Supreme Court Collegium
• The Collegium has recommended the elevation of V. Mohana (Senior Advocate), Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva (Madhya Pradesh HC CJ), Justice Arun Palli (J&K and Ladakh HC CJ), Justice Shree Chandrashekhar (Bombay HC CJ) and Justice Sheel Nagu (Punjab & Haryana HC CJ) to the Supreme Court.

• V. Mohana will become the 12th woman judge of the Supreme Court and only the second woman advocate directly elevated from the Bar to the SC after Indu Malhotra.

• The Collegium system is based on the Three Judges Cases (1982, 1993, 1998) and is used for appointment and transfer of judges in the higher judiciary.

• The SC Collegium consists of the CJI and 4 senior-most SC judges.

• Judges of the SC are appointed by the President of India under Article 124 of the Constitution.

• A SC judge retires at the age of 65 years (High Court judges retire at 62 years).

• There is no mention of the Collegium system in the Constitution; it evolved through judicial interpretations.

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• Andhra Pradesh became the first state to operationalise PM-SETU by approving the Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) for the Visakhapatnam ITI Cluster under an industry-led model.

• PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs) is a ₹60,000-crore scheme aimed at upgrading 1,000 Government ITIs through an industry-led Hub-and-Spoke model to improve employability and create a future-ready skilled workforce.

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Samadhan Didi: AI-powered voice chatbot integrated with CPGRAMS, developed by DARPG and BHASHINI, enabling citizens to file and track public grievances in Indian languages through voice-based interaction.

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Arunachal Pradesh has declared the Pineapple Festival an annual state event; the state is India's leading producer of organic Queen and Kew varieties of pineapple.

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Russia became the first country to sign a military cooperation agreement with the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, strengthening Moscow–Kabul security ties.

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Sundays on Cycle' is a nationwide fitness initiative launched under the Fit India Movement to promote cycling and combat lifestyle diseases.

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Digital Economy(SIDE) 2026 Report

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ELI LILLY’S (VERVE-102) —> world’s first in-vivo CRISPR gene-editing therapy for LDL cholesterol; a single-dose treatment reported to reduce LDL-C by about 62% by targeting the PCSK9 gene in the liver.

Additional fact: Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disorder causing very high LDL cholesterol, is commonly associated with mutations in the LDLR, APOB, or PCSK9 genes.

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