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)

Practice MCQs on National Clean Air Programme here

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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)

Learn 100+ Articles of Indian Constitution here

Pre note: Revise ports/place in String of Pearls & Necklace of Diamonds here

🚨 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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Pre note: Did you revise last month's species in news here?

🚨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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🚨 3 May | Friday 🚨

Mains Keywords ✍️

1. Vishwa Bandhu Bharat: An India that is world's brother/friend
(GS2, IR, Diplomacy; keyword seen in MEA Jaishankar's article)


Pre Related News 📄

1. Monkey POX Viral disease (MPOX)

• Transmitted through infected animals/humans/materials
• Vaccines available ✅

2. Diplomatic Passport: Revise types of passports here

3. Acacia mearnsii (black wattle)

• Endemic to SE Australia
• exotic species found in Chinnakanal, Idduki, Kerala
• other exotic species: Eucalyptus & West Indian Lantana

4. P vs NP problem

• major unsolved problem in theoretical computer science.
• it asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly verified can also be quickly solved
• Context: It's Role in Health care

5. Liquid nitrogen

• inert, colorless, odourless, cryogenic fluid
• used for cancer related procedures (cryotherapy)
• In news due to TN's action against use of same in the food

Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. The Vishwa Bandhu
(GS2, IR, Read about how India can become developed & leading power)

2. What it means to be Viksit?
(GS3, Economy, Read about features of developed nation & examples)


TH

1. Does PMJAY needs a design change
(GS2, Polity, read to learn suggestions to improve PMJAY)

2. Why are Indian spices facing the heat?
(GS3, Economy, read to learn about Indian spices health concerns, gaps & way forward)

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First weekend of May, practice MCQs on this week's Current Affairs here👇🏻

1. International Relations

a) G20 | Practice MCQs here

b) BRICS | Learn through MCQs here

c) ASEAN | Easy topic? test your knowledge here


2. Environment

a) Environmental Pollution | Practice MCQs here

b) Water Pollution | Can you answer all these Qs here?

c) Climate Change | Answer all these CA MCQs here

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🚨 4 May | Saturday 🚨


Pre Related News 📄

1. Oxytocin hormone

• natural hormone; involved in childbirth, lactation, Social interactions
• used as medication for postpartum haemorrhage, uterine involution & lactation insufficiency
• Context: Banned Oxytocin still used in Delhi Dairies.

2. Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia
(VITT)

• catastrophic and life-threatening reaction to COVID 19 vaccine response
• symptoms like blood clotting & low platelet count after 4 to 42 days of vaccination

3. 'Eta Aquariid' meteor shower

• annual meteor shower in May
• comprises burning space debris moving at 66 km/second in Earth's atmosphere
• Location: Indonesia, Australia
• Comet: celestial objects primarily composed of ice, dust, and rocky material.

Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Weather proofing polls
(GS3, Environment, Read about how India can ensure maximum voter turnout)

TH

1. The Paradox of India's global rise,its regional decline
(GS2, IR, read about India in global & regional arena, factors & suggestions )

2. This is the year to get the SDG goals back on track
(GS3, Economy, Read about reasons of slow progress of SDG goals & way forward)


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🚨 5 May | Sunday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. TacticAI

• by Google's DeepMind
• AI system for football tactics & strategies, especially corner kicks

2. Delonix regia (Gulmohar)

• Native to Madagascar; ornamental tree
• LC status

3. Gond Kalam/ Jangarh Kalam

• new school of painting
• theme: mythical tales from gond culture

4. 📍Koller lake, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh

• one of the Largest freshwater lake
• dry & barren due to intense summers

5. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1

• Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
• enzootic; SE Asia
• Context: Spread in Cattles in US

6. Koothadanvar festival, TN

• 18 days festival; Transgender women marry to Lord Koothandavar


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Reading Recommendations 🗞

TH

1. Can the new organelle help engineer plants to fix nitrogen?
(GS3, Environment, Read about how Nitrogen fixing organelle can change Agriculture)

2. Will R&AW overseas operations affect ties?
(GS2, IR, read about India & foreign relations, impact of R&AW operations)

3. Leprosy spread between red squirrels & people: Study
(GS3, Health, Read about link b/w leprosy & red squirrels study)

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🚨 6 May | Monday 🚨

Pre Related News 📄

1. Goldene

• 1st free standing 2D metal
• Sheet of gold that is only one atom thick
• Future applications: Hydrogen generating catalysis, Carbon dioxide conversion, water purification etc.

2. Catatumbo lightning

• Continuous natural phenomenon over Catatumbo River, Venezuela


Quotes 💭

"There maybe times when we are powerless to prevent injustice , but there must never be a time when we fail to protest" - Elie Wiesel

Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. Jobs picture in perspective
(GS3, Economy, Read about The India Employment report 2024, challenges & way forward)

2. What is Artificial general intelligence & why are people worried about it?
(GS3, S&T, Read about AGI, scope & challenges)

TH

1. An overview of Sudan's civil war
(GS2, IR, Read to know about places in conflict, note the names)

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🚨 7 May | Tuesday 🚨


Pre Related News 📄

1. Boeing's starliner (CST-100)

• partially reusable crew capsule
• CST 100: Crew Space Transportation

2. Orangutan

• large primates; exclusively arboreal; CE status
• low reproductive rates; lives up to 50 years
• 3 species: Bornean, Sumatran, Tapanuli
• Context: uses plant to treat wounds

Revise Species in News here

3. Carbon farming

• helps the land store more carbon & reduce the amount of GHGs.
• implementation of rotational grazing

Reading Recommendations 🗞

IE

1. The "Muslim Quota" Question
(GS2, Polity, Read about religion based reservation, issues & Sachar, Misra Panels)

TH

1. What is Carbon farming
(GS3, Environment, Read about Carbon farming, challenges, global models, scope in India)

2. Understanding the science behind MRI
(GS3, S&T, Read MRI, working, pros & cons)

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