Source: Indian Express Explained Page 19/07/2022

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See how beautifully a Timeline is shown in today’s Indian Express.

You can use similar style in your answers to show timeline in:

- modern history/polity: all the major acts starting from 1773 till Independence Act 1947
- Foreign relations with some prominent country, say the USA.
- Some govt efforts from independence till today (women rights, vulnerable sections, poverty/hunger)
- evolution of constitution:
- Basic Structure Design/ FRights amendability
(from shankari Prasad 1951 to Minerva Mills 1980, all cases)
- Major amendment acts
- Historical underpinnings
- Can even write names of countries from which certain provisions are borrowed in constitution

(all these topics can be fit in this Timeline type with year design for better visual appeal in your answers)


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There’s an editorial in The Hindu (page 6) today titled “Indian Vietnam ties, from strong to stronger”

Read it from 2 perspectives:
- why maritime interests of India are seeing a new effort on diff fronts.
- synergies with Vietnam.


Try to relate the first perspective with other efforts like
- Colombo Security Conclave
- SAGAR
- Net Security Provider
- SLOCs

You’ll get a great set of comprehensive notes for GS2 International Relations, GS1 security, and GS3 trade & infra 🥰

Polite reminder: if you haven’t already started with this challenge, don’t delay; start today.

Doesn’t matter if you’ve prepared notes or not. Practice answer writing to end July on good note.

Will get you in a fair momentum for August.

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Today’s keywords: 21/07/22
GS3 Disaster Management- Heat waves

(Source: The Hindu report, heat waves in Europe. Read once to understand context)

- heat apocalypse
- heat dome
- collective action/collective suicide

How smart elimination saves life in exam?
Q from Haryana PSC 2021:
"Who were hanged in Kakori conspiracy case?"

Q not about Kakori but on life of Azad or Bhagat. If you eliminate iv) & vi) from options, answer is in front of you!

Lesson: every question can be answered if you’re sitting in mind with ample sleep, great confidence and fair practice.

Move fast and broaden your thought process. :)

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Seeing an increasing trend of aspirants watching Current Affairs videos bypassing newspaper because latter is “tedious and takes a lot of time”

And then come with Q:
Shall I read newspaper or watch coaching video/PDF?

First, don’t be this person.
Second, Goal is to crack UPSC. It doesn’t care what did you read or where!

It’s better if you read paper 📰 mapped with syllabus and make your own notes (handwritten or digital, your choice)

Other benefit of reading newspaper is:
- keywords
- teaches you flow of answer writing
- You can pick data which coaching videos miss
- Most importantly, time! Videos are at times hour long or more. You can get it done in 40 minutes with focus.

🚨Ample Keywords for Mains Answers in IE today, take notes 😉: 23/07/2022 🚨

1. The Indian Antarctic Bill 2022:
(GS2: govt policies and interventions)

- gives effect to 1959 Antarctic Treaty(1983: India signed)
• obj of treaty: demilitarisation of Antarctic
- bill’s features:
• extends Indian courts’ jurisdiction to Antarctic
• norms to safeguard ecology of continent

GS3: environment

2. On Alok Sharma’s visit to India (President, Cop26)
(It’s a news clip, read for understanding)
Keywords: climate finance & climate resilient infrastructure

Can be used in sync with PM’s ‘Panchamrit’ announced recently & need of preparation ‘midst climate change


3. On floods
- move from hazard prevention to risk minimisation
(Can be a solution in answers on floods or any disaster)
- #ToLearn: Pluvial and Fluvial floods


4. On coastal cleanliness
- 30x30: 30% of earth’s land & oceans as protected area by 2030 <UN designated>
- Swacch Sagar, Surakshit Sagar campaign
• 75 days, 75 beaches, 75 volunteers per km to clean beaches
• Eco mitram app launched to spread awareness and register volunteers
• July 5 to Sept 17 (sept 17: Int’l coastal clean up day; also PM’s b’day. Expect a speech from PM on this day with great key words for mains answers 😄)


4. Read/revise articles 249, 312, 352/356/360 wrt role of Rajya Sabha


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Small note: see Antarctic Bill.

You might find long articles or news clips but only relevant points for answer writing/prelims are the features and objectives. You can do value addition with names of Indian stations in Antarctica.

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One value addition to Antarctica bill:

Article 253 of Constitution legislation for giving effect to international agreements

Can also use this article when writing about environment commitments and subsequent laws around them. :)

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🚨25/07 keywords🚨


#1 Wastewater Surveillance/environmental surveillance

in context of using waste water samples to figure corona virus spread in community
1. GS1: Urbanization problem and remedies
2. GS2: govt schemes & interventions
term can be used in sync with Swacch Bharat Mission on how the wastewater surveillance from SBM toilets can help in moving fast among marginalized sections.
3a. GS3: Science and Tech: developments and their applications and effects in everyday life
3b. GS3: disaster and disaster management
(considering pandemic as a disaster); the keyword/technique can be used as a counter method to find detail sample on the early signs of virus spread)

#2 Radical Rethinking &
#3 top-heavy bureaucracy
GS2 Role of civil services in bureaucracy
Recommendation
The two are taken from article by Prakash Singh Sir in today’s Indian Express, a must read on All India Services reforms.

Note for Prelims
Cricket for first time in Commonwealth Games: 1998 Kuala Lumpur
Now in 2022 CWG


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🚨July 26 2022, 2 important Keywords🚨

#1 President Smt Draupadi Murmu Ji's speech
Urged country to move on twin tracks: Sabka prayas, sabka kartavya

Use in
GS1: Way Forward in Society topics
GS2: words in sync with Fundamental Duties u/A 51A

#2 TS Tirumurti Sir’s editorial on climate action
Global peaking of GHGs as soon as possible is needed while developed countries need to post net negative/net minus carbon numbers before 2050 to achieve the goals from Paris.

Use in
GS3: Conservation of environment

2 more special notes from my readings today:

Prelims Note
Virunga National Park
- in Congo.
- Most imp in the world for gorilla 🦍 sanctuary
- also a tropical peatland
- In news for the Congo government's order to clear forest(s) for energy needs

Vocabulary: gubernatorial
Word used in PMs letter to outgoing Rashtrapti Sh Ramnath Kovind Ji

Meaning “relating to governor”
Therefore, the gubernatorial role is a reference to the latter's role as Bihar governor where, as per letter, he transformed Raj Bhavan as Lok Bhavan.