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Updated: November 16, 2023 | Original: October 6, 2017

HISTORY: Hinduism

Hinduism is the world’s oldest religion, according to many scholars, with roots and customs dating back more than 4,000 years. Today, with more than 1 billion followers , Hinduism is the third-largest religion worldwide, after Christianity and Islam . Roughly 94 percent of the world’s Hindus live in India. Because the religion has no specific founder, it’s difficult to trace its origins and history. Hinduism is unique in that it’s not a single religion but a compilation of many traditions and philosophies: Hindus worship a number of different gods and minor deities, honor a range of symbols, respect several different holy books and celebrate with a wide variety of traditions, holidays and customs. Though the development of the caste system in India was influenced by Hindu concepts , it has been shaped throughout history by political as well as religious movements, and today is much less rigidly enforced. Today there are four major sects of Hinduism: Shaivism, Vaishnava, Shaktism and Smarta, as well as a number of smaller sects with their own religious practices.

Hinduism Beliefs, Symbols

Some basic Hindu concepts include:

  • Hinduism embraces many religious ideas. For this reason, it’s sometimes referred to as a “way of life” or a “family of religions,” as opposed to a single, organized religion.
  • Most forms of Hinduism are henotheistic, which means they worship a single deity, known as “Brahman,” but still recognize other gods and goddesses. Followers believe there are multiple paths to reaching their god.
  • Hindus believe in the doctrines of samsara (the continuous cycle of life, death, and reincarnation) and karma (the universal law of cause and effect).
  • One of the key thoughts of Hinduism is “atman,” or the belief in soul. This philosophy holds that living creatures have a soul, and they’re all part of the supreme soul. The goal is to achieve “moksha,” or salvation, which ends the cycle of rebirths to become part of the absolute soul.
  • One fundamental principle of the religion is the idea that people’s actions and thoughts directly determine their current life and future lives.
  • Hindus strive to achieve dharma, which is a code of living that emphasizes good conduct and morality.
  • Hindus revere all living creatures and consider the cow a sacred animal.
  • Food is an important part of life for Hindus. Most don’t eat beef or pork, and many are vegetarians.
  • Hinduism is closely related to other Indian religions, including Buddhism , Sikhism and Jainism.

Swastika in Hinduism

There are two primary symbols associated with Hinduism, the om and the swastika. The word swastika means "good fortune" or "being happy" in Sanskrit, and the symbol represents good luck . (A hooked, diagonal variation of the swastika later became associated with Germany’s Nazi Party  when they made it their symbol in 1920.)

The om symbol is composed of three Sanskrit letters and represents three sounds (a, u and m), which when combined are considered a sacred sound. The om symbol is often found at family shrines and in Hindu temples.

Hinduism Holy Books

Hindus value many sacred writings as opposed to one holy book.

The primary sacred texts, known as the Vedas, were composed around 1500 B.C. This collection of verses and hymns was written in Sanskrit and contains revelations received by ancient saints and sages.

The Vedas are made up of:

  • The Rig Veda
  • The Samaveda
  • Atharvaveda

Hindus believe that the Vedas transcend all time and don’t have a beginning or an end.

The Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, 18 Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata are also considered important texts in Hinduism.

Origins of Hinduism

Most scholars believe Hinduism started somewhere between 2300 B.C. and 1500 B.C. in the Indus Valley, near modern-day Pakistan. But many Hindus argue that their faith is timeless and has always existed.

Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs.

Around 1500 B.C., the Indo-Aryan people migrated to the Indus Valley, and their language and culture blended with that of the indigenous people living in the region. There’s some debate over who influenced whom more during this time.

The period when the Vedas were composed became known as the “Vedic Period” and lasted from about 1500 B.C. to 500 B.C. Rituals, such as sacrifices and chanting, were common in the Vedic Period.

The Epic, Puranic and Classic Periods took place between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500. Hindus began to emphasize the worship of deities, especially Vishnu, Shiva and Devi.

The concept of dharma was introduced in new texts, and other faiths, such as Buddhism and Jainism, spread rapidly.

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

Hinduism and Buddhism have many similarities. Buddhism, in fact, arose out of Hinduism, and both believe in reincarnation, karma and that a life of devotion and honor is a path to salvation and enlightenment. 

But some key differences exist between the two religions: Many strains of Buddhism reject the caste system, and do away with many of the rituals, the priesthood, and the gods that are integral to Hindu faith.

Medieval and Modern Hindu History

The Medieval Period of Hinduism lasted from about A.D. 500 to 1500. New texts emerged, and poet-saints recorded their spiritual sentiments during this time.

In the 7th century, Muslim Arabs began invading areas in India. During parts of the Muslim Period, which lasted from about 1200 to 1757, Islamic rulers prevented Hindus from worshipping their deities, and some temples were destroyed.

Mahatma Gandhi

Between 1757 and 1947, the British controlled India. At first, the new rulers allowed Hindus to practice their religion without interference, but the British soon attempted to exploit aspects of Indian culture as leverage points for political control, in some cases exacerbating Hindu caste divisions even as they promoted westernized, Christian approaches.

Many reformers emerged during the British Period. The well-known politician and peace activist, Mahatma Gandhi , led a movement that pushed for India’s independence.

The partition of India occurred in 1947, and Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. British India was split into what are now the independent nations of India and Pakistan , and Hinduism became the major religion of India.

Starting in the 1960s, many Hindus migrated to North America and Britain, spreading their faith and philosophies to the western world.

Gandhi and Hinduism

Hindus worship many gods and goddesses in addition to Brahman, who is believed to be the supreme God force present in all things.

Some of the most prominent deities include:

  • Brahma: the god responsible for the creation of the world and all living things
  • Vishnu: the god that preserves and protects the universe
  • Shiva: the god that destroys the universe in order to recreate it
  • Devi: the goddess that fights to restore dharma
  • Krishna: the god of compassion, tenderness and love
  • Lakshmi: the goddess of wealth and purity
  • Saraswati: the goddess of learning

Places of Worship

Hindu worship, which is known as “puja,” typically takes place in the Mandir (temple). Followers of Hinduism can visit the Mandir any time they please.

Hindus can also worship at home, and many have a special shrine dedicated to certain gods and goddesses.

The giving of offerings is an important part of Hindu worship. It’s a common practice to present gifts, such as flowers or oils, to a god or goddess.

Additionally, many Hindus take pilgrimages to temples and other sacred sites in India.

Hinduism Sects

Hinduism has many sects, and the following are often considered the four major denominations.

Shaivism is one of the largest denominations of Hinduism, and its followers worship Shiva, sometimes known as “The Destroyer,” as their supreme deity.

Shaivism spread from southern India into Southeast Asia and is practiced in Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia as well as India. Like the other major sects of Hinduism, Shaivism considers the Vedas and the Upanishads to be sacred texts.

Vaishnavism is considered the largest Hindu sect, with an estimated 640 million followers, and is practiced worldwide. It includes sub-sects that are familiar to many non-Hindus, including Ramaism and Krishnaism.

Vaishnavism recognizes many deities, including Vishnu, Lakshmi, Krishna and Rama, and the religious practices of Vaishnavism vary from region to region across the Indian subcontinent.

Shaktism is somewhat unique among the four major traditions of Hinduism in that its followers worship a female deity, the goddess Shakti (also known as Devi).

Shaktism is sometimes practiced as a monotheistic religion, while other followers of this tradition worship a number of goddesses. This female-centered denomination is sometimes considered complementary to Shaivism, which recognizes a male deity as supreme.

The Smarta or Smartism tradition of Hinduism is somewhat more orthodox and restrictive than the other four mainstream denominations. It tends to draw its followers from the Brahman upper caste of Indian society.

Smartism followers worship five deities: Vishnu, Shiva, Devi, Ganesh and Surya. Their temple at Sringeri is generally recognized as the center of worship for the denomination.

Some Hindus elevate the Hindu trinity, which consists of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Others believe that all the deities are a manifestation of one.

Hindu Caste System

The caste system is a social hierarchy in India that divides Hindus based on their karma and dharma. Although the word “caste” is of Portuguese origin, it is used to describe aspects of the related Hindu concepts of varna (color or race) and jati (birth). Many scholars believe the system dates back more than 3,000 years.

The four main castes (in order of prominence) include:

  • Brahmin: the intellectual and spiritual leaders
  • Kshatriyas: the protectors and public servants of society
  • Vaisyas: the skillful producers
  • Shudras: the unskilled laborers

Many subcategories also exist within each caste. The “Untouchables” are a class of citizens that are outside the caste system and considered to be in the lowest level of the social hierarchy.

For centuries, the caste system determined most aspect of a person’s social, professional and religious status in India.

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When India became an independent nation, its constitution banned discrimination based on caste.

Today, the caste system still exists in India but is loosely followed. Many of the old customs are overlooked, but some traditions, such as only marrying within a specific caste, are still embraced.

Hindu Holiday, Diwali

Hindus observe numerous sacred days, holidays and festivals.

Some of the most well-known include:

  • Diwali : the festival of lights
  • Navaratri: a celebration of fertility and harvest
  • Holi: a spring festival
  • Krishna Janmashtami: a tribute to Krishna’s birthday
  • Raksha Bandhan: a celebration of the bond between brother and sister
  • Maha Shivaratri: the great festival of Shiva

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Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions

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Sending human remains to the Moon on the first commercial lunar lander, Peregrine 1, on Jan. 8, 2024, along with scientific instruments , caused a controversy.

Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, objected, saying that “ the moon holds a sacred place ” in Navajo and other tribal traditions and should not be defiled in this way. The inside of the lander was to be a kind of “ space burial ” for remains of some 70 people. Each of the families had paid over US$12,000 for a permanent memorial on the Moon .

As professors of religious studies who have taught courses on death rites, we know that death rituals in the world’s religions have been shaped by millennia of tradition and practice. While these ashes didn’t make it to the Moon because of a propellant leak , their presence on the lander raised some important religious issues: Beliefs about the polluting nature of the corpse, the acceptability of cremation and the sacredness of the Moon vary across traditions.

Jewish death rituals and purification

In ancient Judaism, certain activities were believed to be polluting, rendering a person unfit to participate in prayers and animal sacrifices offered exclusively at the Temple in Jerusalem. There were many ways in which one could become ritually unclean, and each level of pollution was cleansed by an appropriate purification rite. Direct contact with a human corpse was believed to cause the most intense form of pollution; even touching a person or object that had been in contact with a corpse would cause a lesser level of defilement.

After the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 C.E. , Jewish religious practice changed dramatically, including rules about purification. These days, after a burial or visit to a cemetery, many Jewish people wash their hands to wash away negative spirits or energy .

In Judaism, the bodies of the dead are to be buried or entombed in the earth. Cremation of human bodies, rejected for centuries , has become more popular but still remains a controversial option due to the older tradition of respect for the body as a creation of God – to be buried intact and without mutilation.

Christian death rituals over the centuries

Before Christianity developed in the first century C.E., Roman civil religion stressed the need to separate the living from the dead. Corpses or cremated remains were interred in burial places outside cities and town – in the necropolis , literally a city of the dead. As in Judaism, any visitor needed purification afterward.

As monotheists, Christians rejected belief in the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, including the Moon goddess called Selene or Luna . They also refused to participate in Roman state religious rituals or activities based on pagan polytheism. Decades later, after Christianity became the official imperial religion, Christians moved the remains of people they considered holy into towns and cities to be re-entombed for easier veneration inside churches.

During the medieval period, ordinary Christians desired to be buried close to these saints in anticipation of the resurrection of the body at the second coming of Christ. Graveyards around the church were consecrated as “holy ground .” In this way, Christians believed that the departed might continue to benefit from the holiness of the saints . Their bodies were considered sources of spiritual blessing rather than causes of spiritual pollution.

A relief showing a corpse being placed in a coffin as people stand around, one holding a tall crucifix.

Increasingly today, cremation is considered acceptable, although the Catholic Church requires that cremated remains must not be scattered or partitioned but buried or placed elsewhere in cemeteries.

Unlike some other religions, neither Judaism nor Christianity considers the Moon divine or sacred. As part of God’s creation, it plays a role in setting the religious calendars. In both Jewish and Christian spiritual writing, the Moon is used as a spiritual analogy : in Judaism, of the majesty of God, and in Christianity, of Christ and the church.

Islamic beliefs on burial

Cremation is strictly prohibited in Islam . After death, the deceased is ritually washed, wrapped in shrouds and brought for burial in a cemetery as soon as possible.

After a funeral prayer , led by an imam or senior member of the community, the deceased is buried – usually without a coffin – with their head oriented toward the holy city of Mecca. The soul of the deceased is said to visit their loved ones on the seventh and 40th days after death.

The Quran warns against worshiping the Moon , as was done in pre-Islamic culture, because worship is due to God alone.

In September 2007, when the first Muslim astronaut from Malaysia got ready to go into space, the Malaysian National Space Agency published religious directives on burial rituals for Muslims in space. These directives said if bringing the body back wasn’t possible, then he would be “interred” in space after a brief ceremony. And if no water was available in space for the ceremonial rituals, then “holy dust” should be swept onto the face and hands “even if there is no dust” in the space station.

Hindu and Buddhist funerary practices

Hinduism is a diverse religion, and so funeral practices often vary according to culture and context. Most commonly, death and the period following a person’s death are associated with ritual pollution . Because of this, the deceased should be cremated within 24 hours after death.

The cremation of the corpse cuts the ties of the soul, or the atman , to the body, allowing it to move on to the next level of existence and eventually be reincarnated. The ashes are collected and placed into an urn on the third day after cremation and immersed in a body of water, ideally a sacred river such as the Ganges.

Within Hinduism, the Moon has played an important role in conceptualizing what happens to the dead. For example, the ancient Hindu texts describe the spirits of the virtuous dead as entering Chandraloka, or the realm of the Moon, where they experience happiness for a time before being reincarnated.

In the many forms of Buddhism, death provides an opportunity for mourners to reflect on the impermanence of all things . While in Tibetan Buddhism there is the tradition of “ sky burial ,” in which the deceased is dismembered and left to the elements, in most forms of Buddhism the dead are usually cremated and, as in Hinduism, the corpse is considered polluting beforehand.

A person lighting a candle at an altar, painted in red color, with white flowers in two vases and incense sticks in a small pot.

In older forms of Buddhism in Nepal and Tibet, the Moon was understood to be identified with the god Chandra , who rides on a chariot. The Moon is also one of the nine astrological deities whose movement provides insight for reckoning individual and collective futures.

Difficult questions

In response to the Navajo objection that landing ashes on the Moon was a defilement, the CEO of Celestis, the company that paid for capsules containing the ashes, issued a statement stressing that launching containers of human ashes to the Moon is “the antithesis of desecration … it’s celebration.”

In the end, the question was moot. Peregrine 1 never made its soft landing on the Moon because of an engine malfunction, and its payload was destroyed after entering the atmosphere.

As more people decide to send their ashes into space, however, religious conflicts are bound to arise. The key concern, and not just for the Navajo Nation, will be how to respect all religious traditions as humans explore and commercialize the Moon. It still remains a problem today here on Earth.

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We welcome your pitches to Guardian Opinion – it’s best to send them via email, to [email protected].

We receive hundreds of pitches a day, so we can’t get back to every email unfortunately, but there are some simple things you can do to maximise your chances of being published.

1) Don’t send fully written pieces

It can be tempting, when you have an idea, to write the whole piece, and send it over, but it’s very rare for us to publish a piece in these circumstances. This is because editors like to work closely and carefully with a writer to determine the best length and focus for a piece. In some cases, we will already have published other pieces on the subject you’d like to write about, so we will only commission you if your piece can explore a specific element of the story that has yet to be considered. When an article has been written on spec, this early stage conversation between an editor and writer isn’t possible.

2) Send over one idea at a time, two at the most

When there are more ideas than that in an email – we’ve been known to receive emails with 20 ideas – it can feel as if we’re being sent a round robin, as if the ideas haven’t been developed with our section specifically in mind. If you send over a single idea, it makes it much easier for us to consider it properly, and get back to you.

3) Keep it fairly short, and simple

Pitches for a 700-800 word column (the average length of our pieces) don’t need to be more than a few paragraphs long. We’re just looking for an outline of what you’d like to write about, including a description of the argument you would be making, plus any details that help bring the subject to life and explain why it’s important for us to cover it.

4) Explain why this piece needs to be written right now

Most of the pieces that we run on Guardian Opinion are news reactive, so they respond to a specific news story that has recently broken. The news story is the “peg” for the column – the reason why this is a pressing issue that readers need to hear more about. Occasionally, an opinion will be so interesting that we’ll run it without a specific news peg. But those occasions are pretty rare.

5) Explain why you’re the right person to write this piece

Perhaps you’re an expert in the particular subject you’d like to write about, or you have a personal story that will bring readers new insight into an aspect of the day’s news. You might work in an industry that has just been the subject of a breaking story, and want to opine on it. Make sure to tell us, in your email, why you’re the right person to write this particular story. It’s also worth mentioning, briefly, any writing experience you’ve had in the past, but don’t be put off pitching us a piece simply because you haven’t been published before. We take many pieces from first-time writers, because they’ve been exactly the right person to write the column in question. In fact, those have often proved some of our liveliest pieces.

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It is not helpful to simply write “column pitch”, because your email will arrive in our inbox alongside hundreds of other emails with exactly the same subject line. A few precise words on exactly what you’re interested in writing about make it much more likely that an interested editor will be able to find your pitch, later in the day, when they have a chance to get back to you.

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Introduction

We will try to address it from Prelims, Mains and Interview point of view so that it becomes easy for your future preparation.

In a day you have 24 hours and loads of stuffs to prepare. Newspapers are very important part of your preparation and a significant one considering the amount of time one consumes while studying from it. Those who have understood the syllabus and pattern of the examination well, have less worries but a beginner (having less understanding of syllabus and pattern) takes substantial time to read and prepare from it.

A person just started with UPSC preparation always finds it difficult and complains about spending too much time reading the newspapers . And it is a genuine concern because if one spends 4-5 hours for newspapers, then his/her concern is justified.

Honestly, one has to be very well versed with the syllabus and pattern of UPSC before jumping to prepare from newspapers. We suggest you to read the syllabus thoroughly, because – 

It will help you in picking-up the right articles/issues from the Newspaper , while leaving out irrelevant ones from the exam perspective. It will also reduce your time spent on the Newspapers, as you will know which articles to read and which articles to skip.  

If one has poor understanding of basic economics, Polity etc, then how can you expect him/her to understand any ongoing issue?

For example , if the article is about ‘ crude oil price cut and its impact on India and the world’ , then basic economy is required to understand it in a better way. Also, with clarity of concepts it will be very easy for you to go through newspapers in less time. It is not advised neither encouraged to read from newspapers to learn basic concepts. It will kill you preparation and confidence.

Anyways, we have tried to consider all the aspects from beginner’s as well as from the veteran’s point of view . Let us start.

Some tips to follow

  • Never focus on political news as- Janta Parties are finally a Parivar
  • Never read political remarks
  • Always focus on socio-economic issues like Women issues, Education or Health related issues, Issues or policies affecting vulnerable sections etc.
  • Always focus on issues of national and international importance.
  • Focus should be on political issues related to Indian Constitution, Legislative and Administrative processes
  • Focus on Supreme Court or High Court verdicts
  • Do not pay attention to deaths, awards or sports section unless significant- Just a formal read
  • Always read the syllabus of Prelims and Mains-Time and Again until you memorize it. Take a glance at Mind Maps of the Mains Syllabus at IASbaba.com. This is done for your convenience 🙂
  • This will make sure that you are not missing topics related to your syllabus.

As a sample, we have taken The Hindu dated 16 th April . Here is the link for the front page

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-index/?date=2015-04-16

If you click on the link, it leads to front page of The Hindu- 16 th April. Now go through the titles and analyze them. What topics are worth studying? Or Reading? There is a difference in studying and reading!!

Now let us check the news on front page…

After split verdict, larger SC Bench to take a call on Bhavani Singh

Is it important? It is a political news – Jaylalitha case? We should neglect it!!!

Yes it is but if you are following her case, it is about judiciary and Indian Justice System. It is regarding appointment of Special Public Prosecutors .

Now this is important for you. How?

  • Prepare about SPP
  • His appointment, role and responsibilities
  • What Indian Constitution says about SPP?
  • Whether it is mentioned in the Constitution?
  • This can be asked in Prelims.
  • Do not write a story of the case in point. Focus on the required stuff that is important for you and move on.

Fact-finding team visits Sitheri hills

Nothing to prepare from this article, is it?

  • Sitheri Hills- Tamil Nadu- Eastern Ghats- Location based question for Prelims
  • People’s Watch- What is it?
  • Human Right Monitoring Body
  • From Mains perspective, a case can be prepared on Working of NGO’s for Human Rights in India. You can use People’s Watch work as it is a National Level body now. How they monitor human rights violation and the ways to tackle it?
  • Do not go deep into it but yes, a brief knowledge of its working and achievements forms part of Paper 2- NGO and it’s working.

Flow into Periyar dam doubles in 24 hours

A simple article explaining the flow of water level in the dam and a beginner can easily neglect it. But there is a serious issue of “Mullaperiyar Dam” between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

  • Points to ponder- Dam is in Kerala but operated by TN. Why?
  • Read about Periyar river in Kerala- Flowing to east or west?
  • Inter-State Water Dispute- Mains related stuff
  • Try to study the issue and then simplify arguments of both sides, Kerala and Tamil Nadu- its impact on people, environment and economy.

Cocaine worth 6.5 crore seized at IGI airport

How is this important?

  • Cocaine- Health and legal issues related to it.
  • From Prelims point of view- You should know its advantages and disadvantages.
  • UPSC always leave innocent aspirants go blind- Like How many of you know that it can be used in the form of an eye-drop for Parkinson’s disease. It can also be used as Anesthetic?
  • Geography- Location of Cocaine plantation
  • Issues- Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking

Panel on Official Secrets Act to meet today

Very important. How?

  • Indian Official Secret Act 1923- A colonial Law
  • Conflict with Right to Information and person having or seeking information.
  • In the OSA clause 6, information from any governmental office is considered official information; hence it can be used to overrideRight to Information Act 2005  This has drawn harsh criticism.
  • OSA has been a matter of debate since long time. Read about the issues of Indian Navy, Air-force and Army with Official Secret Act.

Note: Avoid rest of the articles as they are not important for your preparation. Move on to next section, say National

Petrol, diesel prices cut

A thing of past for regular followers of the news but for a beginner it is important to understand the global oil price mechanism.

  • How oil price is revised globally?
  • How it affects a country not producing it? Example India
  • Energy diplomacy and Energy security
  • Why, if globally the price of crude oil has gone down drastically even then Indian consumers are paying heftily for Petrol and Diesel?
  • Issues in Indian Refinery Sectors?
  • Understand the basic concept behind Demand –Supply mechanism
  • Any reports or committee on gas pricing? Yes Rangarajan Committee- Recommendations
  • Reasons for present decline in crude oil prices? Can be asked in Prelims

Modi signs deal to buy Canadian uranium and Pact on uranium

International relations: Energy Diplomacy- Paper 2

  • How this deal will benefit India?
  • Is Canada the only country to supply Uranium to India? No..check for others
  • Importance of Uranium in Nuclear Reactors
  • What is the difference between bilateral relations and strategic partnership?

Note: The length and breadth of queries and thought process is governed by your understanding of the syllabus. Emphasize on knowing the tits and bits of syllabus so that you relate it with the newspaper easily.

Sugar import duty may be raised

  • Issues of sugar industries in India
  • Paper 1 mentions about location of industries
  • For Prelims- Focus on agriculture of sugarcane- area where it is sown, it is a tropical and subtropical crop etc.
  • Science behind raw materials and end products of sugarcane production- Sucrose, Ethanol, Molasses and Bagasse etc

Jadavpur varsity admission form now includes third gender

  • Status of Transgender in Indian Constitution
  • Various judgments regarding transgender
  • Prelims- Right issues

A vote for Net neutrality in The Hindu debate

  • What is Net Neutrality?
  • How will it impact Netizens?
  • Global debate on net neutrality?

International

Kerry ‘confident’ of n-deal after Senate compromise

  • Iran Nuclear Deal: A brief account
  • How it affects the geopolitics of Middle East?
  • Impact on India
  • Role of USA
  • Why Iran is being taken so harshly for its nuclear programme?

White paper on Tibet denounces ‘middle way’

  • China-Tibet Issue?
  • Why Tibet is heading for independence and China is not willing?
  • Role of India
  • How India can balance its relation with China on Tibet issue?

An end to the idea of ‘rogue states’

  • What is Rogue State?
  • Trace the changes in US policy from pre cold war and post cold war era?
  • Role of US in changing geopolitical world
  • Is US becoming a soft nation?

China thinks big ahead of Modi’s visit

  • Benefits for India if Indo-China cooperation on nuclear deal, aviation industries and High Speed Rails become reality?
  • What is ‘Belt and Road’ policy of China?
  • Being a close neighbor and an emerging power, do you think it is imperative for India to have a healthy economic relation with China?
  • What are the irritants in Indo-China relations?

India among AIIB’s founder-members

  • What is AIIB?
  • Role of AIIB
  • Importance of AIIB for India
  • How AIIB can challenge the existing global financial firms?
  • Need for AIIB

Pak. test fires ballistic missile

  • How will it affect India’s National Security?
  • What is the preparation of India to avert such threats?
  • India’s Ballistic Missile Program
  • Comparison of Indian Missiles to Pakistan’s Missile

Opinion and Editorials

Note: It is seen that many aspirants find it difficult to comprehend the editorials and opinion and spend too much time. Here, we have tried to address this issue with a unique way. It will be helpful for a beginner who has no idea of the ongoing topic and he/she is reading it for the very first time as well as for an aspirant who understands the basics of topic given.

Blood in the woods

Topic: Article is about the killing of Tribal people by Task force

For a beginner: Read the article slowly and try to understand it in the following manner

  • Always focus on two aspects to be covered, Prelims and Mains
  • A beginner may take time to understand and strategize accordingly but for a veteran, he/she has to develop skills to skim through the articles with prelims and mains aspect in mind.  

From the following article, Prelims related stuffs will be following

  • Forest Conservation Act, 1980-
  • Forest Rights Act, 2006- Important provisions
  • Gram Sabha determine tribal rights and protects, conserve and manage the forests- Asked in Prelims
  • What are the rights given to tribal people and forest dwellers according to FRA, 2006?
  • Tribes and dwellers come under vulnerable section of the society- their rights according to constitution?

Mains related information should be based on various dimensions such as

  • Why Forest Rights Act, 2006 was enacted?
  • Why government has failed to address the right issues of dwellers and how forest officials are misusing it?
  • What are the constraints for government to implement Forest Rights Act, 2006 in letter and spirit?
  • How forest Mafia’s are misusing the forest dwellers and tribal people and lending their life in danger?
  • Forest dwellers/ tribal are stuck between government’s and mafia’s wrath due to abject poverty and falling prey to power game?
  • The article exposes the government inefficiency and negligence? Suggest measures to it
  • One should frame related questions while going through the articles and on completion, should try to divide them like
  • What is the issue?
  • How it is related to our syllabus?
  • Which topic or topics- one article may have more than one aspect of syllabus-
  • Solution for the issue?
  • Develop opinion by writing your version of the issue (50-100 words)- the present article has exposed the inefficiency of the government but there are other constraints that government is not able to provide justice to forest dweller, what are they?
  • Always condense the article or issue such that you remember the crux and the best way is through questioning yourself after reading it.

There can be other dimensions that many will miss, like-

  • The article exemplify the issue of sustainable development or the issue of development vs conservation
  • The article also point out a very important issue- development and rise of extremism- as tribal people fall easy prey to Maoists operating in forests

Note: This is how one should prepare any editorial or opinion. We have given one as example. You can prepare other editorials on the same line.

Other important editorials of 16 th April

Return to a lost paradise?

  • Resettlement issue for Kashmiri Pundits
  • This issue is not so important for UPSC Mains but for interview, one has to prepare this as a matter of administration. You should generate opinion, solution and management for such issues.
  • One may be asked about the situation, problems, remedy and actions to be taken – Only for interview

A tale of two countries

  • It is comparison of India and China growth story as IMF has suggested India will overtake china very soon
  • Points to take-
  • Lessons for India to take from China’s growth model
  • Can India sustain its growth model? Look for India’s strengths and weaknesses
  • How China managed to create high growth rate and at the same level India could not? What are the constraints for India in doing so?
  • Very important for Paper 3- Growth and Development

Economics and Business news

Note: ‘Economy is as static as dynamic’. In simple terms, to base your preparation on sound level, one has to be well versed with basic economic concepts and terms that form part of economic and business article. Without basic understanding, it would be very troublesome and futile exercise to read economic articles. We highly recommend building your basic concepts and then start deciphering this section.

INDIA INC BRACES FOR A DISAPPOINTING Q4

  • The article explains about the slow growth of India in fourth quarter
  • Focus on the factors that is responsible for slow growth rate?- In Prelims a situation can be given about slow growth rate and options may have factors responsible for it. Then you need to choose the correct options.
  • If you don’t know, if demand of global commodity level is low then it will impact India’s growth also, then you can be caught!!!
  • Look for investment linked sectors in India?

Last minute selling drags Sensex below 29000-level

  • Sometimes the article will be of least importance but do not ignore if you are a beginner
  • WPI based Inflation? What is it
  • How is inflation accounted in India?
  • What is CPI?
  • How El-Nino is related to inflation?

Stock pile-up puts sugar industry in a fix

  • Why excess of sugar is a problem?
  • Problems of sugar industries in India?

Cleartrip pulls out of Internet.org

  • What is internet.org initiative?
  • What is your opinion on internet.org regarding net neutrality violation? How can it resonate with this principle?
  • Does India need initiatives like internet.org?

Jayant Sinha bats for full convertibility

  • What is Full Capital Account Convertibility?
  • Which model India is having? Current Account Convertibility
  • Why India is not having full Capital Account Convertibility? What are the pros and cons of this?

Solar power picks up steam in more States

  • Status of Solar Power generation in India
  • Prelims Fact- Total installed capacity of solar power, presently is 10 per cent of total installed renewable power capacity in the country.
  • Gujarat and Rajasthan is the major contributor with 949 MW and 902 MW respectively.
  • National Solar Mission?

Note: Do not waste your time in reading sports articles unless some issue or controversy is involved.

  • Status of sports in India?
  • Why India is poor performer at international level baring few sports like Cricket or Badminton?
  • Controversies- e.g. Banning of Indian Sports Authorities by International Authorities due to violation of international norms
  • Doping in Sports
  • Government schemes and policies to encourage youth for sports?
  • Prepare on similar lines
  • Do not indulge into commentaries or beautiful pictures 😀

Science and Technology and Agriculture

Emissions from biomass burning cross the Himalayas

  • Effect of biomass burning on Himalayan ecosystem
  • Constituent of Biomass Burning?
  • What is Aerosol?
  • Factors responsible for accumulation of aerosol on the surface of the glacier?

Genetic profiling of Indian Mackerel

  • What is Genetic Profiling?
  • DNA Barcoding?
  • What is Genetic diversity? What constitute GD?

Rosetta mission: comet 67P may not be magnetised

  • What is Rosetta Mission? Its significance
  • Focus that it is a Comet Mission- UPSC asks questions as in match the following, asked about missions in 2014

This is all about How to prepare exam related stuffs from newspapers. For a beginner, it will take sometime to extract relevant information from newspapers and you may find it difficult and annoying sometimes. Trust us, you will learn gradually and once you have mastered the basic concepts, your outlook towards this exam and preparation will change upside down. That will be the time when you will start loving your preparation process.

Try to indulge into it as soon as possible because if you do it just for the sake of preparation it will become a burden and you will always find yourself sick of not following endless timetables you have created and roam around the clock satiating yourself around number of hours you have put. 🙂 This is a stark reality and happens to almost every single aspirant at some point of time.

“The earlier you love your preparation, the earliest you live with the success”.  😀
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Hindu monks walk down the stairs of the first stone-built Hindu temple in Abu Mureikha, 40 kms, 25 miles, northeast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals just how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians who power life across its construction sites and boardrooms. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Hindu monk, Swami Akshaymunidas, one of the main designers of the temple, poses for a photo under the dome of the first stone-built Hindu temple in Abu Mureikha, 40 kms, 25 miles, northeast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals just how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians who power life across its construction sites and boardrooms. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Hindu monks talk to each other at the first stone-built Hindu temple in Abu Mureikha, 40 kms, 25 miles, northeast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals just how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians who power life across its construction sites and boardrooms. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Hindu monks arrive at the first stone-built Hindu temple in Abu Mureikha, 40 kms, 25 miles, northeast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals just how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians who power life across its construction sites and boardrooms. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

A worker does the final touches on a marble pillar of the first stone-built Hindu temple in Abu Mureikha, 40 kms, 25 miles, northeast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals just how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians who power life across its construction sites and boardrooms. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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ABU MUREIKHA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pink sandstone spires decorated with deities and the pious soar above what was once a barren patch of desert between Abu Dhabi and Dubai — now the site of the first stone-constructed Hindu temple in the Middle East.

The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians across construction sites and boardrooms. The temple nods back in its seven spires, the number of sheikhdoms in this autocratic federation on the Arabian Peninsula.

It is also a sign of how close relations have become between the UAE and India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive Tuesday on his seventh trip to the Emirates just ahead of elections in the world’s largest democracy . He hopes to further business, defense and cultural ties while cementing his relationship with a man he calls his brother, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, walks across the carpeted steps with Hindu priest Brahmaviharidas Swami to inaugurate the first stone-built Hindu temple in the Middle East, belonging to Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha in Abu Mureikha, 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

“Modi is not going to travel widely this year before the election,” said Viraj Solanki, a researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “The fact that he is willing to go to the UAE shows how important this relationship is for India.”

The Hindu Mandir stands out in the emptiness of Abu Mureikha, otherwise known for being where the UAE’s sheikhdoms agreed in 1976 to have a unified military. Just off the main highway linking Dubai to Abu Dhabi, the temple is made of sandstone imported from India’s Rajasthan state. Inside, Italian marble shines.

Smaller temples have existed for decades in the UAE, but none following the traditional building techniques of the Hindu Mandir. Its carved stones fit like a jigsaw puzzle and provide support without relying on the steel beams of modern architecture.

Stone dioramas ring its exterior, beginning with a scene in 1997 with a Hindu leader, shaded by an umbrella, in the sands of Sharjah calling for a temple in Abu Dhabi. The last is a tiny UAE in relief, with religious leaders in front of a temple and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building.

Elephants, oryx and other animals abound. Also seen are symbols relating to ancient Egyptians and Mayans and architectural nods to Islam, the UAE’s official religion. Builders hoped to show all faiths are welcome at the site where Hindu worshipers will be able to pray before deities representative of Hinduism’s different denominations.

“Harmony is the only future we have,” Pujya Brahmavihari Swami, a religious leader overseeing construction, told The Associated Press. “If we cannot coexist on this small planet that we have, then do we have a future?”

Of the over 9 million people living in the UAE, India estimates more than 3.5 million are Indian expatriates, making them the largest group of people in the country, including Emirati citizens. While many are low-paid laborers, there’s a growing number of white-collar professionals and multiple generations of Indian families.

Modi’s visit highlights the nations’ long-standing economic and historic ties, from spice selling and gold smuggling in the UAE’s formative years to tens of billions of dollars worth of annual bilateral trade today.

The countries signed a free trade deal in 2022 aimed at doubling their bilateral trade to $100 billion. India remains a key buyer of Emirati oil, while the UAE hopes to boost its local industries. The countries have agreed to allow India to settle some payments in rupees as opposed to dollars, lowering transaction costs.

The relationship also underscores the Emirates’ realpolitik foreign policy. The UAE has embraced Modi as Muslims in India increasingly come under attack by Hindu nationalist groups. Modi received the Emirates’ top civilian honor in 2019 even as he stripped statehood from the disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir .

Modi’s original visit to the Emirates in 2015 was the first by an Indian prime minister in 34 years.

His personal connection to Sheikh Mohammed seems to be driving the deepening relationship, Solanki said. In January, the Indian and Emirati armies held the first edition of a military exercise called Desert Cyclone in India.

“It just enables the trust levels and the two sides being more willing to work on these sensitive issues,” Solanki said.

The Abu Mureikha temple is one of many built by the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha or BAPS, a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan sect. Modi has close ties to the organization and one of its transformative leaders, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who died in 2016.

Officials put the price of materials for the temple at just under $100 million, but BAPS relies on volunteer labor, which blurs lines between uncompensated work and the concept of selfless service. A 2021 U.S. civil lawsuit alleged forced labor, meager wages and grim working conditions at a BAPS temple in New Jersey . The suit was on hold as of late last year pending a U.S. federal investigation.

A visit Monday by AP journalists saw volunteers preparing for Modi’s visit to the temple, with monks in seamless saffron robes shifting around bouquets of flowers. Pujya Brahmavihari Swami praised Sheikh Mohammed and Modi for their cooperation.

“The leadership of the UAE ... has been so generous and supported us,” he said. “The leadership of India, the prime minister, he thinks not just of trade, he thinks beyond — that the exchange of culture, the exchange of values, is equally important.”

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As Google injects artificial intelligence into every product it possibly can, it’s also turning to AI to make its business more efficient.

The company has launched a large language model named Goose that's just for employees. It is designed to assist with building new products, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider.

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Leveraging AI internally could be a key factor in Google’s new efficiency drive, which has resulted in leadership cutting thousands of jobs over the past 13 months and a number of team re-orgs. Google finance chief Ruth Porat hinted at initiatives like this during the company’s recent earnings call , telling analysts that Google was working to “slow expense growth” through a variety of tactics including “streamlining operations across Alphabet through the use of AI.” 

One internal document notes that Goose is part of a plan to “bring AI to every stage of the product development process.” 

A Google spokesperson didn't respond to a request for comment.

Goose appears to be available for at least some employees to use right now, however, it’s not clear if it’s fully functional in terms of its abilities. One document notes that Goose “is also planned to be the first general-purpose LLM approved for internal coding use at Google.”

“Goose has a 28k token context window, which makes it particularly valuable for development tasks,” it adds. Token context windows refer to the amount of text, numbers, and other information a language model can take into account when processing a query. That's especially important for coding, which can include hundreds of thousands of lines of code.

The documents note that the creation of Goose was a collaborative effort between Google Brain, DeepMind, and Google's internal infrastructure teams. The company merged Brain and DeepMind last year to build Gemini, which was in turn named after the twin teams that created it.

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The company uses AI to try to reduce the amount of energy required to cool its data centers, for example. It is also increasingly pushing advertisers to use AI automated products for deciding where their money should be spent across Google's products.

For now at least, Google insists that AI is not taking away employees’ jobs.

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Goose could become increasingly useful for employees. The tool was designed with a "focus on new engineering-related capabilities," one of the documents reads, suggesting it could go well beyond the existing development tools offered to staff.

And if Googlers have specific development questions while using Goose, they're encouraged to turn to the company's internal chatbot, named Duckie.

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