Last one month will be life altering for many:

• Pooja Khedkar case
• Fake certificates in EWS/PwD
• multiple deaths Rau's basement
• Nilesh Rai losing life to electrocution in ORN

& now protests & leaving ORN movement.

Hard days for aspirants; many will leave forever!

If you are contemplating leaving UPSC Prep and want a second opinion, I am open to talk. Drop me an email on whycse@gmail.com for an open chat.

Pre note: Minimal in the newspaper today.

🚨 30th July | Tuesday 🚨

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Clear goals, hazy roadmaps (The Ideas page)

The Hindu 📰

1. The problem with India's blocking of China (Editorial)
(GS2: IR)

2. Any further delay in census taking is perilous (Editorial)
(GS2: Census and Policies)

3. Can states tax mining activities (opinion page)
(GS2/GS3: SC judgement and economy)

PS: If you are at the protest sites, please take good care of yourself and carry water bottle at all times.

Note to all students:

This is OUR movement.

Don't let any politician take limelight or guide you on what to do next.

Avoid being influenced by anyone & at no point turn to ANY form of violence.

Bangladesh is burning when similar student protests are hijacked. India is not immune to deep state forces, either.

Stay vigil, be responsible

Pre note: What inspires you to be an officer despite the protests? LMK on my Instagram here.

🚨 31st July | Wednesday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Article 200

The Governor may either assent, withhold assent, or reserve the Bill for consideration by the President

2. Article 201

• When a Bill is reserved for the consideration of the President, the President may assent to or withhold assent from the Bill.

• The President may also direct the Governor to return the Bill to the House or Houses of the Legislature of the State for reconsideration.

• In that case if it is again passed by the Legislature with or without amendment, it shall be presented again to the President for his consideration

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Not somebody's elses war (The ideas page)
(GS2: IR)

2. The not young (The ideas page)
(GS3: Economics)

3. Behind leh flight cancellations: high temperature, low air density (Explained page)
(GS3: Climate)

The Hindu 📰

1. The different armed groups in Myanmar (Text&Context)
(GS2: IR)

2. On the ethics of hunger strike as a mode of protest (Text&Context)
(Ethics and Essay)

3. India’s open ecosystems facing an unusual threat: encroaching trees (Science page)

PS: Stay hydrated. Stay calm.

ORN is flooded again.

PLEASE stay indoors. Wires are extensive and we never know what happens where.

Take time off and take very good care of yourselves

Pre note: Heavy rains across the country, keep yourself safe

🚨 1st August | Thursday 🚨

Mains notes

1. Privileges of lawmakers in the country

MPs

• Article 105

a. Freedom of speech in Parliament, subject to the Constitution's provisions and rules regulating the proceedings

b. MPs cannot be held liable in any court for anything said or any vote given in Parliament or its committees

c. MPs are exempt from arrest in civil cases during the continuance of the session of the House and 40 days before and after

• Article 122 prohibits courts from inquiring into the validity of any parliamentary proceedings on the ground of irregularity of procedure

MLAs

• Article 194 provides the same privileges to members of state legislative assemblies as those granted to MPs under Article 105

• Article 212 prohibits courts from inquiring into the validity of any proceedings in the state legislature on the ground of irregularity of procedure

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. A Wayanad story (Editorial)
(GS3: Climate and natural disasters)

2. A two-pronged response (Editorial)
(GS2: Policies)

3. An eye on debt (The ideas page)
(GS3: Economy)

4. Towards dispute irresolution (The ideas page)
(GS2: Policies)

The Hindu 📰

1. The global struggle for a pandemic treaty (Editorial)
(Global health and policies)

2. Problem power (Editorial)
(GS3: Green energy)

3. Early detection of lung cancer can save lives (The opinion page)
(GS2/GS3: Social issues and SnT)

4. On discarding indexation for LTCG (Text&Context)
(GS3: Budget)

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Put forward the voice of UPSC aspirants in a newspaper alongside Tanu Jain ma’am and Amit sir

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🚨 2nd August | Friday 🚨

Pre facts

1. World breastfeeding week

• Initiated in 1992 by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), which was formed on February 14, 1991

• It commemorates the 1990 Innocenti Declaration, aimed to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding globally

• Theme: ‘Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All’

• Celebrated from Aug 1 to Aug 7

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Landmark, benchmark (Editorial)
(GS2: SC Judgements)

2. When the clouds gather (The Ideas page)
(GS2/GS3: Social issues and climate)

3. Sub-classification of SC-ST (Explained page)
(GS2: SC Judgement)

4. Identifying the creamy layer: model of OBC-reservation (Explained page)
(GS2: SC Judgement)

The Hindu 🗞

1. States can sub-classify SCs for quotas: top court (PG 3)
(GS2: SC Judgement)

2. A verdict on the Money Bill that India awaits (Editorial)
(GS2: Constitution and SC Judgement)

3. The relevance of pumped storage projects (PG 27)
(GS3: Climate and Green energy)

Pre note: Preparing for CAs? Revise them here

🚨 3rd August | Saturday 🚨

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Chakravyuh (Explained page)
(Essay)

2. What are the legal challenges to great nicobar infrastructure project (Explained page)
(GS2: Laws)

3. Easing the burden (Editorial)
(GS3: Economics)

The Hindu 📰

1. An unusual shift in Modi’s economic direction (Editorial)
(GS3: Budget)

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Pre note: Late evening current affairs revision on CSEWhy blogs, here 😉

🚨 4th August | Sunday 🚨

Reading recommendations

The Hindu 🗞

1. After 61 years, four-ringed buttery resurfaces in India (Page 10)
(GS3: Environment)

2. 39% TB cases found during T.N. TB survey had no symptoms (Science page)
(GS3: Science)

3. Why did courts revisit bar on sub-quotas? (Editorial)
(GS2: SC Judgements)

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Pre note: Learn mapping for both Pre & Mains here

🚨 5th August | Monday 🚨

Mains Keywords

1. Substantive Equality

Principle that law must account for diff backgrounds & historical injustices faced by persons/groups

2. Climate Trauma

Informal term to symbolize negative mental health effects of extreme weather events due to climate change

Pre facts

1. Glacier Du tour

• It is experiencing significant retreat due to global warming
• Situated in the Haute-Savoie region of France
• It is classified as an Alpine glacier

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Quota in quota may set off political churn.. (Neerja Chowdhury article pg 8)

2. J&K task isn't finished (The opinion page)
(GS3: Internal Security)

3. In SC Verdict, how CJI underlined concept of substantive equality (Explained page)
(GS2: SC Judgements)

4. Going after the weeds (Explained page)
(GS3: SnT)

The Hindu 📰

1. Balancing competition and sustainability for India (The ideas page)
(GS3: Economy)

2. What do scientists make of the Budget? (Text&Context)
(GS3: Budget & Science)

PS: Hit ❤️if you are studying newspaper daily!

PM Haseena did not flee on her own

She lost to deep state apparatus😮

How, you ask? The 'ZO' State

She unveiled 🇺🇸plan of creating a Christian state in South Asia akin to East Timor

The green area is proposed area of so called 'zo' state!

Pre note: Follow my Instagram for regular supply of high value resources

🚨 6th August | Tuesday 🚨

Pre facts

Types of clocks ⏰

1. Quartz Clocks: Clocks that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal.

2. Atomic Clocks: Highly accurate clocks regulated by the vibrations of atoms.

3. Nuclei Clocks: Clocks that measure time based on the vibrations of atomic nuclei, providing extremely high precision.

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Watching Dhaka (Editorial)
(GS2: IR)

2. Partners in food security (Opinion page)
(GS2: Food security)

3. India & Hasina: a 50 year bond
(read carefully for GS2)

The Hindu 📰

1. Issue of institutional violence, addressing it (Editorial)
(GS2: Social issues)

2. Powering India's future (The Ideas page)
(GS3: Energy)

3. On doorstep delivery of Alcohol (Text&Context)
(GS2: Policies and Social issues)

4. Why was custom duty hike imposed on Lab Chemicals? (Text&Context)
(GS3: Economics)

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🚨 7th August | Wednesday 🚨

Mains facts

1. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

• Chair: PM, formed in 2006 u/ DM Act 2005

• Comprises a National Executive Committee to assist in its functions

• Role: coordinate responses to natural/man-made disasters, ensuring effective disaster management

• Approves the National Disaster Plan, lays down policies, and provides guidelines for state authorities and ministries

Pre facts

1. Cryoconite

• Powdery dust on glaciers comprising of small rock particles, soot & microbes

• Accumulates on snow & absorbs solar radiation → melting underlying ice

2. Revise Ayushman Bharat and other flagship schemes here

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Govt. Spent 14% of funds under Ayushman Bharat on those over 70 years (Express network)
(GS2: Schemes)

2. Realpolitik can be green (The ideas page)
(GS3: Renewable energy)

3. The Rawalpindi factor (The ideas page)
(GS2: IR)

4. GST on health insurance (Explained page)
(GS3: Budget and Tax)

5. In water starved Punjab, plans for new canal....(Explained page)
(GS3: Development)

The Hindu 📰

1. Powering up to get to the $30 trillion economy point (Editorial)
(GS3: Economics)

2. Counting the 'poor' having nutritional deficiency (Opinion page)
(GS2: Social issues)

3. On U.P's strict anti-conversion law (Text&Context)
(GS2: Acts and Policies)

4. Earthquake 2,500 years ago abruptly changed Ganga river's course (Science page)
(GS1: Geography)

PS: Avoid any form of stress that eats you up! Your mind over anything. :)

Pre note: Get started for UPSC 2025 with CSEWhy Pre Mastery Kit here

🚨 8th August | Thursday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Rashtriya Vigyan Awards

• Vigyan Ratna
Life time achievements & contributions made in science

• Vigyan Shree
Distinguished contributions in science

• Vigyan Yuva: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Encourage young scientists who’ve made distinguished contribution

• Vigyan Team
Scientific team of 3 or more who’ve made exceptional contributions

Mains notes

1. Pyrocumulonimbus cloud

• Thunderstorm clouds resulting from intense heat of large wildfires & volcanic eruptions

• Hot air rises rapidly in atmosphere and cools leading to condensation of vapor forming a cloud

• If this updraft is strong w/ strong moisture, cloud can develop into pyrocumulonimbus

Environmental Impact:

1. Aerosol pollution

Presence of tiny solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in the atmosphere, which can originate from both natural and anthropogenic (human-made) sources

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Policing piety (Editorial)
(GS2: Policies)

2. A crime against Women (Opinions page)
(GS2: Social issues)

The Hindu 📰

1. A close look at beefing of Jammu’s counter-terror grid (Editorial)
(GS3: Internal security)

2. Court shifts the tide on stray dogs policy (Ideas page)
(GS2: SC Judgement)

PS: Keep smiling. Keep your morale high.

Pre note: Today's IE's 'The Explained page' is a gem-mine. Dig it hard.

🚨 9th August | Friday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Kantaji Temple ( Kantajew Temple)

• Built by Maharaja Pran Nath (1704 AD to 1752 AD) and completed by his adopted son Ram Nath, the temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna and his wife, Rukmini.

• It reflects the artistic creativity of Bengal's late-medieval period

• It was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005

Mains related terms

1. Just transition

• A framework for securing workers' rights during shifts to sustainable production

• In respect to climate change: It refers to a framework aimed at ensuring that the shift from a high-carbon economy to a low-carbon economy is fair and inclusive, particularly for workers and communities affected by this transition

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Doing well on well being (The Ideas page)
(GS2/GS3: Social issues and Budget)

2. Govt's proposed curbs on online content....(The explained page)
(GS2: Policies)

3. Proposed changes to Waqf law (The explained page)
(GS2: Laws and acts)

4. What's causing Antarctica's deep water heatwave...(The explained page)
(GS3: Climate)

The Hindu 🗞️

1. A moment for just transition litigation to take wing (Editorial)
(GS2/GS3: Policies and Climate change)

2. Change in Bangladesh, the challenges for India (Editorial)
(GS2: IR)

3. On monetary policy and financial markets (Text&Context)
(GS3: Economy)

4. Why Himalayan towns need a different kind of development (Text&Context)
(GS3: Development)

P.S: New to prep? DM me on Instagram with your queries 😉

Pre note: Light Newspaper today! Focus on revision!

🚨 10th August | Saturday🚨

Pre facts

1. Govt: ‘creamy layer’ not applicable to SC, ST quota

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Sub-Quota red hearings (Editorial)
(GS2: SC Judgement and reservation)

The Hindu 🗞

1. Refugee rights, the gendered nature of displacement (Editorial)
(GS2: Social issues)

2. India to roll out new treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB (PG: 10)

P.S: Which book do you think is a must read for aspirants (other than UPSC centric)? LMK on my Instagram :)

Pre note: A good Sunday morning; plan tight; prepare best!

🚨 11th August | Sunday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Vishalgad fort

• Built in 1058 by Shilahara king Marsinh and was initially known as Khilgil

• In 1209, the Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri defeated Shilaharas and captured the fort

• Allauddin Khilji defeated King Ramchandra of the Seuna Yadavas in 1309 and the fort came under the Khilji dynasty

Reading recommendations

The Hindu 🗞️

1. Glacial lakes multiply in Himachal and Tibet, poses threat to lives and infra downstream (PG: 8)
(GS3: Climate change)

2. Why are India’s ‘Gaganyatris’ going to the ISS? (Editorial)
(GS3: SnT)

3. How will Sheikh Hasina’s exit impact India? (Editorial)
(GS2: IR, Understand complete story here)

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🚨 12th August | Monday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Megaquake advisory by Japan

• An earthquake with magnitude > 8 is Megaquake

• Nankai trough has produced a megaquake every 100-150 years

• Japan is predicting another megaquake in next 30 years

Reading Recommendations

Indian Express 🗞

1. Modi releases 109 high yield, climate resilient crop varieties (Govt&Politics)
(GS3: Climate change and SnT)

2. Provision to keep local trials for certain drugs: regulator's rationale (Explained)

3. How centre's clean plant programmes plans to boost production of fruits (Explained page)
(GS2: Policies)

The Hindu 📰

1. On amendments to the Waqf act (Text&Context)
(GS2: Acts and Laws)

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