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✅Gs-1 : Geography- Heatwaves and climate change
🅾️ This article talks about Factors for this extreme climate event( read this article)
⚜️How do heat waves occur? How does air mass contribute to heat waves?
⚜️Early warning for heatwaves sees huge improvement-Click here
🅾️The extreme heat in parts of India in April is attributed to climate change. Studies indicate high temperatures were 30-45 times more likely due to climate change. Without climate change, such temperatures are unlikely. World Weather Attribution research connects early summer heatwaves to climate change, with 2022 and 2023 seeing significant April heat. Heatwaves are defined by high temperatures, with IMD setting a 40-47°C threshold. Heatwaves occur when temperatures are at least 5-6°C above normal, severe if 7°C higher. Data on heat-related deaths is sparse, but NCRB and Health Ministry reported significant fatalities in 2022 and early 2023.
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🅾️ This article talks about Factors for this extreme climate event( read this article)
⚜️How do heat waves occur? How does air mass contribute to heat waves?
⚜️Early warning for heatwaves sees huge improvement-Click here
🅾️The extreme heat in parts of India in April is attributed to climate change. Studies indicate high temperatures were 30-45 times more likely due to climate change. Without climate change, such temperatures are unlikely. World Weather Attribution research connects early summer heatwaves to climate change, with 2022 and 2023 seeing significant April heat. Heatwaves are defined by high temperatures, with IMD setting a 40-47°C threshold. Heatwaves occur when temperatures are at least 5-6°C above normal, severe if 7°C higher. Data on heat-related deaths is sparse, but NCRB and Health Ministry reported significant fatalities in 2022 and early 2023.
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✅Gs-3 : Pollution- Solid waste
➡️Future Projections: Waste generation could double to 350,000 tonnes/day with population growth- Click here
🅾️Case study of New Delhi
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➡️Future Projections: Waste generation could double to 350,000 tonnes/day with population growth- Click here
🅾️Case study of New Delhi
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✅Gs-2 : RPA- Role of political parties on Indian politics
🅾️Basics : You have to go to Laxmikanth- Articles 324 to 329 - Chapter 71- Elections.
🅾️Can Social media be used to influence public opinion and create cognitive dissonance- Yes- social media has shifted from being a traditional echo chamber to playing an active role in political narratives and voter engagement.
🅾️Issue : a shift in political engagement, moving away from traditional media to more direct and often polarized forms of communication facilitated by social media platforms.
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🅾️Basics : You have to go to Laxmikanth- Articles 324 to 329 - Chapter 71- Elections.
🅾️Can Social media be used to influence public opinion and create cognitive dissonance- Yes- social media has shifted from being a traditional echo chamber to playing an active role in political narratives and voter engagement.
🅾️Issue : a shift in political engagement, moving away from traditional media to more direct and often polarized forms of communication facilitated by social media platforms.
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✅Gs-1 : Indian society- Caste as a salient feature of Indian society
🅾️What is the Complex relationship between politics, secularism, and subaltern identities?
🅾️What should you learn from here?- Observe the debates about linguistic dominance, cultural accommodation, and the strategic mobilization of subaltern groups by various political entities- i.e. the organized use of marginalized groups in political strategies- If this sounds complicated- look at this example- Read this maratha Quota Agitation as an example
🅾️Important points : language plays a critical role in politics, often used by politicians to connect with or alienate certain voter groups
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🅾️What is the Complex relationship between politics, secularism, and subaltern identities?
🅾️What should you learn from here?- Observe the debates about linguistic dominance, cultural accommodation, and the strategic mobilization of subaltern groups by various political entities- i.e. the organized use of marginalized groups in political strategies- If this sounds complicated- look at this example- Read this maratha Quota Agitation as an example
🅾️Important points : language plays a critical role in politics, often used by politicians to connect with or alienate certain voter groups
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2024 Environment imp articles :
1. What is carbon farming?-https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13381
2. Types of forests- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13358
3. Global forest spread- impact on tribal rights- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13285
4. Rat hole mining- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13076
5. What is Geoengineering- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13007 ( In the context of recent dubai floods)
1. What is carbon farming?-https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13381
2. Types of forests- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13358
3. Global forest spread- impact on tribal rights- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13285
4. Rat hole mining- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13076
5. What is Geoengineering- https://www.tg-me.com/VK IAS UPSC Highlights by Vikas kanukollu VK/com.hinduhighlights/13007 ( In the context of recent dubai floods)
✅Gs-2 : IR
🔰Question : Examine the evolution and significance of India's defence diplomacy in the context of contemporary global geopolitics. Discuss how it aligns with the broader objectives of India's national security and foreign policy, particularly in relation to emerging challenges and opportunities on the international stage.
🅾️Context : Historical development of India's defense diplomacy since the early years of independence.
🅾️Strategic Importance: Defense diplomacy is crucial for safeguarding Indian interests abroad, particularly in volatile geopolitical environments.
🅾️These diplomatic endeavors are aligned with broader national security objectives, aiming to protect and promote India's interests on the global stage
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🔰Question : Examine the evolution and significance of India's defence diplomacy in the context of contemporary global geopolitics. Discuss how it aligns with the broader objectives of India's national security and foreign policy, particularly in relation to emerging challenges and opportunities on the international stage.
🅾️Context : Historical development of India's defense diplomacy since the early years of independence.
🅾️Strategic Importance: Defense diplomacy is crucial for safeguarding Indian interests abroad, particularly in volatile geopolitical environments.
🅾️These diplomatic endeavors are aligned with broader national security objectives, aiming to protect and promote India's interests on the global stage
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✅Gs-3 : Internal security
🅾️For a brief background on AFSPA-NAGA insurgency- watch this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcg9YL7A_9Q
🅾️The three main ethnic groups in Manipur are the Meitei, the Naga, and the Kuki-Zomi-Mizo. The Meiteis form about 53% of the State's population, and the Naga and Kuki-Zomi communities constitute 17% and 26% respectively.
🅾️The recent ethnic violence has roots in complex socio-political issues and has been exacerbated by actions such as the suspension of operations agreements with certain insurgent groups. This turmoil has led to clashes, including staged protests and skirmishes with police.
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🅾️For a brief background on AFSPA-NAGA insurgency- watch this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcg9YL7A_9Q
🅾️The three main ethnic groups in Manipur are the Meitei, the Naga, and the Kuki-Zomi-Mizo. The Meiteis form about 53% of the State's population, and the Naga and Kuki-Zomi communities constitute 17% and 26% respectively.
🅾️The recent ethnic violence has roots in complex socio-political issues and has been exacerbated by actions such as the suspension of operations agreements with certain insurgent groups. This turmoil has led to clashes, including staged protests and skirmishes with police.
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✅Gs-2- IR : India- Iran relations- Explainer
🅾️Background- Chabahar port issue
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🅾️Background- Chabahar port issue
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✅Gs-3 : Economic growth- Productivity
🅾️It is the key for economic growth, job creation, and improved quality of life. India’s productivity has grown 5.6% annually since 1997, doubling GDP per worker from $6,200 in 1997 to $21,800 in 2022, second only to China
🅾️MGI reports 70% of productivity improvement is due to capital growth per worker, but India's capital stock per worker is still lower than China's and Central/Eastern Europe. Indian companies must better utilize capital, as 1000 firms account for 70% of market capitalization but show poor returns on invested capital (ROIC)
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🅾️It is the key for economic growth, job creation, and improved quality of life. India’s productivity has grown 5.6% annually since 1997, doubling GDP per worker from $6,200 in 1997 to $21,800 in 2022, second only to China
🅾️MGI reports 70% of productivity improvement is due to capital growth per worker, but India's capital stock per worker is still lower than China's and Central/Eastern Europe. Indian companies must better utilize capital, as 1000 firms account for 70% of market capitalization but show poor returns on invested capital (ROIC)
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✅Gs-3 : Conservation- Illegal mining
🅾️Context : SC has attempted to halt illegal mining in and around Sariska since 1991, hindered by unclear reserve borders. Recent orders by SC to enforce a 1km periphery around Sariska’s critical tiger habitat (CTH) revive efforts to curb mining activities.
🅾️ SC's consistent rulings emphasize the urgency of protecting Sariska’s tiger habitat.
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🅾️Context : SC has attempted to halt illegal mining in and around Sariska since 1991, hindered by unclear reserve borders. Recent orders by SC to enforce a 1km periphery around Sariska’s critical tiger habitat (CTH) revive efforts to curb mining activities.
🅾️ SC's consistent rulings emphasize the urgency of protecting Sariska’s tiger habitat.
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✅Gs-3 : Conservation- Household Environmental Footprints
🅾️Essential for addressing global concerns like water scarcity and pollution.Focuses on localized or regionalized environmental issues.
🅾️Urgency in addressing high consumption by affluent households to align with global sustainability goals. Encourages protective measures and initiatives focusing on broad and multi-footprint analysis. Need for policies that equitably address the disparity in environmental burden among different socio-economic groups.
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🅾️Essential for addressing global concerns like water scarcity and pollution.Focuses on localized or regionalized environmental issues.
🅾️Urgency in addressing high consumption by affluent households to align with global sustainability goals. Encourages protective measures and initiatives focusing on broad and multi-footprint analysis. Need for policies that equitably address the disparity in environmental burden among different socio-economic groups.
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✅Gs-3 : Economic growth- India's macroeconomic performance since 2014
🅾️Plus:
⚜️1. Employment and Real Wages: Despite the rise in the working-age population, real wages for regular workers increased marginally.
⚜️2. Infrastructure Growth: Significant infrastructure projects launched.
⚜️3. Capital Expenditure: Grew at over 20% annually for the last four years, with 37.4% growth in the fiscal year ending March 2024.
⚜️4. Job Security: MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) registrations increased, indicating job security for rural workers.
🅾️Minuses : Unemployment Rate+ Real Wage Growth+ Job Creation from Infrastructure + Fiscal Situation + Inflation
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🅾️Plus:
⚜️1. Employment and Real Wages: Despite the rise in the working-age population, real wages for regular workers increased marginally.
⚜️2. Infrastructure Growth: Significant infrastructure projects launched.
⚜️3. Capital Expenditure: Grew at over 20% annually for the last four years, with 37.4% growth in the fiscal year ending March 2024.
⚜️4. Job Security: MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) registrations increased, indicating job security for rural workers.
🅾️Minuses : Unemployment Rate+ Real Wage Growth+ Job Creation from Infrastructure + Fiscal Situation + Inflation
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✅Gs-2 : IR- IMEC- Issues and solution.
🅾️During the course of Gazar war, the Houthis in Yemen have blocked the ships of Israel and its western allies from accessing the Red Sea, despite naval deployment by the U.S. Navy and Europe. As a result, Israel and its western allies have been forced to take the longer route across the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, increasing shipping time and costs.- Click here
🅾️What is the point made here?- Overcoming missing links and insulating IMEC from regional conflicts is essential for its success as a trade facilitator across regions- For this Oman provides an alternative route, with its ports accessible from the Arabian Sea, avoiding the Persian Gulf region. Read about India Oman relations- Click here
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🅾️During the course of Gazar war, the Houthis in Yemen have blocked the ships of Israel and its western allies from accessing the Red Sea, despite naval deployment by the U.S. Navy and Europe. As a result, Israel and its western allies have been forced to take the longer route across the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, increasing shipping time and costs.- Click here
🅾️What is the point made here?- Overcoming missing links and insulating IMEC from regional conflicts is essential for its success as a trade facilitator across regions- For this Oman provides an alternative route, with its ports accessible from the Arabian Sea, avoiding the Persian Gulf region. Read about India Oman relations- Click here
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#Geography #Placesinnews #IR
✅Important topics for Prelims 2024- Places in news- IR.
⚜️1. Amhara Region- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/489
⚜️2. Gaza cities- Rafah- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/509
⚜️3. Odesa and other major cities in Ukraine- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/485 and https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/454 , https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/269 , Pripyat River , Nord Stream 2 Pipeline (NS2P) project
⚜️4. Bucharest Nine (B9) Countries- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/300
⚜️5. Finlandization- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/295
⚜️6. IMEC- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/548
⚜️7. Myanmar- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/549
✅Important topics for Prelims 2024- Places in news- IR.
⚜️1. Amhara Region- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/489
⚜️2. Gaza cities- Rafah- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/509
⚜️3. Odesa and other major cities in Ukraine- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/485 and https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/454 , https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/269 , Pripyat River , Nord Stream 2 Pipeline (NS2P) project
⚜️4. Bucharest Nine (B9) Countries- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/300
⚜️5. Finlandization- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/295
⚜️6. IMEC- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/548
⚜️7. Myanmar- https://www.tg-me.com/Geohighlights/549
✅Gs-2 : Criminal Justice system- Prison reforms
🅾️What is the Model Prisons Act announced by the MHA?- Click here
➡️Read about Prison reforms and other reforms
🅾️India Justice Report (IJR)- click here
🔰Present context : Prison reforms- Impact of poor prison conditions on women prisoners- Menstrual Hygiene in Indian Prisons- National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB): Reports 23,772 women in Indian prisons, 77% in the reproductive age group (18-50 years) likely to menstruate. But Sanitary napkin distribution varies among different prisons. Many facilities do not meet satisfactory standards.
🅾️For recommendations read the article- Immediate measures are required to ensure equity and dignity for women prisoners, addressing both policy implementation and practical access to facilities and products.
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🅾️What is the Model Prisons Act announced by the MHA?- Click here
➡️Read about Prison reforms and other reforms
🅾️India Justice Report (IJR)- click here
🔰Present context : Prison reforms- Impact of poor prison conditions on women prisoners- Menstrual Hygiene in Indian Prisons- National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB): Reports 23,772 women in Indian prisons, 77% in the reproductive age group (18-50 years) likely to menstruate. But Sanitary napkin distribution varies among different prisons. Many facilities do not meet satisfactory standards.
🅾️For recommendations read the article- Immediate measures are required to ensure equity and dignity for women prisoners, addressing both policy implementation and practical access to facilities and products.
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✅Gs-3 : Conservation - Kerala Eucalyptus
🅾️Eco-Restoration Policy of kerala (2021):
⚜️What is it for?- Addressed the "proliferation of invasive species unsuitable for our environment."
⚜️It noted depletion of natural forests, forcing wild animals into human-occupied areas, increasing human-wildlife conflict.
⚜️Rationale: Mitigate climate change effects and restore natural habitats.
🅾️Issue : Kerala Government Issued an order allowing Kerala Forest Development Corporation (KFDC) to plant eucalyptus trees for financial livelihood.Environmentalists argued that allowing KFDC to plant eucalyptus contradicted the eco-restoration policy.
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🅾️Eco-Restoration Policy of kerala (2021):
⚜️What is it for?- Addressed the "proliferation of invasive species unsuitable for our environment."
⚜️It noted depletion of natural forests, forcing wild animals into human-occupied areas, increasing human-wildlife conflict.
⚜️Rationale: Mitigate climate change effects and restore natural habitats.
🅾️Issue : Kerala Government Issued an order allowing Kerala Forest Development Corporation (KFDC) to plant eucalyptus trees for financial livelihood.Environmentalists argued that allowing KFDC to plant eucalyptus contradicted the eco-restoration policy.
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