, save the republic: India, as a nation, can survive only as a secular state — where the state has no religion and does not promote any religion READ MORE  
2. Urban planning key to realising rights for persons with disabilities. Learn from Karnataka READ MORE
3. Grassroots Wisdom~I READ MORE

1. Explained: The Punjab-Haryana dispute over rivers waters and SYL Canal READ MORE
2. Climate crisis: No universal solutions READ MORE

1. Your response to situations can immortalise you READ MORE
2. The Magic Of Three READ MORE
3. Stop stereotyping differently abled READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. The Indian Antarctic Bill and its various provisions READ MORE
2. ISRO to send team to investigate objects that fell from sky in Maharashtra READ MORE
3. Bill introduced to ban financing of weapons of mass destruction READ MORE
4. Quixplained: How does India acquire forex? READ MORE
5. Explained: The Punjab-Haryana dispute over rivers waters and SYL Canal READ MORE
6. Temple-360 to offer online darshan at pilgrimage centres READ MORE
7. What is Russia’s Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine? READ MORE
8. India’s Trade Deficit Rose 88% In 2021-22 READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Strengthen secularism, save the republic: India, as a nation, can survive only as a secular state — where the state has no religion and does not promote any religion READ MORE  
2. Urban planning key to realising rights for persons with disabilities. Learn from Karnataka READ MORE
3. Grassroots Wisdom~I READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Opinion: India’s weakening democracy needs urgent electoral reforms READ MORE  
2. The Need for a Supreme Court Bench in South India READ MORE
3. Centre’s New Exam System is not Reform but Elite Capture READ MORE
4. Why the inordinate delay in SC’s hearing of FCRA and electoral bonds cases is of concern READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. We Need Climate Action – But It Shouldn’t Be at the Expense of Social Justice READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India must focus on Nepal’s geo-economics READ MORE
2. In the middle: On the Ukraine war India must fulfil its responsibilities as a non-aligned democracy READ MORE
3. Oz is just the start: Australia FTA shows India is now confident on trade. Aim bigger, including the ambitious deal with US READ MORE
4. The BIMSTEC Charter: Much Ado About Nothing READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. MSMEs need innovative solutions as inflation kicks in READ MORE  
2. Close the policy gap: RBI has fallen behind the curve READ MORE
3. Why India needs to bring back nature-positive farming READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Climate crisis: No universal solutions READ MORE

TECHNOLOGY

1. The rise and rise of Facial Recognition Technology READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Afspa removal: It will restore peace, dignity READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Your response to situations can immortalise you READ MORE
2. The Magic Of Three READ MORE
3. Stop stereotyping differently abled READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Without any legal safeguards in place, the widespread deployment of facial recognition technology by the Indian State makes it a tool to gain collective control over society’. Critically analyse the statement.
2. ‘BIMSTEC is not just an alternative of SAARC for India, but it is an important platform to counter China’. In the light of the statement, discuss how can India use this platform to counter China?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
• Without any legal safeguards in place, the widespread deployment of facial recognition technology by the Indian State makes it a tool to gain collective control over society.
• The pandemic showed that human interventions in natural processes can have disastrous consequences; we should now scale up natural-positive food systems that would simultaneously promote crop, soil and human health.
• Good leadership and long-term change happen when people are open to understanding each other, willing to learn from each other and mutually invested in fostering change that positively impacts the community as a whole.
• While disability rights are guaranteed by the Constitution, their realisation lies with state and municipal laws.
• The announcement of the reduction of the area under the law should be welcomed as a significant step to restore not just peace, but also dignity.
• The IPCC report says the world is not on track for achieving the mitigation goals. The response to that should be to redouble efforts and limit harm to the extent possible.
• The World Trade Organisation rules on FTAs in goods require that whenever an FTA includes one or more developed countries as members, all member countries must eliminate duties and other trade restrictions on substantially all products traded among them.
• The Constitution of India adopted that moral framework for the governance of India. Equality, justice and fraternity are as much a part of the great Buddhist tradition as of the modern European Renaissance.
• Secularism was chosen as the foundational principle of the republic to keep the nation united. Enlightened citizens should realise that if secularism is jettisoned, the hard-won national unity will be in peril.

50-WORD TALK

• India’s focus has to be on geo-economics — towards a prosperous Nepal, to help it create wealth and jobs so that one-third of its population is not on errands abroad. India has stopped looking at which government is in power in Nepal as long as there is mutual respect, mutual trust and mutual concern for each other’s national interests.

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. The Magic Of Three READ MORE
2. Ramana Maharshi’s three postulates of creation READ MORE

1. Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin READ MORE
2. IPCC: World Must Halve Emissions by 2030 READ MORE

1. More suicides than murders: Society sensitised to mental ills key to addressing problem READ MORE
2. In 2022, let’s create gender-positive learning spaces READ MORE
3. Safeguard LGBT people from bias READ MORE
4. The Need to Address Caste Discrimination and Atrocities as Collective Trauma READ MORE

1. Push the policy needle forward on migrant support READ MORE
2. Criminal Procedure bill will not make Indians safer READ MORE
3. Politics of freebies: States and political parties aren’t realising the cost of fiscal spend on giveaways READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Jagannath Puri Temple READ MORE
2. ‘Govt committed to develop sports infrastructure in J&K’ READ MORE
3. 53 airports are included under Krishi Udan Scheme READ MORE
4. Linking Of Five Rivers READ MORE
5. Amendment In Easements Act, 1882 READ MORE
6. Explained: What is the IPCC, and why are its Assessment Reports important? READ MORE
7. All about India-Australia Economic Co-operation and Trade Agreement READ MORE
8. Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO READ MORE

Main Exam  

GS Paper- 1

1. More suicides than murders: Society sensitised to mental ills key to addressing problem READ MORE
2. Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Push the policy needle forward on migrant support READ MORE
2. Criminal Procedure bill will not make Indians safer READ MORE
3. Politics of freebies: States and political parties aren’t realising the cost of fiscal spend on giveaways READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. In 2022, let’s create gender-positive learning spaces READ MORE
2. Safeguard LGBT people from bias READ MORE
3. The Need to Address Caste Discrimination and Atrocities as Collective Trauma READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The road to Ukraine peace runs through Delhi READ MORE
2. Ambedkar, Nehru, and Atmanirbhar Bharat READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Time for RBI to end its ‘take it easy’ policy READ MORE
2. Limited gains: India should review its position on RCEP READ MORE
3. Renewable energy to climate action — how India can achieve sustainable development in 2022 READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. IPCC: World Must Halve Emissions by 2030 READ MORE

SECURITY

1. The Withdrawal of AFSPA in Parts of Northeast Changes Little on the Ground READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The Magic Of Three READ MORE
2. Ramana Maharshi’s three postulates of creation READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” – Ambrose Bierce.
2. Policy in India often emerges from the ground up, taking decades to cement into national law and standard practice. Discuss with examples.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• When we change the way we communicate, we change society.
• Rapid decarbonization of energy is non-negotiable if we are to avert catastrophic global heating, says the latest UN climate report.
• If India wants the best of both worlds, it must step up and live up to its claim of becoming a ‘Vishwa-Guru’ (or world leader).
• Amidst the scattered experimentation now, the Centre must offer strategic policy guidance for inter-State coordination.
• The criminal Procedure bill empowers police and governments to conduct such intrusive investigations with little accountability and few legal guidelines.
• Grumblings about dollar dominance aren’t new. But even if Russian sanctions lead to some non-dollar trade & some crypto payments, dollar will remain a safe haven asset.
• State governments can have great impact on safeguarding LGBTQIA+ communities from bias, and one hopes that the intent behind these bills will be reflected in the everyday policies of administrations run in these states.
• A society sensitised towards the mentally afflicted persons can help prevent suicides.
• A common test for admission into Central Universities might just now seem appealing, but it could heavily impact learning in the long run
• A clean energy transition can improve the quality of life of rural communities, especially for women. It could improve healthcare and education and facilitate a host of local economic activities to create new jobs.
• While it is true that AFSPA in Assam not as heavy-handed as in Manipur and Nagaland, it is worth recalling that there was never an assurance to a commoner in Assam either that they would not be unfairly impacted by the draconian law.

50-WORD TALK

• As Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov lobbies India to defy Western sanctions, emissaries for London and Washington have asked Delhi to reduce ties with Moscow. Delhi must assert its interests without becoming entangled in a superpower brawl. There’s no prize for standing tall in the middle of someone else’s firefight.

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. Hellenic wisdom: Balm for frayed nerves READ MORE
2. Clash and Creation READ MORE
3. In Pursuit of Happiness: The efforts to officially prepare indexed happiness are nothing but an ideological production. READ MORE

1. Climate and Us | The Parvati Valley forest fire is a sign of the times to come READ MORE
2. A Promising Conservation Policy for India: Climate Change and the Miyawaki Forests READ MORE

1. Explained: Reforming death penalty READ MORE
2. Rethink the criminal identification bill READ MORE
3. To fix India’s criminal justice system, weed out the corrupt first READ MORE

1. Manual scavenging is a blot on society READ MORE
2. Who Has an Authentic Conception of ‘Generation’? READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. NFC technology for instant payments READ MORE
2. The key takeaways of a UNEP report on noise pollution READ MORE
3. Government panel recommends inclusion of Covovax in national COVID-19 vaccination drive for 12-17 age group READ MORE
4. India, Australia sign FTA, trade likely to ‘double in 5 yrs, generate 1 mn jobs’ READ MORE
5. Technological advancements in India’s Aerospace and Defence sector READ MORE
6. Prehistoric relics point to riverine settlement at Attappady READ MORE
7. WHO records new recombinant SARS-CoV-2 variant READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. Manual scavenging is a blot on society READ MORE
2. Who Has an Authentic Conception of ‘Generation’? READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Explained: Reforming death penalty READ MORE
2. Rethink the criminal identification bill READ MORE
3. To fix India’s criminal justice system, weed out the corrupt first READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Playing the strategic autonomy game: New Delhi should play its cards extremely well right now to invest in future geopolitical dividends READ MORE
2. BIMSTEC can boost ties with the East READ MORE
3. India puts itself first READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Renewable energy has a tariff problem. Here’s how to fix it READ MORE
2. RBI’s shift in stance imminent READ MORE
3. Ways to take Russia-India trade forward READ MORE
4. Balance economic & environment policies READ MORE
5. The need for evaluation of fiscal policies READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Climate and Us | The Parvati Valley forest fire is a sign of the times to come READ MORE
2. A Promising Conservation Policy for India: Climate Change and the Miyawaki Forests READ MORE

SECURITY

1. For a full repeal: The relaxation of AFSPA is welcome, but the demand for full repeal should be considered READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Hellenic wisdom: Balm for frayed nerves READ MORE
2. Clash and Creation READ MORE
3. In Pursuit of Happiness: The efforts to officially prepare indexed happiness are nothing but an ideological production. READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Contemporary Indian diplomacy is a textbook example of a swing state that refuses to swing either way.’ Comment in the light of India’s stand on Ukraine-Russia war.   
2. “You must change your approach in order to change your results”. Explain the importance of given quotation in a Civil servant life?
3. How far do you agree with this view that to achieve $5 Trillion economy, India needs a regional free trade agreement with neighbouring countries and BIMSTEC group is the ideal group for it? Analyse your view.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• New Delhi should play its cards extremely well right now to invest in future geopolitical dividends.
• You must change your approach in order to change your results.
• Shifting to a two-part tariff for solar and wind will incentivise private investments.
• Geopolitical choices are almost never black and white, nor are they always readily available. Sometimes, therefore, states must proactively try to shape the environment to generate new options. It is New Delhi’s turn to do so.
• The Russia-Ukraine conflict has only worsened the growth-inflation matrix and raised the spectre of tighter financial conditions.
• India cannot forsake defence ties with Russia. To sidestep Western sanctions, the two nations can revisit rupee-rouble system.
• India as well as other neighbouring countries on the east can gain mutually. This way, India’s act East policy may strengthened.
• Improved connectivity will usher in lower trade cost which could be the driving force for gains from BIMSTEC.
• Criminal identification bill places the privacy of individuals at the mercy of the State; allows for the retention of personal data of convicted individuals for lifetime; and goes against the best practices of data protection.
• The West’s real agenda is the reimposition of a unipolar world order to perpetuate its domination of the international economic and political order.
• The political leadership addressing BIMSTEC cooperation have to realise that pushing a free trade agreement is going to be a domestic exercise, where their own political opponents would create roadblocks.
• In India, it is very difficult to stop a bad economic idea whose time has come, but there is a need for a rigorous assessment of the quality of expenditures by various state governments.

50-WORD TALK

• A longer-term option for countries that are adversely affected by the Western sanctions would be the development of financial messaging systems that can be alternatives to the SWIFT. Russia has developed its own financial messaging system, the SPFS (roughly translated as System for Transfer of Financial Messages) and China has its own Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, or CIPS.
• Air pollution is rising due to the failure of the State and the market forces to give importance to environment. Its genesis lies in policy failure and implementation of less stringent laws & regulations to attract more investment from the developed world. The free market considers only the private cost of production. It fails to consider the social cost of pollution.

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. Clash and Creation READ MORE
2. Never Allow Circumstances Break You READ MORE
3. Ethics of Ecology: The topical agenda of ecological ethics is molded by contemporary environmental problems READ MORE

1. Dry March: Is India looking at deficient pre-monsoon rain in 2022 READ MORE
2. Dry March: Is India looking at deficient pre-monsoon rain in 2022 READ MORE

1. Social media impact: Shield India’s young READ MORE   
2. Gender violence not just a legal issue READ MORE

1. Identity and privacy: Prisoners’ identification Bill, which raises privacy, data safety concerns, requires scrutiny READ MORE  
2. Why the Criminal Identification Bill overreaches: It clubs serious offences with trivial ones and lacks enough safeguards on access to sensitive data READ MORE
3. New methods, new concerns: The ways in which investigative agencies identify criminals and suspects have drastically changed over the course of the 21st century READ MORE
4. The MCD bill is an assault on democracy READ MORE
5. Captive rights: There is a need for disciplining jail inmates, with humaneness READ MORE