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🚨 December 24 2022 | Saturday🚨

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Stats on health
- Public health expenditure as percent of GDP: 1.28%
- Private spending: 60%

Pre related
1. INCOVACC
- Intra nasal vaccine approved (to be given only to those who had first 2 doses)
- Immune response triggered in the mucosal membrane in mouth and nose
- Uses Chimapnzee adenovirus
- Developed by Bharat Biotech

2. Joynagar Moa
- A dish from Bengal which has its own GI tag, now renewed for another 10 years.
- Made of Khoi (popped rice) & Date palm jaggery and loaded with dry fruits

3. Samudrayaan Mission
- Aim: To explore deep sea resources at 6km depth with 3 personnel on board a vehicle Matsya 6000
Matsya 6000
- developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai (MoES)
- facilitates observation and sample collection of the deep ocean mineral resources rich in Nickel, Cobar, Manganenese etc.

Reading Recommendations

IE:
- On GM, follow the science

TH:
- Alleviating the scourge of private healthcare


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December 25 is observed as Good Governance day📜✒️

3 examples of Good Governance for you to quote in #UPSC Mains answers (GS2 + Essay)😍


GG definition
Manner in which the power is exercised in managing eco and social resources of a country striving for development!


1. India Stack 📲

Digi locker to UPI, India stack has enabled smooth service delivery to masses


2. Digital India 📶

- This e-governance revolution ushered democratic reforms at grassroots.
- Optical Fiber network in 3.5lac+ panchayats is changing info landscape


3. Repealing Irrelevant Laws 😮

2,000+ acts, statuettes and subordinates laws have been repealed.

These include:
🔹Excise Act 1863
🔹Foreign Recruiting Act 1874
🔹Bengal Districts Act 1836
🔹Several Appropriation Acts


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🚨 December 25 2022 | Sunday🚨

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Nothing major in newspaper today. Take a break! 🥰


Reading Recommendations

TH:

- Scientists freeze Great Barrier Reef coral in world-first trial
- Have there been changes in India’s foreign Policy?
- Is the economy driving with brakes on?
- America’s missile defence umbrella

Ethics case study
Family run firms are more future oriented, profitable in the long run and philanthropic. (Pg13)



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Friends, I’ve compiled detailed notes on India Stack for UPSC

Just read it once and you’d be able to answer most questions on this topic (GS2 & GS3 relevant)


Visit (the blog), Save (to your notes) and Share (with your friends) 👇🏻

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Recession Recession Recession

What does Recession even mean? 🙁

Simple definition: 🤭

▪️Contracted output in an economy for at least 2 quarters straight.
▪️Can be accompanied by ⬇️ demand and job losses

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🚨 December 26 2022 | Monday🚨

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Model Village
China's 'model' way to inhibit the border areas with civilians along India and Bhutan borders

Petroglyphs
A pre historic rock carving

Steady and Sound growth
Chinese MEA 'words' reflecting China's approach for bilateral ties with India

Quote
- When we let go of universal law, we abandon peace - Immanuel Kant

- Targetted therapies...and using customised diet as a drug is the fifth pillar in anti cancer therapy

- Data is like air (not oil), you can't lock up air

Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. Delivery drone carrying vials of blood falls on metro track (pg 7)
2. A partner's duty
3. An engine for growth
4. In inversion of US treasury yields, a recession is foretold

TH:
1. Dark patterns on the internet: how companies are tricking their users


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Friends, I’m humbled at the response GS4 Ethics post got!

Thanks for immense love. 😅🙏🏻

At the same time, it’s impractical to DM 1.4k+ people on Twitter with the doc.

Therefore, I’m making it public here. You can simply follow the drive link to download this GS4 Ethics document for Free. 🙏🏻

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🚨 December 27 2022 | Tuesday🚨

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Reading Recommendations

IE:
- Take a hard look at Moscow
- When India did not strut (read for history of G20 formation, can avoid the rant)


TH:
- What’s Delhi HC verdict on Rooh Afza trademark?
- NCPCR warns NGOs over depiction of vulnerable children for fund raising (ethics case study)


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🚨 December 28 2022 | Wednesday🚨

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Africa: Heart of the Global South

Silicon fence
A US effort to cut of Chinese advancement in semiconductors by restricting material supplies

Comparative Advantage
A concept by Ricardo where two countries maintain trade based on 'comparative' advantage

Quote

- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent
- If policies are to be effectively implemented, IAS officers need to be better equipped
- Commerce is a cure for most destructive prejudices
- Peace is the natural effect of trade

Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. The suitable officer
2. China, West, G20: Opportunities and Concerns
3. The year that bid au revoir to hyperglobalisation (You don't find such pieces in newspaper daily. Beautiful article! if possible, cut this article out and keep it with you)

TH:
1. Focus on Africa, the heart of the global south
2. India's bid to beat cervical cancer (checkout also for UIP and NTAGI)
3. What's the CAG audit report on Assam's NRC? (Just read once)



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🚨 December 29 2022 | Thursday🚨

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Creative Tourism
Offering space to digital nomads and 'creative' people to flourish in a country (Mexico City's campaign with AirBNB to project it as capital of creative tourism)

Art to heart
A keyword with rhyme to be used in essays and GS1

Economic Globalisation
Term by Keynes


Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. Where China is headed (read to have an idea on future of CH (and world))
2. A tale from Punjab (importance of marking days to celebrate stories!)
3. Inside home, a broken silence (imp article on marital rape)

TH:
1. A failed attempt at decriminalisation (take a look at Jan Vishwas bill)
2. Proposal to ban sale of single cigarettes (can read the gist)


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🚨 December 30 2022 | Friday🚨

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Remote EVM: A machine allowing migrant voters living outside their home constituencies to vote from current residence

- Must register online/offline within pre-notified time w/ home constituency RO
- One EVM can cater to voters of multi constituency by using dynamic ballot display in place of usual printed paper ballot sheet

Tribe in news: Bonda
Uses only beads and a strip of cloth to cover their body.

Reading Recommendations

IE:
- A bond with a history (by former PM/President of Armenia)

TH:
- Leveraging voice technology to combat cyber fraud
- KA-MH border row
- Read gist of Videocon-Chanda Kochhar case


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I see a lot of aspirants getting confused in order of the marked states.

How to remember them in right order?
Mnemonic: NaMaMi (similar to Namami Gange)

Na: Nagaland
Ma: Manipur
Mi: Mizoram

Hogya yaad? 😎💪🏻
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🚨 December 31 2022 | Saturday🚨


Friends, nothing significant in today’s newspapers. You can take a breather and hit refresh.

Meanwhile, checkout my blog and YouTube as you Hit Refresh! 😁

- Blog: CSEWhy.substack.com
- YouTube: YouTube.com/@CSEWhy

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Skills:
- basic English
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Duration: 3-4 days remote work.

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In a few hours, the year ends.

Maybe it was not your best year,
Maybe it was hard one for you,
Maybe it gave bad experiences,

But do know: all of it made you the person you are today. ✨

Appreciate your ups and downs.
Appreciate what’s coming for you in 2023, champion! 💪🏻😎

Happy New Year, Friends.

Wishing for best of Bal. Buddhi. Vidya. for y’all 💪🏻

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🚨 January 1 2023 | Sunday🚨


Reading Recommendations

TH:
- Most GoI offices likely to go fully digital by Feb (pg7, read for e-office 7.0 & NICNET)
- Crypto Awareness Campaign
- Will migrants be able to vote remotely?
- How will free food grain scheme work?


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Friends, I’ve shared complete Book Resources List for Prelims on Twitter.

Please visit this thread, RT and benefit max from it. 🙏🏻💪🏻👇🏻

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🚨 January 2 2023 | Monday🚨


Deepfakes
Digital media- video, audio, images etc edited and manipulated using AI; a hyper-realistic digital falsification

Bad Loan
A loan not serviced for a long time. SERVICE: paying back interest & small part of principal

Recognition, Resolution, Recapitalisation and Reforms
4R strategy of GoI towards lowering NPAs

Hidden Hunger
Consuming energy-dense but micronutrients-deficient food


Pre related
Electronics Corporation of India u/ Department of Atomic Energy developed Remote Voting Machine


Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. The Millets Manifesto (combine this with old IE article: The Millets Story)
2. The path to decarbonisation

TH:
1. The danger of deepfakes
2. Has India tided over problem of bad loans?
3. 'App-solute' chaos in NREGA u/ guide of transparency


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You can expect direct questions from these notes in Prelims 2023. Take my advice and get your notes from the pinned message. 😁🙏🏻