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conventional war- conflict between nations or states using traditional military forces.

Civil War -Conflicts within a country

Guerrilla Warfare-irregular warfare involves small groups using ambushes and mobility

Proxy War-, major powers support other countries or groups to fight on their behalf.

Cyber Warfare- this involves attacks on digital infrastructure,info.system,

Economic War-conflicts take the form of sanctions, trade embargoes, and financial blockades.

Psychological Warfare- the manipulation of information and propaganda campaigns to influence the perceptions,attitude,behaviour of targeted population/group.

Important article on steel sector in India.
This article coveres holistically the steel industries.

Facts, policies and targets are mentioned here in this article..

Are we now outsourcing not just the act of writing but the very act of thinking?

Detailed and thought provoking article on how AI is colonising our cognitive ability also.

There should be a balanced approach to AI, using it for basic assistance while critical thinking remains with human beings.

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Essay, GS3

India Unveils National Sports Policy 2025: Aiming for Global Sporting Powerhouse Status

he Union Cabinet has approved the "National Sports Policy (NSP) 2025," a transformative initiative designed to propel India into a global sporting powerhouse, with a strong focus on the 2036 Olympic Games. This new policy replaces the 2001 framework and is the result of extensive consultations across various stakeholders.

The NSP 2025 is built upon five core pillars:

1. Excellence on the Global Stage: Strengthening sports from grassroots to elite levels, nurturing talent, improving infrastructure, and enhancing athlete support and coaching.

2.Sports for Economic Development: Promoting sports tourism, manufacturing, startups, and private sector participation through PPPs and CSR.

3.Sports for Social Development: Ensuring inclusivity for women, economically weaker sections, tribal communities, and persons with disabilities, and promoting indigenous games.

4.Sports as a People's Movement: Driving mass participation, fitness culture through nationwide campaigns, and increasing access to facilities.

5.Integration with Education (NEP 2020): Incorporating sports into school curricula and providing specialized training for educators.

Popular Books/source for UPSC:

Indian Polity : Laxmikant
Geography: 4 NCERT+ GC Leong + Periyar book
History: Spectrum (Modern)
NCERT (Ancient and Mediaeval) I read Vajiram yellow books.
Economy: Shriram IAS notes
Environment: Shankar IAS, PMF IAS
Article and Culture: CCRT notes and NCER (Introduction to Indian Art part 1)
The Hindu

For mains

Only IAS prahar
Raus Compass
Rushikesh Reddy's notes on Insight on India website.
Yojana
DK Balaji books on ethics
You can add your source

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Article on Digital India written by PM.
This article is insightful and can be used in Essay, GS 3, GS 2 (Govt policies).

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Article on basic structure doctrine of constitution

Important Supreme court judgements:

Fundamental Rights : Keshvanand Bharti 1973
Justice Puttaswamy Judgement 2018
Maneka Gandhi Judgement

Women Saftey :
Vishakja Judgement


Social Justice :Shah Bano 1985

Indra Sawhney 1992

Environmental:

M C Mehta Judgement 1986

Governance

S R Bommai 1994

Lily Thomas 2013

ADR on Electoral Bonds 2024.


Social Media:

Shreya Singhal case 2015

Anuradha Bhasin Case 2020

On Anti Defection

Kihito Hollohan case 1992

Nebam Rabia case 2016

On Ordinance :

RC Cooper Case 1970

A K Roy Case 192

D C Wadhwa 1987


Just google in important information regarding the case

This list of case is important for UPSC mains.

India is facing a surge in factory accidents recently. The latest incident was a blast at the Sigachi factory in Telangana. On average, three people are dying every day due to factory accidents. India has already implemented the Labour Code on Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions. This issue is crucial for disaster management and the ease of doing business in the country
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Receiving appreciation for your work from fellow aspirants is truly rewarding.

A very well-written and holistic article on Indian cities by @amitabhk87 sir. Sir has discussed issues of Indian cities, ranging from air pollution and waste management to inadequate infrastructure and poor network connectivity compard with Seoul and Singapore, and also highlighted the best practices incorporated by Indore for waste management.
This article will give you several facts which can be useful for value addition in the answers of GS 2 and 3
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Vehicle per 100 population in major cities of India.

Banglore: 100 vehicles per 100 people.

Hyderabad: 73 vehicles per 100 people

Pune: 68 vehicles per 100 people

Ahmedabad and chennai: 52 vehicles per 100 people.

Mumbai: 27 vehicles per 100 people (because of Local)

Delhi: 27 vehicles per 100 people (because of metro )

Courtesy: Editorial in The Goan by Dr Jayprakash Narayan Sir.