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🚨 6th October | Sunday 🚨

Pre notes

1. Halari donkeys (Halar region, Saurashtra, Gujarat)

• White colored endangered species with <500 population

• Consumes bajra (millets) & forms good social bond with humans

• Price ₹1 lac+; gives sweet milk fetching upto ₹7,000 in int'l market

• Needs extensive research & more of state resources to increase their numbers

2. Shompen tribe ( PVTG w/ 229 population on Great Nicobar, India)

• Semi nomadic patriarchal hunter gatherers relying on hunting, gathering & horticulture

• Diet: Staple food is pandanus fruit (larop)

• Language: Unique dialects, often unintelligible to outsiders

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21 Days PYQs challenge | Day 17

Today, we look at 10 Qs on Money Bill, Ordinary Bill & Constitution Amendment Bill

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🚨 7th October | Monday 🚨

Pre notes

1. Gold

• Acid test: Gold doesn't dissolve in strong nitric acid unlike other metals

• Dissolves in Mercury, some alkaline solutions & Royal water (Nitric Acid + Hydrochloric Acid)

• Malleable, ductile, corrosion-resistant, and good conductor of electricity

• China biggest producer today, S. Africa & Ghana also in the list of top 6

• Nobel Prize Medal made of electrum (gold-silver alloy) plated with 24-carat gold

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Indian Express 📰

1. Why has Israel invaded Lebanon? (Explained page)
(GS2: IR)

The Hindu 🗞

1. The status of the civil war in Sudan (Text&Context)
(GS2: IR + Prelims)

2. How has Telegram changed its stance on content moderation policy? (Text&Context)
(GS2/GS3: Policies and Cybersecurity)

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🚨 8th October | Tuesday 🚨

Pre facts

1. MVD: Marburg Virus Disease

• Hemorrhagic fever by Marburg virus (first seen in Germany, impacts Africa mostly)

• Spread via infected bats, human body fluids -> huge risk for med workers

• Symptoms: Flu like symptoms -> diarrhea, vomiting, hemorrhaging -> death in 8-9 days often

• No approved vaccines or antiviral treatments; supportive care is crucial

Pre notes

1. Indian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur)

• Native to South Asia; Herbivorous, Near Threatened (IUCN)

• Habitat: Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch

• Behavior: Social animals living in family groups; known for high speeds (up to 70 km/h)

• Conservation Efforts: Initiatives include increasing water holes and fodder plots; potential reintroduction sites identified in Rajasthan.

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Indian Express 📰

1. Middle path in Middle East (Ideas page)
(GS2: IR)

2. MicroRNA: tiny RNAs that hold the key to this organisms develop (Explained page)
(GS3: Science)

3. Agri sector report card (Explained page)
(GS3: Agri economy)

The Hindu 🗞

1. Unpacking the Centre’s affidavit on marital rape (Editorial)
(GS2: Policies)

2. On ‘casteist’ provisions in prison manuals (Text&Context)
(GS2: SC Judgements)

3. How high-performance buildings are the next step towards a sustainable future (Text&Context)
(GS3: Climate & SnT)

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21 Days PYQs Challenge | Day 19

On this second last day, here's a blast from the past

2022 saw a confusing question
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🚨 9th October | Wednesday 🚨

Pre notes

1. Charon [wrt James Web Space Telescope]

• Pluto's Moon discovered in '78, JWST recently found CO₂ & H₂O₂ here

• Prev mission: Mapped by New Horizons in 2015; found water ice & ammonia

• Chem Procs: H₂O₂ indicates solar/cosmic ray impacts, suggesting surface dynamics.

• Imp: Insights into Kuiper Belt evolution & potential astrobiology

Mains notes

1. SC Judgement on discriminatory prison laws

• SC struck down caste-based rules in prison manuals, deemed unconstitutional

• Rules assigned degrading jobs (e.g., cleaning) to marginalized castes while higher castes did cooking

• Rules stem from colonial-era laws labeling certain tribes as "criminal"

• Breached Articles 14 (equality), 15 (non-discrimination), 17 (abolition of untouchability), and 21 (right to dignity)

• States ordered to revise manuals within three months; caste references to be removed from records

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Indian Express 📰

1. To accommodate start-ups, MeitY relaxes AI procurement norms (Economy page)
(GS3: Economics)

2. Making machines learn (Explained page)
(GS3: Science)

The Hindu 🗞

1. Sunset for the U.K.’s coal-•red power, lessons for India (Editorial)

2. Global Digital Compact: advancing digital innovation in a sustainable fashion (Text&Context)
(GS2: IR and policies)

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21 Days PYQs Challenge | Day 20

Didwana seen in 2021 only to drop a hint long back!!!!!

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Answer to Day 20 of 21 Days PYQ Challenge!

(Bharat) Ratan Tata 💔

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🚨 10th October | Thursday 🚨

Pre facts

1. 10th October: World mental health day

• by World Federation for Mental Health & WHO since 1992

• Purpose: Raise awareness, educate on mental health, & fight stigma

• 2024 theme: "Mental Health at Work"

• Historical Themes: Past themes include "Improving Quality of MH Services" (1994) & "MH in an Unequal World" (2021).

Pre notes

1. EVM batteries

• Use alkaline batteries for ops in no-power areas

• Battery Monitoring: CU shows status as 'High', 'Med', 'Low', 'Marg', or 'Chg Batt' based on volts

• New battery lasts whole election; 99% charge until < 7.4V

• Battery is replaced during 1st-level checks pre-election & if low in mock polls, with party reps present

• Presiding officers submit post-poll reports on batt changes, incl. CU ID & reason for replacement

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Indian Express 📰

1. Rice with added nutrients, centre to continue supply unit 2028 (Explained page)
(GS2: Policies)

2. Deciphering proteins through AI (Explained page)
(GS3: SnT)

The Hindu 🗞️

1. What is the Samsung workers strike in Chennai about? (Text&Context)
(GS2: Social issues)

2. New sedimentary rock made from slag is a carbon-trapping champ (Science page)
(GS3: Science and environment)

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🚨 11th October | Friday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Bonedi Bari Puja (400+ years old in Bengal)

• Held in elite family homes (aka Bonedi Bari in Bengali)

• Preserves heritage; contrasts with Baro-wari Puja

Pre notes

1. National Agriculture Code

• Covers entire agri cycle (field prep, irrigation etc.)

• Sets crop selection standards + post harvest ops. + input management

• Uses IoT and sustainable farming practices

• Resource for farmers, policymakers, & agri institutions

• Standardized Agri Demo Farms (SADF): Experimental sites for testing NAC practices

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Indian Express 📰

1. As green patch spreads in Antarctica, here's what worrying scientists (Explained page)
(GS3: Climate)

2. PM unveils 10 point plans to strengthen India-ASEAN ties (Front page)
(GS2: IR)

The Hindu 🗞

1. The gruelling course of litigation in India (Editorial)
(GS2: Social issues)

2. Can India escape middle-income trap? (Text&Context)
(GS3: Economics)

3. The blue blooded sea creature on Odisha's coastline
(GS3: S&T + Environment)

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🚨 12th October | Saturday 🚨

Pre facts

1. 12th Oct: World Arthritis Day

• Raise awareness on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs)

• Theme 2024: "Informed Choices, Better Outcomes."

• Focus Areas: Symptoms, early diagnosis, treatment options, and quality of life.

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Indian Express 📰

Everything on 'The Explained Page'

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🚨 13th October | Sunday 🚨

Pre facts

1. Greening

• Antarctica's Warming twice the global average

• Antarctic Peninsula heats 5x faster than global rates

• Vegetation cover expanded; acceleration of over 30% from 2016-2021

• Increased frequency of heat events; record temperatures observed, with anomalies of up to 10°C above normal in winter

• Future Implications: Enhanced plant growth may lead to soil formation and ecosystem changes, raising concerns about invasive species

Pre notes

1. Oropouche virus

• First found in Trinidad (1955)

• Spread by Culicoides paraensis (midges) & Culex quinquefasciatus (mosquitoes); no human-to-human

• Endemic to Amazon; outbreaks in Brazil, Panama, Peru, Cuba (2024)

• Symptoms: Fever, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, nausea, rash; lasts 2-7 days

• Complications: Rare neuroinvasive diseases (meningitis, encephalitis)

• No specific antiviral; symptomatic management; most recover in a week

• Public Health: Neglected tropical disease; potential for outbreaks in vulnerable areas

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The Hindu 🗞️

1. The many myths about protein deficiency in people in India (Science page)
(GS2/GS3: Social issues and Science)

Complete FAQ page
(GS3: SnT)

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