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🚨July 3 2023 | Monday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Spacetime
The 3D of length, breadth and depth combined with 4th dimension of Time into a singular 4-D continuum

2. Cosmic Clock
- Pulsars, the rotating neutron stars, emit pulses of radiation looking like bright flashes from earth
- These bright flashes occur at precise time intervals and thus called cosmic clocks

Pre related

1. Crime records publication norms for Political Parties
- Mandatory for the political parties to publish details of criminal cases pending against candidates
- Criminal cases to be published in bold letters at least thrice
- Reasons for selecting candidates with criminal backgrounds to be given by parties
- Reasons shall not be winnability alone but justified via qualification, achievements, merit etc
- Published within 48 hours to 2 weeks in:
a) national and vernacular paper
b) official social media platform
c) website in an EC prescribed format

2. Central Bank Digital currencies of different countries
- eNaira: Nigeria
- e-RMB (e-Renminbi): China
- Sand Dollar CBDC: Bahamas
- e-Rupi: India

Quotes

- The balance of power is the scale of peace - Thomas Paine
- We who live in today's world must acknowledge the evils of slavery in the clearest possible terms, and condemn it as a crime against humanity - Mark Rutte

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. No leapfrogging in sight [Indian China comparison wrt economy]
2. Cane farmers' sweet spot [GS3: Agri]
3. HUM sound, Click here for the explainer on my blog in easy to read manner

TH
1. The master plan and the slaves [GS1 Urbanization]
2. The calm after the storm for Pakistan? [read just the gist]
3. Why has IMF's view on crypto market in Latin America changed? [Imp]

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🚨July 4 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. One India, Great India
GoI keyword for preserving diversity in India

2. Strategic Autonomy
- Allows India to engage with various nations and blocs based on its own interest

3. Dark Patterns
- aka deceptive patterns
- Describes ways in which sites or apps make users do things that users do not intend to do
- Discourages behaviour that's not beneficial for the user

Pre related

1. International Seabed Authority
- Established 1982 by UNCLOS, 167 members
- Autonomous Intergovernmental body; India is a member
- Major activity: Regulate exploration of poly-metallic nodules

Stats

Tribal in India
- 706 different tribal communities
- 8.6% of the population

Quotes

- The past, present, and future of India will never be complete without the indigenous communities - PM Modi

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. SCO Meet: What's on the table
2. Deep sea mining
3. Smoothing the path of science (Detailed explanation on blog today eve)
4. Extending Ayushman Bharat (Explained in detail on blog, click here)
5. A new kind of disaster aid: Pay people cash before disaster strikes (GS4: Ethics)

TH
1. India should refuse America's NATO Plus' bait
2. A stocktake before Global Stocktake (covered already here)
3. Greed-flation (29 June article in Express on same topic, re-read only if you missed earlier)


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🚨July 5 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Today's newspapers are less notes heavy and more understanding based. Take reading recommendations seriously to develop understanding for the UPSC and life, in general.

Pre related

1. ZO People
- Includes all tribes of Kuki-Chin-Mizo ethnic group
- Spread in India-Myanmar-Bangladesh; followers of Christianity
- Believed to migrate from China through Tibet to settle in Myanmar; moved towards NE India from here

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The rise of swing states [must read]
2. GIFT Nifty (India-S'pore collab)
3. Supermassive blackholes show time dilation in early universe [take a rough conceptual idea]
4. State of Science research [collect stats on research for NRF related answers]
5. Pg1: Xi & Shehbaz listening, PM: Can't have double standards on terrorism (read entire report with excerpts from PM speech, good pointers on connectivity, security and int'l cooperation)

TH
1. A macro view of the fiscal health of the states
2. Antibiotics with promise- a lifeline India awaits
3. Lessons from fracas over foodgrains
4. Student debt crisis in US (read just gist for idea, deep read if your time permits)
5. The irrevocable connection between anaemia and maternal health [Imp]
6. Item 5. of IE is same as this, read either: SCO for multipolar world order as Iran joins grouping


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Order of major peninsular rivers from North to South ⬆️⬇️

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1. West Flowing

• Mahi
• Narmada
• Tapti
• Mandovi/Mahadei
• Periyar
• Pampa

2. East Flowing

• Subarnarekha
• Brahmani
• Mahanadi
• Rushikulya
• Vamsadhara
• Godavari
• Krishna
• Kaveri
• Vaigai

💡Revision Quiz
1. Which of these rivers cut the Tropic of Cancer twice?

2. Madurai is situated on banks of which river?

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🚨July 6 2023 | Thursday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Creative Economy Keywords
a) Issues that creators face
Economic Sustainability, Market Access and the Digital Divide

b) Economic importance
Job creation, economic growth, tourism, exports, and overall societal development

2. Substantive Equality
- Fundamental aspect of human rights concerned with equitable outcomes and equal opportunities for disadvantaged

3. Affirmative Action
- Positive discrimination

4. Triffin Dilemma
- A conflict of economic interests arising b/w short term domestic and long term international objectives for the countries whose currencies serve as the global reserve

Pre related

1. Iodine 131 & Caesium-137 (Used in Nuclear Power Plants)

- Iodine 131
a) A radioactive element with half life of 8 days
b) Easily dispersed by winds, accumulates in thyroid glands damaging humans

- Caesium 137
a) A radioactive element with half life of 30 years
b) Responsible for Chernobyl's tragedy

2. Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) & Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV)
Types of virus w/ similar names and damage but belonging to different families; can cause up to 100% of the crop loss

ToMV
- Virgaviridae family; hosted on tomato, tobacco, peppers, and ornamental plants
- Spreads through infected seeds, saplings, agricultural tools, human errors
- Symptoms:
a) Alternate yellow and dark green areas appearing on the leaves
b) Distortion of leaves and twisting of younger ones
c) Development of necrotic spots leading to overripening, dwarfism etc.

CMV
- Larger host pool in members of the gourd family
- Spreads through human errors and aphids i.e. sap sucking insects
- High temperature and rain supports its spread
- Symptoms:
a) Distortion of leaves but w/ different pattern
b) Leaves on top and bottom are distorted and middle ones remain blemish free
c) In some plants, fruit is even distorted and small

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The view from Moscow (alt view of how Moscow sees Delhi-Washington Bonhomie)
2. How to reap the dividend (make one page note here)
3. Two hottest days ever, back to back: causes and what lies ahead (read for a rough idea)
4. Too tired to fly: DGCA rules that bind airlines, crew- and why they matter (new info for many here)
5. The data privacy framework [don't stress much on these, I will collect and share UPSC centric info from 12-15 articles on this topic and put them on blog]

TH
1. Choose a new palette for India's creative economy
2. Iran's induction in SCO (read from Indian perspective)
3. Risk of Zaporizhzhia NPP
4. A global rupee may raise volatility [page 14, IMP]


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Read this today and instantly made sense w.r.t. UPSC prep:

"There is a thin difference between being patient and wasting time."

Success rate in UPSC CSE is VERY low. Be patient but don't waste your time! :)

Data Privacy Bill, and Rupee Internationalisation are in news regularly. I'm working on collecting all articles and will compile detailed notes on the blog. You can skip reading them in the newspaper to reduce stress

🚨July 7 2023 | Friday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Pak is a Promoter, Justifier and Spokesperson of terrorism

2. Islamabad uses terrorist groups as instruments of state policy

3. Sarpanch Pati / Pradhan Pati
A concept where the reserved seats for women see women only as dummy candidates while their husbands, often the strongmen, run the show

Pre related

1. India Cellular & Electronics Association
- Apex industry body for mobile and electronics industry (mobile handsets & electronics)
- Theme: Inspire. Enable. Lead.

2. IIT overseas campuses. Already covered in October here

Quotes/Opinions

1. "Article 44 is a constitutional mandate requiring the state to enact UCC applying to all citizens cutting across faiths, practices, and personal laws" MV Naidu (former VP)

2. "The rupee's internationalisation can not make a start without accounting for the concerns expressed by India's neighbours" Varun Gandhi

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. No bad time for a good law [on UCC, skip reading if you wanna; notes compiled from all articles on UCC on blog soon]
2. India and the SCO

TH
1. India needs a UCC [Balanced view, can skip reading for you'd find compiled notes on the blog]
2. Internationalising the rupee without the 'coin tossing' (would be on blog, skip reading if you wanna)
3. Should internet shutdowns be used to maintain public order? (read for opinion)
4. Understanding dark patterns (understand the issue, no notes needed)
5. The fallout of delimitation in the states needs no political forecasting [read how divide would look like in future]
6. What're provisions of the High Seas Treaty? [Reading the gist would do]

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3. India-Egypt Relations (6.3k+ views already)
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🚨July 8 2023 | Saturday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Viksit Bharat, Adhyatmik Bharat
- A push towards spirituality in modern India
- Relevant for GS1 culture answers and GS3 HR/Economy

2. Knowledge Economy
- Multiple level definition. Most apt: Industries where advanced knowledge is a major input
- eg: Pharma, IT etc.

Pre related

1. Naegleria fowleri aka brain eating amoeba
- Found in:
a) Warm freshwaters surviving on bacteria in sediments of lakes/rivers
b) Poorly maintained swimming pools and entertainment parks
c) Can't survive the saline conditions
- Enters human body via nose and travels to brain to 'eat' it
- Symptoms:
a) Causes Inflammation & destruction of brain tissue,
b) High fever, infection, nausea, vomiting, confusion, seizures

2. Cluster Munitions
- Bomb opening in air releasing smaller bomblets (Big bomb carrying small bombs)
- Bomblets are so designed to take out tanks and equipment and troops
- The launch technology for Munitions already with Ukraine
- dud rate: Many bomblets remains behind to kill even decades later

Quote

1. A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself - Laura Gilpin

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Changing battlefields [read it as a connected story on how A leads to B]
2. Reckoning for multiculturalism [good counter view for pro-immigration policies]
3. Standing up for national anthem: what the SC has ruled [read for awareness]
4. China's slowing economy [Notice factors leading to slowdown, connect their relation with each other]

TH
1. Sobriety after euphoria of US state visit [The pointers from here would be updated on my India-US blog]
2. The long road to finding true peace in Yemen [quick read for idea on the matter]


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🚨July 9 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Mains keywords

1. Nari Adalat
A GoI initiative for women court to breakaway from patriarchal setup

2. Cyber Panchayat
An initiative of Yamunanagar police (Haryana) where government functionaries meet the villagers to resolve issues in least possible time

Pre related

1. Warkaris
- Warkari: War is abbreviation of wari (pilgrimage) and kari (one who performs pilgrimage)
- Pilgrimage to pray to Lord Vitthal/Vithoba at Pandarpur in Maharashtra
- 21 days, 250km pilgrimage called Dindi
- Culminates on Ashadhi Ekadashi (Ekadashi of Ashad month) with a dip in the river Chandrabhaga
- On the way, warkaris do:
a) nam japa (Chant lord's name)
b) abhang (sing holy songs)
c) hari path (read sacred texts)

Reading Recommendations

IE: nothing significant here today, invest time in writing answers for an hour today

TH
1. Rain, pests drain mangoes of colour, flavour in north (Pg-9) [read for GS3 Agri & Economy]
2. Moderate alcohol consumption has no health benefits [can read jist given in the graphic]
3. The US SC ban on race-based admissions [affirmative action, imp wrt reservation in India]
4. Why are India-Russia trade payments in crisis? [and why internationalisation of rupee is important]
5. Why is China limiting exports of raw materials? [very good article]
6. A new digital town square [read for multiple angles on why Threads came up!]
7. Pepsico appeal on FC5 Potato patent [pg14]


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You’d hear a lot of ‘keywords’ these days vis-á-vis 🇮🇳 on global stage

- ₹ Internationalisation
- 🇮🇳🇺🇸 bonhomie
- ‘not an era of war’
- de-dollarisation

(..and many more)

While it’s essential to learn what are these, it’s even more important to realise ‘Why’

Simple answer:
World is in a chaos. We are living events that history books describe as once in a millennium setups.

As a #UPSC aspirant, go to basics of ‘Why’ & you’ll see the quality of your thoughts improving. This will further reflect on your answers, speech, and behaviour.

And that, my friend, is the goal!
“To be a better thinker”

Mains answers or interview speech is a byproduct of
- how well do you think
- how well can you articulate what you think
- how well can you write what you articulate

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🚨July 10 2023 | Monday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Digital Nagrik
A good keyword to reflect online users in Indian way

2. Data Portability and Interoperability
Self explanatory keywords wrt data bill

3. Type of fuels
a) Flex Fuel: Flexible fuel
- A combination of fuels like ethanol or petrol

b) Synthetic fuel
- Made of carbon dioxide and hydrogen
- Produced using renewables, under development at Prosche

Pre related

1. Take a look at Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) here

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The problems with BEVs [Important article, make a one page note u/ EVs]
2. Delhi HC rejects PepsiCo's appeal: what's the case [just read once to know about FL 2027 and patent rules]
3. Energising the sciences (read to enhance your opinion on NRF)
4. Empowering the digital nagrik [I am collecting all Data bill related articles and will write a detailed blog post later. Subscribe here with email]
5. App for attendance, Google sheets for midday meals: Bihar education dept rings in changes [pg8: use as example in answers]

TH
1. Turtles help clean the Ganga (Pg4, read to take an idea for environment answers)
2. Modi's 'rouble wise, rupee foolish' policy [imp geoeconomy & geopolitics lesson here]
3. Design education in India: its origin, challenges, and opportunities [just a read to know supply/demand issues]


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🚨July 11 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Reproductive autonomy
- Self explanatory, often used in ethics of abortion

2. Global south related keywords
- Asian Century
- Post-western world
- The west and the rest

Pre related
1. Lambani Art
- Art of a nomadic community inhabitating Karnataka
- Made of patchwork, applique, beadwork, and embroidery
- Sandur Lambani embroidery has GI-tag

2. Theme of World Population Day
- Unleashing the power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world's infinite
(Idk why is this so long but it is what it is :P)


Quotes
- Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act - Albert Einstein

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. UCC lessons from Goa (I will compile UPSC relevant notes from all UCC articles in newspaper on blog. Subscribe with your email)
2. Challenge to J&K changes (rough read to know basics)
3. China view on SCO summit: Iran welcome, need to 'save' group from India [read to know what Beijing is thinking]

TH
1. How Urban India is reclaiming spaces for its communities? [GS1 Urbanization]
2. AI's disruptive economic impact, an India check [good points on good, bad and opportunity]
3. Women's reproductive autonomy as the new catchword
4. Don't waste the wastewater [GS1 Urbanization and GS3 Economy relevant]
5. Need for strengthening Palliative care in the face of non-communicable diseases [GS3, make a one page note]
6. Global south: origins and significance [Click here to find organized notes on the blog from this]
7. What were events that led to riots in France? [read just gist]


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🚨July 12 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. High modernism
- A form of modernity embracing science and tech as a means to reorder social & natural world
- It is seen as a faith in order and measurable progress thus killing space for local 'inexplicable' methods

2. Knowledge Worker
- One whose main capital is knowledge
- One who knows about their field of expertise and can apply them in real world context
- eg: Those in research, pharma, software engineers etc.

3. Why lunar missions land on lunar equator?
- Easier and safer due to terrain and temperature
- Even and smooth surface, fewer hills/craters
- Abundant sunlight for solar powered instruments
- Polar regions are difficult terrain, dark, and temperature hitting (-230 degree)
- Trivia: Moon's axis tilts only 1.5 degrees wrt plane of solar orbit (Earth 23.5 degrees) leading to no sunlight on the poles of moon (called Permanently Shadowed Regions)

Pre related
1. Arhar dal
- 150-180 days time, intercropped with soyabean, cotton, moong/urad
- Rain fed crop, grows mostly in KA-MH in India

2. Quick look at Defence Acquisition Council here

Quote

- "Indian subcontinent is a veritable popcorn kettle than can throw up many surprises"
- "Infrastructure creates form of a city and enables life to go on in a city, in a certain way" - Paul Goldberger

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Why Turkey is opposing Sweden's bid to join NATO? [quick read to know issue]
2. Moon's south pole: why Chandrayaan-3 will go where no craft has
3. Next tango in Paris

TH
1. [Imp for solutions: Read Harnessing gender dividend para] Demographic transition and change in women's lives
2. What's legal row b/w farmers and PepsiCo? [read just Gist]
3. What we lose when we work with giant AI like ChatGPT [read for fresher perspective]


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🚨July 13 2023 | Thursday🚨

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1. Quiet Diplomacy

Called 'softly softly' approach to influence behaviour of other state via secret negotiations or by refraining from acting a specific way.

2. 28% tax on online gaming. What's the matter? Details here for UPSC Mains/Interview opinion

Quotes
- "Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without" by Confucius
- Whenever we dialled international emergency number India has been first responder Maldives Foreign Minister Shahid

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Tied by security
[Just keep reading India-France articles without worrying about notes. I am collecting all articles on PM in France to create a one stop blog post for India-France relations like India-US. ]
2. Anthropocene
3. Moon missions, compared [rough read, don't lose sleep over this]

TH
1. Loot, intransigence, and the darkening of a colonial blot [fun solutions for GS1 culture way forward]
2. Quiet diplomacy could ease South China Sea tensions [Read as a story for better understanding]
3. How CPI basket conceals inflation picture [GS3: Economics, IMP]
4. Partial app bans [understand intricacies of policy and tech involved]
5. What's NRF? [5-7 good articles on this, will compile soon on blog]
6. IIP rises 5.2%, led by infra [pg14]


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The 28% tax on face value in gaming industry is making news.

What does this mean?

Understand it with an example

- Presently, 18% tax paid by gaming companies on 'platform fee'

- Say, 10% is platform fee. Of ₹100 taken from user, companies make ₹10 and pays 18% GST on this ₹10 (i.e. ₹1.8)

- With 28% GST on 'face value', the tax would be on entire ₹100.

- This means, tax that is ₹1.8 presently would be ₹28🤯

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