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 🇯🇵

Exam me yaad rahega ab? ❤️ react karke batao!

Pre note: Get your visual notes from my Pinned message🥰

🚨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)



PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Friends, I have compiled my Twitter threads in a PDF for you to revise for UPSC Prelims 2023😍👇🏻

Click here and download this PDF for FREE from Point No. 5

Pre note: I compile all my daily messages in one google document. How can you access that doc? Check point no. 2 of my Pinned message🥰

🚨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!!!)


PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Pre note: Get your visual notes from my Pinned message🥰

🚨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)



PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Friends, I have an exciting news to share!!😍

Since July 23, 2022; I have posted Daily Current Affairs message in this channel.

Now, I have compiled all these messages in a Google Document for you to revise for PRELIMS 2023.

(Aspirants have found direct questions from this document in JKPSC Mains, BPSC Prelims etc. 🤯)

This document has
- Google drive link to document
- All Current Affairs messages compiled since July 23, 2022 till today by date ☺️
- From tomorrow, this will be updated every day till Prelims 2023 😯

You can access this document today till 11:59 pm for JUST ₹149/- 🫂

(Note: From tomorrow, this document will cost ₹199/-)

Make the transaction of ₹149/- at https://razorpay.me/@csewhy to access this document today!
(Access to be shared for all after 11:59pm)

Pre note: Get your visual notes from my Pinned message🥰

🚨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

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


PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Pre note: ~70 days for prelims left. Don't delay, get my visual notes from Pinned message!🥰

🚨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!)



PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Feedback on my Daily Current Affairs Compilation.

Prelims is near, get your access today from point number 2 of pinned message. Don’t delay! 😍💪🏻

Pre note: Did you get my Visual Notes to cover maps for UPSC Pre? Head to Point No. 1 in Pinned Message. 🥰

🚨March 20 2023 | Monday🚨

Join my high value blog for UPSC CSE aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com

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


PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Solve this question and then learn the trick of how to solve this in ~10 seconds on my blog. Link👇🏻

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/96-tricks-to-count-triangles-csewhycsat

Pre note: You can now get my Daily CA compilation from July 23 2022 onwards in a google doc. Get it from point no. 2 of my pinned message. (Hurry, price will rise as Prelims comes near)🥰

🚨March 21 2023 | Tuesday🚨

Join my high value blog for UPSC CSE aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com


Cheap Money
Lot of money being printed by central banks and credit made available at near 0% interest rate


Reading Recommendations (Nothing too prominent in the newspaper(s) today. Can skip reading newspaper today)

IE
1. Credit Sussie and global banking turmoil (read just for an idea on what went wrong)

TH
1. Concluding on a high note, in Manhattan (read to revisit Indian priorities
2. Are foreign law firms now allowed in India? (read just gist)


PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Articles of Constitution related to Constitutional Bodies in one place.

Save this image from link below 👇🏼
https://twitter.com/CseWhy/status/1638195257459494912?s=20

Strongest ever earthquake I’ve felt in Delhi. 🥶

Hope everyone is safe!

On a lighter note, Earthquake bhi Prelims ki tayaari kar rha hoga tabhi itni zor se ro diya 😅😂

Zones revise kar lo yaar ab sone se pehle! 😛

Pre note: Get my daily CA compilation since July 23 2022 from point no. 2 of Pinned message🥰

🚨March 22 2023 | Wednesday🚨

Join my high value blog for UPSC CSE aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com

Climate Reparation
Call for money by developing countries as a means to address historical contributions made by developed countries towards climate change

Importance of Millets
- Door to prosperity
- Cornerstone of nutrition
- Ally against climate change.

Cognitive Dissonance
feeling of unease when one encounters tension between their own beliefs, actions, attitudes and values.

Weather Modification
A part of geoengineering which intentionally manipulates weather (think of cloud seeding)

Ecocide
Self inflicted damage on ecology (related with sui-cide, geno-cide etc.)

Gandhadagudi
Land of sandalwood (Term used for Karnataka)


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The second spectre (read to understand ISI/Pak role in PB vis-a-vis Kashmir)
2. The new global disorder (read for generic understanding of what's happening in world)
3. Xi's power play in Moscow (read to understand how China benefits from Ukraine war)

TH
1. A grave mistake in Great Nicobar (read neutrally w/o bias)
2. Understanding waste-to-energy plants (very imp article for SnT, Urbanisation and ULBs)
3. Why couples want recognition for same-sex marriage PG-12 (read neutrally to understand other side of the story)


PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

World Water Day today

Good time to revise decreasing order of water on earth's surface. (Remember this table and mnemonic)