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🚨June 08 2023 | Thursday🚨

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Sector-Coupling
Integration of mitigation and adaptation options in multiple sectors; an approach that 'couples' the sectors to work in sync for wide reaching solutions

Energy Poverty
Limited access to the energy due to high energy costs, low incomes, inadequate infra.

Digital Literacy
Basic literacy around technology in day to day use to help everyone access basic internet services

Emi Lo Kan
- A phrase in Yoruba language (Africa)
- Means "It's my turn" (Relate with Apna Time Aaega type)
- Used by newly elected Nigerian President in election campaign

Pre related
- June 8: World Ocean Day
- Cyclone Biparjoy (meaning calamity): named by Bangladesh
- Nigerian currency: Naira; Nigeria is Africa's most populous country & largest economy
- Term B Loan: Debt instrument through which start-ups raise money that allows for a flexible repayment of their dues to creditors, Principal is not required to be paid upfront

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. What's KFON, Kerala's internet services scheme [make a note]
2. Big plans, some key gains [make 1-page note]
3. Why area under cotton cultivation is likely to shrink this kharif season [Develop understanding and note 3 reasons]
4. Ground level ozone in Delhi: What concerns CSE Report Flagged [take a note for Pre]
5. Canada wildfire: how bad it is , which regions are hit, and why [read for geography and causes]

TH
1. Sedition - illogical equation of govt with state [Imp]
2. Nigeria's new President faces old problems [Note the contrasts of Nigeria, 5 point solution and India's stakes]
3. Tackling human-dog conflict [Imp for GS1 Urbanization, note ABC solution]
4. How can we transition to low-carbon city [Imp. solutions for GS1 Urbanization and GS3 Environment]
5. How KFON aims to bridge digital divide in KL [Article on same topic in IE is better]


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🚨June 09 2023 | Friday🚨

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Virgin Birth
- A layman term for Facultative Parthenogenesis (FP)
- Reproduction without genetic contribution of males
- Recorded in a crocodile in Costa Rica zoo; seen in fish, birds, lizards, snakes in past
- FP believed to be seen in species on verge of extinction (remember evolution? 😉)

Geographic Keywords
a) Bridge: Two faraway regions interacting in the atmosphere
b) Tunnel: Two remote oceanic regions connecting within the ocean

Pre Related

1. Limits on daily UPI transactions
- ₹1 lac/20 transactions
- ₹2 lac for categories like Capital markets, collections, insurance, remittances etc.
- ₹5 lac for UPI-based ASBA (Application supported by blocked amount) IPO and retail direct schemes
(Imp to note here that there're categories and not one size fit all limits; will help in tackling prelims Qs)

2. Oceans
- Phytoplankton responsible for one of every five breaths a human take: Prochlorococcus
- Longest coastline in the world is that of Canada
- Victor Vescovo: man who reached deep ends of 5 oceans

Stats
- 1 in 4 Indians is diabetic/pre-diabetic
- 1 in 3 Indians is obese

Quote
1. Strong reasons make strong actions - William Shakespeare
2. At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst - Aristotle

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Biparjoy (read to learn how cyclones are named)
2. What rate hike pause means for EMIs, market, investors [Read for macroeconomics]
3. US-China thaw [With special focus on 'The view from India']
4. What 'onset' of monsoon means, and why a delay is not always bad news [Read to understand conditions and env factors contributing to onset declaration]

TH
1. Bridging the growing trust deficit in Manipur [GS3 Security]
2. What was requirement for limits on UPI transaction
3. Cyclone's effect on monsoon onset [Read it twice if the need be but develop the conceptual understanding]


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🚨June 10 2023 | Saturday🚨

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Keywords for Mains Answers

1. UBI brings Perverse Incentives (said CEA)
- Incentive giving unintended & undesirable result
- Cobra effect (reward to make issues worse) is an example
(read IE report on front page 5 about this, good stuff; use in GS3)

2. India's G20 Presidency: Inclusive, ambitious, and action-oriented
(GS2: IR)

3. Aatma Deepo Bhav
- Buddha's words
- Self realization is 'way forward'
- conclude essays and some GS1 Culture answers using this

Quotes
1. God is not on the side of the biggest armies but the best shots Voltaire
2. Only the strong can be kind, benevolent or generous
3. Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Becoming our own light (note soft power virtues; GS2: IR)
2. Exercise in Inclusion (Note GS3 Inclusive Growth examples)
3. AI Good, bad and ugly [Imp: GS3]
4. Sexual intent in POCSO, definition of obscenity: What Kerala HC said [Imp]
5. MSP Hike and its impact [V. Imp article for Mains covering all dimensions]
6. Chadha house case [revise committees here, technical info is immaterial for UPSC]
7. El Nino; revise it in Amit Sengupta's video here

TH
1. A pragmatic approach for better India-Nepal ties


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🚨June 11 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Pre related

Arctic Ice
- Maintains cool and energy balance on earth
- Sea ice: light colored, reflects more sunlight back to space than liquid water
- Keeps air cool by being a barrier b/w cold air above and warmer water below
- [Read more in TH article for great article]

cry2Ai
- Gene in cotton seeds making it resistant to pink bollworm (a major pest)
- GEAC: read about GEAC here
- Info: Transgenic cotton is only GM crop approved and cultivated in fields in India

Polar jet streams
Currents of air formed when warm and cold air meet

Reading Recommendations

TH
1. Adapting to living at high altitudes
2. Water as a weapon
3. What's happening to Arctic Sea ice? [focus on first para]
4. Why are crypto exchanges in the line of fire? [focus on last 2 para]

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🚨June 12 2023 | Monday🚨

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Quote
Let food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food - Hippocrates

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. To find a lost child [3 point solution]
2. A nine-year report card [data heavy article, focus on noticing the trends]
3. Potential Ecological impact of Ukraine's Kakhovka Dam collapse [note the impacts of floods]
4. Why Nagaland ban on sale of dog meat was quashed? [imp article wrt food regulations in India]
5. The American hand
6. Aussie farmers unleash dinosaur rush as fossil findings rewrite history

TH
1. Amplify the subject of adolescent girl nutrition
2. Manipur, a rude reminder of NE tensions
3. The significance of Thailand elections
4. Why're YouTube creator accounts with large following targeted by hackers?

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🚨June 13 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Application Programming Interface (API)
- An interface that helps two applications share data with each other
- eg: if you login with gmail on CSEWhy substack, substack has used Google's API to collect your login data

Necrophilia
- Psychosexual disorder prompting morbid fascination with death and dead, more like an erotic attraction to corpses
- Not yet punishable in India but debate to criminalize this as an offence u/ IPC 297
- In Parmananad Katara v/s Union of India, SC ruled that dignity of a dead body must be maintained and respected while establishing a duty on the state to ensure decent cremation.

Pre Related

1. Svalbard Mission
- India-Norway first ever rocket launch from Svalbard in Norway (1997)
- Rohini Mk-II was flown; named Isbjorn-1 by Norway (meaning polar bear-I)
- Testimony of Indian relations with Scandinavian countries (See image next to see which countries are Scandinavia, Nordic and Baltic)

2. One Future Alliance
Indian imagination to form an alliance of like-minded nations to use tech to improve people's lives (connect it with keyword: Digital Public Goods)

3. Minimum Support Price is back in news. From crops to formulae, implications to way forward, it's a wide topic and MUST prepare for Mains 23 and Pre/Mains 24. Click here to revise in detail and make 1 page note

Quote
"When the world is in crisis, we must pledge-a pledge that's greater than crisis itself"

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Biden's new geo-economics [Never miss anything from CR Mohan sir]
2. In old ties, a hopeful turn [Best article comprehensively covering latest India-Nepal ties by Ambassador Sharan, take a note in your GS2 notes]
3. Man acquitted of 'rape' of dead woman: What IPC says on necrophilia (GS2)
4. The middle class: a reality check [GS3: Economy]
5. Look for ways to adopt AI into audit techniques for effectiveness: CAG (page 19: amalgamation of tech and eco in GS3, pg 19)

TH
1. Same-sex marriage: morality vs equality (good article for GS4 and Essay although it's too philosophical. Can skip if you are a newbie)
2. Will Betelgeuse, the bright red giant star, blow up in your lifetime? (Learn how stars 'die' and which elements involved)

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Scandinavia, Nordic and Baltic

Which country is which? Best infographic to develop a visual memory

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🚨June 14 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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1. Disinflation
- Decrease in inflation rates and opposite of reinflation
- It reflects decline in rate of increase in general price level of goods and services of GDP

2. US & UNESCO
- 2011: US stopped funding owing to Palestinian addition to UNESCO
- 2018: US completely pulled out of UNESCO
- 2023: $600mn to be paid in dues and join back owing to China's presence on shaping AI rules and others
- Not first time exit/return; happened in 1984 by POTUS Reagan and 2003 POTUS Bush rejoined

3. Mayon Volcano spewing heat steam in Albay, Philippines

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Holes in the digital net [on CoWIN data hack, lookout for solutions]
2. A world to win [note on how Indians have the world to win]
3. El Nino and the Monsoon [Explains basics of ENSO, skip if you already know]
4. Why 2014 Arunachal law is facing protest [quick read for general awareness]
5. A stunted middle class (Part of 2 article series, one came y'day. Read these both to develop understanding on 'real' middle class)

TH
1. Musings of the frictions in India-Canada ties [Take a quick read for India-Canada ties, GS2]
2. Where anyone can be accused of Sedition [Counter view on sedition, GS2]
3. High burden of diabetes and BP in KL & WB [See maps for visual memory, GS3]
4. HAP to take AI governance global [Don't fret over it, just know what it is. This article is largely a speculation not final result]
5. Cancel culture: speaking truth to power or a form of mob vigilantism? [fun article to read for GS 1 Society]

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