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🔴GS1- Art and culture
#GS1-#Art_and_Culture
🔴GS4- Ethics and essay- What are the values that sports can imbibe in a society- Why are the 1948 Olympics so significant for the world back then?
To put things into context- Imagine IPL happening in present times- Arts and sports are some activities that lift up human spirits. Can quote this example of 1948 Olympic games on any essay that talks about the role of sports in education / An exclusive essay on sports
#GS1-#Art_and_Culture
🔴GS4- Ethics and essay- What are the values that sports can imbibe in a society- Why are the 1948 Olympics so significant for the world back then?
To put things into context- Imagine IPL happening in present times- Arts and sports are some activities that lift up human spirits. Can quote this example of 1948 Olympic games on any essay that talks about the role of sports in education / An exclusive essay on sports
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✅Gs3- Role of media
✅GS-4 Media ethics
Importance of :
🔴1) Freedom of expression
🔴2) Safety of Individual journalists
📣🎖Takeaway for prelims Press trust of India: PTI- Click here
✅GS-4 Media ethics
Importance of :
🔴1) Freedom of expression
🔴2) Safety of Individual journalists
📣🎖Takeaway for prelims Press trust of India: PTI- Click here
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✅GS3- Inclusive growth- The concept of stakeholder capitalism- to deal with the growing inequality- Click here
✅GS4- Ethics- Human values
✅GS1- Political philosophies
🔴-How capitalism needs recalibration to stay relevant?- Click here - MUST READ
🔴- How to redistribute wealth Just an idea, can be done in many other ways - Click here
🔴Gandhian Philosophy as an antidote to growing inequality - Click here
🔴 Must read this article - The NEW capitalism-Click here
✅GS4- Ethics- Human values
✅GS1- Political philosophies
🔴-How capitalism needs recalibration to stay relevant?- Click here - MUST READ
🔴- How to redistribute wealth Just an idea, can be done in many other ways - Click here
🔴Gandhian Philosophy as an antidote to growing inequality - Click here
🔴 Must read this article - The NEW capitalism-Click here
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Gs4- Ethics: Do you agree with the racial justice argument?
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✅GS2- Health-> Mental health- Dimensions of mental health- Click here
✅Gs-4 - ethics - emotional intelligence- types of intelligence- Adversity quotient- What is this?- Click here
Those who still think mental health is not an issue- Read the analogy.- Break the stigma
✅Gs-4 - ethics - emotional intelligence- types of intelligence- Adversity quotient- What is this?- Click here
Those who still think mental health is not an issue- Read the analogy.- Break the stigma
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✅Gs-4 - ethics-
🔴There is a need to increase the stakes from good governance to Ethical governance- Only if rules based institutions function in the spirit of the law, we expect some form of justice- Which is the ultimate objective of any institution of democracy- Hence code of conduct and code of ethics is important- An ex : Fair practices code of ARCs
🔴There is a need to increase the stakes from good governance to Ethical governance- Only if rules based institutions function in the spirit of the law, we expect some form of justice- Which is the ultimate objective of any institution of democracy- Hence code of conduct and code of ethics is important- An ex : Fair practices code of ARCs
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✅Gs4- Ethics in healthcare systems
✅Gs2- Health- The lessons that our pandemic taught :
🔴1) Practices that are not needed at all are being encouraged -pandemic has put them on hold- ex: C- section for pregnant women
🔴2) Other side : Showcased how public healthcare has been ignored and highjacked by private players
✅There is a need to correct this.
✅Gs2- Health- The lessons that our pandemic taught :
🔴1) Practices that are not needed at all are being encouraged -pandemic has put them on hold- ex: C- section for pregnant women
🔴2) Other side : Showcased how public healthcare has been ignored and highjacked by private players
✅There is a need to correct this.
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✅Gs4- Ethics - In the wake of the pandemic, Wikipedia has been pushing it's appeals to donate from various channels- voluntary contributions help Wikipedia to remain independent. There is a question which I found particularly difficult to answer which made me question my choice. What would you pick? If you were to think like a citizen first and then a bureaucrat?
P.s. please donate to wikipedia if you can afford to- it has been a saviour :)
P.s. please donate to wikipedia if you can afford to- it has been a saviour :)
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✅Gs4- Ethics - In the wake of the pandemic, Wikipedia has been pushing it's appeals to donate from various channels- voluntary contributions help Wikipedia to remain independent. There is a question which I found particularly difficult to answer which made me question my choice. What would you pick? If you were to think like a citizen first and then a bureaucrat?
P.s. please donate to wikipedia if you can afford to- it has been a saviour :)
P.s. please donate to wikipedia if you can afford to- it has been a saviour :)
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Gs-4 Ethics -Attitude - What does mauna or silence mean for Gandhiji
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✅Gs4- ethics - values - example
Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was only a few meters from the finish line, but got confused with the signs and stopped, thinking he had finished the race. A Spanish man, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realizing what was going on, started shouting to the Kenyan to keep running. Mutai did not know Spanish and did not understand.
Realizing what was going on, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory. A reporter asked Ivan, "Why did you do this?" Ivan replied, "My dream is that one day we can have some sort of community life where we push ourselves and help each other win." The reporter insisted "But why did you let the Kenyan win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win. The race was his."
The reporter insisted and asked again, "But you could have won!" Ivan looked at him and replied: "But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor of this medal? What would my Mother think of it?" The values are transmitted from generation to generation.
Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was only a few meters from the finish line, but got confused with the signs and stopped, thinking he had finished the race. A Spanish man, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realizing what was going on, started shouting to the Kenyan to keep running. Mutai did not know Spanish and did not understand.
Realizing what was going on, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory. A reporter asked Ivan, "Why did you do this?" Ivan replied, "My dream is that one day we can have some sort of community life where we push ourselves and help each other win." The reporter insisted "But why did you let the Kenyan win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win. The race was his."
The reporter insisted and asked again, "But you could have won!" Ivan looked at him and replied: "But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor of this medal? What would my Mother think of it?" The values are transmitted from generation to generation.
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✅Gs4- Ethics in public life - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam as an example.
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✅GS2: Role of Civil Services In Democracy - Might be of little relevance for the mains exam- But do give it a read if you have time
🔴Also useful for GS-4- ethics- Values in public life
🔴Also useful for GS-4- ethics- Values in public life
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Gs2- Women's rights example- Relevant story for Essay and ethics
✅Mary Roy was a passionate advocate for women’s rights and the founder of the Pallikoodam School in Kottayam, Kerala.
On 24 February 1986 Mary won a long-standing legal battle for equal rights over the property of her father, a Syrian Catholic. Up until she challenged the Travancore Act, the following rules were applicable:
🔴A widow who returned to her parental home could enjoy the ancestral property until she died or remarried.
🔴If a man did not leave behind a will specifying a share of his personal property for a daughter, the daughter wouldn’t be entitled to a share of that property.
🔴She would, however, be entitled to one-fourth of the value of the share of the son or Rs 5,000, whichever was less.
Since Mary’s father died without having left behind a will, she approached the courts. Mary sought an end to the centuries-old practice of the Syrian Christian community, which bequeathed only a minor portion of the family property to women members, under the Travancore Syrian Christian Succession Act, 1916 and Cochin Succession Act 1921.
“This was a fight that I began 50 years ago. When my father died in 1960, I was staying in a small cottage owned by the family in Ooty (Udhagamandalam) with my two small children. I was asked to vacate the cottage after his death,” said Mary.
At the time of the Supreme Court verdict, Roy also said, “I am relieved that my long struggle for justice has yielded results. My battle was not for a piece of property alone but to ensure that women in this country enjoy the rights guaranteed by the Constitution.” She won the lawsuit which ensured her equal rights to the familial property.
✅Mary Roy was a passionate advocate for women’s rights and the founder of the Pallikoodam School in Kottayam, Kerala.
On 24 February 1986 Mary won a long-standing legal battle for equal rights over the property of her father, a Syrian Catholic. Up until she challenged the Travancore Act, the following rules were applicable:
🔴A widow who returned to her parental home could enjoy the ancestral property until she died or remarried.
🔴If a man did not leave behind a will specifying a share of his personal property for a daughter, the daughter wouldn’t be entitled to a share of that property.
🔴She would, however, be entitled to one-fourth of the value of the share of the son or Rs 5,000, whichever was less.
Since Mary’s father died without having left behind a will, she approached the courts. Mary sought an end to the centuries-old practice of the Syrian Christian community, which bequeathed only a minor portion of the family property to women members, under the Travancore Syrian Christian Succession Act, 1916 and Cochin Succession Act 1921.
“This was a fight that I began 50 years ago. When my father died in 1960, I was staying in a small cottage owned by the family in Ooty (Udhagamandalam) with my two small children. I was asked to vacate the cottage after his death,” said Mary.
At the time of the Supreme Court verdict, Roy also said, “I am relieved that my long struggle for justice has yielded results. My battle was not for a piece of property alone but to ensure that women in this country enjoy the rights guaranteed by the Constitution.” She won the lawsuit which ensured her equal rights to the familial property.
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@hinduhighlights turns 1 Exactly at this minute🙂 . This eventful journey would not have been possible without these two personalities who inspired me
🔴It is okay to hit a rock bottom and try again- Thank you MS :)
✅Wanted to share my thoughts on his retirement- sorry for the non academic post :)
(You can still look at this as a topic of ethics- Values topic- if you want to🙂)
How badly are you going to miss MS Dhoni?
🔴It is okay to hit a rock bottom and try again- Thank you MS :)
✅Wanted to share my thoughts on his retirement- sorry for the non academic post :)
(You can still look at this as a topic of ethics- Values topic- if you want to🙂)
How badly are you going to miss MS Dhoni?
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✅GS2- IR- India - japan relations
🔴GS4- Ethics- leadership- Can an individual shape up institutions? - Think on these lines.
🔴GS4- Ethics- leadership- Can an individual shape up institutions? - Think on these lines.
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✅🔴GS3- Economic development - along with this article- you can take a lot of cues from this article- Click here - Gandhian thought for Indian economy and its relevance
I have summarized the idea of this article in the following blog article . Please follow this blog for more such articles.
Click here for the blog link Explained - Aasan Basha
✅✅ Self Reliance is not isolation- spirit of Atma Nirbhar Bharat -the aspiration of being a vishwa guru
This topic has a high probability of being asked in essay, ethics or mains. MUST READ
I have summarized the idea of this article in the following blog article . Please follow this blog for more such articles.
Click here for the blog link Explained - Aasan Basha
✅✅ Self Reliance is not isolation- spirit of Atma Nirbhar Bharat -the aspiration of being a vishwa guru
This topic has a high probability of being asked in essay, ethics or mains. MUST READ
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Gs 4: Ethics- leadership : IAS officer Ramesh Gholap, the Deputy Commissioner of Koderma in Jharkhand, was out distributing blankets to the poor when he saw a frail little girl standing in the line. On enquiry, the DC found out that the girl was 11-year-old Sapna whose parents had died recently, leaving her with nowhere to go.
Acting out of instinct, Ramesh drove Sapna to the nearest Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, registering himself as her guardian. He also asked the officials of social security departments to ensure Sapna gets Rs 2,000 every month, and a tutor takes care of her studies.
Each time the IAS officer meets such children, his memories take him miles away - to Mahagaon in Maharashtra's Solapur district, where he sold bangles along with his mother after his father’s death. Gholap couldn’t do much else because of his polio-stricken leg.
"I believe that the situation which I overcame has given me the biggest gift – sensitivity," he says.
Credits: Better india
Acting out of instinct, Ramesh drove Sapna to the nearest Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, registering himself as her guardian. He also asked the officials of social security departments to ensure Sapna gets Rs 2,000 every month, and a tutor takes care of her studies.
Each time the IAS officer meets such children, his memories take him miles away - to Mahagaon in Maharashtra's Solapur district, where he sold bangles along with his mother after his father’s death. Gholap couldn’t do much else because of his polio-stricken leg.
"I believe that the situation which I overcame has given me the biggest gift – sensitivity," he says.
Credits: Better india
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✅Gs4- Ethics - Bio ethics - In general why is it important to stick to rule of law?- it avoids adverse consequences
My opinion :
🔴So whether it is in the context of polity or whether it is in the context of science and tech- rules have a single purpose- to safeguard institutions from long term negative consequences
🔴If we can extrapolate the same thing to the concept of dharma( which basically is about doing one's own duty) and link it to integrity( sticking to the aspect of dharma even when you have a choice of not doing needing to stick to- the society will have less conflicts
🎖In short- shortcuts are tempting but can lead to chaos if unchecked
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@upschighlights for prelims info
My opinion :
🔴So whether it is in the context of polity or whether it is in the context of science and tech- rules have a single purpose- to safeguard institutions from long term negative consequences
🔴If we can extrapolate the same thing to the concept of dharma( which basically is about doing one's own duty) and link it to integrity( sticking to the aspect of dharma even when you have a choice of not doing needing to stick to- the society will have less conflicts
🎖In short- shortcuts are tempting but can lead to chaos if unchecked
🎖Join
@hinduhighlights for News analysis
@upschighlights for prelims info
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✅Gs 3 : conservation- Ecosystem services.
✅Gs-4: Ethics- environmental Ethics- vruksho rakshati rakshitaha- example of sustainable development as a way of life in indian ethos
✅Gs-4: Ethics- environmental Ethics- vruksho rakshati rakshitaha- example of sustainable development as a way of life in indian ethos
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✅Gs2- Seperation of powers- Executive vs Judiciary - Justice NV ramana vs AP CM jagan- Background
Takeaway from this article 1997- Justice verma document on code of conduct for judges-also relevant for
🔴GS4- Ethics- Values in public life
Takeaway from this article 1997- Justice verma document on code of conduct for judges-also relevant for
🔴GS4- Ethics- Values in public life