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How to keep up with Current affairs

When I was a child, people used to tell me to inculcate a ‘Good Habit’ — Reading newspapers. Those people who were applying for Government jobs and civil services were advised to meticulously digest lots of information from the newspapers. Well, as I grew up, I got to know that I live in an era of disinformation and Media and News outlets are the worst source of information — Propaganda, lies, yellow journalism, and what not! And may god save those who still follow this rubbish. Recently I took a glance at Civil services examination newspaper. I found the toughest papers to be easier and I myself was amazed at the depth of knowledge I had of the subjects. So how did I gain such a knowledge without ever reading a single newspaper article? Here are the tools: Twitter Feedly Blogs Reddit Twitter This is a microblogging platform. One opinion does not exist here. You see an issue from all the sides, gain perspective from all directions and have access to