1. A cautionary tale: India must heed the warning of the IPCC report and shore up adaptation measures READ MORE
2. What the New IPCC Climate Report Portends for India and South Asia READ MORE
3. UNEA 5.2: Australia dumping plastic in ASEAN countries despite ending exports in 2020, shows report READ MORE

1. A history of clothing and why it matters: Understanding clothing and defiance of dress codes can build greater civility and respect for difference READ MORE
2. How Gandhi Offered an Antidote to Our Sanitised Economic Inequality Discourse READ MORE

1. Data mine: The proposed data use policy is good on intent but lacks clarity on critical aspects of privacy and transparency READ MORE  
2. Bombay HC Directs POCSO Act Offender to Compensate for Upbringing of Child Born Out of Sexual Assault READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. India expects West sanctions on Russia to impact key sectors, defence, engg could take big hit READ MORE
2. Investments through P-notes decline to ₹87,989 crore in January READ MORE
3. Explained: Why rule change in BBMB has become a flashpoint between Centre and Punjab READ MORE
4. UNEA 5.2: UN assembly to come up with an agreement on plastic pollution READ MORE
5. AFSPA extended in Assam for 6 more months with effect from Feb 28 READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. A history of clothing and why it matters: Understanding clothing and defiance of dress codes can build greater civility and respect for difference READ MORE
2. How Gandhi Offered an Antidote to Our Sanitised Economic Inequality Discourse READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Data mine: The proposed data use policy is good on intent but lacks clarity on critical aspects of privacy and transparency READ MORE  
2. Bombay HC Directs POCSO Act Offender to Compensate for Upbringing of Child Born Out of Sexual Assault READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The Ukraine war, India and a stand of non-alignment: New Delhi’s present position apart, the only lasting principle in foreign policy is the principle of national interest READ MORE
2. Ukraine challenge in changing global order READ MORE
3. Changing geopolitics: India must focus on creating a genuinely market-oriented economy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India Economic recovery still needs policy support READ MORE
2. DUET: A proposal for an urban work programme READ MORE
3. Unemployment crisis: Job creation a big challenge for governments READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. A cautionary tale: India must heed the warning of the IPCC report and shore up adaptation measures READ MORE
2. What the New IPCC Climate Report Portends for India and South Asia READ MORE
3. UNEA 5.2: Australia dumping plastic in ASEAN countries despite ending exports in 2020, shows report READ MORE

SECURITY

1. The history of the Kuki insurgency in Manipur READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Policies and People | The RE sector must be mindful of its impact on people READ MORE
2. Beware of the Avalanche of Stupidity Threatening to Bury Us All READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The proposed data use policy is good on intent but lacks clarity on critical aspects of privacy and transparency’. Comment.
2. Recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia shows that UNSC is failed as facilitators of global peace. In the light of the this development analyse the reforms required in UNSC.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
• Modest growth signals in third quarter point to need for continuing stimulus.
• The role of fiscal and trade policy will be dominant, but monetary policy will continue to have a crucial role in maintaining stable financial markets to reduce at least one component of uncertainty.
• The proposed data use policy is good on intent but lacks clarity on critical aspects of privacy and transparency.
• The Centre can convert the data use policy itself into a Bill and get it enacted as a law by the Parliament given that public funds will be used to set up the institutional framework to implement it.
• As India transitions towards a low-carbon economy, it is critical that its future energy systems are designed to foreground ecological health, human dignity and well-being.
• Russia’s unprovoked assault on the territorial integrity of Ukraine has ramifications for global political stability. It raises once again the profoundly important question about the role and relevance of the UN and its instrumentalities as facilitators of global peace.
• Contemporary India will do well to urgently move away from a technocratic Kuznets Ratio world and embrace the normative and political promise of the Gandhi-Irwin Ratio.

50-WORD TALK

• Slower Q3 GDP growth and lower forecast for the full year is bad news for India’s economic recovery. Tackling the fallout of the Ukraine crisis and containing inflation should be Modi government’s priority. For starters, it should cut taxes to prevent petrol-diesel prices from soaring after voting ends in UP.

Things to Remember:

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

1. Beyond good intentions: Navigating the ethical dilemmas facing the technology industry READ MORE
2. Why moral leadership matters now more than ever READ MORE

1. Adapt to climate impacts a priority READ MORE
2. The Environmental Consequences of War READ MORE
3. Climate change induced droughts major driver of food insecurity: IPCC report READ MORE

1. School bullies: Learning needs of students need attention READ MORE
2. A digital health revolution to empower citizens READ MORE

1. A judgement that could open floodgates to defection READ MORE
2. When lawmakers bypass set norms READ MORE
3. Corporate governance — Sebi’s volte face READ MORE
4. Single Civil Services Exam outdated. UPSC holding separate exam for Indian Railways—good idea READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. All India House Price Index rises 3.1 pc in Q3: RBI data READ MORE
2. IPCC report warns of unavoidable multiple climate hazards READ MORE
3. Could Turkey close the Bosporus to the Russian navy? READ MORE
4. Everyday Global: What is the International Court of Justice READ MORE
5. Bengal tiger, hoolock gibbon, snow leopard to face climate change wrath: New IPCC report READ MORE
6. What is rain bomb? Australia hit by rare weather phenomenon, 8 dead. Check pics here READ MORE
7. Japan and India renews Bilateral Swap Arrangement of up to $75 billion READ MORE

Main Exam  

GS Paper- 1

1. School bullies: Learning needs of students need attention READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. A judgement that could open floodgates to defection READ MORE
2. When lawmakers bypass set norms READ MORE
3. Corporate governance — Sebi’s volte face READ MORE
4. Single Civil Services Exam outdated. UPSC holding separate exam for Indian Railways—good idea READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. A digital health revolution to empower citizens READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Debunking Russia’s international law justifications: The grounds on which the Russian President has tried to justify Moscow’s illegal actions against Ukraine are erroneous READ MORE
2. Counting the costs: Talks to end the war are a must as sanctions on Russia will hurt the wider world READ MORE
3. The Real World Order: Only the United Nations Charter cannot help Ukraine READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Democratising STEM skills is crucial to creating a future ready India READ MORE
2. What India should do to become a leader in green hydrogen READ MORE
3. Disappointing numbers: Estimate of GDP growth for current year lowered READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Adapt to climate impacts a priority READ MORE
2. The Environmental Consequences of War READ MORE
3. Climate change induced droughts major driver of food insecurity: IPCC report READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Beyond good intentions: Navigating the ethical dilemmas facing the technology industry READ MORE
2. Why moral leadership matters now more than ever READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Although civil society may not be an arena of the Fourth Generation Warfare, its potential for subversion of democracy and development is real. Critically Analyse.
2. “There is a fundamental flaw in positing the state and the civil society debate as one of either-or, rather it must be framed as state and the civil society”. Explain the statement in the context of contemporary challenges faced by the third sector in India.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst.
• The grounds on which the Russian President has tried to justify Moscow’s illegal actions against Ukraine are erroneous.
• The biggest step towards democratising STEM would be the combined effort of all stakeholders — public and private — in the smooth transition to digital learning, where each and every student will be able to enjoy the experience of personalised lab equipment in a virtual setting.
• As India makes significant strides in science and technology globally, a holistic and multidisciplinary approach is critical in STEM education.
• The true democratisation of STEM education will not only empower learners to shape the workforce of tomorrow but also lead to unseen advancements in India’s STEM education sector.
• As the world enters a new phase of hybrid working and learning, the blending of physical and digital learning will be more critical than ever.
• Educational institutions are meant to provide a level playing field for students who come from a diverse background and the focus is on learning and acquiring skills.
• At a time when classrooms are returning to normal after the long gap caused by the pandemic, efforts should be made for building a healthy atmosphere and instilling the right values in young minds.
• Despite the rising acceptance of the role of digital health services, most of the digital health solutions, be it public or private, have continued to develop in a fragmented manner, restricted to their own silos, with little consideration of interoperability and a comprehensive larger picture.
• A spike in inflation would have complicated long-term consequences, and therefore extraordinary measures to manage it might be considered.
• The impact on food availability and nutritional quality will increase the number of people at risk of hunger, malnutrition and diet-related mortality

50-WORD TALK

• The anti-defection law was designed to eliminate political defection. However, the judgment of the Bombay HC seems to assume that paragraph (4) of the 10th schedule is meant to facilitate defection. This judgment is likely to open the flood gates to defection. The Supreme Court must intervene quickly.
• Facing crippling sanctions, mired in an un-winnable war, Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening an atomic apocalypse. Letting nuclear blackmail succeed will only sow seeds for more. The world must make clear the onus is on Putin to negotiate a way out of the corner he has backed himself into.
• A small state like Haryana has an anomaly of 20 IAS chief secretaries as of today. This kind of top-heavy bulge in states is unsustainable, especially with the centre also saying it is short of IAS officers. Such shortages in critical areas indicates a severe HR crisis in the bureaucracy.

Things to Remember:

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

1. Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation READ MORE
2. Mental health needs more than medicine READ MORE  

1. Save the world from war, spread meditativeness READ MORE
2. Leo Tolstoy’s Law of Love READ MORE
3. Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation READ MORE

1. Tackling the plastic problem: The UN Environment Assembly meet could finalise a way forward for global cooperation in reducing plastic consumption READ MORE
2. India: We May Have Overestimated How Much Carbon Our Forests Can Hold READ MORE

1. No quick fix: India must not allow mushrooming of medical colleges without trained faculty, infrastructure READ MORE
2. Liberalise, do not bureaucratise READ MORE
3. Too many IAS chief secretaries, not enough posts — Indian states have a problem READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. EXERCISE EASTERN BRIDGE -VI READ MORE
2. Exclusion from SWIFT: what it entails READ MORE
3. Russia-Ukraine conflict hits sunflower oil imports; industry weighs options in other countries READ MORE
4. Explained | What are market infrastructure institutions? READ MORE
5. SC quashes Bihar notification to declare Lohar caste ST READ MORE
6. India abstains from UNSC procedural vote for emergency General Assembly session on Ukraine READ MORE
7. Cabinet approves supply of coal through common e-auction window READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. No quick fix: India must not allow mushrooming of medical colleges without trained faculty, infrastructure READ MORE
2. Liberalise, do not bureaucratise READ MORE
3. Too many IAS chief secretaries, not enough posts — Indian states have a problem READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Mental health needs more than medicine READ MORE  

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. A testing vote: India had good reasons to abstain, but might have to revisit its stance if the conflict worsens READ MORE
2. Russia-West conflict of interest over Ukraine READ MORE
3. A tightrope: India’s abstention at the UNSC resolution against Russia sends out conflicting signals READ MORE
4. UN Security Council Remains as Powerless as Ever READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. With Russia-Ukraine conflict, comes inflation challenge READ MORE
2. Our forex cushion READ MORE
3. Food for thought READ MORE
4. It’s time to simplify the direct tax laws READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Tackling the plastic problem: The UN Environment Assembly meet could finalise a way forward for global cooperation in reducing plastic consumption READ MORE
2. India: We May Have Overestimated How Much Carbon Our Forests Can Hold READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. India’s journey at CERN has been remarkable READ MORE
2. Science needs bigger investment for better results READ MORE 

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Save the world from war, spread meditativeness READ MORE
2. Leo Tolstoy’s Law of Love READ MORE
3. Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The recent Ukraine invades by Russia shows that United Nations Security Council is remains as powerless as ever’. In the light of the statement discuss the need for the reform in UNSC.
2. ‘India’s record procurement levels should not be viewed as an achievement, but instead as pointers to deep flaws in the agriculture marketing system’. In the light of the statement discuss how India can address this cropping imbalance?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• There never was a good war or a bad peace.
• India had good reasons to abstain from UNSC, but might have to revisit its stance if the conflict worsens.
• India must not allow mushrooming of medical colleges without trained faculty, infrastructure.
• Merely having private establishments start medical schools, without a long-term commitment to offer necessary training and post-graduate education, could lead to a repeat of the engineering fiasco after the dotcom boom.
• The UN Environment Assembly meet could finalise a way forward for global cooperation in reducing plastic consumption.
• Prices must be prevented from surging upwards. This calls for reforming India’s grain management and food subsidy system.
• It is important to reform the grain-management-cum-food-subsidy system to release precious resources for growth of agriculture.
• We’ll soon confront a moment of truth over how the country plans to get its high debt pile-up back under a level that would allow for a sustainable fiscal approach in the years to come.
• India’s record procurement levels should not be viewed as an achievement, but instead as pointers to deep flaws in the agriculture marketing system.
• A self-reliant India needs to at least double its investment in S&T. Nobel prizes will follow and the long drought could end sooner than later.
• The government might be working on simplifying the capital gains tax rules, bringing a more uniform definition for long-term capital gains and the tax rate on them.
• Punitive measures like sanctions, severing diplomatic ties, or delinking trade might just be symbolic when it comes to powerful nations, and these steps might not deter them.
• The entire spotlight is on how Russia has violated territorial integrity, but no one is asking as to why the current system of collective security has failed to maintain international peace and security in the game of great power politics.
• Russia should not fall into the trap of China to share the financial burden of keeping a terrorist country like Pakistan functional.

50-WORD TALK

• Owing to the collective failure of the West to check the economic juggernaut of the CPC, the US and its allies are now desperate to cobble up an economic coalition. Moscow too has been making its way into the European heartland through one of the most lucrative exports — natural gas. Russia alone was enough to meet the energy needs of the politico-economic geography of the European Union and NATO nations.
• India’s journey from being food-deficient to becoming food-surplus helped the country achieve independence in food production. But today, the Green Revolution of yesteryear needs to turn into an ‘ever-Green Revolution’ to find solutions to air pollution caused by stubble burning in northern India. Again, national science will have to come to the rescue.

Things to Remember:

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

1. A state of quiet READ MORE
2. New ACM Tech-Brief spotlights privacy, ethics problems with facial recognition technology READ MORE
3. Artificial intelligence technologies have a climate cost READ MORE

1. On the Brink of Collapse: Decoding a UN-Backed Climate Fund READ MORE
2. Assessing Marine Plastic Pollution in India READ MORE

1. Caste politics does not undermine development READ MORE
2. Education should be priority, not banning of hijab READ MORE
3. The case for early teaching in mother tongue READ MORE  
4. Drivers of Child Nutritional Change in India READ MORE

1. What does Artificial Intelligence spell for policy-makers? READ MORE
2. Parties pitch law and order as poll issue in UP READ MORE
3. Inter-Faith Marriage: One High Court, 2 Similar Cases, Different Verdicts READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22– Issue price Series-X READ MORE
2. C-DOT bags 3 awards for its indigenously designed & developed innovative Telecom solutions at 12th Annual Aegis Graham Bell Awards READ MORE
3. Explained: What India’s abstention on UNSC vote over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means READ MORE
4. 40 nations taking part, Navy’s Exercise Milan begins today READ MORE
5. Railways’ solar power plant in MP shortlisted for international award READ MORE
6. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti: Know all about the founder of Arya Samaj READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Caste politics does not undermine development READ MORE
2. Education should be priority, not banning of hijab READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. What does Artificial Intelligence spell for policy-makers? READ MORE
2. Parties pitch law and order as poll issue in UP READ MORE
3. Inter-Faith Marriage: One High Court, 2 Similar Cases, Different Verdicts READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. The case for early teaching in mother tongue READ MORE  
2. Drivers of Child Nutritional Change in India READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Troubled waters: India and Sri Lanka should find a lasting solution to the issues facing their fisherfolk READ MORE
2. The world must do more to put pressure on Russia READ MORE
3. Russia: India is in a tough spot READ MORE
4. India must think of reconfiguring its ties with Russia READ MORE
5. India Needs to Make Some Tough Foreign Policy Choices READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Green or Grey? The Uncertain Quality of India’s New Hydrogen Policy READ MORE
2. Free Trade Agreements Are Back in Vogue READ MORE
3. Inflation, Debt Sustainability, and Government Borrowing in the Time of the Pandemic READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. On the Brink of Collapse: Decoding a UN-Backed Climate Fund READ MORE
2. Assessing Marine Plastic Pollution in India READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Defence upgrade needs touch of realism READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. A state of quiet READ MORE
2. New ACM Tech-Brief spotlights privacy, ethics problems with facial recognition technology READ MORE
3. Artificial intelligence technologies have a climate cost READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘High food inflation and the adoption of inflation targeting will impose severe constraints on the ability to expand borrowing and maintain low levels of debt-to-GDP’. In the light of the statement, do you think that governments must either rethink monetary policy or allow for debt ratios to rise? Analyse the case.
2. Does the India’s trade pact with the United Arab Emirates indicate a policy shift towards a more liberal trade regime? Argue your case.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
• The AI-climate change link is understudied, not least because the largest companies working in this space are neither transparent nor meaningfully committed to understanding it.
• The rampant use of plastics in India and inefficient waste management practices have led to plastic waste being either piled up on dumpsites or finding their way into the open sea, contributing to the global problem of marine plastic pollution.
• High food inflation and the adoption of inflation targeting will impose severe constraints on the ability to expand borrowing and maintain low levels of debt-to-GDP. In such a situation, governments must either rethink monetary policy and/or allow for debt ratios to rise.
• Majoritarian forces are threatened by the attempt of Muslim women to gain economic independence and assert their identity while enjoying their civil liberties.
• The civic bodies are major defaulters, but the power department cannot summarily shut down power supply to the street lights managed by the municipalities owing to law and order as well as public convenience factors. This leads to a perennial built up of arrears for the discoms.
• If the Union Government can make it compulsory for all the primary schools run by Government or private sector to teach only in mother tongue till Grade 5, there will be a level playing field.
• Through its actions in Ukraine, Russia has challenged the global order in fundamental ways and India’s foreign policy won’t be immune from its reverberations.
• It is time for us to focus on empowering all women, including Muslim women, by ensuring their access to education, employment, and public safety.

50-WORD TALK

• Western sanctions against Russia have confronted New Delhi with tough choices. Russian equipment, especially missile and nuclear technologies, are the bedrock of India’s defence. But economic partnership with the West, and its support against China, are key to India’s future. Focussed, pragmatic pursuit of national interest must guide Indian diplomacy.
• A Delhi municipal school’s order to forbid its students from wearing religious attire is premature, needlessly political and inflammable. Everybody should take a deep breath and wait for the Karnataka court’s decision. India cannot afford to go down on this slippery slope in which there can be no clear winners.

Things to Remember:

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

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. SC issues notice on plea against Kerala in endosulfan case READ MORE
2. Mayurbhanj Chhau’s fight to stay alive READ MORE
3. Explained: What are MSPs, and how are they decided? READ MORE
4. Oil at $100 threatens world economy inflation shock, Ukraine crisis may fuel inflation READ MORE
5. RBI amends payments systems rules READ MORE
6. Two New Prehistoric Bird Species Identified in China READ MORE
7. New Species of Large-Sized Pterosaur Unearthed in Scotland READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. India’s married women are still far from bodily agency READ MORE
2. Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill: A positive move READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Why forced recusals of judges harm the independence of the judiciary READ MORE
2. Humane law: A Delhi district judge has shown sensitivity that needs to be emulated while handling rape cases READ MORE
3. The real cost of data: India needs a privacy law before data use policy READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Hungry Indian READ MORE
2. Hunger Watch Survey: With Income Loss and Food Insecurity, India’s Poor Struggle to Cope READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Russia’s NATO problem: Putin seems unwilling to engage to address Russian security concerns READ MORE
2. Understanding the Indus Waters Treaty READ MORE
3. Need to Connect with neighbours READ MORE
4. 50 yrs ago Nixon’s visit to China changed geopolitics. Now Russia is in the building READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Ploughing a new channel for India’s food systems: The siloed approach of ‘agriculture’ serving ‘food security’ needs to give way to a science-society-policy interface READ MORE
2. Explained: Economy in time of war READ MORE
3. Education must match needs of the economy READ MORE
4. Does the move to tax virtual digital assets signal the advent of cryptocurrency regulation in India? READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Ganga erosion READ MORE
2. Rethinking the wildlife protection strategy READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. India’s Investments in Early Warning Systems Have Unintended Benefits for Women READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Speak lovingly, think lovingly, act lovingly READ MORE
2. Rebalancing ecology, economics & ethics READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘It is imperative that to achieve sustainable development, the broken harmony between economy, ecology and ethics be restored’. Comment.
2. The absence of regulations for virtual digital assets has hampered the growth of the sector and India needs to regulate them. Analyse the statement.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
• The siloed approach of ‘agriculture’ serving ‘food security’ needs to give way to a science-society-policy interface.
• An agro-climatic approach to agricultural development is important for sustainability and better nutrition.
• Strengthening and shortening food supply chains, reinforcing regional food systems, food processing, agricultural resilience and sustainability in a climate-changing world will require prioritising research and investments along these lines.
• There is a massive rise in allocation for infrastructure projects, with huge environmental implications, and little set aside for sustainable development.
• Our new policy is expected to reduce costs and aid exports but further measures could put us on an accelerated path to success.
• If judges step aside on apprehensions of a possible backlash on account of their verdicts, it may start a disturbing trend of forced and unconscionable recusals, which is detrimental to a democracy.
• The aim for India is to truly start engaging with its neighborhood to reinstate its position as a close trustworthy partner as opposed to dominance by stealth and compromising schemes such as the loans for building critical infrastructure coming from China.
• The five pillars of advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific, building connections with the region and beyond, driving regional prosperity, enhancing the security shield in and for the region and building a regional resilience to threats are all achievable.
• We need policy instruments and intervention strategies for behavioural change such as educational programmes and incentives for conservation.
• It is imperative that to achieve sustainable development, the broken harmony between economy, ecology and ethics be restored.
• Due to the unplanned growth of higher education, there is a shortage of qualified people in the frontier areas of knowledge and technology.

50-WORD TALK

• Europeans complaining that New Delhi hasn’t condemned Russia over Ukraine forget their countries didn’t line up against China after Galwan, nor backed India on Kashmir. Long coddled by American security guarantees, Europe’s entitled nations — bar France — contribute little to global order. Europe needs to learn to fight its own battles.
• The principle President Vladimir Putin asserts in Ukraine is this: Great Powers are entitled to subservience from weaker ones, and to use force at will. It’s an idea China has eagerly embraced. In its own interest, India ought stop equivocating, and support the global effort to punish Russia’s military aggression.

Things to Remember:

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

1. Speak lovingly, think lovingly, act lovingly READ MORE
2. Rebalancing ecology, economics & ethics READ MORE

1. Ganga erosion READ MORE
2. Rethinking the wildlife protection strategy READ MORE

1. India’s married women are still far from bodily agency READ MORE
2. Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill: A positive move READ MORE
3. Hungry Indian READ MORE
4. Hunger Watch Survey: With Income Loss and Food Insecurity, India’s Poor Struggle to Cope READ MORE