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/-)

This is lowest it’ll ever be priced for! 💪🏻🙏🏻

See the index of all maps in quoted message & make the transaction at
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Once done, you’ll have the notes on your email.

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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 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/Ljffba8zYg8

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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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Reminder: Hosting IPS Ms Anna Sinha on Episode 03 of The Aspirants Show today at 2100 hours/9 pm

Set your reminder at link below and do join! 👇🏻

https://twitter.com/csewhy/status/1586218508530040832?s=46&t=clVp-pLu6cPCC22kerXkQw

Bhai ye kuch real life examples hai ethics answers me quote karne ke liye. 😀💪🏻

(Translation: Some real life examples to be quotes in ethics answers)

Take a note, pls!

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/30-real-life-examples-for-ethics

Friends, if you missed Episode 03 of The Aspirants Show with IPS Ms Anna Sinha, you can listen to the same on SPOTIFY

Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nV1PHNwMMRFZj0BtH3dGm?si=Ce_S2XWrTrakXooGBej17Q

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🚨 October 30 2022 | Sunday 🚨

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Pre Centric

1. Kalanamak rice now ‘small & strong’

- Buddha’s gift to people of Sravasthi
- GI Tag to Traditional Kalanamak rice variety
- New variety
• why? Earlier ones saw lodging problem.
• Lodging: heavier head and weaker stem leads to plant felling on the ground
• Better aroma
• higher nutrition value in Zinc & Iron

Quote

“We lost because we told ourselves we lost” - Leo Tolstoy

stats
3 lac crore: Startup ecosystem valuation (Minister Piyush Goyal confirmed)

Reading Recommendations

IE
- GJ announces UCC plan (read page 6 part of news to revise UCC) (GS2)
- Amur Falcon in Manipur (GS3 env)
- Who’s the boss? (A good article on learning about shifting work trends)

TH:
- doctrine of pleasure (GS2)
- Is World’s climate action plan on track? (GS3)
- Google’s second antitrust fine (GS3)


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🚨 October 31 2022 | Monday 🚨

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Food as a weapon
As Russia pulled out of agreement which allowed export of wheat from Ukrainian ports


Low cost production, high output
India’s new manufacturing aspiration


Reading Recommendations

IE:
- The Case of consent (IPS Vrinda Shukla sharing logical conclusions on sexual inter course in ‘casual dating’ scene)
- Getting nutrition wrong (Ashok Gulati sit back with his master class)
- How RBI fell behind the curve on containing inflation? (Good read to revise inflation and relevant concepts of macroeconomics)


TH:
- Extra constitutional delusions of Raj Bhavan


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College ke saath kaise manage kare UPSC Prep?

Learn from IPS Anna Sinha who cracked in her first attempt while still pursuing a full time PhD degree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz1ldR07Fio

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🚨 November 1 2022 | Tuesday 🚨

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Self respect & Global Recognition

Two gifts of Science-led revolutions to India on global stage

Reading Recommendations

IE:
- The New Diplomacy
- For science and the farmer

TH:
- Sequence of implementation, EWS quota outcomes (haven’t read something as rich as this in a long time)
- The ambiguity of reservation for the poor: unconstitutional or not?
- The amendments to the IT rules 2021



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“Bhai focus kaise bana ke rakhna hai har roz?”

Get this question a lot. Had IPS Anna Sinha answer it on my podcast.

Listen and learn 👇🏻

UPSC prep में foused कैसे रहें? by IPS Anna Sinha (AIR 112 UPSC 2021)
https://youtu.be/t0cbYwMBdcs

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🚨 November 2 2022 | Tuesday 🚨

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Connectivity and Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity
MEA at SCO meet over Chinese BRI

Reading Recommendations

IE:
- Note from Asha Worker

TH:
- Weakest link in air pollution fight


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Relatives trouble a lot during UPSC prep, yeah?

How to deal with them?
Watch & learn 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/ScOR0cHrU14