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🚨 September 16 2022 : Late delivery🚨

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1. Cashless, Paperless and Effortless digital banking

Use in
- GS3

2. Civilisational Diplomacy
Russia, China, India are all civilisational states and need to upgrade their civilisational past and links.

Use In
GS2: Indian relations
(keep watching all this diplomacy words closely. Few days ago I shared energy diplomacy)

3. Merge
- Major software upgrade on Ethereum blockchain
- switch from proof of work to proof of stake
- 99.95% less energy to be used
- earlier, single transaction used power equivalent of what a US household uses in a week

Use in
GS3: SnT awareness



Ethics case study/Essay
Patagonia founder gave away all his wealth ($3bn) to fight climate change


Pre Centric

Erinidi Reserve of Namibia
From where Cheetahs are coming


Reading Recommendations

The Hindu
- Manufacturing v/s Services
- EEF
- TN’s breakfast scheme
(read this to revise the Mid day meal story)




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🚨 September 17 2022 : Late delivery02🚨

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1. President Kovind’s article

a) Atmanirbhar Bharat, Viksit Bharat connecting Atmanirbhar Bharat with Panch Pran
b) Merit Based Politics over DNA-Based Politics

Use In
GS2: Polity



As cheetahs come, here are govt initiatives/ stats on other animals:

1. 2x Tiger population from in 2018 (target year was 2022, 4 years ahead of schedule)
2. 32 reserves for Elephant conservation
3. Dedicated projects for conservation of Asiatic Lions and Dolphins


Quote
1. President Kovind
Indianness is our true identity and to build a strong nation we all have to rise above caste, creed and religion

2. Periyar
- Everyone has the right to refute any opinion. But no one has the right to prevent its expression

- Any opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience, will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies



Reading Recommendations

1. IE
- President Kovind’s article (see from GS2 perspective on schemes by govt)
- Cheetah on explained page. 3 imp texts there, just take a look (GS3)


2. TH
- Fertility Decline (health topic)
- Periyar (GS1: figures in Indian National Movement)




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🚨 September 18 2022 : easy sunday🚨

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1. Waiter rule

“If someone’s nice to you but not waiter” quote in essay or ethics

2. a) Policy: not an end but beginning

b) Policy + Performance = Progress

3.Waiter rule

“If someone’s nice to you and not to waiter”


Reading Recommendations

1. Merge article explaining what’s happening new at Ethereum (IE)

2. Monsoon in India TH




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Some thoughts on GS3 Mains 2022
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Bedaquiline, the medicine, is used in treatment of which one of the following?
Anonymous Quiz
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Cancer
16%
Diabetes
44%
TB
25%
Cervix Cancer
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🚨 September 19 2022 : Monday🚨

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1. 2 operations for killing money supply to naxalites by CAPFs and Jharkhand Police

1. Operation Double Bull in Bulbul forest of Jharkhand
2. Operation Octopus in Boodha Pahad of Jharkhand

use in
GS3: security

2. Political Unification to People Unification
- Goal for India in Amrit Kaal.
- can be used in way forward of GS1 and GS2 answers

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Out of Tune on inflation by Ashok Gulati (GS3)
2. Color Revolutions shall make a notes of all revolutions, their country and reason behind them
3. Benefits of stockpiling

TH
1.
Gender based Pay Gap
2. China-Pak (proxy state)
3. SC/ST inclusion/exclusion
4. Geopolitics and Georconomics by Happyman Jacob


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After seeing Mains GS 2022, had some thoughts on investing time better for UPSC aspirants. How/what/why/where?

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🚨 September 20 2022 : Thrilling Tuesday🚨

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1. Basic Structure Doctrine (Fali Nariman’s article)

- Criticism: SC that was to be the Guardians of constitution became Guardians over Constitution with this doctrine
- the doctrine was a response of anxious and activist court

Use In
GS2: Constitution

2. Digital Bretton Woods
Can be quoted as a solution in quest for global digital governance

Use in
- GS2: policy
- GS3: economy


Reading Recommendations

IE
- Fali S Nariman’s securing basic structure (never miss anything he writes(m)

- Time for Global Digital governance by Mansi Kedia

- India and the Eurasian Vaccum by C Raja Mohan. Read this to develop an understsnding

- CBI’s uneasy history
Rich text here. Note the:
a) SC judgements, Lokpal Act, DPSE Act amendment, Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act here (GS2: Policy/Acts)
b) note how it reflects on Centre-State relations (GS2: Federalism)

TH:
1. Oil companies and windfall tax (pg14)
2. Ethereum’s Merge and what next? (Explained page)

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12/40 Questions of GS2/GS3 in Mains 2022 saw high relevance of Keywords I share in this Telegram group.

How?
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🚨 September 21 2022 : Wednesday Win🚨

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1. Capability plans and developments of Navy based on requirements to protect, preserve, and promote our national interest

Use In
GS3: security


2. era not of war but democracy, dialogue and diplomacy

Use In
GS2: International Relations

3. a) rajakaluves
Storm water drains of Bengaluru

b) cities: engines of economy

use in
GS1: Urbanisation



Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The ‘triple dip’ La Niña
2. ED’s lengthening ram
3. eSIMs

TH
1. Growing peril of missing Bengaluru’s drains
2. Positioning India in a chaotic world
3. Lumpy Skin Disease (great resource. Won’t have to read anything else if you read this)


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Lumpy Skin Disease is relevant for UPSC.

How?
GS3: Economics of Animal Rearing

Compiled notes for LSD. This blog has it all that an aspirant needs for Prelims and Mains.

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🚨 September 22 2022 : Thrill of Thursday 🚨


1. National Logistics Policy 2022
Have compiled the relevant notes from NLP on the blog.
Visit: https://csewhy.substack.com/p/10-national-logistics-policy

Use In
GS3: Infrastructure


2. Women need education and financial independence to break away from Plus One of their male counterparts

use in
Good use as way forward in GS1: Role of women and women org


3. Shrinkflation
Product downsizes its quantity while keeping the price the same

GS3


Stats
Globally, 1/3 women face domestic violence as per a UN report


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🚨 September 23 2022 : Weekend vibe 🚨

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1. Urbanisation (GS1)
City is constituted by deep linkages between caste, community and urban space

Reading Recommendations

IE

1. Freeing the caged parrot by Vineet Narain (great recommendations on CVC/CBI reforms)

2. cow and the city
Great relevant points on rural-urban integration relevant for GS1: Urbanisation

TH
1. Census is not about counting sheep must read for the facts, data and opinion formation. Don’t pay much heed to political views or bias of the writer

2. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan conflict
Seeing questions in Pre, this article is super relevant

3. nikah halala
A relevant debate from GS1 (women & women org role and GS2: Polity)



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Have compiled all 5 writs, their meaning along with examples from current affairs for you to relate better to it.

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3R mantra for making UPSC notes.

It took me 2 years to figure this,
you can learn it in just 30 seconds here👇🏻

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🚨 September 24 2022 : Super Saturday🚨

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1. clear, concise, well-organised, and audience-appropriate

New Zealand’s new ‘plain language’ bill aims. Can be used in context of making Indian Executive and Judiciary communication people friendly

2. Infrastructure diplomacy
After civilisational diplomacy and energy diplomacy, this is third addition to keywords. Always keep a tab of such ‘diplomacy’ initiatives.

use in
GS2: Indian relations

3. PM-SHRI schools will become community centres after regular hours and converge with existing schemes like PM Poshan, Samagrah Shiksha and Ayushman Bharat

use in
GS2 Welfare schemes

4. Urbanisation
Some examples of smart urbanisation
- Garden city movement
- 15 Minute Walk City

use in
GS1: Urbanization


stats
1.
Ethanol production for blending in India
2013-14: 38 cr litres
2021-22: 450 cr litres
2025-26: 1016 cr litres

2. World Bank: By 2050, climate change may reduce India’s GDP by 3%

3. 49 billion
digital transactions in India
- 3x of China
- 7x of USA, UK, Canada, Europe
- 466mn new bank accounts


Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. Renewing our cities
A great piece with classic flow and fine examples

2. Carbon Dating

3. Indian reservations to Ukrainian conflict



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