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🚨 October 19 2022 | Wednesday 🚨

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Reading recommendations

IE

1. Making of sabka Vikas
2. Tipping points of warming
3. Remembering Dr Mahalanabis
4. Tussle in KL, can Governor Khan dismiss a state minister?
5. NRI deposit decline (pg17)

TH
- 1962 war



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🚨 October 20 2022 | Wednesday 🚨

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1. Pro planet people
In context to LiFE mission announced by PM Modi at CoP26


Quote
Measure of intelligence is ability to change
Albert Einstein

Reading Recommendations

IE
Explained page
- ‘Oldest Dock’ Lothal to get heritage complex: features & significance(GS1)
- Missed chances on border (GS2)

TH
Editorial
- New lease of LiFE for climate change (GS3)
- Turkish Foreign policy, the east west divide (GS2)






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🚨 October 21 2022 | Friday 🚨

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1. Smog Episode
It happens when PM 2.5 is in severe category for 3 days in a row


Reading Recommendations

IE
- How not to measure hunger
- 5 Reasons why Liz Truss had to resign




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🚨 October 22 2022 | Saturday 🚨

1. EASE: Enhanced Access & Service Excellence
A scheme of reforms in PSBs now extended to RRBs

2. All about Competition Commission of India documented on blog: https://csewhy.substack.com/p/26-competition-commission-of-india


Quote
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations

Simplicity is ultimate sophistication
Leonardo Da Vinci

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. RRBs in MSME & housing credit (pg12)
2. Faith & it’s discontents (Editorial by Ram Madhav, read it for flow of essay)


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🚨 October 23 2022 | Sunday 🚨

Pre related

1. Water channels in news

- Menhar & Mansar
2 monsoon channels of Dholavira
- Sukapaika river, Odisha
River dried up in 1950s set to be rejuvenated

2. CRAR

a) Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio
b) Ratio of bank’s Capital (or net worth) to various assets weighted as per how risky every asset is
c) indicator of bank’s ability to survive in case it suffers losses on loans book
d) used to gauge the risk of insolvency faced by the bank

3. FATF

Financial Action Task Force is in news again as Pakistan is off the ‘grey list’ Quick revision of FATF

How does it work? 🤔

- 3x annual meetings of Decision Making body
- All decisions by consensus
- Monitor various countries to review money laundering & terrorist financing techniques and counter measures
- Promote adoption and implementation of FATF recommendations

History 🤭
- 1989: 39 member body set up out of G7 meeting
- 37 countries
- 2 groupings: European Commission & GCC

What’s Grey/Black list? ⚫️

- Grey: Jurisdiction u/ Increased Monitoring
- Black: High risk jurisdiction

Impact of these lists 😦

Countries on both lists find it tough to
- procure loans from global financial organisation
- invite private investments in their country

India 🤝 FATF

- 2006: Observer
- 2010: Full Member



Reading Recommendations

IE
- India’s maritime history runs deep & long here by Vasant Shinde

TH
- When does RBI step in to monitor a bank?
- Why is Pakistan off the FATF list?


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Happy Diwali, doston.

Maa Laxmi aap par kripa banaye rakhein.

I have compiled Articles of Constitution related to Finance & Economy on occasion of Diwali.
Quoting these will improve your MAINS ANSWERS
Read and Learn on blog.

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/28-articles-related-to-finance-and

A bit personal message from CSE Why

दोस्तों, आपको दिवाली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ।

साल दर साल ये त्यौहार कुछ नया सीखा कर जाता है। पिछले साल तक मेरी दिवाली अकेले मनती थी जो अक्सर एक कमरे तक सीमित थी।

ईश्वर की असीम अनुकंपा से इस साल समय ने करवट ली और मुझे ये मौक़ा दिया कि मैं ये सौभाग्यशाली पर्व आप सभी के साथ साझा कर सकूँ। मेरा विश्वास मानिए, आप सभी का साथ मेरे लिए ख़ूब प्रेरणादायी है।

दोनों हाथ जोड़कर आपका सहृदय शुक्रिया।
एक बार फिर, दिवाली की हार्दिक बधाई।


Translation
Friends, wishing you best of Diwali.

Every year, this festival teaches something new. Till last year, I spent Diwali alone in my own room.

God’s grace pushed time to change this year giving me a chance to spend this auspicious festival with y’all. Your presence is inspirational to me.

With both my hands folded, I thank you from bottom of my heart for joining me. Once again, Happy Diwali :)

Friends, on auspicious occasion of Diwali, I have a good news for you.

For today, you can avail my Visual Notes for just ₹167/- (original price: ₹249/-)

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🚨 October 24 2022 | Monday 🚨

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Har din har ghar ayurveda
Ministry of Ayush new campaign


Quote
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse


Reading Recommendations

IE
- Many exporters and importers are reluctant to hedge forex resources (pg-13)
- FCRA (pg14)

TH
- Ancient Stewardship now stamped on the present (pg8)
- Deciphering samba politics in Brazil (pg8- read for similarities in Ind-Brazil polity)
- CCI & Google (pg10)

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No Daily Keywords set today since neither The Hindu or Indian Express is available in Delhi.

Spend these 60-75 minutes of newspaper taking some rest or going out with a friend. Keep the Diwali spirit high :D

Do visit my blog to revise some concepts: CSEWhy.substack.com

Shared some exclusive quotes from my notes on Twitter. Feel free to steal them for your Mains Answers.

https://twitter.com/CseWhy/status/1584775270094893056?s=20&t=Eth29y4_w9bqaU_KYLHWSg

Yesterday, I sent Diwali ki mithai to aspirants who spent it alone.

There was one aspirant whose response to this left me crying. I have written that story on the blog. Pls read and do share your thoughts on this.

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/29-sending-diwali-ki-mithai-to-upsc

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🚨 October 26 2022 | Wednesday 🚨

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Quote
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement

Reading Recommendations
IE

- Accidental Prime Minister (read it for the flow and how essays should look like)
- Don’t speak of language (good arguments on Hindi textbooks for MBBS)

TH
- A renewable energy revolution rooted in agriculture (pointers on how to solve agri problems for climate change)
- Ethiopia: past & current challenges




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"How to prepare World Map for UPSC?"

Simple but practical tips to make you a pro at world map 👇🏻

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🚨 October 27 2022 | Thursday 🚨

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Respect, Sensitivity & Interest
3 mutual interests shared by MEA Jaishankar wrt India-China relationship


Pre Centric
1. Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee approved GM Mustard Trials

About GEAC:
- u/ MoEFCC
- Chair: Special Secretary/Additional Sec of MoEFCC
- Co-chair: Dept of Biotech representative
- Responsibility:
a) offer environmental angle to large scale use of hazardous microorganisms & recombinants in research and industrial production
b) Appraise on proposal wrt release of Genetically Engineered (GE) organisms & products into environment (experimental field trials included)


2. Nalanda Uni to offer course in Bay of Bengal following Act East Policy (relevant for Mains as well, this can help India earn students from BIMSTEC and thus GS2 diplomacy relevance)

3. Mangarh Dham in Rajasthan where 1500 tribals were killed by Britishers on Nov 17 1913 while protesting for abolishing bonded labor and relaxation in heavy agri taxes.

Reading Recommendations

IE
Editorials:
- A misleading exit (on Pak's exit from Grey List)
- A law for parenthood (great debate offering interesting perspectives)
- Building a better architect (Highly recommended for GS4 Ethics)

Explained:
- Anti trust case against google (best article on this news explaining Google's case)
- Understanding GM mustard
- Who designs notes and how?




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🚨 October 28 2022 | Friday 🚨

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1. New Era of equality

BCCI & pay parity, same match fees for men & women.


2. Collective Responsibility
MHA’s words at State Home Ministers’ meeting in combating borderless and stateless crimes



Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Missing on the library shelf (read it in context to translation debate, good points)
2. Nutrition, not hunger (imp points on GHI irrelevance and what needs to be done regardless)
3. Power of small (by MoEFCC Sh Bhupendra Yadav- great small pointers on essence of LiFE)


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The Aspirants Show | Episode 03

Hosting Ms Anna Sinha (IPS) on The Aspirants Show tomorrow on Twitter Space

2100 hours on October 29 2022

Mark your calendar and do tune in!
Got any questions you want me to ask her on your behalf? Tag me on Twitter or send them via email (whycse@gmail.com)

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🚨 October 29 2022 | Saturday 🚨

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1. One Nation One Uniform
PM’s pitch towards improving police imagery & uniform optics


2. Cooperative rivalry or Competitive Coexistence
Peaceful ways to see & deal with rising powers (China-USA)


Pre Centric
Under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, India’s first Aqua Park to come up in Tarin (Ziro) of Arunachal Pradesh

Quote
It’s about hard work and not gender

Reading Recommendations

IE
- The view from Samarkand

TH:
- At CoP27, move the needle on climate action


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