7 Days Duty TM: How to read the Hindu Newspaper for UPSC Prelim cum Mains preparation?

Prologue

Here starts my first lecture for the new year and new prelims- brief analysis of last year's prelim-GS paper and how to read thehindu newspaper for UPSC?
Often candidates outside Delhi, underestimate and neglect thehindu for preparation of their general studies and thereby hurting their own chances of getting good ranks in civil services exam.
PowerPoint available at http://Mrunal.org/download

the difference between a UPSC lover and a UPSC killer
the syllabus and analysis of general studies for preliminary and Mains examination
how to approach science and technology for prelims cum Mains preparation
overview of the MCQ asked from public health topic in UPSC 2015 preliminary exam
how to cover the public health, pharmacy and medicine related News from the Hindu, for UPSC prelims and Mains

within science and technology topic, how to approach information technology (IT), space and defense, agriculture inherently related topics from the Hindu newspaper
how to prepare ISRO related topics for UPSC prelims, mains and interview
how to meticulously prepare the defense innovation and joint exercises
how to prepare the theoretical portion of science and technology from NCERTs and general studies manuals.

Environment & Biodiversity: five subtypes of MCQ asked in UPSC 2015 Prelims
Relevance of the Hindu newspaper preparation of environment for prelims and Mains
Why read India yearbook?
Why read NIOS and NCERTs for wildlife, flora, fauna and pollution related MCQs in UPSC prelims?
How to approach physical, Indian and world geography for Prelims and Mains? How to cultivate map reading skills?
How to approach economy, banking, finance for prelims, mains and interview?
How to approach Indian polity and Constitution? Relevance of M. Laxmikanth, India yearbook, the Hindu newspaper and Prsindia.org

how to prepare Indian culture, ancient and mediaeval and modern India and world history?
Importance of NIOS, Tamilnadu textbooks, Spectrum and Bipan Chandra.
Why old NCERTs are not relevant except for World history?
Analysis of MCQs asked from history and culture topic in UPSC 2015
Approaching international relations (IR), diplomacy and diaspora topics for Mains. Analysis of the IR/grouping questions asked in Prelims-2015.

Why read thehindu newspaper for UPSC civil services IAS/IPS exam?
Understanding the PMIF framework: Prelims, mains, interview or fodder?
How to analyse the news on frontpage from prelims, mains and interview perspective?
How to fasttrack page 2 to 7 which are littered with coaching ads and Delhi crime?
How to fast track page 8 to 9 where hardly few centimeters of space is given to "The NATION"!
Why read the columns, letters to editors and the editorials, and how to make notes out of them?
Sample editorial – "All in the spirit of equality"- how to digest it for UPSC prelims, mains and interview perspective.
How to eliminate useless news from the perspective pages i.e. page 11 and 12.

How to read the economy, banking, finance pages in thehindu newspaper for UPSC point of view.
Why it is useless to follow day to day sharemarket and IRDA-RBI-SEBI notifications?
Why read the open page in Tuesday edition?
Why ignore sports pages, except during high profile mains / interview related news?
Sample news: Lodha Committee- how to prepare it for prelims, mains and interview.
Why should we read last page about "Life"?
How to follow the PIN- persons in news, dead in news, places in news, books, authors, awards and diaspora news in the hindu?
Why Government advertisements are important?
Why should we read the speeches of president and vice president?
Few tips on magazines, notes making, time management, repeated failures and career backups

Relevance	Subject	Title	Hindi	English	Kindle
Pre+Mains	Culture	Ms. Ishani Pandya (AIR-502 \| ICLS) Lecture & Powerpoints	Free
Pre+Mains	GS Theory	NIOS, NCERT, IGNOU & Tamilnadu State Books		Free
Pre+Mains	Economy	Mrunal's Lecture & Powerpoints – Budget and Economic survey	Free
Mains	Economy	GSM3: Food Processing Industry	Free
Pre	General	Last 21 Years CSAT Prelims Paperset by Disha Publication	Buy	Buy	Buy
Pre+Mains	Current Affairs	TheHindu, Frontline, Yojana Magazine, prsindia.org, idsa.in
Pre+Mains	Geography	Ms. Rajtanil Solanki (AIR-367 \| IRS) lectures & Powerpoints	Free
Mains	Geography	GSM1: Factors affecting location of Industries		Free
Pre+Mains	Geography	School Atlas-Orient Blackswan		Buy
Pre	History	Lucent GK (for Ancient, Medieval, Modern)	Buy	Buy
Pre+Mains	History	A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum Publication)	Buy	Buy
Pre+Mains	History	Bipan Chandra: India's struggle for independence		Buy	Buy
Mains	History	Bipan Chandra: India since independence		Buy	Buy
Pre+Mains	Polity	India 2016 (Yearbook)	Buy	Buy
Pre+Mains	Polity	Indian Polity by M.Laxmikanth	Buy	Buy
Prelims	Polity	Laxmikanth's Objective Polity MCQs for Practice	Buy
Mains	Polity	GSM3: Land Reforms		Free
Mains	Ethics	GS4: Articles and Lecture Videos @Mrunal.org		Free