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🚨March 5 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Surprising but nothing too important in Sunday's newspaper for UPSC aspirants.
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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

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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.
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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!

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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

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🚨March 12 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Small Boat Arrivals & Donkey
- Small boat arrivals: a syndicate putting refugees into UK via small boat arrivals illegally
- Donkey: Another syndicate on Mexico-US border to transport illegal immigrants in USA

Mishra Committee (1976)
- Observation: Joshimath was built on debris of ancient landslips
- Recommendation & Comments
1. Prohibited any heavy construction
2. Proper drainage, reforestation, and reinforcements near river banks to prevent erosion

Mount Merapi
A volcano in Java, Indonesia now erupting. It’s most active volcano of Indonesia

Stats
- 1% deforestation leads to 0.93% decrease in availability of clean drinking water in rural communities
- WHO: 420mn ha trees fell down since 1990 for agri, industrial use, and biofuels
- Deforestation increases 11% of the global GHGs

Reading Recommendations

TH
1. 'Lines between natural, man-made disasters blurred in Joshimath'
2. Why is crypto trade within PMLA ambit?
3. How's Bengal tackling fatal viral infection? (Learn about Adenovirus, take a note.)
4. What's the new UK policy on refugees?


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Indian Constitution Tricks | Reminder

'Movement' related article(s)

Freedom to move:

a) within India: Article 19
b) out of India: Article 21


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🚨March 13 2023 | Monday🚨

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Fluorescence microscopy
- coloring of microscopic elements to deduce better results

Bank Run
- Large number of depositors withdrawing money from a bank over concerns of insolvency

Kessler Syndrome
- space debris increases to a point where it just creates more, one collision triggering others


Pre related

1. Gair
- The traditional procession in Indore on Rang Panchami
- Inclusion sought in UNESCO's representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2. Read about Lavender and Purple Revolution

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Wheat o/p and inflation
2. Why ISRO brought a satellite back into earth's atmosphere

TH
1. Adultery as misconduct and judicial musings
2. The rise of the ESG regulations (Read to understand ESG, ESG v/s CSR)
3. RJ's Right to Health bill (read only gist for the idea)



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Friends, as prelims near, it is important not to JUST study hard but also prepare Smart.

IFS Anupam Sharma has shared ~70 such smart logical tricks for UPSC Pre on Twitter.
I was revising them and realized they are not organized. Therefore, I compiled them in one place for all to learn.

Part 1: 1-35 tricks are compiled on my blog. (link below)
Part 2: Out tomorrow.

Revise and share it with all your friends.
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🚨March 14 2023 | Tuesday🚨


1. Data governance shall be
- Secure
- Inclusive
- Transparent
- Conducive to sustainable development

2. Data sovereignty
A principle that a country has right to control collection, storage, and use of data within its borders and also to the informational self-determination of citizens over their data.

3. India Stack
A unified s/w platform offering digital public goods, app interfaces and facilitates digital inclusion

4. Censure Motion
- Expression of a strong disapproval in Parliamentary procedure
- It is debatable, main motion and can be adopted by majority vote

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The great Nicobar choke (must read; one of the most intellectually rich articles)
2. Antiquities abroad: What Indian, International laws say (make notes, V. imp for prelims)
3. Unrest in Manipur hills (read to learn SoO, Kuki movement, Geography idea of Manipur, Article 371C and Internal security perspective)

TH
1. A chance for India to shape a data governance regime
2. A reality check for foreign universities
3. Understanding Saudi-Iran detente (very imp to read what's in deal for Saudi, Iran and China and correlate with how it impacts India)
4. In Cambodia, a battle for democracy, inclusiveness (pg 12)


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Indian Constitution Tricks | Reminder

'Concept and Country source'

1. Equality before Law: UK 🇬🇧
2. Equal protection of Law: USA 🇺🇸
3. Procedure established by Law: Japan 🇯🇵

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