In a few hours from now,

you'll see a fresh set of 'faces' on the internet

The ones whose years of struggle made way to 'the holy PDF'

But here's a thing! A lot of interviews you hear will be half truth

I am not saying toppers lie. I am saying the media interviews filter out things that aren't 'click-bait'

You remember Vajiram & Unacademy censoring the mention of other institutions?

Truth is you are on your own.

Trust not all the words, have your own filter.
Have your own appetite to digest or egest things that don't suit you.

There's no one size fit all approach.

You are different, your strategy would be different too!

Harsh truth:
10 lac+ aspirants write exam every year
10 lac+ aspirants fail exam every year

No matter how good you are, probability is against you

This is not to demotivate you.

This is to remind you the importance of detaching yourself from the result

You control the action not the result!

Irrespective of your result today, 2024, 25, 26...

..you are still gonna be fine!

Aayi baat samajh dost?

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🚨 17 April 2024 | Wednesday 🚨

Mains keywords ✍

1. Space Tourism: A form of space travel which is for recreational/business purposes.
• 2 types: sub orbital & orbital

2. Imported Inflation: The rise in the prices of goods & services in a country due to rise in price of imports in the country.


Pre Related News 📄

1. Israel weapons

• Arrow system: long range anti ballistic missile ; collab with US
• David's sling (stunner): medium range air defence system; 300 kms range
• Iron dome: Indigenous short range air defense system
• Spyder: Family of multirange mobile air defence system

2. Madigas

• Telugu SCs; historically associated with leatherwork, handicrafts.
• 59.52% of the SC population in Telangana
• Context: Rivalry b/w Madigas & Malas

3. New fish species

• found in Laccadive sea
• Jansen's wrasse (Thalassoma jansenii) , Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus) & Moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) 
• uses live/dead coral structures as anvils to break hard shells of sea urchins for the food.

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4. Eclipses frequency

• Solar eclipses: 2 to 5 times in a year
• Lunar eclipses: 0 to 3 times in a year
• 2206 will have 5 solar eclipses

5. 📍Great barrier reef

• world's largest; near Australia
• Lizard island
• facing severe coral bleaching


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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Moving past bonds
(GS2, Polity, Electoral bonds & way forward)

2. The Vibhishan moment
(GS 4, Ethics & Essay)

3. An alternative path
(GS3, Clean energy & digital solutions)


TH

1. Navigating life with consumer disabilities
(GS2, Polity, Consumer rights, legal reforms & way forward)

2.  Reforms needed in voting process
(GS2, Polity, Voting reforms)

3. Why has India allowed FIIs to invest in its green bonds.
(GS3, Economy,  Green bonds & FII)

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🚨 18 April 2024 | Thursday 🚨

Mains keywords ✍️

Vigilantism

An act of enforcing law or encouraging others for it without any legal authorization


Pre Related News 📄

1. Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)

• Number of maternal deaths during given time per 100,000 live births
• ICMR has found links b/w MMR & Heart diseases
• Practice MCQs on MMR here 😍

2. Fiat justitia ruat caelum principle
(Context: SC's Verdict on Delhi metro case)

• let justice be done even though the heavens fall
• belief that justice must be realized regardless of consequences
• fundamental basis of the administration of justice by courts

3. Tiny leaf litter frog

• Haddadus binotatus; Brazil Atlantic rainforest
• silent screams of frequency 20 kHZ to 44 kHZ (not in human ear range)


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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Why China Economy grew faster than expected, what lies ahead
(GS3, Economy, China's Economy model)

2. Surya Tilak & Science behind it on CSEWhy blog (GS3, S&T)

TH

1. The Great Indian Bustard & climate action verdict
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2.  On India's heat action plan
(GS1, Geography, Heat waves)

3. How can small scale farmers be benefitted from trees on farms
(GS3, Agriculture, Agroforestry pros)

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🚨 19 April 2024 | Friday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. 📍Mt Ruang, Indonesia

• erupts in Sanguine Islands
• part of Ring of fire

2. Itisaar.ai, an anti-deepfake tool in collab with IIT Jodhpur

3. Voice swap technology: Process of using an AI algorithm to either alter or mimic an individual's voice

4. Infectious respiratory particles (IPRs): Pathogens transmitted through the air


Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Clash of aspirations
(GS3, Economy, Demographic dividend)

2. India's 4P Model
(GS 3, Economy, Delhi Declaration & its 4P Model)


TH

1. India's nuanced approach in the South China Sea
(GS2, IR, India & South China sea; ASEAN)

2. What is Bhojshala-Kamal maula complex dispute?
(GS2, Polity, Recent disputes, ASI's scientific survey)


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🚨 20 April 2024 | Saturday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. Thrissur Pooram, KL

• symbolic meeting of deities of 10 temples
• Kudamattam: colorful parasols on top of caparisoned elephants

2. Vasuki Indicus

• Giant extinct snake from middle Ecocene period
• 50 ft long; largest madtsoiidae snake
• Found in Panandharo lignite mine, Kutch

3. Shompen tribe

• PVTGs; Great Nicobar Island
• Context: 1st time voted in elections
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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. A bitter sweet
(GS3, Health, added sugar in baby food)

2. Musk set to arrive
(GS 3, Economy, FDI, EV Sector challenges & new policy)


TH

1. Israel, a 2 state solution, some recent perceptions
(GS2, IR, Israel & 2 state solution)

2. Scientists & a wish list for incoming government
(GS3, S&T, Scientists demands)


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🚨 21 April 2024 | Sunday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. Acacia mearnsii (invasive species)

• commonly known as black wattle
• Native to SE Australia & Tasmania

2. Olive ridley sea turtles (Vulnerable)

• Lepidochelys olivacea
• smallest & most abundant of all sea turtles; Carnivores
• unique mass nesting, Arribada
• warm waters of Pacific, Atlantic & India
• Odisha’s Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary: Largest rookery


Reading Recommendations 🗞

TH

1. What are new GCP rules
(GS3, Environment, Green credit program rules)

2. What is the outlook on global economy
(GS3, Economy, IMF's global financial stability report)


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🚨 22 April 2024 | Monday 🚨

Mains Keywords ✍️

Voter apathy: lack of interest in participating in elections by certain groups of voters.
(Use in GS2 & PSIR as a reason for poorer voting)


Pre Related News 📄

1. Indelible Ink

• made up of 20% conc. Silver Nitrate; colorless & gets color from UV exposure
• mfg by KA govt owned Mysore paints & varnish Ltd, since 1962

2. Antihistamines

• drugs to treat short lived allergic reactions
• They target histamine receptors, proteins that bind to histamine (ethylamine + imidazole ring).
• Histamine has 4 main functions depending on location and receptor type (H1, H2, H3, H4).


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