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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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Shared simple ways going forward to eradicate fear of MAINS next year.

Darr na nahi hai bass

https://youtu.be/fltthmpJJCQ

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

Have shared all of them in this High Value thread. Will request you to read and learn from it. Do RT👇🏻

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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?
Shared all those 12 Questions in a Twitter thread. See real example yourself.

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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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Shared a simple but highly effective tip that can help you improve your UPSC Mains Answers within JUST 3 weeks.

Watch and Learn 👇
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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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Shared some easy mnemonics to remember all Fundamental Rights in this blog post.

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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.

Read, learn, share and save link of this blog to your notes :D

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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👇🏻

https://youtu.be/i2sQRJ50xm8

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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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Sunday affirmation to help you deal with UPSC anxiety and stress.

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🚨 September 26 2022 : Mighty Monday🚨

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1. 500 Cheetah Mitras onboarded by administration around Kuno to spread awareness and protect cheetah habitat

Use In
GS3: environment

2. Indian Nutrition Rating by FSSAI b/w 0-5 to denote least healthy to healthiest food

Use in
GS3

3. Soft Power definition by Joseph Nye
Power of attraction through culture, political ideas, and policies rather than coercion

Use in
GS2: International Relations

4. Reformed Multilateralism
Indian attempt at UNSC reforms and other initiatives

Use in
GS2: International Relations


5. Material and spiritual progress

Dalai Lama’s words on ideal growth of a state

Use in
Essays and ethics


Quote

There’s nothing like teaching to help one learn by Dalai Lama


stats
- Institute for Economics and Peace: violence cost 7% of GDP in 2020

- 2018 reply in parliament: India spends 3 paise per day per capita on sports China on the contrary spends ₹6.1/-


pre centric
- Neelakurinji flowers bloom in Seethalayyana Giri Hill Ranges in Chikkamagaluru district
- Surjapuri (Seemanchal) and Bajjika (Bajjikanchal) dialects of Bihar


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Prakash Singh’s article on Police Reforms

2. Star rating for packaged foods

3. Limits of free monetary policy


TH
1. Soft power, the new race

2. Shifting monsoon patterns


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“How to be consistent during preparation?”

Asked this question to Ms Kruti Naik on my podcast and she gave the most apt answer. Watch and learn👇🏻

https://youtu.be/qgUwdMBZNDQ

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🚨 September 27 2022 🚨

Today’s The Hindu has great notes on Semiconductors. I’ve compiled them for you!

Find them on my blog: https://csewhy.substack.com/p/14-semiconductor-push-in-india


1. Micro-Finance: Anti poverty vaccine
Source: 2020 PYQ

use in
GS2

2. The Dharamshala Declaration
Aims to recognise Indian role in contributing towards global tourism as well as focusing on recovery by promoting domestic tourism

3. Guiding principles of tourism in New Tourism Policy draft
- sustainable, responsible and inclusive tourism in line with civilisational ethos

- digitalisation, innovation and technology


GS3: Economy


Pre Centric
1. DART (byNASA) to crash into an asteroid
- Double Asteroid Redirection Test Spacecraft
- to collide with Dimorphos, a small asteroid; it is a moon of Didymos
- Why?
- Proof of Principle
- to prepare world for any upcoming asteroids headed towards earth in future


2. E-commerce platforms with foreign funding (FDI) prohibited by FDI norms from offering discounts


Stats
1. Justice Rohini Commission of 2018 analysed data on 1.3 lac central jobs u/ OBC quota + OBC admissions at IIT, NIT, IIM, AIIMS to claim:

main beneficiaries of quota were Yadavs, Kurmis, Jats, Sainis, Thevars, Eazhavas, and Vokkaligas


2. Tourism: (by 2024)
- $150bn contribution to GDP
- 15mn annual foreign tourists arrival


Reading Recommendations
IE

- The Eurobomb by C Raha Mohan

- Deciding rarest of rare (comprehensive article explaining the case of new debate around death penalty)

TH

- Putting India as a signature destination

- Push for Semiconductor industry (covered in blog)


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I asked Ms Kruti Naik (Govt of GJ officer) to share direction for students whose optional is Sociology

She summed it up really well! Here, watch and learn 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/34XMF5fPcl4