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Daily Notes🗒

1. President's Aides-de-Camp • Role: ADCs are PAs & Protocol Officers to manage schedule, liaison, security & ceremonial duties • Composition: 5 ADCs (3 Army, 1 Navy, 1 Air Force) + 1 honorary Territorial Army ADC; President can appoint additional honorary ADCs • Eligibility: Commissioned officers w/ 5-7 years of service, 173 cm+ height (commission concession to women) • Skills: Proficiency in English + 1 Indian language, strong communication, leadership, discretion, and physical fitness. • Why in news? Lt Cdr Yashasvi Solanki (Navy) first woman ADC to the President 2. Immigrants (expulsion from assam) act 1950 • Purpose: to expel illegal immigrants from Assam whose presence threatened public interest/STs • Key Provision: GoI can order expulsion of non residents (Sec 2), w/ exemptions for refugees fleeing Pak's civil disturbances • Penalties: Non-compliance with expulsion orders or harboring violators can lead to up to 3 years imprisonment and fines (Sect 5) • Historical Context: Addresses post-partition migration influx (1947) straining Assam's resources & demography • Relevance: Repealed in 1957 but upheld by Supreme Court (2024) for post-1971 deportations 3. Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules, 2022 (amended 2025) • Objective: The Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules, 2022 (amended 2025), allow foreign lawyers/firms to practice non-litigious matters and international arbitration in India on a reciprocity basis to boost FDI and global legal integration. • Registration: Foreign lawyers/firms must register with BCI (fees: $25k–50k), providing qualifications and NOCs; registration valid for 5 years; “fly-in, fly-out” (up to 60 days/year) exempt from registration. • Benefits: Enhances knowledge sharing, supports India’s arbitration hub goals, and creates opportunities for Indian lawyers abroad via reciprocal access. • Challenges: High registration costs, regulatory ambiguities, and competition from foreign firms; critics highlight ethical concerns and lack of stakeholder consultation.

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Indian Express 🗞 1. Old continent rising (GS2: India-Europe relations) 2. Bridging the chasm in Kashmir (GS3: Infrastructure + GS1: Society) 3. From dreams to deeds (GS3: Inclusive Growth) 4. How astronauts reach ISS? (GS3: S&T) PS: Don't stress about result, control only what you can control: YOUR MIND.

Falcon ushers a new age of 2 stage rockets: First: returns to earth Second: takes payload to target orbit

Aspirants to Insiders: Kijiye meeting meeting

In name of 'insider updates', a handful of Telegram channels are playing with sentiments of thousands of aspirants with fear mongering Classic example of a digital stampede!

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Note these places, states & what they connect! North East Deeper Connectivity 😄

Pre note: insiders are playing with your anxiety, result will come when it comes! 🚨10th June | Tuesday🚨

Daily Notes🗒

1. Guru Tegh Bahadur (9th Guru aka Hind Di Chadar) • 9th Guru: Executed by Aurangzeb in Delhi in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam & defending Kashmiri Pandits • Contribution: 115 hymns included in Guru Granth Sahib & founded Anandpur Sahib in 1655 • Legacy: His martyrdom inspired his son Guru Gobind Singh to establish Khalsa in 1699 making human rights protection central to Sikh identity 2. S Jaishankar, MEA: International relations of last quarter of the century; dominated by 5 phenomenon: - Rebalancing - Globalization - Multipolarity - Impact of tech - Games that nations have players 3.Nickel & EV Application • Use case: EV for producing batteries including Li-ion • Issues: Extraction is energy intensive producing significant CO2 [1 tonne Nickel production = upto 20 tonne CO2] • Solution: a) Use electricity as energy source to reduce emissions b) Use of Hydrogen (at high energy electrons) to extract nickel 4. Asafoetida (Hing) • Cultivation: High-altitude regions (HP, J&K, Western Himalayas (like Lahaul Spiti/Uttarkashi)) • Challenges: Plant's sensitivity to climate, needs specific altitudes & cold environments • Historic references: - Mentions found in Mahabharata, Ayurveda & Charaka Samhita (to relieve abdominal pain, enhance taste & aid digestion of undigested food) - Pippalada Samhita & Panini also include references to heeng 5. 3D of Potential GDP • Determinants: Driven by labor, capital & productivity levels • Dynamic Capacity: max sustainable output w/o triggering inflation • Demand Conditions: Investment + Innovation + Policy 6. Revise Heat Wave and its criteria here

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Indian Express 🗞 1. Chasing glory, building Bharat (GS2: Govt. schemes around sports; learn from Sports minister on sports schemes like TOPS) 2. Why Axiom-4 matters? (This article contains limited info, the details are better covered in CSEWhy 08 June telegram CA here) PS: Pre or Mains, what did you study today?

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Result is not out yet. I'll share the PDF here officially. Don't fell prey to rumours

This will tell you importance of CSEWhy Telegram, Tweets & PYQs Find Qs references to 45+ Qs in UPSC Pre25 from CSEWhy resources here👇🏻 https://x.com/CseWhy/status/1932317615734595647

Another aspirant sent this score card prediction with a message. “Now the post exam anxiety is kicking in. Bhai how do we cope up with this?” What will you tell him?

Got a DM from General category “Sir, I have 42 in GS1 & 34 in CSAT. do you think I’ll write the Mains?” What will you say this aspirant?

Solar Geoengineering + UNSC graphic details

Pre note: result will come when it will come, breathe. 🚨09th June | Monday🚨

Daily Notes🗒

1. US National Guards • Dual Command reflecting US federalism Serves state governors for domestic crisis & federal govt. for national defense • Crisis Response Key responder in disasters & public safety, bridges civilian military roles (comparable to NDRF in India) • Structure: Led by state governor's, funded jointly by state/centre • In news: POTUS summoned 'em in LA; origin 1636 2. MagIC (Magnetic Isolation and Concentration) • imaging of biological molecules at 100x lower concentrations, enhancing research capability • Purpose: To accelerate breakthroughs in drug development & disease understanding 3. Irish Bogs • Natural carbon sinks storing C in peat; makes it critical for climate change mitigation • Biodiversity hotspot: Support unique flora & fauna adapted to acidic conditions offering insights into conservation strategies • Global Policy Relevance: Ireland's bog protection issues highlighted in European Court of Justice 4. National Cadet Corps • History: estd 1948 u/ MoDefence; headed by DG (Lt. Gen) • Objectives & Role: To groom disciplined, patriotic citizens focusing on youth training, leadership, social service & nation-building, while aiding logistics & rescue during emergencies 5. UNSC Temporary Members • UNGA elects Bahrain, Columbia, DRC, Latvia & Liberia as non-permanent UNSC members for a 2 year term • Total 10 non permanent members, 5 elected every year • Pakistan: chair of UNSC 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee for 2025, vice-cair of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee Note: UNGA elects non-permanent members of UNSC 6. Aerosol Injection - Stratospheric [Solar geoengineering technique ] • Climate Mitigation Technology: Reflects sunlight to cool earth by mimicking volcanic eruptions (lowers global temperatures by 0.5°C) • Effectiveness and Risks: Could lower warming more in polar than tropics; posing risks like uneven cooling, ozone depletion & disruption in monsoon patterns • Other methods of Solar Radiation Modification i) Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB): - Spraying fine seawater droplets into low level ocean clouds to enhance reflectivity & persistence - More localized than SAI but also more technically challenging & weather dependent ii) Space Sunshades: - Place large mirrors in orbit or at Lagrange Point 1 (points where gravity of earth/sun balance each other) to block/deflect incoming solar radiation iii) Cirrus Cloud Thinning (CCT): - Aim: to reduce global warming by modifying high-altitude cirrus clouds (trapping heat due to their high ice content) - CCT injects Bismuth Tri-iodide (ice-nucleating particle) to enlarge crystals, making cirrus clouds less persistent & escape heat iv) Spraying Diamond Dust: - Spraying synthetic nanodiamonds (1-100nm) into stratosphere - Highly reflective & chemically inert; scatter solar radiation in turn cooling the planet 7. Nomadic Elephant | India-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise: To enhance interoperability; focus: counter-terrorism & UN peacekeeping in semi-urban/mountainous terrain. 8. Census revision here

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Indian Express 🗞 1. Tailoring a sector (GS3: Trade) 2. Renewable & protected (GS3: Wind Energy) PS: Pre or Mains, what did you study today?

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