Hello,

In case your query is specifically for UPSC, then editorials are major important regarding this, at the same time focus on government schemes and bills, news related to environment, economy, news of national and international importance, social issues, court rulings, constituent amendments etc, go through the syllabus in detailed manner, this is essential as you need to know what are th topics you're required to read and what to skip such as news related to sports, movies, politics etc, you can try to relate the dynamic portion with that of static one, for example an impact of recent government scheme socially, economically, or even otherwise, a holistic approach so to speak, that you are viewing a certain situation/impact socially, economically, geographically, this is more efficient when you will try to write your mains answer, see you can either go for making notes in register, the spiral one works best, also you can use stick notes, as in divide the major topics, and write notes accordingly, else if you don't want to go for hand notes, you can try digital ones through one note, evernote etc. always remember that your notes should be in your own words, don't copy everything line by line, try to write in your own words, because at the time of revision you will find it lot more easier, in case you're struggling regarding this, what you can do is watch few YouTube sessions of The HIndu Analysis by some great educators, even if you watch for few days in consistent manner, you will get to know how to go about this.

Hello Rudra

There are so many various ways that a students can apply while making notes from news paper. Here I have listed below.

• Offline Method: You can use register books or pages and even flip cards to keep the record of the current affairs. You can even make things more organized by categorizing all the data as per months, subjects, or topics.
• Digital method: Since the internet gives us the most updated results, it is always a wise choice to make notes digitally. You can use the Evernote notebooks app that can help you to classify data even more easily. The digital method makes the updating of note easier since the process is automatic.
• You should always make notes on topics like current information regarding government schemes, geographical issues, RBI initiatives, poverty, drought, monsoon conditions, etc
• Do not pay attention to those articles that mostly involve Reading about the political parties. Add to that, Issues regarding the elections or political parties having no relevance to the constitution or administration of India should be avoided while making notes. Entertainment and its criticism cover a big part of the newspaper but it has nothing to do with the exams.
• The science and technology part of the newspaper is very important because it supplies all the news regarding the current research and projects going on around the world. so, you should always keep in mind about these thing while making your notes
• Note down the social issues and challenges that our society or our country is facing. and also the hot topics that include linking of rivers, water conservation, water disputes, etc

Thanks

Greetings!!

The best newspaper is considered to be The Hindu. It helps in preparation for a lot of examination including UPSC.

In order to make excellent notes from this newspaper you must be aware of the type of questions asked in the examination, for which firstly you should know the syllabus and then start checking previous year question papers in order to get a complete idea of what type of questions are being asked. Then you will be able to select topic in a better manner in order to make notes properly.

So firstly you will be able to find specific topic in order to make notes which are defence news, economy, government bills, social issues, government schemes, employment, editorial, international news.

Also you can work on the above mentioned topics properly and movies , celebrity related news is generally not too important.

Important tournament in sports can be focused but all the indepth sports news is not very important.

Also you can add facts , reason, benefits of a particular important topic you read since it becomes important to focus on this topic.

Also make notes daily since it will be helpful for you, do not pile up your work for a particular day.

It is important to have a clear idea of what actually is asked from news and current affairs thus check previous year question papers, this will give you a rough idea as to which topic is important.

Also The Hindu helps you to improve vocabulary, so you can get an advantage to improve your communication skills.

Hope this helps....