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🚨 January 13 2023 | Friday 🚨

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Nothing major in newspaper today. Can skip reading both TH & IE and focus on syllabus/revision

Reading Recommendations

IE:

1. The matter about mind
2. Basic structure of the constitution (revise)

TH:
1. Entering a year of uncertainty


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Cloud seeding is a hot topic in news. UPSC even asked a Q on it in 2019 prelims.

Cloud seeding: Chemicals thrown on clouds to produce artificial rain

Which chemicals?
- Dry Ice
- Silver Iodide
- Potassium Iodide

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Just finished sending 123 mails sharing Visual Notes to all the aspirants who got them

So happy that so many aspirants will be benefitting from these high value notes for UPSC.
Keep studying hard, guys. This is your year!!!

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🚨 January 14 2023 | Saturday🚨

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India's approach in development partnership:
- Consultative
- Outcome Oriented
- Demand Driven
- People-centric
- Respectful of Sovereignty

Quote
War begins first in the minds of men


Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. The story of De La Rue (just a fun read, can avoid too.)

TH:
1. Alappuzha sees a decline in visiting waterbirds (pg5)
2. Take a step to regulate deepfakes (Must read)


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Mnemonic to remember Panchayati Raj Committees in order of their formation😮

Mnemonic: BAG of LT. Gadgil💼

B: Balwant Rai Mehta (1957)
A: Ashok Mehta (1977)
G: GVK Rao (1985)
L: LM Singhvi (1986)
T: Thungon (1988)
G: Gadgil (1988)

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🚨 January 15 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Extending best wishes for The Army Day!

Pre facts
Kokborok language: aka Tripuri language
- an ancient native language of NE
- Kok: verbal; Borok: People (verbal languages of people)

Reading Recommendations

TH:

1. Where do Indian cities stand on toxic air?
2. What does centre want in Bhopal gas case?
3. Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics


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🚨 January 16 2023 | Monday🚨

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Innovate for India, Innovate from India
Keyword to be used in Make in India, startups etc related answers


Reading Recommendations


IE:
1. The Qatar Conundrum (GS2: Indian relations)
2. Personal law v/s child marriage prevention act: issues before SC (GS2: laws)
3. Inflation moderating but big worry this year is growth (GS3: Economy)

No TH published today as office closed on Jan 15 on account of Makar Sakranti


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The more I read about Pakistan and Sri Lanka’s wheat crisis (Bangladesh is next, soon) more I am thankful to far sighted scientists of ICAR.

Single handedly solved Indian food crisis batting on green/white/blue revolution.

Read more about ICAR here 👇🏻
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Agricultural_Research

If you are a #UPSC aspirant suffering from low energy, do these 5 things to fix your body ASAP!👇🏻

1. Give up smoking & alcohol
2. Avoid unhealthy seed oils
3. Raise protein intake in your diet
4. Lose weight (if you are at 15%+ body fat)
5. Still not ok? Get blood work done to correct deficiencies!

PS: Do know that you can drop me an email even for your health, fitness & nutrition problems to whycse@gmail.com

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🚨 January 17 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Pre related

Shukrayaan I
1. Orbiter mission with high resolution synthetic aperture radar & ground penetrating radar
2. To study
- Venus's geological & volcanic activities
- Emissions on the ground
- Wind speed, cloud cover & other characteristics from eliptical orbit
3. Other countries Venus missions:
- EU: EnVision
- USA: VERITAS
4. Expected in 2031


Exoplanet
- Those that orbit other stars (not sun) and are beyond our solar system
- They come in diff size & temperature range
- ~5k exoplanets discovered till now (source: NASA)
- More planets than stars (since every star has atleast one planet orbiting it)


Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. Cancer in India: a status report (save this clip, will come handy in Mains answers)
2. Law Min suggestion to CJI on MOP: the context and background (read to understand)
3. Exoplanet

TH:
1. Plagiarism and Malicious intent: does ChatGPT have an ethics problem? (GS4: Ethics)
2. Why's Kerala opposing electricity rules? (read gist)
3. Delhi CM-LG stalemate (read gist)
4. Time to streamline PF pension scheme


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🚨 January 18 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. India and the new Eurasia
2. China's population declines: How India's situation is different
3. Why RBI warned states against old pension scheme (page 19)

TH:
1. The illogical rejection of the idea of South Asia (some good points)
2. A case for reassigning GST to states (read to understand the need)
3. India's new proposal for migrant voting (Hard to find points like these elsewhere)



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#UPSC #Prelims PYQ 2015 question

◼️Custodian of Constitution?
➡️SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Value addition:
◼️Preserver, Protector and/or Defender of Constitution:
➡️PRESIDENT OF INDIA

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🚨 January 19 2023 | Thursday🚨

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ASER: Annual Status of Education Report (Rural)
- by Pratham Foundation
- ASER since 2005 for 6-14 yrs
- Records: enrollment, attendance, reading & arithmetic abilities

Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. Pro-climate, pro-growth (take an idea on gulf efforts towards clean energy)
2. A plea for quality education (counter arguments on Foreign uni campuses in India w/ optimal solutions

TH:
1. The futility of underbalancing China (India's options para is worth reading)
2. The conflict behind eco-sensitive zones
3. Viral nutrition: new study reveals microbes nourished by consuming viruses

3 of today's TH is a heavy topics. Will do a blog post on this in coming days to simplify for all aspirants.


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Compiled terms from 2nd reading recommendation of TH in above message.

Plankton:
- Microscopic organics which move only with current
- Can't propel themselves w/o external support
- Phytoplankton is most abundant type (it is an autotroph)

Autotrophs:
- Able to make own food via photosynthesis on consuming compounds like CO2

Heterotrophs:
- Can't produce own food
- Survive on bacteria and hence called baterivores

Chemosynthesis:
- A process to make own food by oxidizing Sulphur, Iron, or Hydrogen
- Often used by bacteria

In 2022 UPSC Prelims, UPSC mentioned 4 lakes of Africa. As a smart aspirant, you shall learn about every lake mentioned here.

These lakes were:
- Feguibine
- Oguta
- Victoria
- Volta

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Mnemonic to remember order of Frequency of Electromagnetic Spectrum:

'Gaadi XUV In My Range'

Gamma > X-ray > Uv > Visible > Infrared > Microwave > Radio
<—Highest Lowest —>

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🚨 January 20 2023 | Friday🚨

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Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. Hybrid immunity most effective against severe COVID
2. Maldives polls, India's concerns

TH:
1. Judging a decade of the POCSO Act (Read to take a hint of the process)


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Number 22 is friend to every #UPSC aspirant

How?👇🏻

- Mar 22: World Water Day🌊
- Apr 22: Earth Day🌍
- May 22: Int'l Day for Bio Diversity🌱💚
- Jun 22: World Rainforest Day🌲
- Sep 22: World Rhino Day🦏
- Dec 22: National Maths Day➕

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🚨 January 21 2023 | Saturday🚨

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Nothing major in newspaper today, can even skip if other imp things on to-do list

Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. Women in Command roles
2. What constitutes a trademark violation: Subway vs Suberb in HC

TH:
1. There is hardly any autonomy at the panchayat level


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