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🚨March 1 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Centre set to invite state views again on Puncchi Panel (pg-11)
2. Windsor Framework (pg-13)
3. How to read Q3 growth data? (pg-13) [revise GDP/GVA]
4. Cooperation amid conflict (pg-15) [Use this article as a reminder to revise all multilateral platforms mentioned here]

TH
1. A thumbs down for 'Adopt a heritage' scheme
2. International courts and climate change [a good article!]
3. Coin vending machine - pilot project [understand WHY of this idea]
4. On regulating online sale of drugs in India [understand WHY]


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As prelims near, IAS Nitin Sangwan shares practical tips for Current Affairs & Prelims.

Guess what did he say about approach for Current Affairs Magazines? Watch and learn in just 3 minutes👇🏻

https://youtu.be/b0kW8kQJdDs

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🚨March 2 2023 | Thursday🚨

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Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The case for open, verifiable forest data (an important article on forest classification in India)
2. Why sarpanches are protesting against e-tenders in Haryana

TH
1. Combining social welfare and capital markets through SSE (blog on this soon with more details)
2. Understanding the Windsor framework


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🚨March 3 2023 | Friday🚨

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Ornamental Aquaculture
- The culture of attractive colorful fishes of various characteristics; reared in a confined aquatic system
- In news due to Lakshadweep administration promoting same among women

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. SC verdict on ECI appointments
2. Ambedkar to Advani, concerns over how poll panel members are picked
(above two are related, read in coherence)

TH
1. The aftermath of SL's economic crash (can do with just reading the gist)


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Volcanoes in News. You can download/screenshot this picture from link below 👇🏻

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pre script: Nothing significant in newspaper today, can even skip reading it today🥰

🚨March 4 2023 | Saturday🚨


Muons are spoken about again today in newspaper wrt Pyramids in Egypt.
Already covered in a blog post earlier, Click here to revise them

Reading Recommendations

TH
1. Clean tech as the next big thing in rural India [note 5 point solution]

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🚨March 5 2023 | Sunday🚨

Read this blog JUST once and you'd never forget G20 countries, EVER!


Surprising but nothing too important in Sunday's newspaper for UPSC aspirants.
Skip it and save your time.

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🚨March 6 2023 | Monday🚨

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Organoid Intelligence (OI)
Lab grown organs (using human stem cells) given the cognitive recognition of humans. (relate it with advanced Artificial Intelligence but for organs)

Bio Computers
OI aims to create Bio computers where brain cultures can be coupled to real world sensors and input-output devices

Pre related

Composition of panels for picking:
1. CBI director
PM, LS LoP (or leader of largest opposition party), CJI (or his nominee)

2. CVC (u/ CVC act 2003)
PM, HM, LS LoP

3. CIC (u/ RTI Act 2005)
PM, LS LoP, Union Minister nominated by PM

4. NHRC chief & members (u/ Protection of Human rights act 1993)
PM, HM, LS Speaker, RS Deputy Chair, LS & RS LoP


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Revisiting a dream (VERY imp article on 2x farmers' income)
2. Agriculture & employment (understand GVO & GVA like concepts)
3. KA MLA accused of graft: state Lokayukta (read and revise 2013 act and KA act)

TH
1. Utilising India's moment under the diplomatic sun (read to form an opinion)
2. What are bio computers and how do they function? (SnT, highly relevant)


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🚨March 7 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Salt Flat
- A natural landscape in which a large area of flat land is covered by salt.
- Most well know salt flat is Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)

Pre related

1. International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)

▪️ An Indian initiative to protect and conserve 7 major cats
- Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar and Cheetah
▪️Membership to 97 'range' countries w/ natural habitat for these cats
▪️Conservation alliance unprecedented in scale, purpose and activities
▪️Structure: General Assembly, GA elected Council for 5 years (7<x<15 members), Secretariat (New Del)
▪️Major activities: advocacy, partnership, knowledge e-portal, capacity building, eco-tourism, partnerships and finance tapping


2. SWAMIH Investment Fund

▪️Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing
▪️Considered lender of last resort for distressed projects
▪️Social Impact Fund for completing stressed and stalled residential projects
▪️Sponsored by Finance Ministry, Managed by SBICAP Ventures Ltd. (State Bank Group company)
▪️Aim: Provide debt financing for completion of stressed, brownfield, and RERA registered residential projects falling in affordable, mid-income housing category

3. Langa Manganiyar Community

▪️Muslim folk singers from desert (in Rajasthan & Sindh)
▪️Mostly in Jaisalmer and Barmer district on Indian side
▪️Language(s) of folk art: Marwari, Sindhi, Dhatti, Thareli, Saraiki

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Perils of go-to secularism (GS2)
2. A new trade strategy (GS3)
3. What's Hindu rate of growth? (GS3)
4. JnK court martial: How armed forces punish their personnel for crime

TH
1. A 'Zeitenwende' in the India-Germany relationship (GS2; read for details of relationship)
2. How to become a Green Hydrogen Superpower (GS3: Note 5 point way forward)
3. Reasons for recovery (see graphs and understand GDP on pg 7)
4. Is the internet as we know it going to change? (understand Section 230: 26 words that created internet)
5. Multilateral reforms as a priority in G20 (this one article will teach you all about multilateralism)
6. Why are salt flats around the world covered in a similar pattern of ridges?


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I seldom share newspaper clips but this one is a must read. You'd learn so much about Multilateralism in just one read from this article! :)

Friends, I’ve compiled Important Reports by Global Agencies in one place with

- Tricks & notes to remember
- Related PYQs

Find them on my blog for Free👇🏻

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/90-important-reports-of-global-agencies

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🚨March 8 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Pre related

Theme for 2023 Int'l Women's day-
DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality

Reading Recommendation

IE
1. Beyond curry and cricket (India-Aus relationship)
2. Preparing for 5G
3. Straight from the heart (by President Murmu Ji)
4. Claims of irregularities in how NAAC works (know functioning and establishment)
5. Bhang (Only last 2 paragraphs of article relevant)

TH
1. Applying active non-alignment for Ukraine peace (classic piece)
2. How did treaty on high seas come through?


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🚨March 9 2023 | Thursday🚨

No Newspaper(s) in Delhi region today.
Use this time to visit my Blog and revise the current affairs:
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Remember Namaste Trump

How’s an event like that organised? What’s role of an IAS in such an event?

IAS Nitin Sangwan was involved in organising this mega event. He shared Behind the Scenes on my podcast! 😍

Hear to know more 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/R638Efdtl7g

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It'll help you revise efficiently as UPSC prelims nears.

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🚨March 10 2023 | Friday🚨


Not much in newspaper today. Use this time to revise from Visual Notes.
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Reading Recommendations

IE

1. Making of a destination
2. Why EAS thinks it's time the moon gets its own time
3. India-Australia Relationship


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80th day from today is Prelims

If you’re still uncertain, collect yourself & focus on just two things:

- PYQs (’09-‘22)
- Specific Prelims Resource (find resources listed on blog: https://csewhy.substack.com/p/65-upsc-prelims-complete-resource)

Ignore the noise!

Any queries? Mail: whycse[at]gmail[dot]com

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🚨March 11 2023 | Saturday🚨

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Safe Harbour
- In India: Section 79 of IT Act 2000
- In USA: Section 230 of US Communications Decency Act (foundation of modern internet aka Web 2.0)
- Means: Internet companies like Meta, Twitter are mere subsidiary and hold no liability for content posted by users
- Why in news? Countries around the world are reframing rules to curtail freedom of such tech companies u/ safe harbours

Pre related

- Haze
Caused by suspension of dry particulate matter (like soot) which scatter light rays affecting visibility

- Fog
Caused due to suspension of water droplets and have similar impact as haze (but the cause is diff)


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Old friends in new times (note India-Sweden relations, Role of Sweden in EU for India and way forward)
2. A SUMup of ideas (note the names of startups in your disaster management notes)
3. Landslide Atlas of India: which states, regions are most vulnerable (value addition for your disaster notes)

TH
1. A moment of reckoning for AUKUS and Australia (interesting take and unfolding events)
2. China's massive Hainan bet (learn about the island, location, geography & infra, new events here and challenges)



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Friends, I was revising Polity today and realised that 'Types of Majority' in parliament is confusing topic.

To solve for this, I have shared examples based definition to help you learn 4 types of Majority
- Simple Majority
- Special Majority
- Effective Majority
- Absolute Majority

I can promise that blog post is only resource you'd need to refer to revise Types of Majority.

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