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🚨 18th July | Thursday 🚨

Quotes

1. In some years, Indians maybe playing each other for world title -- Viswanathan Anand
(GS2: IR, use in soft power Quotes)

Mains related facts

1. Maharashtra's Public Security Bill

• Aim: To curb Naxalism in urban areas, by constraining activities of frontal groups

• An advisory board of 3 people who are eligible or are HC judges is set up to overlook

• Any relation with 'unlawful organization' is considered an offence

• Similar laws are already in force in: AP, CG, TS, OD

Pre Note

1. Revise Nalanda University Current Affairs here on my blog

2. U-WIN Portal

• Children in age grp of 0-5 to be listed
• Portal records children's health data and their vaccination status
• e-Record to help children get vaccinated in their then geography

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. What's needed in Jammu (The Ideas page)
(GS3: Internal security)

2. State of the informal sector (Explained page)
(GS3: Economics)

3. Behind heavy rain in large parts of India: Monsoon, trough swifts, westerlies (Explained page)
(GS2: Climate)

The Hindu 📰

1. Intergenerational equity as tax devolution criterion (Editorial)
(GS3: Economy)

2. Choosing the right track to cut-post harvest loss (Editorial)
(GS3: Agricultural economy)

3. On political representation of women (Text&Context)
(GS2: Social justice)


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🚨 20th July | Saturday 🚨

Mains related notes

1. Modified interest subvention scheme

• launched in 2006-2007
• Interest Subvention: 2% interest subvention for loans up to six months post-harvest
• Additional support for farmers affected by natural disasters

Pre Note

1. Article 361

• POI or Governor cannot be questioned by any court for the exercise of their powers and duties
• No criminal proceedings can be instituted or continued against them in any court during their term

2. Assam's 700 year old Moidam to be considered for world heritage list

Moidam: Ahom Dynasty 's mound burial system

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. A process more punishing (The Ideas Page)
(GS2: New criminal codes)

2. If Trump returns, 5 resets New Delhi may need (Explained page)
(GS2: IR)

The Hindu 📰

1. The promise of parametric insurance (Editorial)
(GS3: Climate and economy)

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Pre note: Fewer things in the paper today

🚨 21st July | Sunday 🚨

Use time to revise latest CA on CSEWhy blog

Revise important supreme court judgements

Reading Recommendations 📰

The Hindu

Read all 3 articles on pg 13

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🚨 22nd July | Monday 🚨

Mains Keywords

1. G commerce

• e-com via Games to sell directly to customer(s)
• Gaming industry size projection (2025): $256 billion

Pre notes

1. Amoebic brain infection

• Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the "brain-eating amoeba," is a single-celled organism that causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

• Early Symptoms: Resemble those of viral or bacterial meningitis and may include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, and alterations in taste and smell.

2. Kutchi Rabari Camel

• Indigenous to Kutch of Gujarat, India.

• Well-adapted to arid and semi-arid conditions, sparse vegetation, harsh climatic conditions

Physical Features:
• Distinctive hump, long legs, thick coat to help them withstand extreme temperatures.

• Milk rich in nutrients, medicinal properties.

3. Piracicaba River

• A river in Sao Paulo state of Brazil

• Meandering here enables:

a) Small boat navigation easier
b) Impounding of fishes

Tupi: place where the fish stops

• In news due to dead fishes due to contamination

4. U-Win (revise here)

5. Article 361 (Revise here)

Reading recommendations

Indian Express

1. The governor’s immunity (Explained page)
(GS2: Constitution)

2. Predicting Rogue Wave using AI: What new study found (Explained page)
(GS3: SnT)

The Hindu

1. Focus on female employment to counter unemployment (Editorial)
(GS/GS3: Social justice and economy)

2. Reasonable accommodations and disability rights (Editorial)
(GS2: Social justice)

3. The importance of both Quad and BRICS (The opinion)
(GS2: IR)

4. Understand crisis in Bangladesh here

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🚨 23rd July | Tuesday 🚨

Mains related notes

1. Gig workers policy

a) 3 Myths

• Be your own boss w/ fair allotment of jobs
• Part time job for additional income
• Flexible working hours

b) Imp. pointers

Policies for gig workers must include safety standards, minimum wages & regulated working hours

Pre Note

1. Article 110: Money bill

• Those bills dealing w/ Taxation, Borrowing, Consolidated & Contingency Fund of India, Receipt & Purchase from Consolidated Fund, Audit of a/c of Union & State

2. Finance Bills (I) (Article 117(1))
Contain not only matters of a Money Bill but also other matters of general legislation

3. Finance Bills (II) (Article 117(3))
Contain provisions involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Who's the greenest of all (The Ideas Page)
(GS2/GS3: Global economy and climate change)

2. Why today's budget matters?
(GS3: Economy)

The Hindu 📰

1. Economy likely to grow 6.5 - 7% in FY25: Survey (First page)
(GS3: Economics)

2. Heat stress is more than a degree of concern (Editorial)
(GS3: Economy and Climate change)

3. A case for regulating gig based work (Text&Context)
(GS2: Policies)

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A= Andhra Pradesh
B= Bihar

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🚨 24rd July | Wednesday 🚨

Budget elaborated in paper today, practice discretion.

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🚨 25th July | Thursday 🚨

Quote

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people -- Mary Landrieu
(GS3: Use in Economics)

Pre notes

1. Right to shelter is a fundamental right: SC
(In news because, railway infrastructure development at Haldwani needs relocation of 50,000 illegal settlers on railway land)

2. In news: Typhoon Geami in Northern Philippines on Wednesday

3. The Sangameshwara Temple

• Dravida style temple by Chalukya King Satyashraya

• Constructed b/w 697 and 733 AD; formerly called Vijayeswara Temple

• Pattadakal, including the Sangameshwara Temple, is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Mitigation VS Adaptation (Explained page)
(GS3: Economy and Climate Change)

2. Why SC couldn't agree on environmental release of GM mustard
(GS2 & GS3: Policy & SnT)

The Hindu 📰

1. An outlining of urban transformation series (Editorial)
(GS2: Policies)

2. Is immunity for the President and Governors absolute? (Text&Context)
(GS2: Constitution)

3. Grasslands in Kutch likely to host Cheetahs from Africa (The Hindu News)
(GS3: Environment)

4. Opinion (pg9) has multiple articles. Practice discretion in reading articles of your weaker areas

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10 Tribal Council Chiefs are in Delhi

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🚨 26th July | Friday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Listeriosis

• Cause: Listeria, a bacteria found in soil, vegetation, water, sewage & human faeces

• Symptoms: Vomiting, nausea, cramps, constipation, headache

• Consuming Listeria doesn't make one sick per se, tough for vulnerable population (elderly)

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Mining and power of states [IMP]

2. Why AI's present & future bring some environmental concerns
(GS3: Envt.; read to form an informed opinion)

The Hindu 📰

1. India's Illegal mining problem
(read for awareness on the issue)

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