Jhijhiya is a popular folk dance of Bihar, India, that is performed exclusively by women.

The dance is performed during the Navaratri festival

The festival is celebrated in the mythological town of Mithila, which is located in the northern part of Bihar.

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India’s first “High-Altitude Wildlife Safari” to begin in Ladakh.

Link:https://ladakh.gov.in/indias-first-high-altitude-wildlife-safari-to-begin-in-ladakh/

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The Maharashtra government announced a total ban on artificial or analogue paneer – a non-dairy product made from vegetable oils, starches, emulsifiers and additives, citing health concerns. Analogue paneer is significantly cheaper to produce than conventional paneer and contains lower protein levels.

NAVA SAVERA 3.0 Campaign (Bihar): Launched to create awareness, prevent human trafficking, rescue and rehabilitate trafficking and child-labour victims, and provide them skills, employment and dignity.

Interlink: https://t.me/bpscweb/35555?single

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High Court Chief Justice
-Art. 217: HC Chief Justice/Judges are appointed by the President; retirement age = 62 years.

-Art. 223: President appoints an Acting Chief Justice when CJ’s office is vacant or CJ is absent/unable to act. Acting CJ is temporary; Regular CJ holds substantive office.

-Collegium recommends, President appoints. Collegium system is not mentioned in the Constitution; it evolved through the Judges Cases.

-Re-recommendation: Government may return a recommendation for reconsideration; Collegium can reiterate/re-recommend the same name. A reiterated recommendation is binding on the government.

-Patna HC (Aug 2026): Justice Sudhir Singh = Acting CJ; SC Collegium has re-recommended Justice V. Kameswar Rao (Delhi HC) as regular CJ—he becomes CJ only after formal Presidential appointment.

-Remember: Art. 222 – Transfer | 223 – Acting CJ | 224 – Additional/Acting Judges | 224A – Retired Judges.

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BHAKTI MOVEMENT
Bhakti Movement: Pan-Indian devotional tradition, especially prominent c. 11th–18th century; used vernacular/local languages and challenged excessive ritualism and social hierarchies.

Virashaiva/Lingayat Movement: 12th-century Karnataka; associated with Basavanna & Allama Prabhu; centred on Shiva and opposed caste discrimination, ritualism, superstition, image worship and animal sacrifice.

Anubhava Mantapa: Associated with Basavanna at Kalyana (Karnataka); forum where men and women from different social backgrounds discussed spiritual and social issues.

Akka Mahadevi: 12th-century woman Lingayat/Virashaiva saint; renounced conventional social norms; associated with Basavanna and Anubhava Mantapa.

Namadeva (1270-1350): Maharashtra; devotee of Vithoba/Vitthala (Vishnu); devotional hymns attacked social hierarchy and ritual purity.

Kabir (1440-1518): Nirguna Bhakti saint; rejected caste distinctions and Hindu-Muslim religious orthodoxy; stressed direct devotion to one God.

Guru Nanak (1469–1539): Founder of Sikhism; Ik Onkar = One Supreme Being; emphasised unity of God and rejection of caste/religious discrimination.

Guru Granth Sahib: Includes hymns of the Sikh Gurus as well as non-Sikh saints such as Kabir, Sheikh Farid, Namdev and Ravidas.

South Indian roots: Alvars = Vaishnava poet-saints; Nayanars = Shaiva poet-saints. Andal—> Alvar (Vaishnava); Karaikkal Ammaiyar—>Nayanar (Shaiva).

Regional matching: Chaitanya-Bengal/Odisha—>Krishna | Mirabai-Rajasthan—>Krishna | Tukaram-Maharashtra—>Vithoba | Narsinh Mehta-Gujarat—>Krishna | Lal Ded-Kashmir—>Shaiva mysticism | Vidyapati-Mithila—>Maithili poet.

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