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Note: Diwali here! Take some rest. Don’t be heavy on yourself in taking a break! ❤️ 🚨 11 November 2023 | Saturday 🚨 Mains Keywords ✍️🏼 1. Double embodiment • Refers to women's unwilling umembodiment online • As they are disproportionately "bodied" i.e. over-identified with their physical characteristics, as compared to men in the offline world • Similar objectification awaits them online 2. Baler • A machine for off-site management of farm stubble • Compresses agricultural residue into manageable and transportable bales Mains Keys🗝 (Use as examples in Mains answers) 1. A new branch of Mitti Cafe, run by differently abled opened in SC (GS2, Social Justice) Pre-related📄 1. Ice Sheets • It is essentially a mass of glacial ice that covers more than 50,000 sq km of land - large enough to blanket entirety of Uttarakhand • 2 major Ice sheets today: Greenland ice sheet and Antarctica ice sheet • Together contain about 2/3rd of all freshwater on Earth Quotes 💭 • Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that ~ Martin Luther King Jr Reading Recommendations🗞 IE 1. Laying Parali to rest (GS3, Environment) 2. The rice of the matter (GS3, Environment) 3. The unequal deepfake risk (GS3, S&T) 4. Rapid melting of ice sheet in west Antarctica now unavoidable (GS3, Environment) 5. Seeding clouds to clean the air (GS3, Environment) TH 1. Revamping the criminal justice system to fit the bill (GS2, Polity) 2. The US's signal of a huge digital shift (GS2, IR) PS: Hit ❤️ for yourself if you’re reading newspaper even on Diwali 😄

Friends, I got an email yesterday for Mains prep How to prepare PYQs? Simple tip: • Put every question in Excel • Map it to syllabus in next field • In next 3 fields, note Intro, Body, Conclusion • Everyday, do deep research to fill up 3-5 questions See it as an answers bank! See the template in the image. Need the template? I have done 2019-2022 for YOU! Steal this template for 2023 too for Free here

Note: Click here to gift yourself Bal. Buddhi. Vidya. this Diwali! 🚨 10 November 2023 | Friday 🚨 Have you subscribed to my blog with your email? blog.csewhy.com Mains Keywords ✍️🏼 1. CBI • CBI is an "independent legal person" with a "separate legal identity outside the Union of India" (Centre in SC) Pre-related 📄 1. Centre for Advanced Financial Research & Learning • An independent body set up by RBI • Publishes India Finance Report 2. Euclid • Wide angle telescope launched by European Space Association • Purpose: Create a 3D map of universe, first of its kind 3. Iwo Jima (Ioto) • Off its sourthern coast in Japan, unnamed undersea volcano erupted • Leading to emergence of a new island 4. Psoriasis • An autoim­mune disease that manifests as rashes usually on the face, elbows, knees and later spreads across the skin Stats📈 • NITI: Indians escaping Multi-dimensional poverty (2015-2021) 13.5 cr • WHO: 1/4 of world’s TB patients in India Reading Recommendations🗞 IE 1. Shadows of Risk (GS3, Economy) 2. A fight to the end (GS2, Health) 3. India, US and the AI bridge (GS2, IR) 4. Best of both sides (GS3, Environment) 5. 100,000 galaxies in a single frame: the promise of Euclid (GS3, S&T) 6. UNESCO declares Gwalior 'city of music' (GS1, Art & Culture) TH 1. Acknowledge India's economic successes too (GS3, Economy) 2. The Agartala-Akhaura rail link (GS2, IR) 3. Why has the govt issued a directive on deepfakes? (GS3, S&T) PS: Hit ❤️ for yourself if you're reading newspaper daily!

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Note: Join @CSEWhyPlanB to find opportunities to help you make money with UPSC Prep 🚨 9 November 2023 | Thursday 🚨 Mains Keywords ✍️🏼 1. e­FIR • Obtaining information/complaint through electronic means using a common national portal and then getting the information/complaint signed by the complainant physically within three days to convert the complaint into an actual FIR 2. Loss & Damage • Represents the irreversible consequences of climate change: impacts that can’t be avoided or mitigated through adaptation efforts Pre-related 📄 1. Energy Conservation Building Code 2017 • By Ministry of Power's Bureau of Energy Efficiency • Sets minimum energy standards for commercial buildings to save between 25% to 50% energy use in compliant buildings • Applicable to commercial buildings like hospitals, hotels, schools etc • For both new buildings & retrofitting existing buildings • Acts as a national standard, states have flexibility to modify Quotes 💭 • History belongs in the past, but understanding it is the duty of the present Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. A matter of integrity (GS2, Polity) 2. Electoral Bonds and Electoral Trusts: how they are different (GS2, Polity; IMP) 3. One year of Project Cheetah (GS3, Environment) 4. Why Bhutan's first military op in 140 yrs came against Indian insurgents (GS2, IR) TH 1. An under-discussed facet of colonial history (GS1, World History) 2. Taiwan, a Malacca blockade and India's options (GS2, IR) 3. Move towards e-FIR, but with caution (GS2, Polity) 4. Importance of 'loss and damage' funds (GS3, Environment) PS: CSEWhy daily messages help you use your time efficiently. Hit ❤️ to appreciate my efforts :)

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Note: Learn about deepfakes from UPSC perspective here 🚨 7 November 2023 | Tuesday 🚨 Mains Keywords ✍️🏼 1. Net Neutrality • The principle that Internet access providers must treat all traffic originating from and terminating to the Internet in same way 2. Operational Superiority • Strategic "concept" based on periodic attrition • In context of Israel • Launch of limited air campaigns into Gaza, to degrade military capabilities of Hamas & other militants, every couple of years, leading to return of tenuous peace 3. Personally Identifiable Information • Information that when used alone or with other relevant data, can identify an individual • May be direct identifiers (like passport) or quasi-identifiers (can be combined with other info to recognize an individual) Pre-related 📄 1. Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative • Announced by Quad • To track "dark shipping" and build a "faster, wider and more accurate maritime picture of near-real-time activities in partners' waters" • Integrates three criticial regions in Indo-Pacific - the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia and the IOR Quotes 💭 • Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it ~ Bell Hooks • In a responsible government there can be no room for the Governor acting on discretion ~ BR Ambedkar Reading Recommendations🗞 IE 1. Delayed, Denied (GS2, Gender Justice) 2. From predator to prey (GS3, Social Media) 3. Does odd-even work? (GS3, Environment) 4. A National Security Strategy for India (GS3, Internal Security) TH 1. A telco double dip attempt that threatens Net Neutrality (GS3, S&T) 2. The cult of operational superiority, from Israel to India (GS2, IR) 3. States in Court against their Governors (GS2, Polity) 4. How the personal data of 815 million Indians got breached (GS3, Cyber Security) PS: Hit ❤️ for yourself if you're reading newspaper daily!

Note: A fresh start at CSEWhy! Watch first MasterClass with H'nble Estimates Committee Chairman here 🚨 6 November 2023 | Monday 🚨 Mains Keywords✍️🏼 1. Mixed Member Proportional System • A voting system under which voters cast 2 votes: 1) 'Party vote' to determine overall composition of legislature 2) 'Electorate vote' to elect a local MP for their geographical constituency • Advantages: More localised accountability, policy focus, improves representation, provides flexibility, etc • Used by New Zealand 2. Grey Infrastructure • Human- engineered Infrastructure for water resources like water and wastewater treatment plants, pipelines, reservoirs etc Mains Key(s)🗝 (Use as examples in Mains answers) 1. Poshan Tracker: A centralised ICT enabled platform, developed to promote transparency & accountability of nutrition service delivery to the last mile (GS2, e-governance & hunger) Quotes💭 • No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it ~ George Orwell • Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality ~ Lord Acton • One of culture's great powers is its ability to assimilate and humanise Reading Recommendations🗞 IE 1. Clear and present danger (GS2, Health) 2. Falling farm exports: concerns (GS3, Agriculture) 3. Construction of identities (Read as per your discretion & prep level) 4. India starts process to adopt National Security Strategy: why this is important (GS3, Internal Security) TH 1. Giving the urban India a better life (GS3, Environment) PS: Hit ❤️ to confirm you are reading newspaper daily!

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It is not easy You know? To leave your house To leave your city To leave your family It is not easy To live on your father's money To live in absurd loneliness To live in absolute conflict It is not easy Where days pass like months Where months pass like days From one prelims to other time flies! It is not easy To study for the weekend mock To write it & score less It humbles you You live alone in your room Sad. Lonely. Alone. But it is Diwali Crackers irritate you It feels like a cruel joke from universe As you fail, world seems to celebrate It hurts, honestly. It feels like you will throw up Your intuition kills you Your gut curses you You lie in bed Lips dry as Atacama Heart pounding harder You can listen to your veins pumping blood You want to cry Your tears betray you You see world darkening ..with open eyes It sucks. I know it is hurtful I know you feel cheated I know it leaves you broken I know you lack motivation I know it kills you I know you hate it I do not have words of comfort for you But I have my story I have been there It kills your confidence I doubted everything Rejections were my status quo I stopped trying But something changed one day I do not know at what point did I leave that feeling behind But I know I did! You know what worked? To cry a bit and standup again next day To accept the failure and yet going to same books next day To know I scored low and go back to write next things It is hard, I know I have been there But if you are there, just avoid 2 things: 1. Don't befriend your bed 2. Don't stop moving, resist stagnation It might sound cliche but it works As I write this, I have a tear rolling down my cheek I won't be surprised if you have a choked throat too It happens You will come out of it. Darr Matt bhai, do it. Whatever it takes!

Note: Are you coming to Delhi WHYMeet today? Get your invite here 🚨 5 November 2023 | Sunday 🚨 Nothing major in newspaper today. Use time to revise current affairs on blog.csewhy.com Reading Recommendations🗞 TH 1. Environmental factors determine height of children (GS3, Environment) 2. What is status of Kavach installations? (GS3, Infrastructure) 3. Why did India abstain from the call for truce? (GS2, IR) PS: Hit ❤️ for yourself if you're reading newspaper even on a Sunday!

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Note: New govt job openings posted on @CSEWhyPlanB 🚨 3 November 2023 | Friday 🚨 See India-Qatar relationship for Mains Answers here Mains Keywords ✍️🏼 1. Democracy Room • A room in every senior secondary school to be dedicated for regular display of voter education materials and conduct of Continuous Electoral & Democracy Education activities throughout the year 2. Frontier AI • It is highly capable foundation generative AI models that could pose severe risks to public safety 3. ATL Sarthi • Creating clusters of existing Atal Tinkering Labs • Overseen by guidance committee involving students, teachers, principals and mentors • Responsible for making ATLs in their region & facilitating access to tinkering for schools Pre-related 📄 1. Bletchley Park Declaration • Singed by 28 countries in world's first AI Safety Summit in London • Incorporates acknowledgement of substantial risks from potential intentional misuse or unintended issues of control of frontier AI 2. UNESCO's Creative Cities Network • To promote cooperation among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development • Kozhikode and Gwalior recent additions • Varanasi, Srinagar & Chennai also part of the network Reading Recommendations🗞 IE 1. Clearing the dust, lifting the haze (GS3, Environment) 2. Why global pact in AI matters (GS3, Tech) TH 1. Biosphere reserves are evolving as pockets of hope (GS3, Environment) 2. Is the United Nations toothless in ending wars? (GS2, IR) PS: Hit ❤️ for yourself if you're reading newspaper daily!

Note: Join @CSEWhyPlanB to find opportunities to help you make money with UPSC Prep 🚨 2 November 2023 | Thursday 🚨 Nothing major in newspaper today. Use time to revise current affairs on blog.csewhy.com Reading Recommendations 🗞 IE 1. The sarkari naukri (GS2, Policy/Social Justice) 2. India's own CAR-T cell therapy (GS3, S&T) 3. In Tripura-Bangladesh railway link, new opportunities and old connect (GS2, IR) TH 1. AI & Issue in human centricity (GS3, S&T) 2. Reconciliation over retribution (GS2, IR) 3. Understanding the US-Israel relations (GS2, IR) PS: Hit ❤️ to confirm you are reading newspaper daily!

Akhaura-Agartala Rail Link