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🚨June 26 2023 | Monday🚨

As promised, India-Egypt relations now summarized on the blog: https://csewhy.substack.com/p/130-pm-modi-in-egypt

Pre related

1. Robert Frost
- Only poet to win Pultizer 4 times
- Wrote prominently on the nature and the loneliness of humans
- PM Nehru was deeply moved by his words and Frost's Miles to go before I sleep was translated by Nehru's friend Harivansh Rai Baccha in Hindi as abhi toh mujhe milon chalna hai

2. Radio telescope
- A telescope to help scientists 'see' the universe in radio waves
- Collect radio waves and amplify them for humans to study
- Radio waves have large wavelength allowing them to travel large distance interruption free
- Longer radio waves travel, weaker they become!
- One of the biggest radio telescopes in world: FAST instrument in China w/ 500m wide dish

Quote

1. The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil but by those who watch them without doing anything - Albert Einstein

2. Ethnic fear is caused by the fear of the future, lived through the past - Vesna Pasic

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. India, Egypt sign pact on strategic partnerships as Modi, El-Sisi hold talks (pg 3, GS2 Indian relations)
2. The new deal (Good counter view on Indian reliance on the US)
3. Big Picture in Manipur [IMP. One of the most rational articles on Manipur, GS3 Security]
4. Old friends in a changing world [Thumb rule: Never miss anything from Ashoka Gulati sir]
5. Why Punjab and Haryana matter in poor monsoon years [GS3]
6. Banks readying systems to track spends on outward remittances pg15

TH
1. Outreach to diaspora and statesmanship [GS2: diaspora, IMP article]
2. Manipur, this is not the time for finger pointing [Club this with IE article on no. 3 above. Make 1 page note]
3. Retail giants helps link 8 lac producers to markets; farm groups sceptical (pg14)
4. Did climate change really make UP's deadly heatwave twice as likely? (rough read works, long article)


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🚨June 27 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)
- A Keyword used often in cyber security matters for protection of children from online abuse
- In Europe, a man was put on radar for his phone had pictures of his child's intimate areas that he clicked to be sent to a doctor
- Need further efficient ways to recognize CSAM via algorithmic models

Organic Intellectuals
- Those who could help build awareness among masses
- Rise from a social class that typically does not produce intellectuals and yet remain associated with their class (unlike traditional intellectuals)
- A concept given by Gramsci

Pre related

1. Cricket World Cup Trophy
- Launched in stratosphere
- A bespoke stratospheric balloon used to launch the trophy
- Landed in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad successfully

2. 5 offices u/ World Bank Group

1. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- Lends to low and middle income countries

2. International Development Association
- Lends to Low income countries

3. International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Lends to private sector

4. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- Encourages private companies to invest in foreign countries

5. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- For dispute settlement

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Transforming the bank [V. IMP, Make a 1 page note of solutions]
2. A friendship in making [India-Egypt ties, the notes from here will be updated on my blog sharing India-Egypt ties]
3. Rani Durgavati
4. The Indigo-Tata duopoly
5. Assam delimitation draft:
6. The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine [pg18]

TH
1. Laying the foundation for a future ready digital India [Focus on 'focus area for India']
2. The role of organic intellectuals in challenging the capitalist hegemony


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Indian PM was in the USA and Egypt recently.

Newspapers wrote a lot about Indian relations with both these countries. So much of information is surely overwhelming for UPSC aspirants.

To save you time and offer best quality notes, I have studied 20+ articles on India-US and India-Egypt relationships to compile notes in easy language for you.

Find them on my blog:

1. India US
https://csewhy.substack.com/p/129-pm-modi-in-usa

2. India Egypt
https://csewhy.substack.com/p/130-pm-modi-in-egypt

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🚨June 28 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Narco-Terrorism
- Transnational transfer of narcotics from Indian neighbours.
- Revise how India is sandwiched between Drug crescent and triangle.

Pre related

1. Meira Paibis
- Mothers torch bearers of Manipur formed 1977
- Loosely organized group of Meitei women coming from Imphal valley
- Widely seen in the news for the bandhs they organize for multiple protests

2. Tunnel Falls
- Intel Quantum Computing chip
- 12 qubit Silicon chip with information encoded in the spin of electrons

3. 7 UP products get GI tag
- Amroha Dhola (musical instrument made of natural wood)
- Baghpat Home furnishing (cotton yarn used in handloom weaving process)
- Barabanki Handloom
- Kalpi Handmade Paper
- Mahoba Gaura Patthar Hastshilp
- Mainpuri Tarkashi
- Sambhal Horn craft

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. PM pushes UCC, accuses Opposition of instigating Muslims (Front page: read opinion of PM on UCC)
2. Grey to Green (GS3: Infra and Environment)
3. Myanmar blind spot in Manipur (V. IMP | GS3: Security)
4. The civil code debate [Imp]
5. If we have to go green, then we as a country must significantly invest in the railways [Great points here, don't miss]
6.Why tomato on fire now? [Quick read to understand the issue]
7. Partners of Global South (Notes from this article added to CSE Why India-Egypt Blog Post here)

TH
1. Tracing the arc of American exceptionalism for India (Read view on why US is extending concessions to India)
2. The concerns about India-US digital trade
(Will add notes from above two on the blog soon here)
3. Feminist approach to IR (IMP for PSIR students)
4. Can Laos cave remains establish humans first came to to SE asia? (as Mrunal sir says, thoda padho, aage badho)

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🚨June 29 2023 | Thursday🚨

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UN report on Children and conflict

- Relevant measures had India out of list after 12 years
- India was on list for 12 years alongside Burkina Faso, Pak, Nigeria, Cameroon etc
- Included because of issues JnK
- Post 370 abrogation, JJ act and POCSO act implemented
- Use of pellet guns suspended

National Research Foundation
- Envisages synergy between industry, academia, and RnD
- Offers merit based but equitable peer-reviewed research funding
- Aim: strengthen the research ecosystem in the country
- (India spends barely 0.7% of GDP on research)

H1B Visa
- Non immigrant visa allowing US corporations to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations requiring theoretical or technical expertise

Quote
- It is not out differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. - Audre Lorde
- History does not repeats itself but it rhymes - Mark Twain
- There are no eternal allies, and no perpetual enemies. Only national interests are eternal and perpetual and those interests is it our duty to follow

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. NRF gets nod (pg1: read for the need of NRF in India)
2. Partnership for the future [GS2: India-Philippines relations]
3. The new give and take [read for opinion]
4. Understanding greedflation, basic concepts from this explained on the blog here [GS3]

TH
Nothing much significant here today. can skip

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🚨June 30 2023 | Friday🚨

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Pre related

1.Conservation places in news
Debrigarh Wildlife sanctuaries & Nalabana Bird Sanctuary
- Both in Odisha
- Both free of human settlements as a state govt effort

2. Anti Microbial Resistance is back in news. Revise it here

Quotes

- Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination - John Dewey
- Chips are new oil and Taiwan is new Saudi Arabia

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. How NRF aims to boos research in higher educational institutes (read for an idea)
2. India and the chips war [Most imp article of today]
3. Move towards time based tariffs [pg 15]

TH
1. The Open Market Sale scheme for wheat and rice [read just to take an idea on what's the issue]
2. Assam delimitation draft [read just gist]
3. Re-evaluating indiscriminate use of BMI to make conclusions on health [GS3 - Fun article with clear basics]

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🚨July 1 2023 | Saturday🚨

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Vertical Reservation
- Reservation to SC/ST/OBC etc.
- Applies separately for each group under the law
- Article 16(4) contemplates vertical reservation

Horizontal Reservation
- Equal opportunity to other categories of beneficiaries
- refers to women, trans, PwD etc
- Article 15(3) contemplates horizontal reservation

Read more on Vertical and Horizontal quota here

Pre related

1. Groundwater extraction leading to shift in earth's axis
- 2150 gigatonne groundwater extracted b/w '93-2010 moving axis about 80cm east
- Poles and axis keep shifting naturally as mass distribution in and on the planet changes (Polar Motion) due to:
a) Due to rocks moving inside the crust
b) Ocean currents and Hurricane
c) Human activities like ground water extraction


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Removal of extra import duty on US apples: How it can impact Indian growers [focus on why US apples still won't flood Indian markets]
2. India's critical mineral [don't stress if you find it hard, it'll be explained on my blog very soon]
3. ASPARTAME (educate yourself on this)

TH
1. A new chapter in India-Africa ties can be written [GS2: Indian relations, make a one page note of 5 methods of engagement]
2. The governor's move is dangerous, unconstitutional [GS2: Role of governor]
3. Sacred hymns, political gains [read to understand the issue]

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Now that dust has settled on media speaking about PM Modi in the USA and Egypt, it’s time to get going with making notes from all the relevant articles.

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If you haven’t, I have compiled UPSC centric pointers from 30+ articles on both visits on my blog.

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1. India US
https://csewhy.substack.com/p/129-pm-modi-in-usa

2. India Egypt
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🚨July 2 2023 | Sunday🚨

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Self-sufficient midday meals

- An initiative by a school in Kokrajhar
- Farming vegetables, fruits, mushrooms and fish
- Answer to lacking nutrition parameters in midday meals

Indian pharma vows in diff countries
- Nigeria: Red flagged two oral drugs
- Cameroon: Alarms over cough syrup
- Sri Lanka: Severe results from 2 Indian manufactured drugs
- Mozambique: All medicines checked before exported from India
- Gambia: From July 1, quality checks on all Indian pharma products before leaving Indians shores

Pre related

1. Zoological Survey of India
- estd 1916, now u/ MoEFCC (HQ: Kolkata)
- Mandate: Faunistic survey and exploration of resources in the country leading to knowledge advancement

2. Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
- Central drug authority to discharge functions under Drug and Cosmetics Act
- Approves new drugs, regulates import of new drugs
- u/ MoHFW

3. Euclid
- European built space telescope
- Built to explore dark universe
- Takes off on Saturday from a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral station

4. Ghost Particles
- Tiny subatomic particles; barely interact with anything else
- 100 trillion+ neutrinos pass through human body per day
- Interact only with gravity and weak nuclear force
- Has no mass or no electrical charge

5. Ultra Pure Water
- Purer than bottled mineral water, held to more stringent standards than distilled water
- 'Manufactured' using nano-membranes to filter out impurities
- Demand set to increase as chips industry scale
- Use cases:
a) Washing chips in semiconductor industry
b) Drug discovery & food manufacturing firms

Quota
- A sign of power in International Relations is the ability to set norms and build multi-national collaborations

Reading Recommendations

IE: None, can read sunday edition for fun

TH
1. India adds 664 animal species to its fauna database, 339 taxa to its flora (read to have idea on what's found where, make a note if the need be)
2. Crowdsources data help identify flooded areas instantly [read just as a solution for Disaster Management, nothing major]
3. Why are Indian drugmakers under the lens? [note the issue and conclusion for your answers]
4. What is China's new law on foreign relations? [focus on last para: meaning for India]
5. Will signing Artemis Accords benefit India? [Very good article covering all dimensions from Artemis to ISRO]

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🚨July 3 2023 | Monday🚨

Gravitational waves and HUM sound explained on the blog. Click here to visit and learn

Mains Keywords

1. Spacetime
The 3D of length, breadth and depth combined with 4th dimension of Time into a singular 4-D continuum

2. Cosmic Clock
- Pulsars, the rotating neutron stars, emit pulses of radiation looking like bright flashes from earth
- These bright flashes occur at precise time intervals and thus called cosmic clocks

Pre related

1. Crime records publication norms for Political Parties
- Mandatory for the political parties to publish details of criminal cases pending against candidates
- Criminal cases to be published in bold letters at least thrice
- Reasons for selecting candidates with criminal backgrounds to be given by parties
- Reasons shall not be winnability alone but justified via qualification, achievements, merit etc
- Published within 48 hours to 2 weeks in:
a) national and vernacular paper
b) official social media platform
c) website in an EC prescribed format

2. Central Bank Digital currencies of different countries
- eNaira: Nigeria
- e-RMB (e-Renminbi): China
- Sand Dollar CBDC: Bahamas
- e-Rupi: India

Quotes

- The balance of power is the scale of peace - Thomas Paine
- We who live in today's world must acknowledge the evils of slavery in the clearest possible terms, and condemn it as a crime against humanity - Mark Rutte

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. No leapfrogging in sight [Indian China comparison wrt economy]
2. Cane farmers' sweet spot [GS3: Agri]
3. HUM sound, Click here for the explainer on my blog in easy to read manner

TH
1. The master plan and the slaves [GS1 Urbanization]
2. The calm after the storm for Pakistan? [read just the gist]
3. Why has IMF's view on crypto market in Latin America changed? [Imp]

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🚨July 4 2023 | Tuesday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. One India, Great India
GoI keyword for preserving diversity in India

2. Strategic Autonomy
- Allows India to engage with various nations and blocs based on its own interest

3. Dark Patterns
- aka deceptive patterns
- Describes ways in which sites or apps make users do things that users do not intend to do
- Discourages behaviour that's not beneficial for the user

Pre related

1. International Seabed Authority
- Established 1982 by UNCLOS, 167 members
- Autonomous Intergovernmental body; India is a member
- Major activity: Regulate exploration of poly-metallic nodules

Stats

Tribal in India
- 706 different tribal communities
- 8.6% of the population

Quotes

- The past, present, and future of India will never be complete without the indigenous communities - PM Modi

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. SCO Meet: What's on the table
2. Deep sea mining
3. Smoothing the path of science (Detailed explanation on blog today eve)
4. Extending Ayushman Bharat (Explained in detail on blog, click here)
5. A new kind of disaster aid: Pay people cash before disaster strikes (GS4: Ethics)

TH
1. India should refuse America's NATO Plus' bait
2. A stocktake before Global Stocktake (covered already here)
3. Greed-flation (29 June article in Express on same topic, re-read only if you missed earlier)


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🚨July 5 2023 | Wednesday🚨

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Today's newspapers are less notes heavy and more understanding based. Take reading recommendations seriously to develop understanding for the UPSC and life, in general.

Pre related

1. ZO People
- Includes all tribes of Kuki-Chin-Mizo ethnic group
- Spread in India-Myanmar-Bangladesh; followers of Christianity
- Believed to migrate from China through Tibet to settle in Myanmar; moved towards NE India from here

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The rise of swing states [must read]
2. GIFT Nifty (India-S'pore collab)
3. Supermassive blackholes show time dilation in early universe [take a rough conceptual idea]
4. State of Science research [collect stats on research for NRF related answers]
5. Pg1: Xi & Shehbaz listening, PM: Can't have double standards on terrorism (read entire report with excerpts from PM speech, good pointers on connectivity, security and int'l cooperation)

TH
1. A macro view of the fiscal health of the states
2. Antibiotics with promise- a lifeline India awaits
3. Lessons from fracas over foodgrains
4. Student debt crisis in US (read just gist for idea, deep read if your time permits)
5. The irrevocable connection between anaemia and maternal health [Imp]
6. Item 5. of IE is same as this, read either: SCO for multipolar world order as Iran joins grouping


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Order of major peninsular rivers from North to South ⬆️⬇️

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1. West Flowing

• Mahi
• Narmada
• Tapti
• Mandovi/Mahadei
• Periyar
• Pampa

2. East Flowing

• Subarnarekha
• Brahmani
• Mahanadi
• Rushikulya
• Vamsadhara
• Godavari
• Krishna
• Kaveri
• Vaigai

💡Revision Quiz
1. Which of these rivers cut the Tropic of Cancer twice?

2. Madurai is situated on banks of which river?

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🚨July 6 2023 | Thursday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Creative Economy Keywords
a) Issues that creators face
Economic Sustainability, Market Access and the Digital Divide

b) Economic importance
Job creation, economic growth, tourism, exports, and overall societal development

2. Substantive Equality
- Fundamental aspect of human rights concerned with equitable outcomes and equal opportunities for disadvantaged

3. Affirmative Action
- Positive discrimination

4. Triffin Dilemma
- A conflict of economic interests arising b/w short term domestic and long term international objectives for the countries whose currencies serve as the global reserve

Pre related

1. Iodine 131 & Caesium-137 (Used in Nuclear Power Plants)

- Iodine 131
a) A radioactive element with half life of 8 days
b) Easily dispersed by winds, accumulates in thyroid glands damaging humans

- Caesium 137
a) A radioactive element with half life of 30 years
b) Responsible for Chernobyl's tragedy

2. Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) & Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV)
Types of virus w/ similar names and damage but belonging to different families; can cause up to 100% of the crop loss

ToMV
- Virgaviridae family; hosted on tomato, tobacco, peppers, and ornamental plants
- Spreads through infected seeds, saplings, agricultural tools, human errors
- Symptoms:
a) Alternate yellow and dark green areas appearing on the leaves
b) Distortion of leaves and twisting of younger ones
c) Development of necrotic spots leading to overripening, dwarfism etc.

CMV
- Larger host pool in members of the gourd family
- Spreads through human errors and aphids i.e. sap sucking insects
- High temperature and rain supports its spread
- Symptoms:
a) Distortion of leaves but w/ different pattern
b) Leaves on top and bottom are distorted and middle ones remain blemish free
c) In some plants, fruit is even distorted and small

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. The view from Moscow (alt view of how Moscow sees Delhi-Washington Bonhomie)
2. How to reap the dividend (make one page note here)
3. Two hottest days ever, back to back: causes and what lies ahead (read for a rough idea)
4. Too tired to fly: DGCA rules that bind airlines, crew- and why they matter (new info for many here)
5. The data privacy framework [don't stress much on these, I will collect and share UPSC centric info from 12-15 articles on this topic and put them on blog]

TH
1. Choose a new palette for India's creative economy
2. Iran's induction in SCO (read from Indian perspective)
3. Risk of Zaporizhzhia NPP
4. A global rupee may raise volatility [page 14, IMP]


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Data Privacy Bill, and Rupee Internationalisation are in news regularly. I'm working on collecting all articles and will compile detailed notes on the blog. You can skip reading them in the newspaper to reduce stress

🚨July 7 2023 | Friday🚨

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Mains Keywords

1. Pak is a Promoter, Justifier and Spokesperson of terrorism

2. Islamabad uses terrorist groups as instruments of state policy

3. Sarpanch Pati / Pradhan Pati
A concept where the reserved seats for women see women only as dummy candidates while their husbands, often the strongmen, run the show

Pre related

1. India Cellular & Electronics Association
- Apex industry body for mobile and electronics industry (mobile handsets & electronics)
- Theme: Inspire. Enable. Lead.

2. IIT overseas campuses. Already covered in October here

Quotes/Opinions

1. "Article 44 is a constitutional mandate requiring the state to enact UCC applying to all citizens cutting across faiths, practices, and personal laws" MV Naidu (former VP)

2. "The rupee's internationalisation can not make a start without accounting for the concerns expressed by India's neighbours" Varun Gandhi

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. No bad time for a good law [on UCC, skip reading if you wanna; notes compiled from all articles on UCC on blog soon]
2. India and the SCO

TH
1. India needs a UCC [Balanced view, can skip reading for you'd find compiled notes on the blog]
2. Internationalising the rupee without the 'coin tossing' (would be on blog, skip reading if you wanna)
3. Should internet shutdowns be used to maintain public order? (read for opinion)
4. Understanding dark patterns (understand the issue, no notes needed)
5. The fallout of delimitation in the states needs no political forecasting [read how divide would look like in future]
6. What're provisions of the High Seas Treaty? [Reading the gist would do]