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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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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. How climate change is fuelling litigation in India & the world.
(GS3, Environment, Climate change litigation)

2. 4th global mass Coral bleaching triggered
(GS3, Environment, GMCB)

3. Health insurance for seniors
(GS3, Health, Senior citizen & Health insurance, Ayushman Bharat)

TH

1. Preparing India for water stress, climate resilience
(GS3, Environment, Earth day, water security)

2. The challenges of renewable energy
(GS3, Environment, renewable energy challenges & way forward)

3. MPOX virus uses a 'genomic accordian' to evolve & infect humans
(GS3, S&T, MPOX & studies)

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🚨 23 April 2024 | Tuesday 🚨

Mains Keywords ✍️

• Spiritual Tourism:
Form of cultural tourism focusing on satisfying human needs via cultural and spiritual elements
(GS3, Economy)

• De-bottlenecking:
Process of pinpointing specific areas in workflow and removing those to ensure smooth flow of the product
(GS3, Economy)


Pre Related News 📄

1. Schengen Visa

• official document mandatory for some non-Europeans to travel to all the 27 countries of the Schengen area.
• Schengen Zone: Group of 27 European nations that have abolished their internal borders
• Context: EU eases norms to offer Indians longer Visas

2. Ethylene oxide (C2H4O)

• Cyclic ether & simplest epoxide
• colorless gas form; used in Textile, Pharma, food industry etc.
• Context: Singapore Food Agency recalled MDH Masala due to presence of carcinogenic Ethylene oxide.

3. Llama 3 by Meta

• Large Language Model; available on all Meta products
• more prompts from users & more content as a response

Practice MCQs on AI here

4. COTPA Law

• Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA 2003)
• prohibition of advertisement and regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution
• Context: HC uphelds KA's hookah ban


Quotes 💭

" That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part." Thomas Jefferson

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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Health insurance for all ages
(GS3, Economy, health Insurance issues & way forward)

Practice MCQs on health Insurance here

2. Plastic treaty talks
(GS3, Environment, Plastic treaty)

3. Why HC upheld KA's hookah ban
(GS2, Polity, A19 (1)(g), 47, COTPA law)


TH

1. Restoring Earth's right to "good health"
(GS3, Environment, Earth's challenges, SDGs, way forward)

2. The tools helping scientists up the rate at which they find new drugs
(GS3, S&T, drug Discovery, challenges, AI, Way forward)

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🚨 24 April 2024 | Wednesday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. PM Awas Yojana- Urban

• "housing for all" scheme under MoHUA since 2015
Read more about PMAY U here

2. Siegfried Samuel Marcus

• German inventor of 1st petrol vehicle, 1864

3. PS receptor

• Phosphatidyl serine protein
• expressed by dying cells in the body, as a signal to the immune cells to destroy them
• PS coated vesicles for immunity


Stats 📈

1. India 4th largest military spender in 2023: SIPRI
•Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

2. Asia worst hit by disasters in 2023: World Meteorological Organisation report
• 79 extreme weather events killed over 2k
• Asia warmed faster than global avg
• 60% due to flooding, 15% by storms


Quotes 💭

" Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. " Mark Twain

Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Vietnam's paddy farmers reduce methane emissions through innovations
(GS3, Environment, Paddy Methane emissions & new methods)

TH

1. Toss out the junk food, bring back the healthy food
(GS3, Health, SC's concern, Health subsidies)

2. Reversing the global democratic recession
(GS3, Economy, Surveys, Challenges & Way forward)

3. How India is planning to boost EV production?
(GS3, S&T, EV market issues & way forward)

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🚨 25 April 2024 | Thursday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. Articles in news

• Art 39(b): states to frame policies towards securing material resources of the community so that they are distributed to serve the 'common good'; DPSP

• Art 244(A): Formation of an autonomous State comprising certain tribal areas in Assam and creation of local Legislature or Council of Ministers or both

Practice MCQs on Article 244 here

2. Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus)

• Large species of elapid snakes found in India
• highly neurotoxic venom ; LC status


Quotes 💭

" Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail " - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Practice MCQs on today's Current Affairs here

Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. A solution that isn't
(GS2, IR, UK's Rwanda Bill)

2. Understanding inheritance tax
(GS3, Economy, inheritance tax)

3. Case before SC: Can Govt redistribute privately owned property
(GS2, Polity, SC judgments, A39(b) )

4. Art 244(A), the constitutional promise of autonomy for Assam tribal area
(GS2, Polity, autonomy for Diphu)

TH

1. The conflict from Nebuchadnezzar to Netanyahu
(GS2, IR, Iran-Israel relations, Impact on India)

2. On the National Clean Air programme
(GS3, Environment, NCAP, tools & measures)

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🚨 26 April 2024 | Friday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. Writs back in news. Revise all the Writs here

2. Dongria Kondhs (PVTGs)

• Munda ethnic group; Niyamgiri hills, OD

3. Nephrotic Syndrome

• A kidney disorder that causes the body to excrete too much protein in the urine.
• link found b/w Membranous nephropathy & regular use of fairness creams.
• heavy metal (Mercury) screening in blood & urine samples

5. Art 39(b) (DPSP)

• Ownership & control of material resources are such distributed to subserve common good


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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Health on hot planet
(GS3, Environment, Climate change & medical issues involved)

2. Rise of 'New' Japan
(GS2, IR, Japan model & India)

TH

1. Can green credits benefit India's forests?
(GS3, Environment, Green credits pros, cons & way forward)

2. Why does Centre want to modify the 2G Spectrum verdict?
(GS2, Polity, 2G Spectrum case, significance of new law)

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🚨 27 April 2024 | Saturday🚨

Mains Keywords ✍

Thatcherism

• form of British Conservative ideology named after Margaret Thatcher.
• Represents systematic, decisive rejection & reversal of post war consensus
(GS2, Polity)


Pre Related News 📄

1. Bima Vistaar by IRDAI

• for rural areas; Rs 1500 per policy
• basic social safety net covering all various fields
• 2L coverage for accidents & property; 5k for medical related

2. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

•  Moraceae family
• Indian subcontinent; tropical lowlands

3. Nilgiri Tahr

• EN status; Endemic to Southern Western ghats
• WPA Sch 1
• TN state animal

Revise species in news here

4. SCO

• Shangai Cooperation organization
• main goals are to promote cooperation in politics, security, economics, and culture.
• permanent secretariat in Beijing, China.
• affiliated organisations: RATS & SCO Business council

Read more about SCO here


Stats 📈

1. India’s patent filing increased by 24.6%; 83k in 2023: Nasscom report


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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Robust & Transparent
(GS2, Polity, SC judgement on EVM & VVPAT)

2. SLU, 'matchbox' that feeds EVM candidate info
(GS3, S&T, SLU, working)

3. How ISRO used satellite Remote sensing to analyse glacial lakes in Himalayas
(GS3, S&T, ISRO's Remote sensing )

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🚨 28 April 2024 | Sunday🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. International Criminal Court (ICC)

• Governed by "Statute of Rome" treaty
• World’s 1st permanent international criminal court; India not a part
• Investigates & tries individuals charged with graves crimes of concern to int'l community

Learn more about ICC here

2. Tiwa tribe (Lalungs) in Assam & Meghalaya

Revise Tribes in News here

Reading Recommendations 🗞

TH

1. Rocks with evidence of Earth's magnetic field discovered
(GS1, Geography, Earth's magnetic field)

2. How do extreme climate affects Asia
(GS3, Environment, Climate change & Asia)

3. When is a candidate elected unopposed?
(GS2, Polity, Elected candidate, NOTA)

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🚨 29 April 2024 | Monday🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. Phi 3 Mini by Microsoft

• A SLM that has 3.8 billion parameters & trained on a data set smaller to LLMs.
• SLM: Small language models; used for simpler tasks, more accessible & for limited resources.
• LLM: Large language models; for larger data & complex tasks; based on machine learning

2. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) [in sync w/ Paris Principles]

• It ensures the protection of rights related to life, liberty, equality, and dignity of individuals
• Statutory body u/ Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993
• Composition: Chairperson, 5 full-time Members & 7 deemed Members
• appointed by Prez for 3 years tenure or till max 70 years of age

3. Raja Ravi Varma (1848)

• Father of modern Indian art
• Western & classical representation of Hindu gods & goddesses
• Context: 1st true copy of Indulekha painting to be unveiled at Kilimanoor Palace (Kerala)

4. Anticyclones

• area of high pressure where air moves apart and sinks
• Indicates fair weather
• winds blow clockwise in Northern HS & anti clockwise in Southern HS

Revise Cyclones & Anticyclones here


Quotes 💭

"Here's my first principle of foreign policy: Good Government at home." - William G Gladstone

Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. For future ready seniors
(GS1, Society, Senior citizen policy making)

2. Healing the soil
(GS3, Environment, Soil health & measures)

3. How rupee has strengthened under Modi govt
(GS3, Economy, Rupee strengthening, NEER, REER)

4. Global treaty on plastic waste
(GS3, Environment, global plastic treaty need, challenges)

TH

1. Anticyclones, hanging even now over India, link warming heat
(GS1, Geography, El Nino, Anticyclones, heat waves, measures)

2. The significance of carrier aviation
(GS3, S&T, INS Vikrant, composition, capabilities, next projects)

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🚨 30 April 2024 | Tuesday🚨


Mains Keywords ✍️

1. 3R's framework in childcare
Recognise complexities of childcare
Reduce this load by 👇🏻
Redistributing the responsibilities
(GS1, Society, Childcare Way forward)


Pre Related News 📄

1. Chakisaurus nekul (Argentina)

• 90 mn year old, herbivore dinosaur
• 2.5-3 m long, 70 cm high; fast runner; downward tail

2. Hangor class submarine (China → Pakistan Navy)

• export variant of Chinese type 039 A Yuan class
• diesel electric attack submarine
• counterpart of INS Kalvari

3. Critical minerals

• Essential elements for societies and economies facing supply risks.
• 30 critical minerals list by GoI; revise more here

4. Voting Methods

a) Condorcet Method: Elects candidate with majority vote in head-to-head election

b) Borda count: Ranked voting system where voter ranks list of candidates in order of preference


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Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Mind the gap
(GS2, Polity, EC's MCC , issues & way forward)

2. Mom, baby & us
(GS1, Society, Women & Childcare, Way forward)

3. Repolls & adjournments
(GS2, Polity, ECI's polling options)

TH

1. The poultry industry needs urgent reforms
(GS3, Economy, Poultry industry issues & way forward)

2. Why are unclaimed forests missing?
(GS3, Environment, forests, FCAA, effects)

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🚨 1 May | Wednesday 🚨

Pre Related 📄

1. Shenzhou Spaceship-17

• China's spaceflight program spacecraft
• Aim: Conduct extravehicular activities, space science experiments & tech tasks, routine work of platform management & space lecture

2. COVISHIELD debate: Revise types of vaccines here


Quotes 💭

"The greatest deception men suffers is from his opinion." Leonardo da vinci


Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Why banks can't seek LOC's to stop debtors from going abroad
(GS3: Economy, read to learn about inability of the banks)

2. Cars that drive themselves
(GS3: S&T, read to learn tech involved))

3. El nino, anti cyclone
(GS1: Geography, learn to form opinion on new heatwaves)

TH

1. Microbes, not fossil fuels, produced most new methane: Study
(GS3: Environment, read to learn methane sources)

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🚨2 May 2024 | Thursday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. Lunisolar Calendar

• both lunar & solar calendar followed
• Ex: Indian Calendar, Japanese, Korean, Babylonian etc.

2. The Supersonic Missile assisted release of torpedo (SMART) system

• by DRDO; to launch lightweight torpedoes can target far away submarines
• canister based Missile comprises 2 stage solid propulsion, precision inertial navigation.

3. 📍Panama Canal

• an artificial waterway b/w Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean
• important maritime trade route
• Context: El Niño caused Panama Canal Drought

4. Antares (brightest red star)

• captured by IIA, Blr while moon passed in front of it
• in scorpion Constellation; binary star system

5. Art 31C

• to establish rules that would give the DPSP precedence over the FR.
• 25th Constitution Amendment Act 1971

6. Quarks (smallest particles)

• Elementary particles that experience all known forces of nature
• Only elementary particles to do so!
• Carry fractional electric charge
• Read more about Quarks here


Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. The challenge & necessity of "balance" in use of fertilisers
(GS3, Agriculture, Read about how to use fertilisers efficiently)

2. The question of art 31C
(GS2, Polity, Read about Art 31C timeline & recent judgement)

3. Why is China for important for Tesla than India
(GS3, Economy, Read about reasons of EV supply chain & importance of China )

TH

1. Analysing labor on a warming planet
(GS3, Economy, Learn about link b/w global warming & labour productivity)

2. Particles called quarks hold the key to the final fate of some stars
(GS3, S&T, read to learn about Quarks & stars link)

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