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🚨 August 16, 2022 : Another dawn🚨

1. C Rajamohan Sir in IE

On way to 2047, Delhi need to temper its soaring nationalism with geopolitical sensitivity and combine pursuit of multilateralism with coalitions of like minded countries

use in
- GS2: Indian diplomacy

2. Points of contention between Armenia and Azerbaijan wrt Nagorno-Karabakh

- border
- transport routes
- ethnic population in the region
- prisoner exchange

Task: figure out geography of 2 countries on map and their positions wrt Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Russia, Iran and Turkey.

quote

History is written by victors and future? By the hopefuls!

reading recommendations

- Rajamohan’s article in IE
- RK Vij’s article on IPC (wrt debate about rewriting penal code



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Topics like Panch pran and other keywords of PM speech to be posted soon. :)

Newspaper editorials are important not just for GS but also a golden opportunity to improve your essays.

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One of my friends finds it cliche to mention Vasudaiva Kutumbakam in essays.

“What are the alternatives?” I asked on Twitter

He shared this in replies. Sharing it here for y’all to benefit from these key words! :)

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🚨 August 17, 2022 : diversity today!🚨

1. Byju in IE

a) India is now a can-do nation
b) solving for India = solving for 1/6th of Humanity

use in
- diverse use to relevant topics in syllabus

2. Remission in Bilkis Bano Case

Remission of punishment is domain of Executive and not Judiciary. (Imp point, can frame Pre questions)

3. Period poverty

- Scotland first place in world to offer free period products to anyone who needs them to end period poverty

- PickupMyPeriod app launched to find nearest location to find period products

Use in
- GS1: role of women and women organisations, their problems and challenges
- GS2: welfare schemes
- GS3: can be recommended as solution to increasing women participating in economy

quote

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Gandhi

reading recommendations

- Ethanol Blending explained in TH
- Bijay Panda in TH on importance of research spending




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🚨 August 18, 2022 : quick notes🚨

1. Taiwan crisis- Stanly John’s article of TH: read it for good insight

China’s military endeavours are aimed at garnering regional hegemony. Regional hegemony to global superpower

use in
- GS2: International relations

2. Data legislation’s

- India’s data for India’s development

- Countries like US, South Africa, Indonesia, India, Indonesia strive to Protect, Monetise & Leverage data collected within their territories for domestic purposes

use in
GS3: infrastructure & related legislation, digital India, Indian economy

quote
Of all the aspects of social misery, nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment

reading recommendations

- Alex Ellis’s (British High Commissioner to India) article in IE relevant to Indian Diaspora GS2
- Arctic amplification explainer in TH




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Made an important video on how to identify the keywords relevant to UPSC in speeches of the Prime Minister.

It is a skill and you can learn it too. How?
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🚨 August 19, 2022 : quick notes🚨

1. India- AFG relations
- people to people and civilisational links
said former AFG President HE Hamid Karzai

2. QUAD
Any opposition to QUAD is unilateralist opposition

Both 1/2 use in GS2 Indian international relations



Quote
Not going to school, we are killing ourselves and our future (Hamid Karzai)


Ethics Case Study Brainstorming
- 1000cr freebies by Dolo manufacturers to doctors
- Excise inspector sought 6 Bottles of alcohol from retailer for minister’s program in a viral audio




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🚨 August 20, 2022 : quick notes🚨

1. Welfarism
- new welfarism
Providing private goods- toilets, gas cylinders, income supplements etc

GS2: welfare schemes

2. India @75 looking at 100
vigyan gaon ki aur (science towards villages)

On need of science and research in national development with rural India in mind

3. Human milk bank in Nepal for at-risk infants

Reading recommendation
Note SC court cases from article in The Hindu by a DMK office holder on the topic of freebies

Quote
“Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception” Carl Sagan



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🚨 August 21, 2022 : easy Sunday🚨

1. Mare liberum
free sea for every one
Meaning^

Unique keyword for diverse use in high seas

Use In
- GS2: Int’l affairs
(UNCLOS, South China Sea, Indo-Pacific, Taiwan crisis)

Ethics case study consideration

Finnish PM Sanna Marin viral videos of partying in boisterous way

- What’re ethical concerns of top political leader in the country?

- Think from drugs perspective, compromising positions, manipulation and persuasion, attitude and aptitude questions and ethics in international relation in backdrop of Ukraine crisis and NATO membership application of Finland

- brainstorm other dimensions wrt syllabus, consider scene if it was an Indian PM, try to place yourself in shoes of Sanna Marin and Opposition leader of Finland




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🚨 August 22, 2022 : Momentum Monday🚨

1. On revari debate
competitive populism

Race to give max freebies overriding other, by Ashima Goyal. Read her views, good insights


Use In
- GS3: Indian economy

2. On increase in female scientists at CSIR

13% (2000-01) to 28% (2018-19)

use in
- GS1: role of women and women org
- GS3: Indian economy, developments in science and technology

3. Dr Pandurang Khankhoje

- Indian scientist from Maharashtra, instrumental in Mexican Green Revolution (wheat & maize)
- LS Speaker Sh Om Birla to unveil Dr Khankhoje’s statue in Mexico this week
- This Is government’s attempt to “honour not so known Indian origin heroes outside India”

4. 2x Farmers’ Income: Ashok Gulati‘s article
info: Ashok Dalwai committee is related to farmers’ income
- solar as 3rd crop
- inclusive growth, green growth
- “har khet me saur urja” potential next step towards raising awareness about this

use in
1. GS3: agriculture, Indian economy


Reading recommendations
- Sh Ashok Gulati’s article in IE
- Ashima Goyal, MPC member, views on freebies
- PFAS in IE (prelims related)
- NFTs/OpenSea in TH (prelims related)


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🚨 August 23, 2022 : Fun Tuesday🚨

1. On Public Sector Banks (IE explainer in context to Arvind Pangariya's research)
socially relevant, cost effective and important for economy

Use In
- GS3: Indian Economy (NPA and banking crisis)


Reading recommendations
- MUST READ: Centre-State skewed funds division (TH) with great relevance for GS2 Federalism and Centre State relations
- Dr Pandurang Khankhoje details for Pre and GS1 (personalities of Indian freedom struggle) in IE


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🚨 August 24, 2022 : Long read Wednesday🚨

1. Chabahar Port
gateway for Indian trade with Europe, Russia and Commonwealth Independent States. (In context of Chabahar, using Gateway is the key)

Use In
- GS2: Indian relations
- GS3: Indian Economy, Infrastructure etc

quote
science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge by Carl Sagan


Reading recommendations
- CP Rajendran’s article on Missing Scientific Temper in TH.
- Varun Gandhi’s article on freebies in TH (mainly for Way Out)
- If you don’t have notes on disaster management (floods), IE explainer on floods is imperative
- Google’s policy around Child Sex Abuse Material (CSAM)
- Chabahar port explainer in TH

Ethics Case Study Consideration
Find the image attached and brainstorm on it. Post your replies on Twitter.



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Ethics Case Study

This is In regard to the viral video where a woman in Noida is seen hurling abuses and obscene actions towards security guards.

Link to tweet where you can post replies on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CseWhy/status/1562120131848724481?s=20&t=ZaOR68voiSyRteE28F9EZw

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🚨 August 25, 2022 : Quick Tasty Thursday🚨

1. G20 Chair with India
Chance to project self as Chief Global Diplomat while projecting Indian achievements and strengthening case for UNSC expansion, AU as G20 member etc

Use In
- GS2: Indian relations


Reading recommendations
- Rajiv Bhatia’s article on G20 in TH
- Rajesh Gupta’s Idea of Universal Basic Insurance (UBI) in TH


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Some popular melas with relevance for Prelims taken from July’s episode of Mann ki Baat

As you are aware, I share imp keywords from speeches of PM in a google doc, I’ve updated the relevant speeches for the month of July-August here.

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Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZdGapi9dJDtv4kyRnxq22PD3fiAg2vsDUuGW2dQKYg/edit?usp=sharing

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🚨 August 26, 2022 : easy Friday🚨

1. gungi gudiya
In context of women law makers who let their husbands run the show or are a mere token in the chair with their role, action and speech determined by the male seniors. (Something similar to sarpanch pati)


Reading recommendations
- Rajiv Bhatia’s article on Indian diplomacy in IE
- Mrinal Pande’s ‘Ladoo Gopal’ article in IE. While I don’t appreciate equating Gandhiji and Lord Krishna on similar norms, the flow of her article will help you with essay writing. Read it for the flow and see how she switches the context


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