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🚨September 16 2023 | Saturday🚨

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Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Closing the taxation gap (on widening the tax base)
2. May all be free of illness
3. 2023 is so hot: a rare Pacific volcano could be a culprit (GS3: Environment)
4. Maratha Quota demand (GS1 Society)
5. In limbo: story of mega refiner that India, Saudi want to resuscitate

TH
1. A GM crop decision that cuts the mustard (a bit technical, focus on importance & implications)


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🚨September 17 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Biofuels

definition by Int’l Energy Agency👇🏼

“Liquid fuels derived from biomass and used as an alternative to fossil fuel based liquid transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels.”


Mains Keys
(Use as examples in Mains answers)

1. TrailGuard AI camera­ alert system (GS3: SnT (AI))

Use of AI in tiger zones as ‘AI cameras gun for poachers’

2. Solar­powered microfliers gather environmental data (GS3: SnT)

• Microfliers: Robotic designs floating like seeds
• New design for solar­powered, origami­based microfliers to collect & transmit environmental data
• Transmit data to nearby Bluetooth receivers for record keeping


Pre related

1. Places in news (ports)
• Haifa (Israel)
• Pi­raeus (Greece)

2. Bumblebee
• Bee genus important for pollination of crops in cold & temperate region of northern hemisphere
• 75% of those in Europe are threatened
• Habitat degradation & human impacted climate alteration are key drivers

3. Amigurumi dolls
• Crocheted dolls from Manipur


Reading Recommendations


1. Centre publishes disability database stripped of socio­economic figures (pg12)
2. Why Nipah outbreaks are happening only in Kerala?
3. Evasive nutritional support for TB patients
4. What is driving the Global Biofuels Alliance? (Make a 1 page note)
5. Why is Google on trial on trial in the US? (Imp)
6. Winds of change in global governance (carefully read this article, learn how essays are written for UPSC)


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🚨September 18 2023 | Monday🚨

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1. Moonquakes

Reasons for occurance
a) Temperature diff
• Moon temperature fluctuates b/w 122°C to -133°C
• This strain leads to seismic activities called moonquakes

b) Meteor striking lunar surface

2. PM Vishwakarma Scheme

• To enhance skills of workers & help them avail loans easily
• Workers will be registered via Common Services Centres using biometric based PM Vishwakarma portal
• Multiple incentives and benefits for the beneficiaries wrt loans, digital transactions & market support

3. Shantiniketan on UNESCO list

• estd 1901 by Rabindranath Tagore
• Set up as residential school for art based on ancient Indian traditions and a vision of unity of humanity transcending religious and cultural boundaries
• Exhibits crystallisation of their ideas of internationalism, humanism, inclusiveness, environmentalism, and pan Asian Modernism
• Visva Bharti: World university set up in 1921, PM is ex-officio chairman


Quote(s)
• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter - Martin Luthar King Jr.


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. LS is ageing, asking fewer questions, passing fewer bills (read 10 points for awareness on health of LS)
2. A time for South-South learning (5 imp points, make 1 page note in G20 notes)
3. The basmati success story (GS3 agri)
4. New Parliament's gates & their guardian (GS1 Culture)

TH
1. India is at a pivotal moment in its health-care journey (general article, read to hit refresh on memory)
2. Assessing outcomes of G20 summit (New Delhi declaration well summarized)
3. Why is the government pushing for regulatory mechanisms for OTT services? (extremely logical arguments here, must read)
4. Cats are hunting down India's birds: are we paying attention? (Unique problem, note trap-neuter-return strategy)


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🚨September 19 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. WoManifesto
A manifesto for women demands

2. Local nano entrepreneurs
- Last mile providers in small shops or local establishments (in context to PM WANI)

3. Digital India Programme 3 main vision areas
a) Connectivity
b) Software and services on demand
c) Digital empowerment of citizens


Quote(s)

• In the way UPI transformed the financial space in India, PM WANI is going to become a unique Digital Public Infrastructure in connectivity

• Democracy has become a great currency of international respect in modern time

• Education must not simply teach work, it must teach life - W E B Du Bots


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Corridor to a new world (IMEEC)
2. A win-win for all (PM-WANI)
3. China's democracy question (GS2 IR)
4. As Parliament turns 75, story of its backbone- the secretariat (GS2 Parliament)
5. A 27 year journey nears end (beautiful story, must read timeline)


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Possible impacts of PM Trudeau’s admission

• PM Netanyahu 🇮🇱 will hail PM Modi
• President Xi 🇨🇳 will wake up cautious
• President Putin 🇷🇺 will flex strongman arms
• POTUS Biden 🇺🇸 will embrace leader of Global South

…and 🇵🇰 ? 😂😂

🇨🇦 handed big geopolitics win to 🇮🇳immediately after G20 🙃

I had predicted 15 days ago that special session can be for women reservation 😄 (Tweet from September 05)

Kal ki subah vishal hai.

Kuch naya karne ja rha hu.
Kuch naya seekhne ja rha hu.

Stay tuned. Bana rahe hai kuch naya aur badhiya


Translation:

It’s a big day tomorrow

Going to do and learn something new.

Stay tuned. I’m creating something new and big. ❤️💪🏻

New Indian Parliament saw every MP getting a copy of holy constitution.

Just got my hands on one! 😄

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🚨September 20 2023 | Wednesday🚨

Mains Keywords

1. Green Nudges
• Gentle persuasions to influence environment friendly behaviour
• See these as interventions to influence choices in an order to make decisions without restricting choices available to people
• Example:
- Showing people water they saved by taking shorter shower
- Setting printer to double sided printing by default
- Zomato/Swiggy encourage avoiding plastic cutlery while allowing it, still.

Govt. Initiatives

1. Bima Sugam
• Name suggests: making insurance easy
• One stop destination for insurance needs
• Paperless mechanism to settle the claims by acting as a central database with policy number as ID
• Hailed as UPI moment for insurance sector

Quote(s)

• Women belong in all places where decisions are being made - Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The future is Eurasia

TH
1. The mantras that powered success at G20 summit
2. Simultaneous polls: do States have a say? (Hard to summarize in a text, read whole; imp.)


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🚨September 21 2023 | Thursday🚨


Pre related🗒

1. Statue of Oneness
• Set up at Ekta Dham, Omkareshwar in MP
• 108 ft tall statue of Adi Shankaracharya

Quote(s)💭

• “The success of Chandrayan 3 is not just India’s alone but it belongs to all of humanity" - PM Modi


Reading Recommendations🗞

IE
1. Kota's failed promise (imp read)
2. An unclear road ahead
3. Over 42% of Indian graduates under 25 are unemployed (pg15)
4. Why NGT has banned cruise ships in MP water bodies (read for awareness)
5. Before quota, delimitation (read this to learn how flow of an informative essay shall be decided)

TH
1. Taking a giant leap for a new ethics in outer space (GS4 Ethics)
2. Three years of Abraham Accord (Focus on Youth, culture & connectivity aspects for India)
3. An ancient landmass broke-up, giving us pink diamonds (read slowly, especially the latter part)
4. Plant eating dinosaur fossil found in RJ (read just for awareness)


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🚨September 22 2023 | Friday🚨

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Mains Keys🗝
(Use as example in the mains answers)

1. Govt launches AI chatbot for PM-Kisan scheme (GS3 SnT & Agri)


Stats📈

1. On Ethanol
• 20% blending aimed by FY25-26
• 1100 crore litres demand by 2025 expected


Reading Recommendations🗞

IE
1. Delhi need not choose (GS2 Multilateral institutions: Read for role of BRICS & Way forward for India)
2. Changing how we move (Imp article on Ethanol)
3. One election, many solutions (shares pros, add to your ONOE notes)
4. India-Canada standoff (read the boxed and agri imports; a rough read works)


TH
1. A light-bulb moment for the Indian fan market (note 4 pointers on what to do to kickstart 'ceiling fans' market)
2. Propelling India’s development the right way (can add pointers to the notes)
3. Tracking India's growth trajectory (imp)


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🚨September 23 2023 | Saturday🚨

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Mains Keywords✍🏼

1. Musth
A phase in elephants when they are aggressive and behave in a violent manner potentially leading to self harm


Mains Key🗝
(Use these as examples in GS)

1. Trans clinic in Delhi (GS1: Society)
2. Robot Xiao AI at Asian Games to assist in currency exchange and other things (GS3: SnT, Robotics)


Pre related📄

1. Revise Assam rifles here


Reading Recommendations🗞

IE
1. Prachanda, the US and China (GS2: IR)
2. Pilot trouble: Akasa's turbulence (read to understand wide issues in aviation industry for GS3)
3. In with the world (India in JP Morgan Govt Bond Indexing implications)

TH
1. India and the great power contest in West Asia (Imp)
2. A clear message to industry on dispute resolution (GS2: Aspects of governance)


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🚨September 24 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Mains Keywords✍🏼

1. Ephemerals
- Plants species that bloom only in monsoon
- These serve as indicator of ample water and soil in ecosystem
- Flowers serve as important source of nectar and pollen for native pollinators

2. Global Debt
Borrowings of governments, businesses and individuals; all combined

3. Inflating away of debt
- A phenomenon wherein central bank of country uses freshly created currency to pay off outstanding government debt, either directly or indirectly.
- eg: by purchasing govt. bonds in the market


Pre related📄

1. Shahabhagi Dhan Rive variety
- A variety from Odisha
- Brought major change in rainfed areas
- Swati Nayak aka Bihana Didi (Seed sister) won Norman Borlaug aware for its development

2. Places in news:

- Kaobal Gali-­Mushkoh Valley:
2 places of Kashmir now to be connected. Mushkoh was out of bounds of civilians; will now be connected

- Europa, Jupiter's Moon
Evidences of Carbon Dioxide found here

3. Tribe in News
Lambadas of Telangana with roots in Rajasthan


Reading Recommendations🗞

TH
1. Richness of human milk [Imp]
2. What are the reasons for rise of global debt? [read for GS3]
3. Why have India-Canada tensions worsened? [read for clarity on issue]
4. Tentacles of Khalistan [GS3 Internal Security]


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