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.

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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.

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Why can't you screenshot?
1. It is advised to maintain your own keywords sheet mapped with syllabus
2. No one goes back to screenshots in the phone gallery to revise. It just gives you a false feeling of doing something but have negligible returns.

I'll suggest you take keywords from here and type them in front of your sheet in excel for better revision and using them in the answers.

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No major keywords today.

Can read Indian Express explained page for Johar and laws around Nudity in context of Ranveer Singh’s photo shoot

🚨 PM Speeches for keywords🚨

I keep a track of PM Modi’s speeches every 15-20 days. His speeches are a rich source of keywords for Mains Answer Writing.

I compile them in this google doc and it’s free access for all aspirants.

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🚨 🚨July 28 2022: easy and fun keywords today 🚨🚨

1. Chhattisgarh State Govt Advertisement

ECOWNOMY
- Cow urine and cow dung bought by govt for vermicompost, super compost etc
- ₹300cr+ paid to villages, cattle farmers, women-SHGs & gotham committees

Use in
GS1
Role of women and women's organization, their problems and their remedies
Social empowerment
GS2
Development processes and the development industry the role of NGOs, SHGs,
GS3
Economics of animal rearing

NOTE: See how one keyword can be used across GS1/2/3. This shall show you how the topics are interrelated


2. Samantha Power (USAID chief) speech at IITD
#1 Opaque loans
- In the context of China’s loans to Sri Lanka

Use in
- GS2 Answers on international economics/relations

#2 Multi Ethnic Multi Party democracy
- A feature of Indian democracy that helped India bear challenges firmly

Use in
This is a dynamic keyword & can be used in GS1 society GS2 polity questions and GS3 economics; use it at your discretion

3. VP Sh Naidu’s editorial
Vruksho Rakshati Rakshitah
- Meaning: save the trees and the trees will save you
- In context to World Conservation Day (28/07/2022)

Use in
- GS1: Society (and cultural significance of trees)
- GS3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment
- GS4: Attitude and Human Values

4. NK Singh (President of 15th Finance Commission)
Fiscal Profligacy to Fiscal rectitude policy
- In context to PM’s ‘revadi’ reference, Mr Singh Sir guides on solutions to adopt for fiscal prudence
- Key phrase use in the way forward or conclusion giving solutions on the type of fiscal policies we need

Use in
GS3 Indian economy

NOTE: Highly recommend you read this article. Great solutions + good quotes to be added to your collection


5. Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign
One nation, One emotion, One Identity
- SMS received from the government

Use in
- GS1
a) Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India
b) Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism


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