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Today’s Indian Express is gold mine 🔥 - Land Subsidence wrt Joshimath - Renewable energy storage issue - AMR, JETP, VDCs and VDGs - Fertilisers, Urja Daata - CCP-Alibaba tussle In short, don’t miss today’s newspaper of Indian Express. No, don’t watch analysis videos but READ the paper 📰

pre script: I compile all these daily messages in a Google doc so that you don’t have to worry about compiling these notes. How can you access this doc? Check my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 9 2023 | Monday🚨 Join my high value blog for UPSC aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com Urja Daata (energy provider) - Just like Kisan is considered anna daata, using the farmland for solar panels (like PM-KUSUM) can make solar the third crop and make the kisan urja daata as well Pre facts MV Ganga Vilas - A 51 day long river cruise flagged off from Kashi on Jan 13 and to end at Dibrugarh on March 1 - 50 tourist spots to be visited by on-boarders including world heritage sites, national parks, river ghats and major cities on route - some cities on route are: Varanasi, Patna, Kolkata, Dhaka, Guwahati - 27 river systems covered on this route (see map on page 8 of IE) Reading Recommendations IE: 1. As share of renewables increases in grid, govt explore storage options (page1) [note problems around storage with renewable generation] 2. Safety of people in areas affected by subsidence is top priority: PMO (page 1)[read report to note phenomenon & involved govt agencies] 3. Taming Defiant bugs [Most imp article on AMR, take a note of solutions to stop AMR] 4. This is not a bailout [take a look at what is JETP] 5. Prosperity through philanthropy [take a rough read to understand the idea] 6. Sovereign Green Bonds [Just read to understand dynamics] 7. Village defence: the return of JnK's armed civilians [very imp article on Internal security ideas] 8. Imbalance in Fertiliser use [This article will teach you diff types of fertilisers used and involved challenges (if you don't know already)] TH: 1. The potential of generative AI: creating media with simple text prompts (only article you need to read & note on this tech, highly likely to have a pre Q from here) PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

pre script: Get Your Visual Notes from my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 8 2023 | Sunday🚨 Join my high value blog for UPSC aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com Reading Recommendations TH - Floating solar power (read for benefits) - The escalation on India-China border - Will shutting markets fix Pak’s economy? PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

#UPSC #Prelims PYQ: Which political parties did BR Ambedkar establish? Learning from this, his parties are enlisted💪 - Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha 1924 - Independent Labor Party 1936 - All India SC Federation 1942 - Republican Party of India 1957 Hogya yaad? ❤️ react karke batao! 😍

pre script: Get Your Visual Notes from my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 7 2023 | Saturday🚨 Join my high value blog for UPSC aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com MEA's speech on problems and solutions in front of world: Problems: 3C i.e. Conflict, COVID, and Climate Solutions: 3P i.e. Peace, Progress and Prosperity Stats 46% of total pending cases in court system pertains to govt. Pre facts - Largest Indian women peacekeepers unit in Abyei, on border of Sudan & South Sudan - Sagol Kangjei played on Manipur Pony, it is a sport believed to be 'ancestor' of Polo - LIMBS project (2015) Legal Information Management Briefing System a) Intent: connect 55 ministries for litigation management b) i.e. connecting 'Limbs' of state governance Reading Recommendations IE: 1. Opening the campus door (take a rough read to understand technical issues) 2. A lighter load for court 3. The new war machine (see how AI is being used in Maritime domain) 4. Lighthouse for the world (take a rough quick read) 5. Manipur's ancient polo and its stories ponies 6. The delimitation exercise in Assam: why, how and why now PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

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Friends, following 15 Scheduled Tribes have been asked by #UPSC in Prelims PYQs. Sharing this compiled list so that you don't have to! Appreciate my effort with a❤️ reaction! 🔹Bhutia and Lepcha: Indigenous tribes of Sikkim 🔹Gond and Korku: Melghat tiger reserve 🔹Irula and Toda: Tribals of Niligiris of TN 🔹Sahariya (RJ): Tribals from MP, one of most backward in RJ 🔹Agariya (GJ): A salt making tribe of Kutch 🔹Limboo: Sikkim 🔹Karbi: Assam 🔹Bhotiya: Himachal Pradesh 🔹Dongaria Kondh & Bonda: Odisha 🔹Bhil & Gond: MP You can download this as pdf or copy names to your notes from my blog👇 https://csewhy.substack.com/p/67-tribes-from-upsc-prelims-pyqs

pre script: Get Your Visual Notes from my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 6 2023 | Friday🚨 Join my high value blog for UPSC aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com Pre related 1. Phytorid Technology: used in Tirupati Liquid Waste Treatment plant - Works on principal of natural wetland - Certain plants used to absorb nutrients directly from wastewater, soil not needed - Plants act as nutrient sinker and remover - Treated water can be used for gardening purposes 2. Si Donyi festival in Arunachal Pradesh - Si Donyi: a supreme guardian who protects and cares - Celebrated by people of Tagin tribe 3. One District Two Products - Uttarakhand govt scheme where 2 products each from 13 districts are marketed by state for sales - In sync with Vocal for Local call! Stats - Tourism contributes 16% to GDP and 35% to direct employment of Goa - India's per capita CO2 emission: 1.8 tonnes (but we are 3rd largest single emitter) Reading Recommendations IE: - Let's plan a path to net zero - The Moving City (GS1: Urbanisation) TH: - India's plan to develop green Hydrogen - Why's Japan offering money to move out of Tokyo? PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

Sea ‘degree’ channels and what they separate for #UPSC #pre 🔹6 deg: Nicobar & Sumatra 🔹7 deg: Great & Little Andaman 🔹8 deg: Lakshadweep & Maldives 🔹9 deg: Lakshadweep & Minicoy 🔹10 deg: Andaman & Nicobar You can copy these channels from my Twitter to be saved to your notes👇🏻 https://twitter.com/CseWhy/status/1610998070417952770?s=20&t=x3VkAPfH1FUOIyuTfs5fcw

pre script: Get Your Visual Notes from my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 5 2023 | Thursday🚨 Join my high value blog for UPSC aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com Phygital: Physical + Digital A model adopted by corporations to take business forward. eg: HDFC opening new branches while scaling online business, UnAcademy launching offline stores while doubling down on online numbers Accessible, Affordable and Equitable How Healthcare should be delivered to people Digital Public Goods Use of tech to create digital goods for larger public interest. eg: CoWIN, Aarogya setu etc. Proactive, Holistic and Citizen Centric Aim of digital integration towards healthcare Pre related - BIND scheme: Broadcasting Infrastructure & Network Development a) 2500 cr for 2022-26 b) Vehicle to provide financial support to Prasar Bharti (PB) c) Aim to help PB w/ expansion and upgrade broadcasting infra, content and civil work Reading Recommendations IE: 1. Turning the spotlight on health (Must read article) 2. Mercury soars in Europe Winter: What's a heat dome? (note the phenomenon and role of Jet streams) 3. India's green hydrogen push 4. How 50 centrally protected monuments went missing, what next? (Note ASI act and related legislation) TH: 1. Why has a high power Ladakh committee been formed? 2. Jallikattu: Cultural practice or cruelty? 3. Reading newspapers effectively to prepare for the CSE? (by AIR03 Gamini Singla) PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

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pre script: Get Your Visual Notes from my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 4 2023 | Wednesday🚨 Join my high value blog for UPSC aspirants CSEWhy.substack.com 3C structure in Multi Domain Operations: Command, Control and Communication Quote The development of full AI could spell the end of human race - Stephen Hawking Reading Recommendations IE 1. The danger on the road (note solutions) 2. Power play beyond G20 3. Jain protests: what are the issues linked to JH and GJ shrines 4. Link b/w termite activity and a warming world TH: 1. It is crucial for India to embrace MDOs 2. Preventing animal cruelty is duty of the state 3. How is India moving to regulate online gaming? 4. On the legality of Israel's occupation 5. SC raises concern on small fishermen hit by purse seine nets (page 12; read more about this issue online) PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

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pre script: Get Your Visual Notes from my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 3 2023 | Tuesday🚨 Retributive Punishment to Rehabilitative Punishment The mindset shift needed in Indian jail system Preventive over Reactive approach towards crime Create in India An effort to develop world class games and apps in India Quote Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future - Oscar Wilde Reading Recommendations IE: - For first time in many years, no rhinos poached in Assam in 2022 - Economics and politics in Govt's promise of a year of free food grains TH: - When degrees lose their worth - The case against state control of Hindu temples - Towards reducing India's prison footprint - What is the new delimitation exercise by Assam? PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

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Friends, if you are now switching towards UPSC Prelims Prep, my Visual Notes is a must for you! You can expect direct questions from these notes in Prelims 2023. Take my advice and get your notes from the pinned message.

pre script: Get Your Visual Notes from my pinned message 🥰 🚨 January 2 2023 | Monday🚨 Deepfakes Digital media- video, audio, images etc edited and manipulated using AI; a hyper-realistic digital falsification Bad Loan A loan not serviced for a long time. SERVICE: paying back interest & small part of principal Recognition, Resolution, Recapitalisation and Reforms 4R strategy of GoI towards lowering NPAs Hidden Hunger Consuming energy-dense but micronutrients-deficient food Pre related Electronics Corporation of India u/ Department of Atomic Energy developed Remote Voting Machine Reading Recommendations IE: 1. The Millets Manifesto (combine this with old IE article: The Millets Story) 2. The path to decarbonisation TH: 1. The danger of deepfakes 2. Has India tided over problem of bad loans? 3. 'App-solute' chaos in NREGA u/ guide of transparency PS: appreciate my effort by reacting to this message ❤️

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