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Feb 12 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
#UPSC Aspirants writing the FREE STEP-UP Test Series for #UPSCPrelims 2023 at our #Delhi branch.

Register here to write them in the online mode: opentests.insightsonindia.com
Aspirants writing the test at our #Bengaluru branch
Aspirants writing the test at our Hyderabad branch
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Feb 13
“Today’s latest devices are also the future’s E-Waste.”
PM Modi

Here’s a valuable thread on E-Waste, Waste-to-wealth, statistics, case studies & other steps related making India a Global Recycling Hub for E-Waste!

Save them to your notes 📝!
#UPSC

A 🧵:
Global E-waste Monitor 2020

•The world dumped 53.6 million metric tons of e-waste in 2019

•Global e-waste generation to touch 747 LT per year by 2030

•the e-waste generated around the world in 2019 contained raw materials (mainly iron,copper & gold) worth $57 billion
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•Only 17. 4% of e-waste was documented as formally collected & recycled in 2019

•Many developed countries have e-waste recycling rates of 50-70%

•Described e-waste as an ‘URBAN MINE’:the critical & non-critical metals in it can be recycled as secondary raw materials.
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Feb 12
Attention #UPSC Aspirants in Delhi!

•We will be offering FREE mentorship at #Delhi to ALL UPSC Aspirants:

⏰:9:30 am-5:30 pm
🗓️:Monday-Saturday

•We are also providing FREE DEMO Classes of our Foundation Program:OGP

-GEOGRAPHY is going on at our Delhi branch till 20th Feb!
GEOGRAPHY DEMO CLASSES:
⏰: 10:30 AM- 2:30 PM
🗓️: Monday to Saturday

CSAT Classes will begin on 21st February and they will continue till 9th March
⏰: 10:30 AM- 2:30 PM
🗓️: Monday to Saturday
Please fill this form if you wish to join our Foundation Program: OGP for #UPSC CSE 2024 at our #Delhi branch.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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Feb 9
India leads the charge in global energy transition, harnessing new sources of power with a determined spirit of 'VIKSIT BHARAT'.

Here are a few important snippets from the PM’s speech at the India Energy Week. Save them to your 📝

A 🧵:
#UPSC
• @IMFNews growth projections for 2023 for #India

-Going to be the fastest growing major economy

-A global bright spot in 2022 despite the pandemic & war

• @IEA The International Energy Agency:

-India’s energy demand will be the highest in the world in this decade⬇️
INDIA’s DEMAND REQUIREMENTS

•Today India's share in global oil demand is around 5% but it is expected to reach 11%.

•India's gas demand is expected to increase by 500%.
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Feb 7
Recently, CJI Chandrachud appealed to judges to apply:

•the Precautionary Principle
•Principle of Sustainable Development &
•the Public Trust Doctrine

Here’s a valuable thread 🧵on the terms & cases related to these principles!
Save them to your notes 📝!

#UPSC
The judgments of the #SupremeCourtOfIndia have interlinked:

•the survival of humanity to the survival of the environment

•The “right to life under Article 21, includes the right to wholesome environment”.
PRINCIPLE OF INTER-GENERATIONAL EQUITY

•Ensures fairness across generations by considering the well-being of future generations in the allocation of resources

•Foundation of sustainable development

•State is obligated to conserve the environment for future generations
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Feb 4
2023:“International Year of Millets”by the @UN

India:A Global Hub for Millets: ‘Shree Anna’(Mother of all Grains)

“India’s at the forefront of popularizing Millets,whose consumption furthers NUTRITION, FOOD SECURITY & WELFARE of FARMERS”PM Modi

🧵 on #Millets:

#UPSC #IYM2023
•India:largest producer & 2nd largest exporter of ‘Shree Anna’ in the world

•We grow several types: jowar,ragi,bajra,kuttu, ramdana,kangni,kutki,kodo, cheena & sama

•Among the 1st crops to be domesticated:evidence for consumption in Indus-Sarasvati civilisation:3300-1300 BCE
ECO-FRIENDLY:

•Require much less water than rice & wheat

•can be grown in rainfed areas without additional irrigation. 

•A 2019 study: “wheat & rice have the lowest green water footprints but the highest blue water footprints,while millets were exactly opposite.”⬇️
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Feb 2
Our #UPSC PYQ initiative : #PracticeToProgress. Comment below with your answers or vote in the poll below⬇️. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, that’s how you’ll learn. The solution will be posted at 9 pm.
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