Welcome to the Hindu News Analysis by Shankar IA's Academy for the date 26th of May 2020. The list of news articles taken up for today's analysis along with the page numbers of five different editions is given here for your reference. The handwritten notes in PDF format and the time stamping of all the news articles taken up for today's analysis is given in the description section and also in the comment section in the best interest of the viewers. Now let us begin our analysis. This news article discusses about the house panels. Some committees are mentioned in this news article. So let us see what this news article speaks about and then we will see about the committees that I mentioned in this news article. The syllabus relevant to the analysis of this news article is given here for your reference. See yesterday the domestic flights have been resumed across India and this has paved the way for holding the parliamentary committee meetings. Since the present fourth phase of lockdown ends on 31st of May and it has also raised the prospect of the parliament holding the monsoon session as per schedule by third week of July. The government is taking all measures to resume the parliament. Meanwhile if you see the chairman of the standing committee on home affairs has demanded virtual meetings for the members of the parliamentary standing committees. Earlier if you see the chairman of standing committee on information technology and the chairman of standing committee on labour had sought meetings of committees through video conference. But if you see both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariat have rejected their demand. So this is what this news article discusses. In this context what you need to know from exam point of view is about the parliamentary committee and about the different types of parliamentary committee that are in existence and the need for parliamentary committees. So what is a parliamentary committee? If we consider parliament the work done by the parliament is varied or diverse and if you see the work is generally complex in nature. The major functions of the parliament are representing the citizens, then lawmaking, then oversight of the executive and then also the scrutiny of the budget. Here parliamentary oversight is essential because the executive can act in an arbitrary manner and also sometimes certain unconstitutional actions may be taken by the executive. So the parliament has to give close consideration to all the legislative and other matters that come up before it. These works are also considerable in terms of volume. But if you see there are time constraints because the parliament has to act within a limited amount of time. Therefore the parliament cannot give close consideration to all the legislative and other matters that come up before it. So a good amount of parliament business is transacted in the committees of the house. These committees are what we call it as parliamentary committees. So parliamentary committee means a committee that is appointed or elected by the house or nominated by the speaker of the either house of the parliament. The parliamentary committee works under the direction of the speaker of that particular house and it presents its report to the house or to the speaker. Know that in parliament there are two kinds of parliamentary committees. One is the standing committees and the other is the ad hoc or temporary committees. Many standing committees are elected or appointed every year or periodically and their work goes on more or less on a continuous basis. Whereas ad hoc committees cease to exist when the task assigned to them is completed. So this is the difference between standing committees and ad hoc committees. Now coming to the standing committees based on the nature of functions performed the standing committees are classified into six categories as you can see here. Now this news article mentions about three standing committees. Standing committee on home affairs, standing committee on information technology, standing committee on labour. See all these three come under departmentally related standing committees. In short DRSCs see they are based on specifically mentioned rules in the rule books of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. You should know that specific schedules of the rule books deal with allocation of ministries or departments to various department related parliamentary standing committees. The chairman of Rajya Sabha and the speaker of Lok Sabha may alter these schedules pertaining to these departmental standing committees from time to time in consultation with each other. At present if you see there are 24 department related standing committees in the parliament. Each committee will have a set of related ministries and departments and each committee shall have a maximum of 31 members of these 10 members are nominated by the chairman of Rajya Sabha from the members of Rajya Sabha and the remaining 21 members are nominated by the speaker of Lok Sabha from the members of Lok Sabha and this committee has to examine and report on the bills pertaining to the related ministries and departments. Now let us look at an example. See there is a standing committee on information technology which is mentioned in this news article. It is one of the 24 departmentally related committees that is in existence and it is constituted under rule number 331C of the rules of procedure and conduct of business in Lok Sabha. And these are the ministries and departments that are under its jurisdiction. Ministry of communications, department of posts, department of telecommunications, ministry of electronics and information technology and also ministry of information and broadcasting. So similarly we have the other standing committees which are mentioned in the schedule of the rules of procedure in either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. So remember all these three committees that are mentioned in this news article are departmental related standing committees. Now let us discuss the functions of departmental related standing committee. One function is to consider the demands for grants of the related ministries or departments and report. The next function is to examine the bills pertaining to the related ministries and departments that are referred to the committee by the chairman of Rajya Sabha or by the speaker of Lok Sabha. And the next function is to consider the annual reports of the ministries or departments and report. And one more function is to consider national basic long term policy documents that are presented to either houses if referred to the committee by the chairman of Rajya Sabha or by the speaker of Lok Sabha. So these are the main functions or the role of departmental related standing committees. So this is in brief about the discussion of this news article. To summarize we have seen about parliamentary committees, two types of parliamentary committee which are standing committees and ad hoc committees and then we saw six types of standing committee under which we saw departmental related standing committees in the context of this news article. Now have a look at this practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article is in the context of institutions of eminent scheme. We know that India had so many world class educational institutions during the ancient and medieval period and at present we have a huge number of educational institutions but if you look at the quality of the educational institutions which are at present in India then over compared to those in the developed world. So the Ministry of Human Resource and Development had launched the institutions of eminent scheme basically to empower the higher educational institutions and to help them become world class teaching and research institutions. So now let us look at this scheme in brief. The syllabus relevant to the analysis of this news article is given you for your reference. In 2017 the Ministry of Human Resource Development came with UGC declaration of government educational institutions as institutions of eminence guidelines 2017 and UGC institutions of eminence deemed to be universities regulations 2017. Now both these regulations were aimed to enable 10 public and 10 private institutions to emerge as world class teaching and research institutions and these institutions would be called as institutions of eminence. Remember note that the applications for the institutions to become institutions of eminence are invited from the eligible and interested applicants under three categories. They are existing government educational institutions then existing private higher educational institutions and finally sponsoring organizations for setting up new institutions of eminence. Now let us discuss the objective of this scheme first and foremost it aims to provide for higher education leading to excellence in innovations. It also aims to ensure that the university education system would develop the capacity of the students and the researchers to compete in the global tertiary education marketplace. Next if you see another objective is to pay special attention to teaching and research in unique and emerging areas of knowledge including interdisciplinary areas. Through all these the final aim is to make institutions of eminence rated internationally for its teaching and research as a top 100 institution in the world over time. So these are some of the primary objectives behind why this scheme was introduced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Now let us discuss the benefits that are to be enjoyed by these institutions of eminence. We saw that there are three categories among these three categories the government institutions will get an additional funding of up to 1000 crore rupees. Also the selected institute will have complete academic administrative and financial autonomy and the academic collaborations of the institutions of eminence with the top 500 foreign higher educational institutions would be exempt from government approvals. Next if you see the public institutions under the institutions of eminence will have the freedom to recruit 25 percentage of its faculty from outside India and then it can also admit foreign students on merit and then if you see the institutes also have the freedom to offer online courses with certain restrictions and these institutions also have the freedom to have their own merit based system for admission and they are also free to charge fees from foreign students without any restrictions. Next if you see all these institutes also enjoy flexibility in fixing the curriculum and syllabus with no UGC mandated curriculum structure and also if you see there is no flexibility to frame course structure in terms of the number of credit hours and number of years to take a degree. Most importantly the UGC inspection shall not apply to these institutions of eminence. So we can say that in all aspects the institutions of eminence will have freedom to choose their own path to become world class institutions. If you see as of September 2019 we have 16 institutions as institutions of eminence apart from this the University grants commission awaits the consummation and commitment of the state governments for four institutions one among them is Annan University which is located in the state of Tamil Nadu. The news article says that till date the Ministry of Human Resource Development has not received any communication from the state of Tamil Nadu on awarding institutions of eminence status to Annan University. In view of the ongoing lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic Tamil Nadu has been given time by the Ministry of Human Resource Development till 31st of May to decide on this. This is all about the discussion of this news article. In this news article we have seen about the institutions of eminence scheme introduced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development its objectives the benefits that the institutions will enjoy as institutions of eminence and then finally about the news article. Now have a look at this practice question let us move on to the next news article. This OPED is with reference to the use of data in the post COVID-19 world. It also discusses about the changing idea of privacy during this COVID-19 pandemic. The syllabus relevant to the analysis of this OPED is given you for your reference. The authors of this OPED start this article by telling that proper data related to COVID-19 outbreak were not shared in time and this has resulted into much anger towards the World Health Organization in China. If we had a proper international framework on the use of data and if we had evolved the global norms of data governance in the pre COVID-19 world then things would have been much easier for the mankind. So at the global level several things related to data are yet to be done and yet to be structured. The authors highlight two changes in this regard in the context of data. One is a change associated with recent years and another is a change that is felt more during the pandemic. First is the role played by technological giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon. At one point of time these tech giants needed the support of every national government. But now because of their global reach and because of their access to data on significant number of persons it is the governments that are dependent on them now. And the authors tell that these giants are taking a lead role in geopolitics now and there is one important concern with respect to them. That is these entities are known for often playing in their own terms in an unfair manner and sometimes they act as proxies of nation states to influence policy making and national regulations. So these are some of the comments given by the authors related to the role played by the technological giants. Now let us come to the next change highlighted by the authors. This is the changing idea of privacy of an individual. Earlier sharing the live locations with the governments and the power of governments to track individuals were firmly resisted because it affected the privacy of the individual. Now this resistance has suffered a change as a result of this COVID-19 pandemic. Now why because the governments need to track every individual in order to prevent the spread of the pandemic. So the countries have introduced applications that require sharing the live locations and movements with the government or with the authorized agencies. While in some countries these data sharing appears to be in line with sufficient protection standards. In some other countries these were highly criticized as certain technical standards were not met. So overall we can see that the governments are criticized that they are using this opportunity to start or to carry out surveillance on their citizens. In addition to these things the authors also talk about other things related to data. One is that if we see at present there are data protection laws in some regions of countries. For example we have this general data protection regulation of the European Union and with regards to USA we have the cloud act. Here the full form for cloud is clarifying lawful overseas use of data act. This cloud act enables the United States government to enter into agreements with other countries to get access to data stored in the foreign soil. If you see there are some problems with respect to these legal frameworks pertaining to data. One is issues related to data localization and the next is issues related to cross border flow of information. And if you see these frameworks have not solved the issues of data sharing and interoperability particularly at the multilateral level or at the global level. In post COVID-19 world we may see countries signing interoperability agreements in the sphere of data in the way like there are agreements on interoperability and logistics cooperation on military facilities. Then apart from this the authors also talk about consensus at the international level among the countries, tech giants and the people on the preparation of a framework on behavioral norms in cyberspace. The preparation of such a document and enforcement of such norms after coming into force are very important. Now why because even U1 could not bring consensus on these matters so far. So a consensus is necessary as the authors feel that data flow is to become more and more important in the post COVID-19 world. In this context the authors call for some important requirements. One is that a credible international law has to be developed and this law should govern various parameters related to data. This law has to deal with various issues related to data localization, data sharing, interoperability etc. This international framework should guide the data flow for the welfare of mankind and society with adequate protection to privacy and security of individuals and nations. Then the authors tell that the framework must ensure that the tech giants should never act in their own interests that compromises the arrived standards and such technological entities should never act as proxies to other countries or agencies as we saw earlier. So for all these requirements, first we have to identify an international body that may now evolve global norms for data governance and may implement them in future. If you closely observe the opinions expressed by the authors, all these require tremendous cooperation between the countries, people, tech giants and other stakeholders at the international level. This means these entities have to come out of their domestic politics and also the regional geopolitical interests. That is why this oped is titled as moving beyond geopolitics. The authors call to establish a baseline of global norms of data governance that go beyond privacy and beyond geopolitical considerations. Now let us see what the authors have mentioned in the context of India. The authors mentioned that it is a right time for the Parliament Select Committee to look at the data protection framework. See, we know that the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha in the month of December 2019 and on the same day, a joint committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 was constituted to examine the bill. And this committee is called as Joint Parliamentary Committee. Since the members represent both the houses of the Parliament. And the chairperson of this committee is a member of Lok Sabha, Ms. Meenakshi Leke. If you see this committee has so far conducted four sittings and it's yet to submit its report to the Parliament. So the authors ask this joint parliamentary committee to consider the data requirements post COVID-19 world and to suggest appropriate mechanisms in relation to the data protection framework that are proposed in the bill. So these are some of the suggestions given by the authors that emphasizes the changes in the current concept of privacy and cross-border flow of information. This is all about the discussion of this open article. In this analysis, we saw about the dominance of tech giants in the field of data, then the change in perception of privacy. Then we saw what efforts are required at the international level to ensure data sharing in order to achieve welfare of mankind. In other words, to achieve what the world could not achieve in data sharing with reference to COVID-19 crisis. Now have a look at this practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. Now let us look at this question which has been framed based on this news article. Excavation commences at Adi Chandallur, Sivakalai Sites. See both these sites are located in the state of Tamil Nadu. This news article tells that the sixth phase of excavation began at Adi Chandallur, which is popularly known as the cradle of ancient Tamil civilization. The previous five excavations were taken up at Adi Chandallur in the years 1876, 1902, 1905, before Indian independence during the British era and later excavations were carried out in the years 2004 and 2005 by the Archaeological Survey of India. As we all know, Tamil language is one of the oldest languages and its culture dates back to before common era, that is BCE times. These excavations are expected to give information about ancient civilization that flourished in this region, since one can find a good number of burial urns and metals that were used by ancient Tamils in this region. If you remember, there was one more place which was in the news article in 2019, which is Keeladi. This Keeladi gives a glimpse of the civilization that was present on the banks of river Vaigai, which is located southeast to the present city of Madurai. This is in brief about this news article. In this picture, you can also find some other important archaeological sites of India, which is given in your Class VI History and CRT book. Now, let us get back to the question. Read this question. The places Adi Chandallur in Tamil Nadu and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra recently seen in news are commonly associated with, here the correct answer is Option A, Archaeological Excavations and Findings. See, this question has been framed based on this question which has appeared in 2019 prelims, which is common to the places known as Aliyar, Isapur and Kangsa Bharti. Here, the correct answer is Option D, Water Reservoirs. So, you can expect such questions from UPSC. Now, if you remember, in our July video of Target UPSC Problems 2020 series, we discussed about this Ratnagiri, which is located in the state of Maharashtra. It is located along the Konkan coast. In that video, we discussed that more than thousand petroglyphs were discovered in an archaeological excavation in this Ratnagiri area and also in the nearby Rajapur area. Here, just I have an idea that petroglyph is a form of rock art. It consists of images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising or peaking or carving or abrading. So, have a look at this topic as well. So, whenever you come across such commonly related news articles, like in this case, Archaeological Excavations, try to list it down and you can refer it during your revision. This is all about the discussion of this news article. Now, let us move on to the next news article. This question about Purandaradasa is framed based on this news article, which discusses about the claims regarding the birthplace of this saint. Know that Purandaradasa was a great devotee of Lord Krishna. He lived during the 15th and 16th centuries. He was a poet and a musician and he is also known as father of Karnatic music. Purandaradasa has contributed significantly to the codification of Karnatic music and he gave a clear format for its teaching and performance. Now, know that the birthplace of Purandaradasa is disputed. It is widely believed that this poet was born at Purandaragar, which is located in Maharashtra. However, many in the Malnad region of Karnataka state claim that he hailed from this region. According to some sources, Purandaradasa was born to a rich merchant. He was called as Srinivasanayaka. Here, you need to note that Nayakas were the military chiefs during the Vijayanagara empire. They controlled forts, they had armed supporters and they usually spoke Telugu or Kannada. Later, if you see Srinivasanayaka became a disciple of the great saint Vyasaraja, who gave him the title Purandaravitala. Know that Purandaradasa's songs expresses love for Lord Krishna. In many of these songs, he criticizes the practices that prevailed in the society at that point of time, like castism. And most of his songs were composed in a simple, easy-to-understand Kannada language. His compositions are beautiful and they have inspired many musician poets in Karnataka. Know that Purandaradasa identified 84 ragas. Each of his lyric is a beautiful musical composition. His works touched a variety of musical types like krithis, kirtans, padams and even many rare forms of music. And his influence on Kannatic music is profound. Sri Tyagaraja was greatly influenced by him. Here, just have an idea that Tyagaraja, Murtaswamy Dixitar and Siyama Shastri are known as Trinity of Karnatic music. So, this is in brief about Purandaradasa. Now, with this information in mind, let us look at this question. Two statements are given and you need to choose those statement or statements which are correct. Look at the first statement. It tells that Purandaradasa was a contemporary of Samudra Gupta of Gupta dynasty. This statement is incorrect because we saw that Purandaradasa lived in 15th and 16th centuries, whereas Samudra Gupta lived during the 4th century. Now, look at the second statement. He was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu and is considered as the father of Karnatic music. This statement is correct. So, here the correct answer is option B2 only. If you remember in 2019 prelims, there was a question on Saint Nimbarka. As you can see here, one of the statements was Saint Nimbarka is the contemporary of Emperor Akbar. So, sometimes you get such questions in UPSC. Whenever you study about the artisans, try to know the contemporary rulers of those artisans. This is in brief about this news article. Now, let us move on to the next news article. This news article is about virtual courts. See the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 as forced the Supreme Court to resort to virtual court hearings in order to ensure the safety of lawyers, litigants, paralegal, intense and media personnel. So, in the current scenario, if you see the facilities provided for litigants to file the complaint electronically through e-filing and also pay the court fees or fine online, that is through e-pay through the government website. And litigants can view the status of the case online through various channels created for service delivery. So, all this e-filing, e-pay and virtual courts are the services under the e-court project. So, you should know that virtual court is different from e-court. Virtual court is a part of e-court projects. Now, let us look in brief about e-court's project. See, it is a Mission Mode project and it is a Pan India project. It is monitored and funded by the Department of Justice that comes under the Ministry of Law and Justice. So, what is an e-court? An e-court or an electronic court means a location in which matters of law are adjudicated upon in the presence of qualified judges, which has a well-developed technical infrastructure. The working of e-courts requires an online environment and an information and communication technology-enabled infrastructure. So, they are aimed at making the legal processes easier and more user-friendly. But if you see for adjudication purpose, the litigant may have to appear in person or through the lawyer in the court. So, the physical presence is necessary in case of e-court. Now, this virtual court is a concept that is aimed at eliminating the presence of litigant or lawyer in the court, that is, eliminating the physical presence in the court. So, the adjudication of the cases will go online. So, this is the virtual court concept. So, remember the difference between virtual court and e-court. Now, know that the Supreme Court's e-committee has decided to use these virtual courts for petty offenses such as traffic violations and offenses that attract fine amount of less than 1000 rupees. The first virtual court was inaugurated in the month of July 2019 and it deals digitally with on-spot traffic chalans that are generated by the Delhi Traffic Police via e-chalan application developed by the National Informatics Center. Now, if you look at this news article, it tells that Tamil Nadu has established virtual courts for trying petty offenses in traffic chalan cases. So, this virtual court system will have a e-chalan software, payment gateway, and a court software. And this news article also tells that the computer committee of the High Court of Madras had entered into a memorandum of understanding with State Bank of India for providing payment gateway services for depositing fines and penalties. So, these virtual courts will reduce the number of cases in the regular courts as the accused need not visit the courts to plead guilty. Thus, the burden on regular courts will be reduced and many judicial offices can be deputed for hearing other cases. Also, the cases will get disposed within hours in this virtual court. So, all those judicial offices were so far dedicating their work to try petty offenses of traffic violations will now be available to dedicate their time to court judicial work. So, this is in brief about this virtual courts. With this information, if you look at this question, you can easily arrive at the answer, which is option A. The question is, which of the following best describes the purpose of virtual courts? It aims at eliminating the presence of litigants or lawyers in the court and adjudication of the case online. Option B is about E code and option C is about mobile code. So, this is in brief about the discussion of this news article. Now, let us move on to the next news article. Now, look at this question, which is framed based on this news article. This news article discusses that the last zamindar of one of the place located in southern Tamil Nadu has passed away. It states that the zamindar lost ownership of few lands as a result of the abolition of zamindari system. And this article also mentions that the zamindar was administering a temple which is located inside the Kalakkad-Mundandurai Tiger Reserve. In this context, we will see in brief about the abolition of zamindari system and the tiger reserve that is mentioned in this news article. See, during the pre-independence era, zamindari system was in operation in many parts in India. Large parcels of land were under the ownership of zamindars. In some cases, the rulers of that particular area gifted an entire village to these zamindars. At the same time, many of the cultivators do not even own a piece of land. They worked as tillers, sharecroppers, tenants at will in the lands of zamindars. Since they do not own the land, they had to pay tax or rent to these zamindars. This is one side. And if you see, the zamindars also have to pay tax or rent to the then British India government. And in this system, the government will not directly collect the rent or tax from the individuals. Rather, it collects from the zamindar. As a result, the zamindar collected payments from the individuals, that is the tenants and the cultivators. So these zamindars served as an intermediary. A part of money will go to the ruler and a part will go to the zamindar. So this system exploited the cultivators to a large extent. And as historians put it, the colonial government did not use the collected money for the advancement of agriculture or for the welfare of cultivators. So in this juncture, the freedom fighters were demanding to abolish the zamindari system. This task was given to the states after independence as land was made a state subject. That is, land rights over land, land tenures, including the relation of landlord and tenant and the collection of rents. So all these came under the purview of the state legislatures. And accordingly through various social welfare legislations, the zamindari system was abolished in India. The abolition included taking parts of lands from the ownership of zamindars and giving it to the cultivators and also paying the compensation to the zamindars for the land that was taken away and also removing the zamindars as intermediaries between the government and the cultivator. So all these abolition were part of India's land reforms. So remember this fact, this reform was followed by a fixing of a limit for land ownership, which is what we call as land sealing. So this is in brief about the zamindari system that existed before independence and about the abolition of the zamindari system. Now let us look at the Tiger Reserve which is mentioned in the news article, which is Kalakkadu-Mundandurai Tiger Reserve. Know that this Kalakkadu-Mundandurai Tiger Reserve is located in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was formed by combining the Kalakkadu Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mundandurai Wildlife Sanctuary. Now this Mundandurai Wildlife Sanctuary is special because it was declared as India's first Tiger Sanctuary in the year 1962 itself, which is much before the start of Project Tiger. And know that this Tiger Reserve is one of the four Tiger Reserves that is located in the state of Tamil Nadu. The other three Tiger Reserves are Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve. This is all about the discussion of this news article. Now with this information, let us look at this question. You can easily answer this question. Which of the following Tiger Reserves are located in the state of Tamil Nadu? Four Tiger Reserves are given and you need to choose the correct answer. We just saw that four Tiger Reserves are there in Tamil Nadu, Kalakkadu-Mundandurai, Anamalai, Mudumalai and Satyamangalam. You know that Periyar Tiger Reserve is located in the state of Kerala. So if you can remove this third item, you can easily arrive at the answer which is option D, one, two and four. This is all about the discussion of this news article. Now let us move on to the next news article. Now let us look at this question which is framed based on this news article where an academic from United States has expressed his opinions about the support of U.S. for India regarding the border issues with China. See in this news article, the academic has explained the success of India-U.S. ties in reviving and upgrading the Quad. Then the establishment of two plus two foreign and defense ministers dialogue. Then signing of Comcast Agreement and likely signing of Beka Agreement this year and also related to stationing of an Indian officer at the central command of the U.S. So from exam point of view, you need to know about Quad and the defense-related agreements signed between India and U.S. Here know that Quad grouping consists of four countries which are U.S, India, Japan and Australia and coming to the defense agreements signed between India and U.S.A, you need to have a brief background. Know that U.S.A has four foundational agreements that it signs with its defense partners. They are GSOMIA, which is the General Security of Military Information Agreement. Then LEMOVA, which is Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement. And then COMCASA, Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement. And finally, Beka, Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geospatial Cooperation. Out of these four agreements, U.S.A has signed the first three agreements with India. And the fourth agreement, Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geospatial Cooperation is A to B signed. If this agreement is signed, it will allow India and U.S. to share geospatial and satellite data such as topographical, nautical and aeronautical data with each other. And if you look at COMCASA agreement, this agreement will allow India to procure and transfer specialized equipment for encrypted communications. So from this, you can tell that both the statements are incorrect in this question. Here, both the aims have been interchanged. And also you need to know that Beka has not yet been signed between India and U.S.A. Now we need to choose those statement or statements which are incorrect in this question. So the correct answer is option C, both one and two, since both the statements are incorrect. So this is in brief about this news article. From this news article, know about the Quad grouping and then about the foundational agreements that U.S.A has signed with India. This news article is about the message expressed by the Director General of International Labor Organization. The Director General has expressed concern and has urged the Prime Minister of India to send a clear message to the central and state governments to uphold international labor laws. Because if you see, some states diluted their labor laws. Due to this, the trade unions agitated against this decision. And if you remember, in our 12th May, the Hindu news analysis, we saw that these trade unions might approach international labor organization. And based on their plea, the Director General has urged the Prime Minister to not dilute the labor laws. Because some states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat have either suspended a large number of labor laws for two or three years or even diluted them in order to attract industries in the middle of this COVID-19 pandemic. So this is in brief about the news. In this respect, you need to know about international labor organization. We have discussed in detail about this international labor organization and then about the conventions of this international labor organizations in detail in our 12th May, the Hindu news analysis. We request the viewers to have a look at it for better subject clarity. So always remember one fact. Majority of the current affairs are the sequence of events like the one that we have seen today. So try to extract from such news articles what you need from exam perspective. In this case, you need to know about ILO from prelims perspective and about the sequence of events from mains perspective. So this is how you should approach current affairs. Also, if you see, sometimes you might not get news articles that are relevant from exam perspective on a particular subject. Say for example, economy. Like today, if you see the business column, there aren't much news that are related to prelims perspective. So on such days, try to focus on rest of the news articles. But here, the key is not covering the entire newspaper but knowing what to study and what not to study. In this aspect, we would suggest the viewers to focus on all the news articles that we analyze on daily basis. And if any potential news articles are not covered, it would be covered in the subsequent days. As I already told, most of the current affairs is a sequence of events. With this, we come to the end of the analysis of all the news articles taken up for today's discussion. Now let us move on to the other practice questions discussion session. For those news articles, we haven't discussed. Now look at this question which is about institutions of eminence scheme. Here the question is, which of the following is not the benefit extended to an institution of eminence? Here the correct answer is option C, public institutions under institution of eminence scheme cannot admit foreign students. Know that they can admit foreign students and they also have the freedom to recruit faculty from outside India and they will get an additional funding of up to 1,000 crores and UGC inspection shall not apply to institutions of eminence. So here the correct answer is option C. Now let us look at this practice mains question. Why do you think the committees are considered to be useful for parliamentary work? Discuss in this context the role of the departmentally related standing committees. It is a 15 mark question and you need to write the answer in 250 words. If you remember in 2018 there was question related to estimates committee of the parliament. So often you get questions related to the parliamentary committees in your mains exam. So in the first part try to address the importance of the parliamentary committees and in the second part discuss about the departmentally related standing committees and its functions. Now let us move on to the next mains question. The question is data sharing has assumed significant importance in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic. Discuss the measures required at the international level to ensure safe and interoperable data sharing. You need to answer this question in 150 words. It is a 10 mark question. So relate the given statement briefly to the lack of data on the origin spread and other crucial information on COVID-19 in the months of December 2019 till present. And you need to discuss the measures. So you can suggest measures which we saw during our editorial discussion like having a credible international data framework then a need for an international body for data governance and also the need for cooperation from all stakeholders moving beyond geopolitics. You can also mention some other relevant points that are appropriate for this question. With this we come to the end of the analysis of all the news articles taken up for today's discussion and also the practice questions discussion session. 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Do I even need my glasses, will you? Probably should have got the glasses. You know Rudy Gaye said, Rudy Gaye said the reason he wasn't hitting shots in Toronto was he shot 39% was because he couldn't see. So now you can't see, so you should go see. But sometimes glasses get in the way. You feel me? Hey, AAU coach always just telling me back in the day when I played D3 he said all the time, if you hit your first shot you're in for a big night. You know you never hit this, right? I can't see. Because you're never going to make that shot ever again. I've been getting better at this whole basketball thing. Down 90 pounds now, look, look, look. Do a sprint, do a sprint. Oh man, guys, this is home territory for me. You know what I'm saying? Home court advantage. I'm cooking some delicious meals. Let me put y'all on game mode. This is my plan.  And it always ends up delicious. This is Chef Asian ladies and gentlemen. Let me show you how we get down. Now you used to eat horribly, but I'm not going to lie to you. I don't eat fast food no more. So I took at home and cooking in the kitchen is actually very boring. I'm a grill kind of guy now. I'm just stepping it up in the grill. So this is how I do it. I just put everything on here. Boom. You wash your hands? Of course, Lee. Of course, of course. You know what's going on, right? You know what's going on, right? Yo, I'm shocked. Yes, sir. Why did you squeeze it so hard? That was so disrespectful. It already died. I told it to eat it. That was disrespectful enough, Lee. It's dead. Lee said I can't have some. It's too expensive. Okay. Let's go for like $18 a pound. You know what I'm saying? Just me. Rihanna, if you come through, I can make you some, though. What? I'm just kidding me, bro.  No cap. I'll be with you. I'm not going to lie. I'll let you do whatever you want. Yeah, I'll go see you at the shop for a minute. Just drop an Amy video, point 21. Link in the description and on my second channel. Just drop the video. Try it again, Lee. Okay, you and I both know I don't cut things out. So you might as well just try that again right now. Hey, man. A&P video. Who's been playing some King of the Core? No. So now you have two takes. I mean, I'm not cutting out. Okay. We do have an A&P video. Link in the description. We're playing 21. And second channel. I uploaded a video of me playing 20. Oh, my God. Okay. That's three takes. Lee, just because I had the iPod merch on. Do you? I do. This is what it is. Oh, no. By the way, iPod, if you listen to this, you are banned from the next video. Just know that. That's a fact. That's a fact.  What? Yeah, it is. What video is that? Stop asking me. He's going to miss again. What's that mimbling on my feet? Look, look, look. Oh, not as low. You know that? Oh, this looks juicy. I'm not going to lie to you. That does look like it's worth. Oh, man. Do you have Cash's phone number? No. I know he has a thing for raw meat. Cash and raw meat. They're like synonyms. Yo, call my Instagram real quick. You know what I'm saying? I don't even follow him on Instagram. Oh. I don't f*** his content. That's... He's just been this kind of awkward. That right there. Why are you organizing it? Like, you're not going to take it off in like 30 seconds. You're right. Now, good call. Fellows, put y'all on game. Who uses plates in 2020? Pans not only have handles, right? They're better when it comes to heat so I can hold the bottom of the thing. That is a pot. Doesn't matter. Pots and pans, same thing only. It takes so much space in the dishwasher. Hey, just know if y'all been watching the podcast, I don't f*** been showing y'all game.  Congratulations. Hey, we're here today. Celebratory day, feel me? Almost at 100 pounds, about 90.  Except like maybe Devin. Look at my handles. Back up, back up. I've been working on these, right?  Look at you. I love the kids, man.  This is when I inspired the kids out here. You're going to have to buy them lunch after that. They be alright, man. D.O., believe me. I have a camera. There's a camera in my hand. Three, two. Okay. Alright. Alright. That was a travel as well. That was a travel. That was not a f***. I don't think you know how basketball works, man. You took like four steps. Some of y'all don't know how to season. That's a mistake, you know what I'm saying? If you don't know how to season, you're kind of messing up good food. Holy moly, where is it? Where is it? Oh, you put it up here because you thought it was cute. Look at you, man. Holy is like the female in the house. You just make life difficult just so it looks disorganized. It's so easy to see. Wow. That's good stuff. You actually want to add a lot of salt to steaks, believe it or not. Garlic, just a little itty bitty bit. A lot of this s*** is f***ing incredible. It adds a whole gang of spice.  I genuinely move with this. We have to actually eat this stuff. No, that's... And then... Why do you think I'm exaggerating? And then clean this as well. That's easy. And actually, you want to add an abundance of barbecue. Feel me? Next thing you want to do is you want to flip it. Make sure you get all the seeds. Don't let the seasoning fall. Quick flip. Simple s***. Quick flip. That's called gang. I've got to check on the grill real quick, man. Did you just... I knew you were going to grab that. I already knew it. Yo, what'd you see? It's a lizard right over there. Don't shoot the light. I swear to God if I shoot the light. I swear to God if I shoot that light.  There's some danger right there. I almost hit the light. Yo, is something genuinely wrong with this? You, you are the thing wrong with it because you're aiming at the lights that we paid for for the backyard. Don't! Ooh!  It's foggy. Yeah. Yeah, that's because we live in Georgia. Great state. You want to race right now? Let's race. Put the camera down. Let's go with s***. I just wanted that s***, fellas. You want to know? Yes, sir. So I spent the whole race just with my arms down running beside you. I was chilling too. I wasn't even trying. So now I want to actually race you. Are you done? No, I'm too tired. Give me a break. But hey, all jokes aside, good job on the weight loss. You know what I'm saying? Check it out, man. I'm doing these basketball videos. Feel me?  It's because all these shorts are 3XL and very saggy. So I have a new strategy now. I have an undershirt, but not an undershirt keeps coming up. So let me tell you something. Everyone that's watching this video right now is saying that you should just buy new shorts. I can't buy new shorts. You can. I'm going to lose more weight. You're going to... This video alone can pay for so many shorts that it's not a problem. Oh, hey there, guys. You know, just me seizing it again. How are you guys doing? Good? How much do you want with these? Because I like a lot of this. It adds a whole gang of spice. You know what I'm saying? I just don't want this one. The key to grilling properly is to cook everything at the same temperature because it's easier. Why did you sneeze like that? Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. So good. I'm good.  First thing you want to do, you want to place these hot links on the top side of the grill because you don't want it to burn too much now, you feel me? These cook at a lower temperature so we put them up top. They're actually fully cooked.  You don't know what you're talking about. You're not a cook, obviously. Boom. Look at that. Evenly assorted. Let's put the burger in the front. Wow. This is good stuff here. Look closely. Agent Zero, Gordon Ramsay. We don't know. You feel me? Deep. You want to turn this one up just a tad? No. No, you don't. No, you don't. You trust me? I do not do that. It is 500 degrees in that. You're not turning it up any more than that. Put it back to low. You think so? Yes, it's 500. Put it back. Move, move.  I'm not.    Yeah. Oh, it's a plain white tea. It's not playing with me. Oh, I completely forgot the Chica Chica Chican Bauties. All right. That's disgusting. But, well, he's going to eat that so it's fine. All right. We're in our collection of guns in the house now. He's thinking about it. Look at this. Yeah, the gist of it is, bro. I'm losing too much weight. No point of buying new clothes until I get to my desired weight.  Feel me? I put together a challenge on Twitter. I said lose 20 pounds in two months. 25 pounds away, man. Oh, wow. Look at that. The fourth time the ball went in the net. Why do you always hate him? That's what it is. That's what it is. The whole field is about me throwing you the whole time. Defend this, defend this, defend this. I have a camera in my hand. What are you doing? I'll just wrap the one by itself. Just wrap the individual like just the one because right now you're just wasting a lot of stuff. Nah, you just want to make sure it's properly sealed. Yeah, you could just do that and wrap it. Do you want to put it in here? Specific thing. What? Now, there's going to be nothing that gets into it. It's properly sealed. I have to.  I know more than you. You just don't know how to cook when you can't on land. I really know how to cook. Answer loudly and unbiasedly, who was the worst cook in the house? Asia. Thank you. Yeah, that's because y'all are busy hating. It could be something objective like who has the best car and then y'all can be like, Lowe. Have you seen what the f***ing drives, man? Lowe, I got one more for you. Who drives the best car? Thank you. See? He's fair and unbiased. You just miss her, bro. Busy miss hearing people. You just know what you wanted to hear. Yeah, that was a life lesson. No cap. You know what I mean? What? Oh, man. Wow. Oh, hold on now. Flip that. Who is it looking juicy? Wow. Whoopsies. The kid's in the background. Wow. Wow. They only knew what I was grilling. Wow. I'm not trying to make friends with neighbors. Stop it. What is wrong with you? Look at that s***. Let's flip this bull s*** too. Bro, what do you play? What do you play? Oh, are you interested? I don't know where that is. All right. Check it out. It's one player. Give him a... He thinks his post moves are really, really good. They're waving. No cap.  Like, no. Block his s***. My hook game is strong.  You picked the most athletic human being in the play. Usually my hook game is strong. You saw me go download them. I gotta actually tie my shoes. I know we're recording a video on s***. These are actually your old shoes. Remember when you had rotrons and people threw them away? And bought you these? I just stole them. I got them very dirty, very fast.  Just tell me, yo, agent. It's not about the post hook, bro. It's about getting deep positioned. That's the victory for me. I got deep positioning. You feel me?  You know what I'm saying?  Oh yeah, A&P video out right now. We play king of the court. No. F***. We play 21. And on my channel I play king of the court. Second channel s***. Link in the description. Well, the burgers are ready, so. Oh, good call. God, they're overcooked like crazy. Oh my goodness. Hold on, hold on. I used to be going, ooh, wow. We just roll these over. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I know. You get it. What is wrong with those? That's not even funny. They're just cringey. Oh, I'm just doing it because I'm a target. I don't know what you're doing. Oh, okay. There's so much spice. God damn. That's how it should be, man. If you're not coughing after feeling the f***, that's some good s***. That's how you know some good s***. I know you. I hear that s***. Wait, hit my f***ing mic, man. Let me look it. It's going to slide it off like this, right? That's kind of...  I'm holding a camera. You're doing really good. I'm like a lot of f***ing... Let's leave it there. See what animal comes, picks it up. Obviously it's going to be a dinosaur lead. No way. Look, look, look at the footwork though. Footwork, footwork. You just punched the air? You just punched the air? How did you get open?  You could have got some of that. I'm a 3-point shark shooter in real life. You know what I mean? I convince you guys are nice in the post I am, but I'm really comfortable with the 3-point line. So I just dance around. It's real. So give me five sharks from the 3 right now. Right there. Oh, that's one. That's one. There you go. And then you realize just be the manager instead? I realize I'm going to tap out at 5-11, so... You know I always say like, food comes in all shapes and sizes. That's why I respect all kinds of different food. I always say this to people when they ask, foodism is really, really bad. Except vegans.  You got lead. I'm comfortable.  Oh yeah, I'm on a carnivore diet. Only meats. You feel me? Is it healthy? Who knows? Am I losing weight? Yes. Because it saves time and saves money. And both those things I value a lot. So I eat good. Mmm.  Way more energy than before. You know in my second channel video, who's playing Hang of the Corp. I had zero energy. I was coming off a 48 hour water fast. Feel me? I ate, and in five minutes, full of energy. And you've seen the performance. You watched the video. Link in the description. Subscribe to the channel. Y'all not impressed right now, bro? Look at the f***ing improvement, man. It's a matter of months. Like the last basketball video, I was looking like this. Try, try. Hit him with the hesitate. Wow. Cross. Cross behind the back. Do one step. Two steps. And then dribble back. You can't be serious right now.  Oh, I just filled it up. But all right. First shot. You're shooting. It always goes down the line.  Maybe that. You see better. I'm not really good.  He misses shot with him. See what I'm saying? See what I'm saying? Still doing it. Coach, what did coach say? Coach, you got to leave on a make. Can't leave yet. I eat about anywhere from 1,500 to 2,200 calories, depending on how I'm feeling that day. And I try and get at least minimum 5,000 steps a day. On a good day, I'll get 10,000. And the weight's just melting off, man. I'm eating the food that I love. I'm just playing basketball outside really. So I'm doing what I love. And I'm down 90 pounds. You feel me? That's what I'm after. Try to carnivore diet. That was an accident. Ho, ho. Watch for dessert. Another top sirloin steak. They're 18 bucks. Please face the camera if you while you potentially joke. She just went right down my throat. I was in a rush. Four uploads today. Cross all my channels. Big day. Feel me? Drop in content. Feel me? If y'all need a channel, feel me? Drop a like. Feel me? Subscribe to the channel. Second channel, basketball video. King of the court. Right there on the screen. A&P video. Right there on the screen. Click both of them. I love playing too. Catch y'all.


I'm Brian May in the State Operations Center at Cal OAS headquarters outside Sacramento. Today the 13th day of the Thomas Fire, a fire that has now become the third largest wildfire in California history. For the very latest on the wildfire conditions, they're on the Thomas Fire. I'm gonna go back to my colleague, Jonathan Goodell, who has been in Southern California all week. Jonathan, my first question for you is just explain where you are and what the situation is like there on the fire lines this evening. Yeah, hey Brian, we made our way down from San Ysidro Ranch, came down to Canyon. We're here now at San Ysidro Road and East Valley Road right along Highway 192. And as you can see, this is essentially main street of Montecito and it's completely empty, not a solar round. All that we've seen within the last couple hours are first responders, fire personnel, as well as law enforcement. But this is Saturday night and there's just nobody around. So it looks as though the residents have heeded the evacuation orders. And John, I see you're wearing the mask this evening. You've been down there all week. Describe the difference in the conditions this evening as opposed to what you've seen previously this week. Yeah, we came into town on Tuesday and it was much warmer throughout the week. The skies were clear. Smoke obviously back in the distance and today's been a drastic change. We've had a lot of ash falling from the sky. Snow light covered on our vehicles. Smoke, as you can see over my shoulder, the smoke and the plume has never been this big. The time that we've been here, it's growing by the minute and it's been a huge change just when we arrived on Tuesday to today, by far the worst day that we've seen. That smoke plume is incredibly visible behind you. The one thing I don't notice back there is any aircraft fighting this fire. I know these winds, not only do they fuel the fires, but they can also prevent aircraft from fighting up above. Is that the case this evening? Yeah, and we've been here on the ground for a couple hours now. We've only seen one, maybe two helicopters flying. It's just too windy, as you can probably see around me. The gusts are upwards of 50 miles per hour. It's gotten worse and worse throughout the day. It's gotten colder and it doesn't look like it's gonna slow down anytime soon. We did hear on the radio a little while ago that as soon as these winds die down, they're gonna try to get the aircraft back up and fight this fire. I know you, Jonathan and your crew were evacuated from your hotel not far from there this morning, earlier this morning. So for folks in this evacuation area, what advice can you pass along if they get the orders to leave? Well, first and foremost, leave. Don't make it more difficult on the law enforcement and authorities. They have a difficult job right now. Listen to the authorities, listen to your radio, know where to go, know your evacuation routes, know the evacuation shelters. And there's also two very convenient websites if you have access to the internet. Go to countyofsantabarbara.org, that's countyofsb.org as well as readyventuracounty.org. They have a list of all the road closures and the evacuations. Great advice, and I wanna pass along too that we've got all the latest of the wildfire information on our Cal OES wildfire website, which is wildfirerecovery.org. Jonathan, thank you. Stay safe, you guys be careful out there and we'll see you when you get back to headquarters. And again, from more information, go to wildfirerecovery.org. Thanks for watching.


Hey guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. For today's video, I'm going to be sharing with you my makeup collection if I didn't have a YouTube channel. So these are products that I believe would definitely be in my makeup collection even if I didn't do this crazy thing called YouTube. So if you would like to see these amazing products that are so tried and true and just so good and also see me do this look as well, then just keep watching. My hair is a little poofier than normal. I just went for a walk and the humidity got the best of me. So the first person that I actually saw do this video is Jamie Page. I'm not sure if she created the tag, but I'll list some of the ones that I've seen down below, but this was highly requested to do. Obviously, me having a YouTube channel, there obviously are a lot of products that I bought specifically for my YouTube channel and not personally because I wanted it. So I was thinking like if I didn't have a YouTube channel, what products would I have in my collection? And I was thinking in terms of how wearable they are and how versatile they were for occasions. So I just kind of picked products that I really felt like are tried and true in my collection. I always grab for. I always feel comfortable grabbing for. And did they just have the best selection of colors? I've always been the person to have a very large makeup collection. Like my collection has always been a lot like way more than I needed. Of course, with YouTube, but my collection exploded. Looking down at my collection right now. I don't know how it would survive, but I definitely went with products that I really do feel like are so versatile for whatever you're doing and they just fulfill so many of the needs that I personally have. So let's start off with primer. I only picked one primer and that is the Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer. This is honestly just the best primer I've ever used for my skin. So I have quite thirsty skin. It's quite dry. I would say my skin runs more normal to dry, but I just prefer a lot of hydration on my skin before makeup because nothing looks crustier than literal crusty dry skin underneath foundation. So for me, I love this because it's so lightweight on the skin and it's so moisturizing. It literally just feels like a moisturizer. So if I did not have a YouTube channel, this would definitely be the primer that I would have in my collection. For foundations, I picked two. The first one is the Makeup Forever Ultra HD Foundation. I've just used this for years. It's so versatile. I love the color of it. It's a more medium coverage. And this is kind of my favorite everyday foundation. And then I also picked out the Armani Luminous Soak Foundation. These two are kind of similar in that I feel like they're very lightweight. They give medium coverage, but this one is a little bit more special occasiony for me because it's a little bit more pricing. I feel like the finish is a little bit more velvety on the skin as opposed to this one, which is just more fresh and skin-like. Both are really great, but I think these would be the two foundations that I would have in my collection. If I was not a YouTuber, we'll go with Luminous Soak today. I'm in the mood to play with Luminous Soak. I have mine in the shade 4.5, and then I wear R330 in the Makeup Forever. I might have gotten a little bit too much sun. So, oopsie. And I'm just using my Kaleidos sponge to blend this in. And what I really like about the Luminous Soak Foundation is that you can really decide how much coverage you want. I mean, it does give you like a medium coverage overall, but if you just put the tiniest amount of product on, it really is such a natural look just to kind of even the skin out. And obviously, the more you put, the more put together and perfected your skin will look. Both of these foundations I also chose because they're both extremely comfortable on the skin. Like, I don't feel my makeup when I wear these foundations. They just feel so lightweight, and then they just make you look so good. For eyebrows, the winner is going to be the Benefit Precisely My Brow. And I think why I love this so much is one, it is so extremely thin, and I just love having the ability to create very fine hair, like, strokes. But also because Benefit is everywhere, I feel like they're in every retail store, so they're just so easy to get a hold of, and they follow you everywhere. I feel like I always get samples of these, and they always just work so good. It's just a reliable, basic eyebrow pencil that's nice and thin, has the perfect color range, and just given how easily accessible it is, I definitely see myself using this. And plus, you know, if I didn't have a YouTube channel, I would definitely still be watching YouTube channels. And this one is so widely known and talked about that I know I probably would have ended up with this one. And it's still just amazing. And then for eyebrow gel, I've been using this since the beginning of time, ever since I first started doing my eyebrows, and this is the ABH Clear Brow Gel. It really is just a tried and true in my collection, and I don't want to be without it. I have since discovered a lot of really great brow gels, but there's something about this one that I definitely have an emotional attachment to. So this one would always have to be in my collection. And what's great about a brow gel is that you don't really need to have eyebrow product on to use it. You can just use it on days that you're not wearing any makeup just to tame the caterpillars, you know? So definitely would need to have a brow gel. For concealers, one of the most versatile, wearable, comfortable, pretty concealers for me is the Armani Power Fabric Concealer. I have mine in the shade 4. This is just the ideal everyday concealer for me. It gives you good coverage. I do have discoloration underneath my eyes, but it's not really a deep concern for me.  I think this concealer is so easy to apply. It blends out almost by itself. You need a little to no work. Another concealer that I was thinking about was the Too Faced Born This Way Foundation. I don't know where mine is. I couldn't find it, so I just pulled this one out. But the Too Faced Born This Way is another one that I would have in my collection as well. But this power fabric just does the job and look how gorgeous and natural my skin looks right now. So perfect. So powder for me would definitely be the Maybelline Fit Me Fairlight Powder. To me, this is still just one of the best powders on the market, high-end, luxury drugstore. It's one of the best. I feel like it's one of the most perfecting powders. I love baking with this powder. Do people still bake anymore? I don't know, but I really like lathering on this powder because it just looks so good and it's so smoothing, you guys. I just, it's so good. But yeah, this definitely would be in my collection anytime, every time. My collection's this big. I'm always gonna have this powder. My collection is tiny. This will be the only powder that I have. I love it so much. See, I just feel like my skin is so much more smooth now. So the bronzer that I would have in my collection would have to be the Marc Jacobs Tantastic Giant Omega Bronzer. And this boy is expensive. And I know if I didn't have a YouTube channel, I definitely would not have a ton of expensive products, just a select few like I've picked for today's video. But you just get so much product with this bronzer. Literally the most perfect color. It's neutral, but it also shades the face, but it also warms the face at the same time. I just feel like this is one of the most versatile shades as far as bronzers go. It's fantastic quality. You never really are going to run out of it and it's not the solid bronzer. And if this was the only bronzer in my collection, I really would be happy because it's so beautiful. You guys see that? I haven't used this bronzer in a while. It's so good. Oh my goodness. Let's move on to eyes. I picked out the Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance. This is just a primer that I've always had in my collection because it's good. I swear it does help the longevity of my makeup and stop decreasing. If you were on YouTube like 10 years ago, this was the bee's knees everybody used. Either Too Faced Shadow Insurance or Urban Decay Primer Potion. I was definitely a shadow insurance believer and I still am. I mean, I don't have big problems when it comes to eye makeup longevity, but I do find that this actually legitimately works. Eyeshadow Palettes. The one thing about me is I've always loved eyeshadow palettes. I've always had a large eyeshadow palette collection. That's just me. That's just who I am. That's just how I've always been. So I pick out four eyeshadow palettes. All of these speak to me on a personal level, like deep in my soul. These are my colors. So the first one that I picked out was the Artist Couture Supreme Nudes. This is just a glam neutral palette. These are the colors that I would reach for on an everyday basis. You know, if I had to, I would not be mad about it. The quality is so buttery smooth and I just feel so comfortable reaching for this palette. I also picked out the ABH Soft Glam, of course, because this has the most perfect colors, the most perfect quality. And I know if I didn't have a YouTube channel, I know I would need to own an ABH palette. And this one would definitely be the one that I would go for. I also picked out the Natasha Denona Metropolis palette. I love luxury beauty. What can I say? But this is like the best value and it has the most perfect array of colors. You have some fun options. You have neutral options. You have bronzy options. You have warm options. This palette has grown on me so much ever since I purchased it. And it's one of the best. And I think if you're a beginner to eyeshadow, especially if you're looking into these more luxurious makeup brands, I highly recommend the Metropolis palette. And then the last one, I've always been in love with Kathleen Lights and I really have always loved this palette. I don't even think this is still available. But this is the Zodiac palette from Colourpop that Kathleen Lights collaborated on. And I just love this but because it has those neutrals that I'm so extremely comfortable with, but it also has a lot of fun colors that you can play with just to spice up your look. I've always preferred neutral tones but I always really enjoyed putting in special pops every now and then. So this really is also me as a palette. So I feel like this collection of four palettes, overall, they're quite neutral but they do have their pops as well. And these are just some go-to palettes. And I know you're like, where's the Pat McGrath, Morgan? If I'm being completely honest, if I didn't have a YouTube channel, I wouldn't have even found Pat McGrath. The price would have scared me away. But very, very happy with these four. So which one do I want to use today? I've done a lot of soft glam on my channel. So I'm going to put that up. And I think I've done a lot of Metropolis. Yeah, okay. Since the Zodiac is not available anymore, I'm not going to use it. So that leaves us with Supreme Nude. This is the one I kind of wanted to play with anyways. I don't think I've done a full tutorial on my channel with this one yet. I don't, I might have, but anyways, let's just do it. Um, we're going to start off with Accentric right here. Oh my gosh, you guys. I never pull these mirror things off. So I'm using a Mac 224. And I love this mustardy shade. I think it's so pretty. And the shadow quality here, by the way, you will not be disappointed by everything is just really good about this palette. And this is a palette that I'm given the collection that I actually do have. I didn't think that I would need. So I passed on it initially. Let me tell you that was a mistake because this palette is perfection. It's quickly rose to one of my favorite palettes ever. I'm also going to run that along my lower lash line. So next up, I'm going to take Aesthetic. This one is a chocolatey brown. So it has just that little tinge of red to it, but it still leans a little bit more neutral. And you know, it's a good palette when I feel comfortable digging into these dark browns and not worrying that I'm going to get too much payoff and not be able to blend it out. Like, look at this. It's just doing the work for me. Built that up along the lower lash line as well. And then I want to put lavish all over my lid because I love these two colors together. So just look how beautiful and glam this shade is. It's incredible. And I think that's all I'm going to do as far as eyeshadow today. I just really love this simple gold look. I don't think I've done a look like this quite yet with this palette and it's so simple. Love it, but highly recommend Supreme Nudes if you are interested. For eyeliner, I picked my try and true MAC Black Track Fluid Line. Sometimes I try and trick myself and tell myself that I love a liquid eyeliner pen. When it comes down to it, I just love my trusty Black Track Fluid Line. It's the best. I have the most control with a pot liner and I really do feel like it stays. So I have to dig for my favorite brush. For years, I've always used the MAC 210 brush to apply. We're going to fast forward through this because I cannot speak and do this. Okay, you guys, I swear, I always get the best wings when I use a pot liner. So mascara, I actually have two. I only have one to show you today, but I am so in love with the Pat McGrath Fetish Eyes Mascara. It's been one of my favorites ever since I got my hands on it. The other one that I love that I don't have today is the Essence Lash Princess. I just mind got old. So I threw it out, but I do plan on repurchasing it once I cycle through the mascaras that I do need to go through. But those are my two favorite. Lash Princess is only $5. Pat McGrath is a little bit more expensive, but those are definitely my top two favorite mascaras. I love mixing them, blending them, but also using them on their own. I find the Essence to be really lengthening. I just like how the Essence builds on itself. And then I like the Pat McGrath because I feel like it gives me some more volume. Both I highly recommend. The one thing with Pat McGrath though is it can get a little bit flaky. So just be prepared for that. I just love how it makes my lashes look so much that I put up with it. But Lash Princess doesn't get flaky if you hate that. Okay, so let's move on to blush. You guys know, blush is like my favorite part of any makeup routine. So I picked two blush palettes. I love a good blush palette. I love Variety. And I picked out my two favorite ones. So the first one is by NARS. And it is the Overlust Cheek Palette. Now this is a part blush part highlighting palette. Not really moved by the highlighters, but I just love the colors of this blush palette so much that it still is worth it to me. These are the most perfect wearable blush colors. They give you a little sheen to the cheek. And I'm sure this is going to be limited edition. So it's going to be gone pretty soon. But this is one of my favorite blush palettes of all time. I love the colors. They're just so perfect. And then the other one, this is only available at select retailers. Hopefully it's still available. This is the Jouer Bouquet Demour Palette. And even if they don't have this specific palette, I love their individual blushes as well. They just have the most beautiful colors. This one I like because it has such a large array of colors that are already existing in their lines. So this is kind of a taste of their entire blush collection, which I love. Pink blushes are my jam. And I just love how the majority of these blushes are pink. I think today kind of looking at my face, we're going to go in with the NARS. And I think this warm shade right here is going to match better with my look. So you can see it kind of almost looks like it wouldn't be pigmented.  I love this palette so much. I can't stop raving about it. And I'm really scared that it actually is going to be discontinued one day because it's so bomb. Look how pretty that was. As far as highlighter, this one was a no-brainer for me as well. The Dior Backstage Glow Face Palette. This is a really great taste into luxury highlighters that is at a relatively more affordable price point. And the formulas are so smooth on the skin. It's not a formula that's going to emphasize texture. You get a beautiful glow. You can build it up if you want an intense glow or you can just put a little bit on and spread it out for more of a natural glow. Definitely one of the highlighter palettes that I take with me on vacation. The shade that I'm dipping into right now is one of my all-time favorite highlighters. You can see just how glowy and pretty and smooth it is to the skin. You also have this light shade if you want something really beaming. This is fun if you're wearing a pink blush. I still use this as a highlighter but it just kind of blends in so seamlessly to pink blush just the best. I always am so excited when I can pull this palette out. And if I had a limited collection, I would still have this in so good. For setting spray, I just love the classic MAC Fix Plus. The one I currently have is a coconut scent. But any MAC Fix Plus, I love the scent. I love how it refreshes my makeup. It's truly a classic. It's overpriced water, yes, but it's magical. Mostly for setting sprays, I would say I look for setting the makeup, making the makeup melt and look more natural. And I really do feel like this does a really good job with that. It's easy to get a hold of. It's just a classic. You can't go wrong with Fix Plus. While my face is drying, I picked out my all-time favorite everyday lashes. Can't live without my Coco Misha lashes, you guys. They're the best for my eye shape and my preferences. So I have a smaller eyes and I know those almond kind of fox eyes are in right now. I do have an almond shape eye. I am half Asian, but I actually prefer a lash that is longer in the center to round my eyes a bit more. Sometimes I do want to go for that elongated eye look. But for the most part, for me, I find the longer in the center lashes to be a little bit more flattering on me, unless, like I said, I'm going for that look. So I like these because they're super wearable, but you also can kind of pull these off with glam looks as well. But they look very natural. They're very thin. Well, they don't look natural, but they're very thin, easy to apply, and I just think they look so good whether you're wearing a natural look or a glam look. Okay. So, see, I just, I love these lashes. They're the best. For lips, I picked out two lip liners, two lipsticks, and one gloss. So the two lip liners I picked out, the first one is BFF. This is kind of my everyday ignore this gold swatch, but this is kind of my everyday favorite nude lip liner. It just is kind of my lip color, but better. It's perfect for contouring. And then if I want something a little bit deeper and more brown-based, because I really enjoy kind of brown neutral lips, I love the Pat McGrath Supernatural Contours also very good, but I think one of my contours lost in my purse, but these two have been for the past year. I'm using these non-stop. I think we'll go a little bit more brown-based today. So I'm going to put on Supernatural from Pat McGrath. I really don't know how Pat McGrath does this formula because it's so creamy to apply, but then it dries down and it doesn't budge. It's incredible. Colourpop, I feel like, has an amazing really creamy formula, but it doesn't dry down like the Pat McGrath does. Both are really fantastic, but the extra bucks you pay for the Pat McGrath really show. And then for lipsticks, my all-time favorite lipstick formula is Charlotte Tilbury. So I picked out two colors from Charlotte Tilbury. I have my all-time fav Everyday Nude, which is Hepburn Honey right here. This is a kissing formula, so it has a little bit of a shine, and it's my Good Luck lipstick. I wear it to every interview, every special event. I think it's stunning. And then if I want something a little bit more, my natural lip color, but better just for everyday, I really like Pillow Talk. It took me a while to get on board with the Pillow Talk lipstick because I knew it was so popular and I never saw anything special about it until I started liking the look of having just a nice light pink lip and then I love it for everyday. So I'm going to use Hepburn Honey because I just think it'll go perfect with my eyes. The Perfect Nude. Am I right? Like, I just... Me in the lipstick. And then for lip gloss, of course, I went with Fenty. I... Hmm. Actually, I was in a tough battle with Pat McGrath, but I think versatility-wise. I love me at some Fenty. This one's in the shade Fussy. I think I prefer the Universal. That one is in my purse right now, but this one's just as good. It's just slightly more pink. I'm going to put just a dab for a little extra. Little extra juiciness, but Fenty has such a good formula. I don't know if I like Fenty or Pat McGrath better. They're different, though. This one is more like throw-on mindless-y, whereas Pat McGrath, she has such an amazing finish and color range. It's really difficult to decide between the two, but as far as everyday, a very minimal collection. I think this would be the lip gloss that I would have. Alright, so I'm going to... Yeah, and I'll be right back. You guys love it when I have lion's hair, but... It's a bit much. Alright, you guys. So those are the products that I would have in my collection if I didn't have a YouTube channel. Realistically, though, I know I would have a lot more, but these would be my tried and true products. I just know I can always fall back on no matter what the occasion is or what time of day it is. So I hope you guys enjoyed this collection. Let me know. Those of you who don't have a YouTube channel, is this the kind of collection you would have? Would you have this many items? And would you have the items that I featured? I want to know. Comment down below. Let's get a conversation going. If you aren't subscribed to my channel already, I would love it if you would consider taking the time to do so. And I will see you guys in the next one. Bye, guys. Have a good one.


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Aaron Alec Manoa came in here one of the best pitchers in the American League you guys knocked him out in the sixth inning and put up four runs against him what does that say about this offense? They were rolling you know we wanted to come in put pressure on them you know we were able to do that and you know came out with four runs against them I believe so it was a good day. You came up at a big spot there in that fourth inning bases loaded came through with runners in scoring position just take me through that at bat. I mean I was just looking for a pitch I can drive. I feel like he was nibbling pretty much the whole the whole day you know I was going to change up my first at bat I kind of rolled over that so I wanted to make sure I stay inside it you know stay inside of it and you know I got a fastball down the middle and you know I put it in play and I hit hard. Seemed like you were pretty excited too when you got to second base just can it hit like that add confidence in those situations moving forward?  This team is now one nine in a row can you just describe the run that you guys have been on and what it's been like in that clubhouse?  Aaron thanks for the day.