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You know value of time

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While others will go in relax mode,

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🚨 26 December 2023 | Tuesday 🚨

Mains Keywords ✍️🏼

1. Competitive Welfarism

• Benefits to citizens to gain in competitive electoral politics
• Freebies, cash transfers, guarantees, promises

2. Cultural Nationalism

• Nationalism centred around preservation of cultural identities

3. The Great Silence

• No interceptions in more than 6 decades of search for extraterrestrial intelligence


Pre-related 📄

1. Neutrinos

• 2nd most abundant particles in universe
• Interact very weakly with matter
• Can move relatively untouched thru media within which EM waves'd diffuse
• Potential Application: Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence

2. Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act

• Sec 42: Govt to ensure all content is available in formats accessible to persons with disabilities
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3. Veer Baal Divas (26 Dec)

Marks martyrdom of 'Sahibzades' - Guru Gobind Singh's sons


Quote 💭

• "Terrorism is like water, it takes the path of least resistance"


Reading Recommendations 🗞️

IE

1. A promise to keep (GS3, Internal Security)
2. The Pir Panjal Challenge (GS3, Terrorism)
3. Safety & cybersecurity (GS3, Cyber Security)
4. Look beyond headline numbers (GS3, Economy)
5. Passing of the G20 baton (GS3, Economy)


TH
1. Article 370 closed, but terror victims need closure (GS3, Internal Security)
2. Global Goal on Adaptation & road from Dubai (GS3, Environment)
3. A dive into sanitation solutions (GS3, Environment)


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🚨 27 December 2023 | Wednesday 🚨

Pre-related 📄

1. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant

• India's largest, being built in TN w/ Russian assistance since 2002
• 1st unit operating since 2016, to function at full capacity in 2027


Stats📈

Unemployment Rate (PLFS):
• 2017-18: 6.1%
• 2022-23: 3.2%


Quote 💭

• "Democracy is not merely a form of Government.. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men" ~ BR Ambedkar


Reading Recommendations 🗞️

IE

1. A missing industrial policy (GS3, Economy)
2. Red Sea turbulence (read for awareness)
3. Seeing the new South Asia (GS2, IR)
4. Sunny forecast, some clouds of concern (GS3, Economy)
5. INS Imphal inducted into Navy (Defence Tech)


TH
1. A new economics for inclusive growth (GS3, Inclusive Growth)
2. Are graduates facing unemployment? (GS3, Economy)


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🚨 28 December 2023 | Thursday 🚨

Mains Key 🗝
(Use as examples in Mains answers)

1. Grow local, eat local: Indigenous Seed festival for Bengal farmers to build discourse b/w climate change & organic farming (GS3, Agri & Climate Change)


Pre-related 📄

1. Huntington's disease

• Genetic, mutated gene encodes abnormal Htt protein
• Destruction of neurons that regulate movement, thinking, memory
• Symptoms: forgetfulness, loss of balance, clumsiness (begin b/w ages of 30 to 50)
• No cure as of now, Common fruit fly being used as test platform

2. Operation Prosperity Guardian

• US-led coalition to protect maritime traffic in Red Sea
• In response to attacks by Iran-backed Houthis


Stats📈

• Invisible Numbers (WHO): 2/3rd of 2019 deaths in India due to non-communicable diseases


Reading Recommendations 🗞️

IE

1. Taking on the drone (GS2, Maritime Policy)
2. Doing it like Vietnam (GS1, World History)
3. Dealing with strategic realities, looking at new opportunities (GS2, IR)

TH

1. Growth charts - WHO standards vs India crafted (GS2, Health Policy)
2. The quest for 'happiness' in the Viksit Bharat odyssey (GS3, Economic Development)
3. Making health our top priority in 2024 (GS2, Health)
4. Significant climate milestones of 2023 (GS3, Environment)


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🚨 29 December 2023 | Friday 🚨

Mains Keywords ✍️🏼

1. Zionism & Anti-Semetism

• Zionism (occupation): Movement to establish a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel
• Anti-Semetism: Negative perception/hatred towards Jews

2. Zero-click exploit

• Malicious software that allows spyware installation on a device without owner's consent or any actions


Pre-related 📄

1. Mudiyettu

• Kerala's traditional temple ritual theatre
• Offshoot of Bhadrakali cult
• Based on tale of battle b/w Goddess Kali & demon Darika

2. Danube

• 2nd longest river in Europe
• Context: flood in Budapest


Reading Recommendations 🗞️

IE

1. Not zero sum (GS2, IR)
2. When real gets the power of artificial (GS3, AI)

TH

1. Despair in distress (read for awareness)
2. Old and strong (GS2, IR)
3. Decriminalising medical negligence (GS2, Policy)
4. Happy hours in Gurugram (GS1, Society)


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🚨 30 December 2023 | Saturday 🚨

Mains Keywords ✍️🏼

1. Dummy Firm

• Entity created to serve as a front/cover for 1 or more companies
• Not capable of functioning independently
• Just to hide identities of real corporations

2. Choke Points

• Narrow passages that constrict shipping traffic
• Vulnerable to interdiction by states and pirates/terrorists
• Examples: Malacca Strait, Bab al Mandab Strait

3. Flag State

• State chosen by merchant ships to be registered in
• Has primary responsibility for maintenance of security & law enforcement on ships in int'l waters


Mains Key 🗝
(Use as examples in Mains answers)

• Delhi Govt's Streetscaping Project: Redesigning Delhi roads to boost them to European standards (GS1, Urbanization)


Pre-related 📄

1. XPoSAT

• X-ray Polarimeter Satellite
• To be launched in ISRO's PSLV-C58 Mission
• ISRO's 1st dedicated scientific satellite for research in space based polarization measurements of X-ray emission from celestial sources
• 2 payloads: POLIX & XSPECT

2. Places in News: Varuna

• Village in Mysuru
• Context: Three 11th century Jain sculptures discovered


Reading Recommendations 🗞️

IE

1. First, don't panic (GS3, S&T)
2. Order at sea (GS2, IR & Maritime Policy)
3. A patchy climate report (GS3, Environment)
4. ULFA peace accord (GS3, Internal Security)

TH

1. A call for disability inclusion that must be heeded (GS2, Health policy)
2. Rift over relief (GS3, Disaster Management)


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🚨 31 December 2023 | Sunday 🚨

Mains Keyword ✍️🏼

1. Volcano Tourism

• Niche segment attracting 'lava chasers' to sites from Mexico & Guatemala, to Sicily, Indonesia & New Zealand
• To witness lava flows beneath molten red skies

2. Sin tax

• Imposed on goods & services which are perceived as harmful to society


Pre-related 📄

1. Magnificent 7 Group

• Indian women who have won individual Olympic medals
• Wrestler: Sakshi Malik
• Shutlers: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu
• Boxers: MC May Kom, Lovlina Borgohain
• Weightlifters: K. Malleswari, S. Mirabai Chanu

2. Sec35 of UAPA

• Union Home Ministry can designate an "individual terrorist"

3. Places in News: Serbia

• A european nation
• Context: Political instability

4. INS Imphal

• Revise here


Quote 💭

• Jalmev Yasya, Balmev Tasya: One who controls the sea is all powerful


Reading Recommendations 🗞️

TH

1. Levy 20-30% health tax on food high in sugar, salt, fat (GS2, Health Policy)
2. What is the global fallout of two warfronts? (GS2, IR)
3. What may 2024 hold for the economy? (GS3, Economy)
4. Textile sector faces ESG challenges (Pg13)


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🚨 1 January 2024 | Monday 🚨

Pre-related 📄

1. Wolves

• Act as biocontrol agents
• Keep population of wild herbivores (nilgai, wild boars, etc) under control
• Context: Captive-bred wolves to be released into wild in Gujarat


Reading Recommendations 🗞️

IE

1. How two choke points could turn into a perfect storm for global trade (Pg 10)
2. On the Moon, and exploring new frontiers (GS3, Space)

TH

1. Floods and a 'preventive measure' that needs review (GS3, Disaster)
2. The government's OTT oversight (GS2, Regulatory Policy)


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