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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

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🚨 November 3 2022 | Wednesday 🚨

A very imp blog post coming up today on the blog. Subscribe : CSEWhy.substack.com

Stability, Predictability and Legal certainty

3 key ‘certain’ requirements in all domains on road to $5tn economy

Quote
Politics may shape public mood but public mood also shapes politics

Reading Recommendations

Read about Elaben Bhatt in any newspaper you’re reading (Her role relevant for GS1 & GS3 (women centric topics))

IE:
- The US Midterms Primer

TH:
- A chance to expand the world’s biosphere footprint
- The most dangerous moment since 1962
- Can convicted legislators be disqualified from assembly? (GS2: RPA)



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Compiled important quotes to be quoted in essay on the blog.

Read, learn and save this link to your notes 👇🏻

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/31-quotes-about-india-for-essays

🚨 CSE Why book club 📚 🚨

Friends, I’m starting CSE Why Book Club. 😍

For now, it’s offline and based only in Delhi. (Online later) 🙏🏻

The first invite-only meeting is this weekend and if you’re in Delhi and will want to get an invite, pls fill this form. 🥰

(First priority to aspirants on Telegram. Haven’t announced this on Twitter yet, hurry! 🏃‍♀️)

https://forms.gle/ZrcMoCkYGzkX4d4R8

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🚨 November 4 2022 | Friday 🚨

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If you’re in Delhi today and have time to spare, can visit Ganga Utsav at Major Dhyanchand Stadium. An initiative of National Mission for Clean Ganga

Quote
1. Poverty cannot be removed unless the poor have the power to make decisions that affect their lives
by Elaben Bhatt

2. Inclusion, like growth, does not fall like manna from heaven


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. How Haryana is winning fight against stubble burning? (imp article to note solutions. GS3: SnT/environment)

2. Poverty is down, period (GS2: Issues related poverty)

3. The gentle revolutionary

4. Poppy live in Afghanistan (GS3: Security)

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Also, if you live in Delhi and haven’t still filled this form, please be quick. Will send the invites today evening :)

How to prepare CSAT?

Watch and learn from IPS Anna Sinha. 😎👇🏻

https://youtu.be/YVWo5vl0zG4

Good morning!

If you had filled form for CSE Why Book Club, you might have received the invite on mail.

Please check the invite and confirm your presence. 🙏🏻

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🚨 November 5 2022 | Saturday 🚨

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Artha Ganga
The economic implications of the holy & might river Ganga.

Gyan Ganga
The knowledge of Ganga and its ecosystem

(Both above keywords are from Namami Gange program)


Energy Equity
The distribution of emissions and collective responsibility

Quote

1. Wars begin in minds of men, and it is in the minds of men (and women) that the defences of peace must be constructed

2. Yatra, in its own gentle way, shakes the universe

3. Demography is destiny (August Comte)

4. Nature can offer free lunch if only we can control our appetite

Reading Recommendations

IE
- Law is not enough (by Fali Nariman on Nuclear Issue) (GS3 Security)
- Vision for women’s empowerment: The story of Ela Bhatt’s SEWA (GS1: Role of women & women organisations)
- How governors can be removed from office (GS2: Polity)

TH
- The real issue at COP27 is energy equity


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How to score higher in UPSC Mains Essay?

Learn from a topper 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/rca1TtIyEWI

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🚨 November 6 2022 | Sunday 🚨

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Climate Networking
Diplomacy (Track 1-1.5-2) for the sake of climate solutions


Quote

A book in hand is worth two on the device

Stats
Indian metro rail network set to be third largest in the world


Reading Recommendations

TH
- Over 64k people in India die of snakebites each year
- How’s India planning to end child marriage
- Status of NRI voters



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A picture from first meet of CSE Why Book Club in New Delhi.

Sunny afternoon spent talking about books where 2 hours passed by so quick! 😍

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🚨 November 7 2022 | Monday 🚨

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Chip nationalism
Just like vaccine nationalism, chip nationalism is domesticating the chip manufacturing

Stats
50 bn tonne CO2 equivalent shall go down to 30 in 2030 and 8 in 2050 to keep 1.5 degree C target intact ( comment highly unlikely)

Quote
“Passion is the bridge that take you from pain to change” Frida Kahlo

Reading Recommendations

IE
- A spring in Kashmir (read for geography and mythology) (GS1)
- Charging the payment ecosystem (Read for understanding economics of UPI payments) (GS3)
- When Chips are down (read for petrol and chip similarity) (GS3)
- India: weakness and strength (read only this segment of Malaria Vaccine article on Page 14) (GS3)
- First amendment (GS2)
- Dr Sachchidanand Tripathi’s interview on pollution. (Save it to be read later)

TH
- The Uniform Civil Code




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Do I need a Plan B for UPSC?

IPS Anna Sinha has spoken very well on this for every upsc aspirant to hear and learn from 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/fvbT8aNDQtw

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🚨 November 8 2022 | Tuesday 🚨

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- Age of minimalism
New found still in India Pak relations (GS2)

- Cooperate or perish
Call by UN Chief at COP27 (GS3)

- Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Sustainable Food Systems
3 Keys to end hunger (Matera Declaration)

- Sikhism’s 3 core principles by Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Vand Chhakkna
To share with others

Kirat Karna
Earn Honestly

Naam Japna
Remenber god



Vocabulary

Imprimatur
Authoritative Approval

Reading Recommendations

IE
- The German Decoupling
- Delhi as peacemaker

- EWS Judgement
Compiling the facts, data and quotes from EWS Reservation judgement. Will post on blog soon! :)

Regardless, if you’re interested, read following in IE:

First page:
- Quota for General poor gets top court seal

Editorial
- The poverty test
- Mandal Plus
- 4 questions in EWS Judgement


TH
- The age of minimalism in India-Pak ties (GS2)
- India’s G20 Presidency and Food security (GS2)



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Friends, in a new initiative, I have started compiling precise notes of Mains Syllabus for aspirants to learn from. This is in line with my effort of ensuring equitable access to UPSC prep material.

In the first post, you can find notes for GS3: Economics of Animal Rearing on my blog. Going forward, you'd find more of GS notes live soon.

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/43-economics-of-animal-rearing

नौकरी के साथ UPSC की तैयारी कैसे करें?

Hear & learn from IPS Ms. Anna Sinha who has actually done it. 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/eYN8F6Nkab0

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🚨 November 9 2022 | Wednesday 🚨

Important message for UPSC 2023 aspirants: https://youtu.be/xqhl64-332M


1. Some “One” Keywords

- One Earth. One Family. One Future. tagline for G20 summit

- One Sun. One World. One Grid.

- One World One Health

2. Source, Transparency, and Time Frame
Three components seeking cooperation in Global Supply Chain

3. Greenwashing
Presenting a false picture of progress being made on climate change front, thereby pushing the world to disaster while at the same time rewarding entities for irresponsible behaviour (remember Prelims 2022 Q?)


Quote
“The demographic point is a dividend only if it is disciplined and imbued with a nationalistic fervour.”

- General Narvane

Reading Recommendations

IE
Editorial
1. A voice for Global South (GS2: Int’l groupings)
2. Letter to the new CJI (Excellent article on things that need to be reformed. GS2: Judiciary)

Explained
3. Red flags over greenwashing


TH

- After the dust, a clearer picture of Agnipath’s direction
- The SC order on PF pensions


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