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🚨 August 6, 2022 : less that is more🚨


1. Taiwan-China issue

In context of Chinese ambitions:

China today is a revisionist power looking to challenge regional order

Use in
1. GS2: int’l affairs


Reading recommendations

1. Online dispute resolution article in TH. Take a rough idea on need of the ODR and note the examples in place. See its relation with ONDC

2. Revise Panchamrit and CA around it in IE’s Simply Put page

3. Happyman Jacob’s article in TH can be read but with caution. Towards the end, in my opinion, he has taken a binary view of trade options drawing parallels b/w India and China. Such arguments weaken your answers!



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🚨 August 7, 2022 : 5G Sunday🚨


1. Taiwan-China issue

Two great keywords here, also relevant for essays and GS2 polity/democracy and GS1 World History

Pelosi’s trip agenda on paper human rights, trade & security

democracy v/s autocracy

2. Rajasthan’s Nadis

- traditional rainwater harvesting system
- Ramrawas Kalan model (apt for case studies for GS4 & essay. Also in irrigation for GS3)
- two examples: Deoli and Chan nadi
- found in orans ie sacred groves of local deities

3. 5G auction

Telecom is price sensitive, capital-intensive & competitive market

Use in
- GS3: Infrastructure (telecommunication)

Reading recommendations

1. Read 5G article in TH. Gold mine for Prelims.


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🚨 August 8, 2022 : A Monday to pause, reflect and learn🚨


1. Telangana Govt ad

The singular thing about India is it is Plural

Use this wherever you deem fit.

2. Export strategy of India

3Ts: Trade, Tourism and Technology

use in_
1. GS2: International Relations
2. GS3: Trade and economics

3. 4 supply side reasons for Inflation

war, weather, pandemic, export control (export control like palm oil and OPEC supply of oil)

Use in
- GS3: Inflation, price rise and Indian economy

Prelims facts:

Pre fact: borra caves near araku 100 km from Vizag, AP


Reading recommendations

1. Minor minerals preservation in TH
2. Corals article in TH, can have many prelims questions; apt for GS3 SnT
3. If you’re a new aspirant, checkout collegium system article above corals.


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🚨 August 9, 2022 : Rich Tuesday 🚨


1. Kerala floods

Beach nourishment reducing depth of the sea along shore offers permanent solution

Tetrapods are temporary solution. +
Extraction of stones for tetrapods aggravates natural disasters

Use in
- GS3: Disaster Management

2. Revadi culture debate
Note: can collect all revadi culture points from last 2 weeks in one place

- Irrational freebies analogous to bribery: SC
- populist freebies distort informed decision making of the voter: Solicitor General in SC

use in
- GS3: Indian economy


3. Indo-Bangladesh relations

Sonali adhyay (golden chapter)

Use in
- GS2 : Indian relations

Prelims mind map strategy
See the attached image for an interesting value point

Reading recommendations

1. Madhav Gadgil’s article in TH articulates problems and solutions in right manner. Also pick names of committees from here to note their recommendations. Will enrich environment and Disaster Management
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🚨 August 10, 2022 : Digital Polity Wednesday🚨

1. ‘New voter’

- A new demography that think, act and transact mobile first

- digital constituency of 2002-2006 borns who’ll vote first time in 2024 LS

- techno nationalism with focus on owning data flow and semiconductors supply chain

Reading recommendations

1. A fuller right (IE) by Ria Sawhney & Sugandha Yadav. See if you’ll want to pick the mentioned court cases to enrich your answers.


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🚨 August 11, 2022 : Thursday for Internet transparency: open network🚨

1. ONDC related

- Open source methodology that uses Open specifications and Open network protocols

- Operator driven platform centric model to facilitator driven interoperable decentralised network

terms
- Tele-density: connections per 100 ppl

Reading recommendations

1. A report on page 6 of TH about Bhadrachalam. Check it out for tributaries of Godavari


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Sharing a free access to my Mains Keywords. (edited till August 9)

I’m sure these keywords will enrich your mains preparation.



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🚨 August 12, 2022 : poverty lessons on rich Thursday🚨

1. Poverty

- labharthi constituency
A new voter base of beneficiaries of schemes run by central government that party in power sees as ‘silent’ voter

2 days ago, I posted digital constituency you can connect such ‘constituencies’ to develop wholesome answers

- Poverty is outcome of simultaneous deprivations in the multiple functions

Reading recommendations

Criminal Identification (Procedure) act 2022 in TH. Develop understandings, many prelims questions can also be framed from this

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🚨 August 13, 2022 :
Saturday kicks In🚨

1. Indian response on Ukraine-Russia war (can be used in context of Taiwan too)

Responsible, prudent and sensible

It’s from a public appearance of MEA Dr Jaishankar

Reading Recommendation

Arun Maira’s labour article in IE
Note his arguments on how 1980-1990 saw 2 lac jobs for ever 1% of GDP, 1990-2000 1 lac and it fell to 0.5 lac for 2000-2010




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🚨 August 14, 2022 : Sporty Sunday🚨

1. Finance minister on target of govt schemes

Empower all through saturation of schemes

Meaning
Any scheme saturates when most takers are benefitted.

use in
- GS2: welfare schemes

2. PM meets CWG sportspersons

Aims at creating a sports ecosystem that is globally excellent, inclusive, diverse and dynamic

use in
- essays
- topics concerning Indian growth in diverse sectors



Pre facts

Lake Garda in Italy, now drying up since the water from lake is being transferred to drought hit rivers like River Po of Italy.

Why are rivers drying up?
Low rainfall and lesser snow in northern Italy. Agriculture hit badly and thence, water transfer from lakes like Garda

reading recommendations

Michael Patra (RBI Deputy Governor) related news on Indian economy. Page 20 of TH. 2 articles, good to understand macroeconomics




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How to develop the IAS Mindset?
Practical recommendations for UPSC aspirants

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You might be overwhelmed at the length of newspaper articles today.

Don’t be! Focus on basics and pick things relevant to syllabus.

Most of today’s articles are opinions of how famous people see India at 75 and vision of India at 100. Not all of these are relevant to syllabus

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🚨 August 15, 2022 : India @75, looking @100🚨

1. On power of youth, government and market; by Rohini Nilekani in IE

i) open digital infra for economic democracy

ii) Samaj sarkar and bazaar
- all 3 to be shaped by young
- all 3 shall work in sync to expand livelihood opportunities and dignity across length and breadth of India
- samaj to ensure sarkar and bazaar play role to make world’s largest democracy most peaceful and prosperous for all its citizens
- COVID19 response is good example of sync of 3 (current affair)

use in
- GS1: society
- GS2: Governance
- GS3: Economy
- Essay: relevant topics on demographic dividend linked to economic progress


2. Federalism

dynamic and multidimensional concept

use in
- GS2: federalism


3. Agri solution to potential drought in East India

intercropping and short duration rice varieties

Use in
GS3: major cropping patterns, different types of irrigation & systems


4. Internal security : MK Narayanan

i) On naxalism
- wax and wane but exists as a threat
- growing Right Wing trend leading to revival of Left Wing ideological movements might lead to Naxalite growth
- new era terror attacks like 26/11, lone wolf

ii) Quote
domestic strength is building block of all national power

use in
GS3: internal security


5. Climate Change:
i) growing aspirational India needs to factor climate considerations into its vision of future development

ii) energy economy linked to low carbon future

use in
GS3: Infrastructure (energy)

6. 4th Industrial Revolution

- determined, goal-oriented, and adequately funded measures would be required to urgently develop and build self reliant (aatmanirbhar) tech

- meaning of self reliance: a system that enable greater economic benefits through higher domestic value added and strategic benefits by reducing dependence on external entities. Further positioning country higher up the value chain in the international division of labour

- RnD expenditure steady at 0.65% of GDP since 2014 as against 1.5-3% of most top 10 economies

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