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๐ŸšจJuly 20 2023 | Thursday๐Ÿšจ

Mains Keywords

1. Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence
Use of morphed nudes, sexualised blackmailing, AI generative tech etc to inflict sexual violence

- Pre-related

Revise Indus Water Treaty here

- Quotes ๐Ÿ’ฌ

- "Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." - Mao Zedong ๐Ÿ”ช

- Reading Summaries ๐Ÿ—ž

(In this section, important articles summarized in short to save you time) โฐ

IE
1. Rain check for our times summarized here ๐ŸŒง
2. India-SL 5 things to do summarized here for a quick read๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ

- Reading Recommendations ๐Ÿ“ฐ

IE
1. RJ's minimum income bill: provisions, what make it unique ๐Ÿ“

TH
1. A job and career right the disabled can't be denied โ™ฟ๏ธ
2. Online abuse among college students [GS3, read for solutions]๐Ÿ“ฑโŒ
3. What are takeaways from NATO summit? [special focus on last 2 paragraphs] ๐ŸŒ
4. Why are tomato prices still high? [read gist for an idea] ๐Ÿ…


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๐ŸšจJuly 21 2023 | Friday๐Ÿšจ

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Quote

To keep the body in good health is a duty..otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. - Buddha

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. India bans export of non-basmati white rice (pg9)
2. Tomatonomics (negative inflation but soaring prices, how?)

TH
1. Indiaโ€™s data protection law need refinement
2. Why is Kerch bridge attack significant? (Start from reading the gist, move to map and then read article)
3. Accidental drowning [good points for awareness]
4. Centre mandated health spending has a positive impact (read for how policy mandate is imp) [last page]


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๐ŸšจJuly 22 2023 | Saturday๐Ÿšจ

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(Nothing major in paper today, you won't miss out if you don't read today)

Quote
It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog - Mark Twain

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Oil's well with India, Russia [take idea on trends]
2. Adjournment motion, Rule 267 (read for parliamentary conduct)

TH
1. Publisher-platform imbalances need fixing


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๐ŸšจJuly 23 2023 | Sunday๐Ÿšจ

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Food security
When all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life

Pre related

1.. Fragile X Syndrome

- A rare genetic illness aka Martin Bell syndrome
- causes intellectual disability and autism
- India Gate recently lit up to spread awareness about the disability

2. Global Report on the Food Crisis
- by Food Security Information Network
- Supports Global network against Food Crises
- 16 partners involved for assessment of acute food insecurity in countries

Reading Recommendations

TH
- In AIโ€™s unlimited potential, the benefits and the risks [good points, take a one page note]
- Genomic data throw light on demise of copper age [read for rough idea]
- Making meat in lab [understand process]
- What has to be done to get to Zero Hunger [GS1 Poverty]
- Will G20 agree on a joint communique?
- Can new data panel improve Indiaโ€™s statistics?

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๐ŸšจJuly 24 2023 | Monday๐Ÿšจ

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Pre-related

1. Cold water trout๐ŸŸ
- A fish popular from Kashmir; reared for food
- Comes with great export potential to Europe

2. Zero FIR๐Ÿ”
- Can be filed at any police station
- The case is then transferred to the relevant police station ๐Ÿ“
- Once concerned police station received zero FIR, it has to register a fresh FIR with number to begin investigation
- A creative way to ensure one does not have to run from pillar to post. In practice for long, strengthened by recommendations of Justice Verma committee โœ…

Quotes ๐Ÿ’ฌ

- If you are not a rule shaper, you are a rule taker (wrt geopolitics)

Reading Recommendations ๐Ÿ—ž

IE
1. The ethanol impetus [learn what's happening in this industry]
2. Tax as an incentive [use as a solution in GS3 Tax-related answers] ๐Ÿ’ฐ
3. South Asia nuclear zero [interesting perspective here] โ˜ข๏ธ
4. Japan says it can make clean coal [learn their stance and how coal can be 'clean'] ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

TH
1. Dilemmas of India's great power ambitions [read for an opinion] ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ’ช
2. A case for a new pronoun for AI [Unique perspective] ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ‘ค
3. On ED's power to arrest & seek custody [Take a look at the case] โš–๏ธ
4. Bedaquiline access [reading gist alone can help] ๐Ÿ’Š
5. Climate targets are becoming outdated: India needs its own ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŽฏ


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You are an aspirant. You spend days in a closed room. You study. You live isolated.

You think youโ€™ll be there within months. Standing outside Dholpur house. Clicking a picture in Zed-black suit flaunting your new tie. Life will be good. You will soon be on your way to Mussoorie.

But there is a roadblock. Uncertainty. You learn to live with it. Or you try to, at least.

The wait of months become a year. Just the next attempt. You know you can make it. But then, once again. You summon your powers. You go all in! One after the other.

Days became months.
Months became year.
Year became years.

Attempt after attempt, nothing changes

But something does
You become fatter
You start losing hair
You see your parents ageing
You see your friends win
You love them but
But you want to win, too.
But you do not know how!

On such days, look around.
Why did you start?
Why canโ€™t you quit?

Who told you, you are a loser?
It is all in your mind.

You can always bounce back.
Either in next attempt or in other field

Sometimes Zed-black suit picture becomes royal.
Sometime you want to see it never again.

Thatโ€™s life. It happens!
You win some. You lose some.

How to win more?
Take more shots. Do it, whatever it takes.

WHATEVER IT TAKES. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป
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๐ŸšจJuly 25 2023 | Tuesday๐Ÿšจ

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Infrastructure Resilience ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŒช
To enhance resilience to withstand climate and disaster risks

Controlled Human Infection Studies (CHIS) ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ 
- Exposing healthy volunteers to pathogens in a controlled environment
- It is an ethical issue, ICMR is slowly pushing for this

Pre related

1. Advance Chemistry Cell
๐Ÿ”‹๐Ÿ’ก
- Advanced storage tech to store electrical energy either as electrochemical or chemical energy
- It converts both above to electrical energy whenever needed
- Will cut short dependence on the fossils

2. Acequias ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
- Network of water channels created by Moors
- Community-operated water course used in Spain

3. Revise PM-WANI here

4. Revise Sendai Framework here

Quotes ๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ—ฃ

- "Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest." - Hillary Clinton ๐Ÿค

Reading Summary

1. RJ's gig workers' rights bill summarized here ๐Ÿ“

Reading Recommendations ๐Ÿ“ฐ

IE
1. The legal dispute in Kashi [special focus on the last heading] โš–๏ธ

TH
1. ASEAN, a persistence with dialogue, on a trodden path [a quick read for opinion] ๐ŸŒ
2. A big step in reducing the risk of disasters [important for GS3 Disaster Management] ๐Ÿšจ
3. ICMR argues for controlled human infection studies [Ethics GS4, pg 12] ๐Ÿ”ฌ


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๐ŸšจJuly 26 2023 | Wednesday๐Ÿšจ

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Mains Keywords โœจ๐ŸŒฑ

1. Resource efficiency & Circular economy โ™ป๏ธ
- Powerful strategies to minimise dependence on natural resources, curtail waste and encourage sustainable design practices

2. Switch from 'take-make-dispose' to 'reduce-reuse-recycle' ๐Ÿ”„

3. Circular bioeconomy ๐ŸŒฑ
Potentially, it will reduce the need for extracting virgin resources offering effective waste disposal solution

Quotes ๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿ’ซ

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual." - Albert Einstein

Reading Recommendations ๐Ÿ—ž

IE
1. Gulf route to Pak [Imp note on Indian neighbor] ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ
2. Whose internet is it [read for the issue & int'l practices, don't be influenced by opinion] ๐Ÿค”
3. Safety limits to flying [focus on last para] โœˆ๏ธ
4. Instant settlement of transactions: How will investors benefit? ๐Ÿ’น

TH
1. Moving away from the 'take-make-dispose' model [GS3] โ™ป๏ธ
2. Himachal Floods: a man-made disaster? [GS3 Disaster; IMP article, note the reasons and way out] ๐ŸŒŠโ›‘
3. Full reserve banking [Learn full reserve and fractional reserve differences and working, IMP] ๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿฆ


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๐ŸšจJuly 27 2023 | Thursday๐Ÿšจ

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Mains Keywords ๐Ÿ”

1. Economic Geography
- A geographic unit put together by Economic compulsions
- eg: Delhi-NCR is not a state in itself but an economic geography ๐Ÿ™

2. Revise No Confidence Motion from M. Laxmikant ๐Ÿ“œ

Quotes ๐Ÿ’ฌ

- "Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate." - Nietzsche
- "Today's borrowing is taxing tomorrow
."

Reading Recommendations๐Ÿ“ฐ

IE
1. A win-win partnership on AI (good article to read, no note-making needed) ๐Ÿค
2. Europe's Carbon burden (focus on 'how shall India respond') โ™ป๏ธ
3. 3rd largest economy in the 3rd Modi term? Anatomy of India's growth (most imp article in IE today) ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

TH
1. The SCO is a success story that can get better (quick read) ๐ŸŒŸ
2. Shedding more light on the debt dilemma (highly technical article, good read)๐Ÿ’ก
3. The changing contours of Delhi (Most imp. article in the Hindu today)๐Ÿ™


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๐ŸšจJuly 28 2023 | Friday๐Ÿšจ

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Pre related ๐Ÿ˜Š

1. Bhadohi: carpet city of India

2. Need for Cinematograph bill ๐ŸŽฌ
- To harmonise law w/ various executive orders, SC judgements & other legislations
- To improve licensing procedure for films for public exhibition
- To address film industry demand to address piracy
- To expand categorisations for certification

Quotes ๐Ÿ’ฌ

- The CCP party is like god. He is everywhere. You just can't see him. - Richard McGregor ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
- Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest - James Lovelock๐ŸŒณ

Reading Recommendations ๐Ÿ“ฐ

IE
1. Cinematograph bill passed in RS: What are its provisions (make a small note) ๐ŸŽž
2. Niger army extends support for coup to avoid bloodbath (Pg18) ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช

TH
1. Weighing in on the NRF bill (read if you are new to NRF till now)๐Ÿ†•
2. Anatomy of Yamuna flood plains (GS1 Urbanization, GS3 Disaster) ๐Ÿž
3. Stapled visa issue (page 12) ๐Ÿ“Œ
4. No President can retract climate change promise (Pg14)๐Ÿšซ


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๐ŸšจJuly 29 2023 | Saturday๐Ÿšจ

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Mains Keywords ๐Ÿ”

1. India's strengths in 3D: Democracy, Demography, and Dividend
2. Small Island States are actually Large Ocean Countries

Pre related
- Int'l Tiger Day:
July 29 ๐Ÿ… (Set in 2010 at St. Petersburg Summit)
- Parakchik glacier: Largest in Suru river valley
- Suru river is part of Zanskar ranges in western Himalayas
- Stapled Visa: Unstamped piece of paper attached by pin to passport; can be torn off at will (China issues it for JnK & Arunachal Pradesh residents)

Quotes ๐Ÿ’ฌ
- "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion" - Albert Camus

Ethics Case Study

IE (Pg1): When instant loan apps turn to abuse, morph photos to blackmail

Reading Recommendations๐Ÿ—ž

IE
1. Ease of doing research [read only if you are new to NRF topic]๐Ÿ”
2. In a new world, India's moment [imp]๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
3. Porous border & Manipur Crisis (Read for FMR, GS3 Internal security) ๐Ÿšง

TH
1. Charting the path for 17th FC [focus on the last para] ๐Ÿ“ˆ
2. India, Japan will work to strengthen peacetime cooperation (pg11) ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

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๐ŸšจJuly 30 2023 | Sunday๐Ÿšจ

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Mains Keywords ๐Ÿ”

1. 4-Is to make India developed by 2047 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Infrastructure, Investment, Innovation and Inclusivity

2. Fabless Companies ๐ŸŽ›
- Entities designing semiconductor chips and outsourcing manufacturing

3. Reasonable doctrine โš–๏ธ
- Reasonableness: legal standard used by top courts of diff countries to assess govt decisions
- Israel does not have written constitution, reasonableness is thus a critical judicial check on executive decisions ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

Pre-related โ„น๏ธ

1. Dengue fever ๐ŸฆŸ
- Caused by Dengue virus (DENV)
- DENV: RNA virus, impacts 400mn people globally per year
- No specific antiviral, treatment is in prevention
- Prevention: control mosquito population & raise public awareness

2. Coups in Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso (each in 2020), Niger in 2023

3. Revise TB here

Quote
"Education in mother tongue is a significant step towards social justice" - Narendra Modi ๐ŸŽ“

Reading Recommendations๐Ÿ—ž

TH
1. In Bengal village, shrimp farms thrive on mangrove litter (Pg11: read for co-existence example, GS3: Environment) ๐Ÿค
2. Scientists' toughest experiment: sourcing quality products from GeM (Pg11: read to reflect on policy negatives) ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ›’
3. Plastic pollution widespread in water bodies across the world [GS3]๐Ÿšฏ
4. Mapping India's chip design ecosystem๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
5. Are human challenge studies effective? [GS4: Ethical issues] ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐Ÿงช
6. Why has Israel plunged into crisis? [understand the issues] ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ“‰


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๐ŸšจJuly 31 2023 | Monday๐Ÿšจ

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Cryptobiosis ๐Ÿงฌ
A condition of inactive metabolic activity when environmental conditions are adverse leading to inactivation of reproduction, development, and repair

Pre related
- Yakkara river
๐ŸŒŠ
A Kerala river near Palakkad district

Quote ๐Ÿ’ฌ
Social media is the new opium of the masses๐Ÿคณ

Reading Recommendations๐Ÿ“ฐ

IE
1. Monsoon and food inflation (take rough idea)๐ŸŒง
2. Bill to amend FCA: provisions, concerns (read to learn the issue)๐Ÿค”
3. Pathways for digital inclusion (comprehensive view of all DPIs of GoI)๐Ÿ›ฃ
4. Data beyond surveys (understand the issue)๐Ÿ“ˆ
5. Smart ideas for big cities (note 4-5 solutions to counter floods)๐Ÿ™

TH
1. Bitter truths in MH's sugar fields (read to learn the issues of stakeholders of MH sugarcane industry)๐Ÿšœ
2. A crisis of academic ethics in India (GS4 Ethics)๐ŸŽ“
3. State's lax response to lynching (no notes needed, just read)๐Ÿšซ
4. Sam Altman's biometric project (think of dimensions to it: ethical, social, political, technical, etc)๐Ÿ‘ค


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