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Five Year Plans still find relevance in UPSC Prelims. Get yourself prepared a bit better! 😉

Pre note: Get 15 years of PYQs 2009-2023 covered in JUST 25 hours 🚨 19 April 2024 | Friday 🚨 Pre Related News 📄 1. 📍Mt Ruang, Indonesia • erupts in Sanguine Islands • part of Ring of fire 2. Itisaar.ai, an anti-deepfake tool in collab with IIT Jodhpur 3. Voice swap technology: Process of using an AI algorithm to either alter or mimic an individual's voice 4. Infectious respiratory particles (IPRs): Pathogens transmitted through the air Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. Clash of aspirations (GS3, Economy, Demographic dividend) 2. India's 4P Model (GS 3, Economy, Delhi Declaration & its 4P Model) TH 1. India's nuanced approach in the South China Sea (GS2, IR, India & South China sea; ASEAN) 2. What is Bhojshala-Kamal maula complex dispute? (GS2, Polity, Recent disputes, ASI's scientific survey) PS: Revise last week's CA here on my blog

Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. Why China Economy grew faster than expected, what lies ahead (GS3, Economy, China's Economy model) 2. Surya Tilak & Science behind it on CSEWhy blog (GS3, S&T) TH 1. The Great Indian Bustard & climate action verdict Practice MCQs on the Great Indian Bustard here 💪🏻 2.  On India's heat action plan (GS1, Geography, Heat waves) 3. How can small scale farmers be benefitted from trees on farms (GS3, Agriculture, Agroforestry pros) PS: Need any help? DM me on Instagram here

Pre note: Now you can practice MCQs on today's CA here! See end of this message.😄 🚨 18 April 2024 | Thursday 🚨 Mains keywords ✍️ Vigilantism An act of enforcing law or encouraging others for it without any legal authorization Pre Related News 📄 1. Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) • Number of maternal deaths during given time per 100,000 live births • ICMR has found links b/w MMR & Heart diseases • Practice MCQs on MMR here 😍 2. Fiat justitia ruat caelum principle (Context: SC's Verdict on Delhi metro case) • let justice be done even though the heavens fall • belief that justice must be realized regardless of consequences • fundamental basis of the administration of justice by courts 3. Tiny leaf litter frog • Haddadus binotatus; Brazil Atlantic rainforest • silent screams of frequency 20 kHZ to 44 kHZ (not in human ear range) PS: Practice MCQs on today's CA here

Friends, this is a time table plan template for next 60 days - Make a copy of it in excel - Personalize it for your prep - You can watch this video to learn how to make best use of it Click here to access this template

Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. Moving past bonds (GS2, Polity, Electoral bonds & way forward) 2. The Vibhishan moment (GS 4, Ethics & Essay) 3. An alternative path (GS3, Clean energy & digital solutions) TH 1. Navigating life with consumer disabilities (GS2, Polity, Consumer rights, legal reforms & way forward) 2.  Reforms needed in voting process (GS2, Polity, Voting reforms) 3. Why has India allowed FIIs to invest in its green bonds. (GS3, Economy,  Green bonds & FII)

Pre Note: need any help with Pre24? Write to me at whycse@gmail.com 🚨 17 April 2024 | Wednesday 🚨 Mains keywords ✍ 1. Space Tourism: A form of space travel which is for recreational/business purposes. • 2 types: sub orbital & orbital 2. Imported Inflation: The rise in the prices of goods & services in a country due to rise in price of imports in the country. Pre Related News 📄 1. Israel weapons • Arrow system: long range anti ballistic missile ; collab with US • David's sling (stunner): medium range air defence system; 300 kms range • Iron dome: Indigenous short range air defense system • Spyder: Family of multirange mobile air defence system 2. Madigas • Telugu SCs; historically associated with leatherwork, handicrafts. • 59.52% of the SC population in Telangana • Context: Rivalry b/w Madigas & Malas 3. New fish species • found in Laccadive sea • Jansen's wrasse (Thalassoma jansenii) , Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus) & Moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare)  • uses live/dead coral structures as anvils to break hard shells of sea urchins for the food. Get species in news pdf here for FREE 4. Eclipses frequency • Solar eclipses: 2 to 5 times in a year • Lunar eclipses: 0 to 3 times in a year • 2206 will have 5 solar eclipses 5. 📍Great barrier reef • world's largest; near Australia • Lizard island • facing severe coral bleaching PS: 60 days to go for Pre24, watch my Live session discussing 60 days strategy here

Here are important links from today's Live Session a) 20% OFF on PWHYQ Course Use WHYPRE24 code to enrol before 11:59 pm here b) Plan Template | Click here to access - Make a copy of this excel - Personalize it your way c) 2023 CSAT Playlist solving every Q d) Species in PYQs Free PDF e) 100+ Constitution Articles list to revise, free download

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3 of top 5 AIR in #UPSC 2023 are already in IPS Himmat na haaro dost, prep is a marathon. stop sprinting! :)

In a few hours from now, you'll see a fresh set of 'faces' on the internet The ones whose years of struggle made way to 'the holy PDF' But here's a thing! A lot of interviews you hear will be half truth I am not saying toppers lie. I am saying the media interviews filter out things that aren't 'click-bait' You remember Vajiram & Unacademy censoring the mention of other institutions? Truth is you are on your own. Trust not all the words, have your own filter. Have your own appetite to digest or egest things that don't suit you. There's no one size fit all approach. You are different, your strategy would be different too! Harsh truth: 10 lac+ aspirants write exam every year 10 lac+ aspirants fail exam every year No matter how good you are, probability is against you This is not to demotivate you. This is to remind you the importance of detaching yourself from the result You control the action not the result! Irrespective of your result today, 2024, 25, 26... ..you are still gonna be fine!

Pre note: Not much in paper today, spend this time on revising PYQs here 🚨 16 April 2024 | Tuesday 🚨 Quotes 💭 Guarantee is precarity, welfare is self-care Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. Tamil nadu's decentralized industrialisation model (GS3, Economy, TN model) 2. A&N islands through strategic lens (GS 3, Internal security, A&N Islands) TH 1. Guarantee is precarity, welfare is self care (GS2, Polity, Welfare model India, examples) 2. India’s Arctic imperative (GS2, IR, India-Arctic relations) 3. How does hydrocarbon extraction happen? (GS3, S&T, HC extraction) PS: Revise foreign travellers of medieval India here

Friends, Prelims is 8 weeks away and anxiety is at its peak, I understand! :) My email & DMs are full of multiple queries, main ones being😅 a) Time table & Plan of action for next 8 weeks b) PYQs, Revision, general anxiety To address these and start 8 weeks of guided mentorship cohort,💪🏻 I am hosting a Live session for serious aspirants of Pre24 on April 16 at 9pm Please register yourself here to walk the right path!

Pre note: A special present drops today! :) 🚨 15 April 2024 | Monday 🚨 Pre Related News 📄 1. Dragon's egg Nebula • triple star system; 4-6 Million years ago • gravitationally bound 2. Doxxing • act of revealing personal information about someone online Read more about doxxing here 3. Cryogenics • Science of materials at temperatures below negative 153 degrees Celsius. • He & N as cryogenic fluid • Used in MRI, ISRO's LVM 3 rocket Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. Food for reform (GS3, Economy, Food Security, way forward) 2. India’s hepatitis headache (GS 3, Health, Hepatitis in India) TH 1. Decoding the judgement on Jim Corbett (GS2, Polity, SC Judgement on Jim corbett) 2. What is doxxing & measures to take if it happens to you (GS3, S&T, Doxxing) PS: Revise weekly CA here on my blog

Pre Note: Download Demo lecture & notes of 2016 PWHYQ course here 🚨 14 April 2024 | Sunday 🚨 Pre Related News 📄 1. Muria tribe (AP) • In news for custom of father weaving a bamboo basket (Vookada) for new born to sleep 2. Gerozyme & Gerascience • Enzyme related to old age • Speaks of ageing science 3. Hepatitis (types: A,B,C,D,E) • Liver inflammation caused by viral infection, alcohol & other conditions. • Hepatitis B can be prevented through vaccination & hepatitis C with medicines Stats 📈 1. 11.6% global cases of hepatitis are from India: WHO report • 2nd leading infectious cause of death after TB. Reading Recommendations 🗞 TH 1. Geroscience: Science related to aging (GS3, Health, Geriatric care) 2. Why is there a WHO Alert on viral hepatitis (GS3, Health, hepatitis) PS: Get 19+ Maps based on PYQs here

Friends, you already know about PWHYQ Course a) Video Classes solving 15 year PYQ 2009-2023 b) Detailed notes on 1500+ Qs of 15 year PYQs Click here to download Free Sample of Notes & Watch Demo Lecture Any queries? Write to whycse@gmail.com

Pre note: Enrol in the P-WHY-Q Video course here at 50% OFF today 🚨 13 April 2024 | Saturday 🚨 Pre Related News 📄 1. CDP SURAKSHA • Cluster Development Programme- System for Unified Resource Allocation, Knowledge, and Secure Horticulture Assistance • instant disbursal of subsidies to farmers ; by utilising the e-RUPI voucher from the NPCI. • Read more here 2. Volcanic vortex rings • rare phenomenon that is generated by the combination of rapid gas release and the vent shape • in Mt Etna volcano, Italy (largest in Europe) 3. Hydrogel • by IISc Blr, removes microplastics from water • binds with contaminants & degrades them with using UV light Quotes 💭 "Money takes wings. The only thing that endured is character". - OJ Simpson Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. Job number one (GS3, Economy, Unemployment crisis & way forward) 2. How a new platform will instantly disburse subsidies to farmers (GS3, Agriculture, Subsidies, CDP SURAKSHA) TH 1. Data for better education, a brighter future for students (GS3, ASER report, technology use) 2. The blurry lines b/w wildlife 'capture' & 'rescue' (GS3, Environment, Indian laws, KA example) PS: Revise weekly CA here on my blog