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๐Ÿšจ November 18 2022 | Friday ๐Ÿšจ

Reading Recommendations

IE
- Road to G20, Delhi 2023 (keep saving material on G20. Will come handy for Mains)

TH
- Opaque political financing could cost democracy dear
- Weighing in on PMGKAY, the free grains scheme

Free Notes

Compiled definitions of extreme weather events in one place. Find them on my blog ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
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Friends, India recently announced Long Term Strategy (LTS) at COP27 in Egypt.

Whatโ€™s LTS? Whyโ€™s it important? Itโ€™s Very Important topic for UPSC (GS3 Environment)

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https://csewhy.substack.com/p/46-long-term-strategy-road-to-net
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๐Ÿšจ November 19 2022 | Saturday ๐Ÿšจ

Kashi Tamil Sangamam
An initiative u/ Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat


Laโ€™eeb
Qatar World Cup Mascot

Deep tech Startups
- Companies working in emerging tech like AI, robotics, ML, Blockchain, IoT, Drones, AR/VR

- Deep tech startup ecosystem is diff from tech startup ecosystem as life cycles differ

Narco Test

- Sodium Pentothal aka Sodium Thiopental injected; itโ€™s a fast acting, short duration anaesthetic which sedated/hypnotic the one to whom itโ€™s given.

- Accused expected to be incapable of lying and divulge true information.

- also called Truth Serum


Restrictions on test
Selvi & Ors vs State of Karnataka

- No lie detector test to be administered except on the basis of consent of the accused
- Must be given an access to lawyer along with โ€˜physical, emotional, and legal implicationsโ€™ explained to them by police & lawyer.
- Result not considered a confession but information discovered can be admitted as evidence


Reading Recommendations

IE:
- No oneโ€™s man
- Global Task on Indiaโ€™s Table

TH:
- Yes, the Indian Air Force needs a new doctrine


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Free notes for GS2: 20 Types of Diplomacy

Happy to share another set of my notes for free. (Coaching institutes easily charge 100s of rupees for these)

Read. Learn. Save it to your notes. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป (more such notes on its way)

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India recently presented Long Term Strategy at COP27. Whatโ€™s LTS? Whatโ€™s U-FITE? All notes in one place on my blog ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
https://csewhy.substack.com/p/46-long-term-strategy-road-to-net

Fake Charities, Fake NGOs as terror fund sources in India


Reading Recommendations

IE
- Life, legend of Tribal icon Birsa Munda

TH:
- Hypertension: ticking time bomb in Indian adolescents
- Whyโ€™s Japan increasing its defence budget?

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Itโ€™s easy to find Sources of Constitution but how do you remember them?

In another blog sharing Free Notes, I bring to you Tricks to remember an important GS2 topic ๐Ÿฅฐ

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https://csewhy.substack.com/p/49-sources-of-indian-constitution
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๐Ÿšจ November 21 2022 | Monday ๐Ÿšจ

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3Aโ€™s running Pakistan
America, Army, Allah


Quote

Many countries have an army but Pakistan is the only army that has a country

Growth without equity is not sustainable

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. A reform, much ignored (GS2: Quasi Judicial bodies)
2. BJPโ€™s Muslim Outreach (GS2: Polity: note 2 main reasons behind this as per the writer )

TH:
- Threat to federalism in agri education
- MUST READ: C Rangarajanโ€™s Charting the economy ahead


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How to remember articles of Union Executive? ๐Ÿค”

Take a pen and paper, write 5,6,7 from top to bottom and in front of it, 2,3,4 ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

5 2 (President of India)
6 3 (VP of India)
7 4 (Council of Ministers u/ PM) ๐Ÿคฏ

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Leatherback sea turtle, recently seen in news, is flagship of which island?
Anonymous Quiz
14%
Sumatra
18%
Java
16%
Bali
52%
Great Nicobar
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๐Ÿšจ November 22 2022 | Tuesday ๐Ÿšจ


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Demographic dividend to Demographic nightmare

If large population is left illiterate, unskilled and jobless

Firefighting

Reactive responses to crisis arising from lack of preparedness, lack of capacity, national will and cohesion between diff instruments of statecraft

Fireproofing
Preparedness against crisis

Quote

Privacy is not something that I am merely entitled to, itโ€™s an absolute prerequisite
- Marlon Brando

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it
- George Orwell

We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator

- Antonio Guterres


Reading Recommendations

IE:
- Too little Too late (understand the dynamics and history, GS3)
- New frontiers in space (If thereโ€™s only ONE article youโ€™re to read today, make it this)
- Developing Great Nicobar: strategic imperative, ecological concerns (GS2 & GS3)
- Slowing dragon, racing elephant (GS2)

TH
- Ram Setu as geo-heritage
- New Data Protection Bill
- Electoral Bonds and transparencyโ€™s



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Friends, as you slept last night, I made another set of Free Notes public

Major crops and cropping pattern is one of the confusing topics for UPSC CSE Mains.

Not anymore!

Visit the notes below and write some Mains PYQs. Itโ€™ll feel like a cakewalk! ๐Ÿซข๐Ÿ˜‰

GS3: Major Crops and Cropping Patterns.

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This is an E-Mail Ask Me Anything post. You can email me your rational queries about UPSC for next one hour.

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How to remember articles of Union Executive? ๐Ÿค” Take a pen and paper, write 5,6,7 from top to bottom and in front of it, 2,3,4 ๐Ÿ˜ฎ 5 2 (President of India) 6 3 (VP of India) 7 4 (Council of Ministers u/ PM) ๐Ÿคฏ Hogya yaad? React karke btao! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Ž
The great response to this message prompted me to share tips and tricks to learn 100+ Articles of Constitution in this twitter thread.

Read, Learn and Save this twitter thread to your notes! :D

https://twitter.com/CseWhy/status/1595410622166237185?s=20&t=PkCLKFLZlt4JDetjQBJpxA
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๐Ÿšจ November 23 2022 | Wednesday ๐Ÿšจ


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Ramayan Circuit, Mahabharat Circuit, and Buddhist Circuit

All in UP for cultural and spiritual tourism push

Elephant: Cultural and religious symbol


Pre related

Sukhatal Lake
- feeder for Naini lake as upstream monsoon storage
- saves erosion and silt deposition in Naini Lake
- Threat: Encroachment & dumping of construction work

Reading Recommendations

IE:
- CITES abstention
-COP27: One hit, many misses

TH:
- India Pole in International Politics (GS2: International Relations)
- SC ruling on pensions for women officers
- Political Project of Savarkarite international



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Quote

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of the age.
- Plato

Reading Recommendations

IE
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1. Fixing Election Commission by PB Mehta (GS2 Election Commission)
2. Win-win deal (India-Australia ECTA) (GS3 economy)
3. On Assam-Meghalaya border dispute, shadow of recent killings (GS3 Internal Security)
4. Rupee, Inflation and RBI (read this to understand how inflation and rupee are interlinked.)


TH
1. India's G-force moment (note for way forward in what India shall be doing)


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๐Ÿšจ November 25 2022 | Friday ๐Ÿšจ


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pre related

1. Kutia Kondh
- tribe of the Kandhamal district in Odisha
- shares deep relationship with Millets
- Festival of tribe: Burlang Yatra (women worship and exchange seeds amidst songs and dance)

SC Case

- Animal Welfare Board of India v/s A Nagaraja and others 2014:
"Parliament is expected to make proper amendment of the Prevention of Cruelty against Animals Act to provide an effective deterrent"


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The forgotten admiral (what a beautiful story on Lachit Barphukan)
2. Banking on New Delhi (on LnD)
3. Tougher draft law against cruelty to animals

TH
1. A word of advice on OTT and the draft telecom bill (GS3)
2. Russia's nuclear icebreakers and militarisation of the Arctic



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Shared tips to learn 100+ articles of Constitution in a Twitter thread for FREE!

This will otherwise be sold for โ‚น1,00,000+ at IAS coaching institutes

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How to be a citizen in India?
Mnemonic: BRAND

B: Birth
R: Registration
A: Acquire
N: Naturalization
D: Descent

How to lose citizenship of India?
Mnemonic: TDR

T: Termination
D: Deprivation
R: Renunciation


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Symbiotic relationship
Govt x RBI (AG defined it so in SC while defending Demonetisation)

Autopen
Programmed pen which is later recreated by a motorised mechanical arm holding a pen

Covid, conflict and climate
3 main food security challenges

de-risking global economy
(How millets are being projected)


Quote
Vaccines are the tugboats of preventive health


Reading Recommendations

1. The story of millets (not all stats are important, take a look at the region, issues, importance and stance of India in this game as we go forward)
2. Securing the EC (Note 255th LC report recommendations)
3. A rare, enduring document (Menaka Guruswamy)




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1. We, the people = call, trust and oath

Use in GS1 society and community answers

2. Stahl Vriksham
A sacred plant reflecting imp of plants and trees

3. PSLC-C54 launched a joint Indo-Bhutan Satellite INS2B (quote in GS2 answers on SAARC/Space cooperation/Indo-Bhutan)

4. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Aim: โ€œto create a society where people value their lives and are supported when in needโ€

Pre Related
1. Yak gets FSSAI Food Animal Tag
- Found in/ Arunachal, Sikkim, North Bengal, UK, HP, JnK, and Ladakh
- Wild Yak in Tibet
- Tag post National Research Centre on YAK (NRC-Y) recommendation

Reading Recommendations

IE:
- when the water trains came to parched Rajkot (checkout possible solutions, can quote in answers)


TH:
- Suicide prevention strategy: whatโ€™s new
- Whyโ€™s Darjeeling tea industry in crisis?

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