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🚨 2nd September | Monday 🚨

Mains notes

1. NJAC Act.

• Formed by 99th Constitutional Amendment Act and NJAC Act, 2014

• Enhances transparency and accountability in appointing judges in SC and HC

• Composition: CJI, two senior-most SC judges, Union Minister of Law and Justice + 2 eminent persons nominated by a committee including the CJI, PM and LoP @CSEWhy

• In October 2015, SC declared NJAC Act unconstitutional; under premise of constitutional independence

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Reading recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Opening up the field (Editorial)
(GS3: Agricultural Economy)

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2. De-hyphenating rice-wheat (Explained page)

3. Why Namibia plans to kill hundreds of its majestic wild animals (Explained page)
(GS3: Climate)

The Hindu 🗞️

1. India’s neighbourhood watch, past and present (Editorial)
(GS2)

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🚨 3rd September | Tuesday 🚨

Reading recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Plan for farms (GS3 e-tech in aid of farmers)

The Hindu 🗞

1. The disaster management bill is knotty (GS3 Disaster Management)

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🚨 4th September | Wednesday 🚨

Mains notes

1. Guanabara Bay, Brazil

• Habitat of green sea turtles polluted with sewage and industrial waste

• Boat traffic & pollution has posed significant risk to survival of turtles

• Govt efforts have been slow but in direction of rescue & cleanup

@CSEWhy Recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Reclaim the farm (Editorial)
(GS3: Agriculture and India)

2. The court sends a message (The ideas page)
(GS2: Judgements and policies)

3. Harnessing biotechnology for economic development (Explained page)
(GS3: Green economy)

The Hindu 🗞

1. Did corporate tax cut increase wages (Text&Context)
(GS3: Economy)

2. The harm principle (Text&Context)

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🚨 5th September | Thursday 🚨

Mains keywords

1. Expansionism

• Chinese policy to 'grab' more land; evoked in Brunei speech by PM Modi

Pre notes

1. Teachers' Day on September 5, why?

• Birth anniversary of former President (and a teacher) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (05/09/1988)

• 1962: He became President & requested his b'day to be celebrated as Teachers' Day to honor nationwide teachers

Mains notes

1. Satellite toll collection

• MoRTH developed GIS-based software for real-time monitoring of wait times at highway toll plazas

• Allows commuters to check congestion at specific lanes for smoother traffic

• Software developed by Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL), promoted by NHAI

• Ministry working on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) tolling, which may replace FASTag

• Users pay for the specific stretch of highway travelled

@CSEWhy recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. A living constitution museum (Ideas page)
(GS2: Constitution)

2. Genome mapping of Chandipura Virus: findings (Explained page)
(GS3: SnT)

3. State changes in rape law (Explained page)
(GS2: Laws)

The Hindu 🗞

1. Gap between allocations for health, outcomes in state (Editorial)
(GS2: Social issues)

2. What do we know about ANIIDCO? (Text&Context)
(GS3: Economy & Climate)

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🚨 5th September | Thursday 🚨

Mains keywords

1. Development compact

• Strategic alignment b/w Ind-S'pore
• Focus on shared goals & mutual benefits
• How? Capacity building, technology sharing, trade, grants and finance

2. Vertical fiscal imbalance

• Situation where diff govt. levels have unequal powers to raise revenue & spend money

• Centre collects more than it needs; lower levels collect less but have higher spending responsibilities

• Centre transfers funds to address this imbalance

Pre notes

1. No Saturn rings

• Rings to 'disappear' starting March '25 due to optical illusion

• Saturn's position around sun aligns rings edge-on with Earth reflecting little light -> looking invisible

• Happens every 13-15 yrs; rings consists of ice & rock pieces from dust-sized particles to mountains

Mains notes

1. Law commission

• Non-statutory body to advise GOI on legal reforms, reviews outdated laws, & suggests new legislation
• Usually 3 year term consisting of Chair, full time & part time members + ex-officio members

• Past Contributions
- Influenced key laws like the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) & the Right to Education (RTE) Act.
- They also recommended repealing over 1,500 outdated laws

• Key Responsibilities
23rd Commission will review outdated laws, simplify language and processes, and suggest reforms aligned with economic needs and the Directive Principles of State Policy

• 22nd Commission's Work
The 22nd Law Commission presented 11 reports, including recommendations to retain but amend the sedition law (Section 124A IPC) and a report on trade secrets. However, its report on simultaneous elections and the Uniform Civil Code was not submitted

@CSEWhy recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Singapore & Semiconductors (Explained page)
(GS3: SnT)

The Hindu 🗞

1. The food security act has revamped the PDS (Editorial)
(GS2: Laws)

2. Can Kerala access funds from the Loss and Damage Fund? (Text&Context)
(GS2: Laws and Acts)

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🚨 7th September | Saturday 🚨

Mains notes

1. Typhoon Yagi

• Super typhoon (Cat 5)

• Peak winds up to 245 km/h, 2nd most powerful cyclone globally in 2024, after Hurricane Beryl

• Landfall: Sept 6, 2024, in Wenchang, Hainan, China.

• It’s the strongest typhoon to hit Hainan in a decade; most intense in the S. China Sea in 55 years

• Experts link increasing typhoon intensity to rising ocean temps from climate change, raising concerns over severe weather

@CSEWhy recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. At a strategic crossroads (Editorial)
(GS2: IR)

2. Why La Nina is delayed and how it could impact india’s weather (Explained page)
(GS3: Climate)

The Hindu 🗞️

1. Stick to fiscal deficit as the norm for fiscal prudence (Editorial)
(GS3: Economics)

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🚨 9th September | Monday 🚨

Mains keywords

1. Presbyopia

• Loss of ability to see nearer objects with age

Pre facts

1. Soyuz MS-26

• Crewed mission set to launch on September 11, 2024, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

• In collaboration with ISS

• Mission Duration: 180 days

• Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a rocket

• Docking Port: Rassvet nadir on the ISS

Mains notes

1. Enemy property

• Assets of individuals who acquired citizenship in Pak or China

• Governed by Enemy Property Act of 1968, these properties are managed by CEPI, under MHA

• There are approximately 12,611 enemy properties in India, valued at over ₹1 lakh crore

• Highest concentration of enemy properties is in UP (5,982), followed by WB (4,354) & Delhi

• The 2017 amendment to EPA clarified that, successors of those who migrated to enemy countries cannot claim these properties

@CSEWhy Recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Five sutras for digital infrastructure (Ideas page)
(GS3: SnT)

2. Use of AI in warfare (Explained page)
(GS3: SnT)

The Hindu 🗞️

1. Policy paralysis, a weekend healthcare system (Editorial)
(GS2: Policies and social issue)

2. On uncommon cyclones in Indian ocean (Text&Context)
(GS3: Climate)

3. How changes in the level of Arctic sea ice can change....(Text&Context)
(GS3: Climate)

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🚨 10th September | Tuesday🚨

Pre notes

1. Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

• Aim: Enhance research, innovation & entrepreneurship across diff scientific fields

2. Rama Varma Kunji Pillai Thampuran King of Cochin 1790-1805

• Ruler of Cochin from 1790 to 1805; aka Sakthan Thampuran

• Developed Thrissur as urban city & initiated Thrissur Pooram Festival

@CSEWhy recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Vaccines for MPOX (Explained page)
(GS2/GS3: IR and SnT)

2. Why apexcourt intervened in Himachal Pradesh HC’s collegium decision? (Explained page)
(GS2: SC Judgments and laws)

The Hindu 🗞

1. Regulatory reform stuck in a loop in Health Ministry (Editorial)

2. The role of district agro-met offices in supporting farmers (Text&Context)
(GS2: Social issues)

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🚨 11th September | Wednesday 🚨

Mains notes

1. Revise Polaris Dawn

2. NBWL

• Formed under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972; Statutory body under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

• Advisory body for national policies

• Roles:

--> Approves projects impacting PAs;

--> Reviews developmental projects to assess their impact on wildlife habitats;

--> Recommends measures for the protection of endangered species and ecosystems

3. Hema Panel Report

• Formed: 2017 by Kerala govt, chaired by Justice Hema (Retd.), to investigate gender discrimination & harassment in Malayalam film industry

• Revealed widespread gender bias, sexual harassment, unsafe working conditions, and pay disparity for women in the industry.

• Called for equal pay, strict enforcement of workplace safety laws, creation of a grievance redressal body, and improved professional opportunities for women

• Full report remains unpublished, and there have been demands from women's groups like WCC for implementation

• Significance: Highlights systemic gender issues in India's film industry and underscores the need for institutional reforms to ensure women's safety and equality

Pre facts

1. National Research Foundation

• Objective: Boost research & innovation in STEM, social sciences, and humanities in India

• Operates under the Ministry of Education, coordinating with bodies like DST and UGC

• Funding: Centralized body providing significant financial support for research projects

• Focus: Promotes interdisciplinary research and industry-academia collaboration

• NEP 2020: Key part of NEP 2020, aimed at enhancing research capabilities in Indian universities

@CSEWhy recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Peace and its possibilities (Ideas page)
(GS2: IR)

2. The grave threat from AMR (Explained page)
(GS3: Snt)

The Hindu 🗞️

1. A panoramic view of 2024 China-Africa Summit (Editorial)
(GS2: Multilateralism)

2. Montelukast: Overused and dangerous (Opinions page)

3. On ANI’s defamation case against Wikipedia (Text&Context)
(GS2: Judgements)

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