Badministrators: Nasty social media brawl between IAS & IPS officers points to a larger, worrying trend

GS Paper 4   Syllabus: Ethics in Public Service   Source: TOI, DNAIndia  Context: Recently, an IPS officer and an IAS officer from Karnataka were involved in a verbal debate on Social media this has put the focus on a larger issue of how civil service ethos is undergoing through participation in social media.   …

Fair trial goes beyond courts, to the police and media

GS paper 2 Syllabus: Structure, functioning and organization of Courts, the role of executive, media etc   Source: The Hindu Context: This is in continuation of the article Biased media weaken democracy Recently, the Chief Justice of India objected to the lack of media accountability in the media’s coverage of legal issues. Direction: Those giving …

The impact of social media on young India’s mental health

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources   Source: Indian Express Context:  The growing dependency on social media is very worrying as its constant use leads to many problems like exposure to risky content, changes in behavioural patterns, inferiority complex, cyber-bullying etc. The …

Biased media, agenda-driven debates weakening democracy

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Judiciary   Source: Indian Express Context: India’s CJI  has highlighted concerns that “ill-informed and agenda-driven debates” and “biased views” are weakening democracy. Importance of Judiciary: Judiciary as “the organ which breathes life into the Constitution: Judicial review of legislative and executive actions is an integral part of the Constitutional scheme. It …

Insights into Editorial: Why democracy needs social media

    Context: Social Media role in Pandemic: Has social media cumulatively helped the average citizen more in this pandemic than most modern governments? Yes. It connected broken healthcare, breaking news, kind volunteers and depressed loved ones through a digital string in a way a lot of heads of states failed to do. But we …

Analyse the rise of social media as a consequence of lacunae in the traditional Indian society.

Topic : Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. 2. Analyse the rise of social media as a consequence of lacunae in the traditional Indian society. (250 words) Reference: Indian Express  Why the question: The article brings to us detailed analysis of the rise of social media and its impact on our society. Key …

In light of the snowballing instances of cybercrimes and cyber bullying of girls and women, deliberate upon the challenges associated and suggest suitable measures to address it.

Topic: basics of cyber security; 2. In light of the snowballing instances of cybercrimes and cyber bullying of girls and women, deliberate upon the challenges associated and suggest suitable measures to address it. (250 words) Reference: The Hindu  Why the question: Question is amidst increasing instances of cybercrimes and cyber bullying of girls and women. …

7) Media plays an important role in inculcating and shaping our values.  Discuss.(250 words)

Topic– Role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values. 7) Media plays an important role in inculcating and shaping our values.  Discuss.(250 words) Reference Directive word Discuss- this is an all-encompassing directive which mandates us to write in detail about the key demand of the question. we also have to discuss about the …