2022 CUT OFF for Pre, Mains and Interview

Don’t stress with tough paper on 28th. Focus on getting basics right 💪🏻

Friends, my current affairs blog for UPSC has high value revision material for you before April 28.

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🚨May 24 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Forum Hunting
A practice where lawyers list their petitions in front of a forum which, in their opinion, will give a favourable judgement

Carbon Leakage
A phenomenon where manufacturer moves carbon-intensive production to countries with less stringent climate policies

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
An EU tool to
- put fair price on carbon emitted during production of carbon intensive goods entering EU
- encourage cleaner industrial production in non-EU countries

Pre related

Bit on census
- Constitutionally mandated; multiple references in delimitation context
- No word by Constitution on when it has to be carried out
- Census Act of India 1948 offers legal framework for carrying out census
- First one 1872, regularly happening every 10 years since 1881

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- estd. 1964 to promote development friendly integration of developing countries in the global eco
- HQ: Geneva, Switzerland
- Publishes trade related reports

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. India's multipolar myths
2. The missing census
3. Govt's power to promulgate, repromulgate ordinances - why, how

TH
1. The paradox of BRICS, its new pathway [Imp]
2. The TS-AP water dispute
3. What's EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism? [Imp]


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Check your 2022 prelims score here 👇🏼

https://upsconline.nic.in/marksheet/exam/marksheet_system/

I had left this Q in Pre 2022.

Just go through options and details once.

(Edit: Be-shara (बे शारा) i.e. against sharia law for Qalandars)

Note: Stay fit, be lit. Prelims is yours to win! :)

🚨May 25 2023 | Thursday🚨

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Sengol
- Derived from the Tamil word 'Semmai' meaning righteousness
- Description: 5 foot long, silver made gold plated
- Considered sacred symbol of authority during Chola period
- Commissioned from Thiruvavaduthura math, Mayiladuthurai district of TN
- Nandi on top symbolizes justice and strength, Sengol has carvings in Tamil language
- Handed over to PM Nehru on night of Aug 14 1947 marking independence
- It was efforts of C. Rajagopalachari that Sengol found prominence at important date

Note: Song of Tirugnana Sambandar, a 7th century Nayanar saint from TN, was rendered during event of Sengol transfer to Pt. Nehru.

Narco Test
- Sodium Pentothal (or Thiopental) injected in body which is fast acting, short duration, anaesthetic
- aka Truth Serum and acts on the central nervous system as depressant
- Used in Gujarat riot case 2002, Nithari killings 2007, 26/11 Kasab
- In Selvi v/s Karnataka 2010 SC rules on legality and admissibility of narco tests

Polygraph Test
- Works on assumption: Physiological responses are diff when one is lying and when one is not
- No drugs injected but cardio-cuffs, sensitive electrodes attached to measure BP, Pulse, sweat gland, etc.

Paris Principles
- Related to UN principles on status of national institutions
- Set out 6 main criteria
- In news due to NHRC accreditation

Quote
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception- RB Ginsburg

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. How to meet a disaster [Imp, read after Pre]
2. Legal questions in narco tests [Read today]

TH
1. On copyright infringement and AI [Imp, read after pre to understand ideas behind copyright laws]


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Revise Writs here :)

A bit on butterflies from my handwritten notes (inspired by IFS Praveen Kaswan Sir’s tweets)

Looking at 2022 Pre questions like ‘Guchi mushroom, How many rightly matched’; both of these become important.

Take a rough look here. 💪🏻

Questions on which agency publishes which report is regularly asked in Prelims.

You either know it or you don’t!

Before going to sleep, take a broad look at list of reports and agencies 👇🏼

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

Note: Oh dear, no fear; fight is here, win be near! 😄

🚨May 26 2023 | Friday🚨

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Pre Related

1. XpoSat
- India's only and world's second polarimetry mission using X-Ray
- Aim: study dynamics of bright astronomical X-Ray sources u/ extreme conditions
- Built by ISRO in collab with Raman Research Institute

2. Central Electricity Authority
- Now under Electricity Act 2003 [Made u/ 1948 act]
- Objective: Every 5 years, formulate National Electricity Plan for optimum utilization of available resources of power generation
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Power

3. petaFLOP Supercomputer
- FLOP: Floating Point Operations per Second (metric to measure computational performance)
- gigaFLOP: Billions, teraFLOP: Trillions, petaFLOP: Quadrillion
- First petaFLOP supercomputer: Roadrunner (IBM)
- Currently world's fastest: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Frontier
- Indian p-FLOP supercomputers: Mihir and Pratyush
- Upcoming: 18-petaFLOP (fastest) via Ministry of Earth Sciences

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. An outpost in the sea
2. India and the South Pacific

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Bhai sunn,

Darr matt. Exam knowledge se zyada mental strength ka hai

Darega toh bilkul nahi hoga
Bina darr ke jaega toh fir bhi chance hai

Bass itni si hi baat hai 💪🏻

🚨May 27 2023 | Saturday🚨

This is a scheduled message. No newspaper edition today.

Breathe. UPSC has tendency to surprise. World was crazy on COVID19, they asked no Q on it that year. Millets can be skipped this year.

You can't do much until you see the paper. Just collect your strength. Summon your best.

Trust your Bal. Buddhi. Vidya. 💪🏻

I believe in powers of prayers.

Today morning, I prayed for everyone here who’s writing this exam tomorrow.

I’d urge you to pray for me, too. Urge your gods to bless me 😄💪🏻

Heaven for aspirants who understand probability 😄

And oh, elimination techniques eliminated 😂😄

Chaliye. CSAT ko bhi vanakkam 🤪

If you’re sad, unhappy or feel bad after the exam, it’s a good sign that you’re serious about your career.

Only those who put blood and sweat meet failure with heavy heart.

However, do know: you’re still young and have strength to keep going! Contemplate your choices and if you think you’ve it in you, come back next year with integrated Mains+Pre prep to win it!

If not, UPSC isn’t the only career in today’s India. Opportunities are everywhere, go kill it! 💪🏻

Want to discuss alternate career options? I am always open to hear and make valuable recommendations. Write to me at whycse@gmail.com

Note: Enough of mayhem, back to work 😄

🚨May 29 2023 | Monday🚨

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1. Sengol: represents ethical-spiritual authority over political authority

2. Important periods related keywords covered in an earlier telegram post: https://t.me/csewhy/122

Pre related

1. Commemorative coin
- Issued to mark events like paying homage to notable personalities, spreading awareness on govt programs, or key historic events
- ₹75 coin (Sansad Sankul/Parliament Complex) 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% nickel, 5% zinc
- Not to be for public circulation but can be acquired via SPMCIL website for personal collection
- 2018: ₹100 coin launched to honour Former PM Vajpayee (can be bought for ₹5,717 from SPMCIL site)
- 2017: Coins to pay homage to MGR and MS Subbulakshmi
- Coins minted in four GoI owned mints at Noida, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata
- First ever coin: 1964 to pay homage to PM Pt. Nehru who passed away the same year

2. Megamalai Reserve Forest
- Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve
- 51st Tiger reserve of India
- Lies in watershed area of river Vaigai

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Nutrition in a warmer world [GS3]
2. NavIC launch: why regional navigation system matters [NavIC & IRNSS seen in 2018 Pre PYQ]
3. Model Prisons Act 2023: How it differs from existing laws, why its need was felt [Imp, Q in Pre 2023]

TH
1. At Hiroshima, Japan's moment to reinforce partnerships
2. Menstrual health is a public health issue [Imp]
3. Why's the 1.5 degree Celsius target critical? [Imp, take notes]
4. Can China's Micron ban benefit Samsung and SK Hynix?


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Will do a detailed blog post compiling important notes from Parliament inauguration soon. Till then, here is an important Timeline