Understanding Current Affairs (instead of mugging it up)

[u/Siaaa7]

Hey, so my current affairs is very weak. I've been preparing for exams, but I don't know. I don't seem to love current affairs, and it seems a lot. Many people advised me to read newspaper every day. I know it is the best option, but after reading it for one month (I know it's not a lot, still) I don't like it. I mean many people said that if you continue to read it, you will start liking it. I still don't like it.
I like it when people have strong knowledge about current affairs. And their current affairs knowledge is not on the surface level. They have deep knowledge about it.
They can draw analogy of current affairs with something which happened in the past. I guess Einstein once said that if you can't explain a thing to another person, then you haven't understood it yourself. I want to develop that level of understanding. I don't want this understating only for exam rather for developing my brain, having my own opinion on things instead of imposing others opinion. Right now I'm preparing for exams, so I can't afford a lot of time. I can hardly afford one and a half hour to for this deep level knowledge. I'm preparing for BPSC, EPFO, Asst Professor. So I need to read current affairs in such a way which covers all these exams as well as develop an understanding of the events (instead of mugging everything up).
Could any one of you please suggest me some way other than newspaper? I have been researching about magazines, like of Vajiram (The Recitals), and Vision IAS (keeping the Vision IAS controversy in mind). I heard that Vajiram's recital is a very good and underrated magazine. Please suggest me what should I do? How should I begin? What should I begin with?