UPSC Ethics, integrity and Aptitude

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🔘ATTITUDE  ◾️How we approach a situation; our likes and dislikes towards different things and ideas; It could be positive, negative or neutral. An attitude is an expression of favour or disfavor towards a person, place, thing or event.  ◾️Attitude is the manifestation of our value system. If we know the value system of a person, we can predict his attitude towards a thing or idea. Attitude can be shaped by a person’s past and present environment.

15 powerful life lessons to learn from Lao Tzu

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The purpose of life is to be happy, said the Dalai Lama The Bhagavad Gita says of life; “Whatever happened, happened for the good; Whatever is happening, is happening for the good; and whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.” This warrants us to evolve to find equilibrium to face the unending uncertainties. The spin­offs The handling of the pandemic during the dark year, 2020, annus horribilis, has some positives. While it normally takes several years to come up with a vaccine, the scientific community has succeeded in finding some candidates for COVID­19 in less than a year, much to the relief of all. The vaccine has begun to be administered already in some parts of the world. Vaccinating people all across the globe is the next big challenge. India has risen admirably as a nation to fight the pandemic. A parliamentary panel that examined various aspects of its handling has appreciated the grit and the determination that underlined this massive national effort and has complimented all stakeholders for the same even as it chronicled the hardship caused. The way the spread of virus and mortality has been kept under check are no mean achievements T he legendary military theorist, Sun Tzu, is once said to have observed that the critical element in battle was foreknowledge, but that it “could not be elicited from spirits, nor from gods, nor by analogy with past events, nor from calculations”

#Free_Speech 💎 I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. – Voltaire

Rightly said A picture is worth a thousand words ! The message is similar to what we discussed in class during a crisp discussion on "Ethics of War".