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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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🚨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
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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.
https://csewhy.substack.com/p/93-prelims-logical-tricks-part-1
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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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2 imp articles in today's newspaper(s)

To know why you shall read these 2 articles, checkout Reading Recommendations section of previous message

1. The Great Nicobar choke in Indian Express (sharing clip for those who read only Hindu)
2. Understanding the Saudi-Iran detente in The Hindu (sharing clip for thos who read only Express)
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Indian Constitution Tricks | Reminder

'Concept and Country source'

1. Equality before Law: UK πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
2. Equal protection of Law: USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
3. Procedure established by Law: Japan πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

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🚨March 15 2023 | Wednesday🚨


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Look at AI and not ChatGPT (imp point raised on tech & psychology)
2. Friends and Partners (checkout imp aspects of Italy-India partnership)
3. India and the Anglosphere (masterclass!)
4. Close shave in SVB crisis (Read how Fed saved SVB & Indian implications)
5. Same sex marriage: allowed by court or parliament (checkout which countries have related laws)

TH
1. A case for better electricity public hearing
2. Why's WA threatening to leave UK? (Read and understand OSB and how India is diff)
3. Why do landfills catch fire during summers? (imp SnT basics here)



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CSE Why CSAT

How to count number of triangles in less than 10 seconds in such Questions?

Sharing the trick and 2 examples for concept clarity.

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🚨March 16 2023 | Thursday🚨


a) 3 point formula of 15th Finance Commission for tax distribution to states
1. State's needs (40%) : Population, Area, Forest & Ecology
2. Equity (45%) : Per capita income difference
3. Performance (15%) : Own tax revenue & lower fertility rate

b) Plastiglomerates
- made of mixture of sedimentary granules and debris held together by plastic
- 'Pollution has reached geology' as plastic rocks found on shores of Brazil

c) Some animals and their relevance in Indian context
Elephant/Gaja: Wisdom, wealth, intellect and memory
Horse/Ashva: Endurance, strength, power and speed
Eagle/Garuda: Aspiration
Swan/Hansa: Discernment & wisdom
Makara (mythical aquatic creature that's a combination of body parts of different animals)
Shardula (mythical animal believed to be most powerful of all living beings)


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The village by the border (revise Vibrant Village Programme scheme)
2. Unions of our own choice (avoid personal opinion of author, read this to understand pov of centre and how marriage is related to society in terms law)
3. Towards e-justice (I found this too much data to comprehend, just take an idea)
4. Pre arrest bail (read to know 3 types of bail provisions in India)
5. Can practise, but not appear in court: what changes for foreign law firms (Learn Advocates Act 1961 and related SC court cases)
6. Banks that are 'too big to fail' (see India's strength)

TH
1. China, India and the promise of the two (quick and easy read, focus on 4 point focus areas)
2. Brahmapuram as a policy game-changer for Kerala (Note the pointers given in which way for public policy and public participation)
3. A sustainable model for women's leadership (quick read, if you are a serious aspirant, you already know these)
4. On reservation for women in politics (Must read article!!!)


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🚨March 17 2023 | Friday🚨


Pre related

1. Sea Dragon 23: a Naval exercise in Pacific
- US, Canada, Japan, S.Korea, and India participants
- a competitive set of drills and winner takes home 'Dragon Belts' as memento

2. Security Bond 2023
- China led exercise with unidentified partners yet

3. INS Dronacharya gets President's colour
- President's colour bestowed upon military unit in recognition of exceptional services rendered to nation both in peace and war


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Norway cares (especially the last 9 paragraphs)
2. Betting on national champions (read for the 4 problems in the model)
3. Japan-S. Korea summit (read for historic reference in their relationship)

TH
1. Tested but tired, this force could be in distress
2. The all-powerful SL Presidency (read only gist for an idea)



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🚨March 18 2023 | Saturday🚨


Youth Bulge
Demographic pattern where large share of population is comprises of children and young adults

Geospatial tech
- Uses Geographic Info System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), and Remote Sensing for geographic mapping and analysis

Surrogate Ads
Ad of goods in shadow of other goods (eg. ad of Tobacco in garb of pan masala)

Pre related
1. Horseshoe crabs
- Disappearing from spawning grounds of Chandipur and Balaramgadi coast of Odisha
- Also seen on Digha and Sundarban of WB and Balasore coast of Odisha
- Considered a living fossil with 450mn years of age (oldest living creature on earth)
- Deep sea animals like Olive Ridley Sea Turtles
- Their blood imp for rapid diagnostic reagents
- Very few countries in the world have horseshoe crab population


2. Tribe in News
Tiwa Tribe of Karbi Anglong district of Assam
- Celebrate Sakrashata during Sokra Misawa festival
- Here, they celebrate nature and then prepare fields for next crop


Quotes

1. India is a macrocosm, and may be the world's default setting for the future - Patrick French
2. Indian culture stands for different cultures that have come to stay in India, tat have influenced Indian life, and that, in their turn, have themselves been influenced by the spirit of the soil - Gandhi
3. Nation is a imagined political community - Benedict Anderson
4. A nation means having a "political roof over your cultural head" - Ernest Gellner


Reading Recommendations

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1. BJP move to get Rahul suspended: What's the special probe panel? (read to understand details of the panel)


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🚨March 19 2023 | Sunday🚨

Pre Related

1. Revise Samudrayaan

2. Missions to Mars

- Announced in 2021
a) Davinci+ and VERITAS
- Older ones
a) Magellan (NASA, ended in 1994)
b) Venus Express (Europe)
c) Akatsuki (Japanese)

Reading Recommendations

TH
1. TN's novel initiative in reduced TB deaths (note the steps taken)
2. What's India's stand on same sex marriages (learn where judiciary and executive stand)
3. Will SVB collapse impact Indian startups? (must read: text u/ last 2 headings)
4. A three-way alliance in the Indo-Pacific (must read to understand what really is AUKUS for?)
(This article also teaches us about Island Chain Strategy. Blog on it soon!)



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🚨March 20 2023 | Monday🚨

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India-Japan ties mantra
- Collaborate: Co-Innovate: Co-create

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. A sweet export story (so much to learn from this! If you're to read just one article today, make it this)
2. What does the ICC's arrest warrant mean for Vladimir Putin? (read for conceptual clarity)
3. Raccoon dog (species in news)
4. Not with a rate hike (Inflation GS3)

TH
1. Moving forward with a newer concept of UHC


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