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.
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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.
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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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-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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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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India's Peacock Diplomacy at the UN
India has presented five young peacocks—four blue and one rare white, reflecting the UN's colours to the UN Office at Geneva.
Indian envoy to Geneva Arindam Bagchi handed them over to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of UN Geneva, in a unique symbolic gesture showcasing India's cultural heritage and diplomatic outreach.
India has presented five young peacocks—four blue and one rare white, reflecting the UN's colours to the UN Office at Geneva.
Indian envoy to Geneva Arindam Bagchi handed them over to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of UN Geneva, in a unique symbolic gesture showcasing India's cultural heritage and diplomatic outreach.
Bihar–NABARD Infra Pact: Bihar signed a ₹21,000-crore long-term financing agreement with NABARD to fund road and bridge infrastructure, primarily benefiting rural connectivity and economic activity.
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Krishnadevaraya
Krishnadevaraya (1509–1529)- greatest ruler of the Tuluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire; ascended the throne in 1509.
Virupaksha Temple, Hampi (Karnataka)- dedicated to Shiva (Virupaksha); Krishnadevaraya rebuilt/renovated the temple for his coronation in 1509 and commissioned its imposing eastern gopuram.
Hampi, the capital of Vijayanagara, lies on the Tungabhadra River and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Krishnadevaraya defeated the Gajapatis of Odisha and the Bijapur Sultanate; his victory in the Battle of Raichur (1520) brought the strategically important Raichur Doab under Vijayanagara.
A noted scholar-king, he wrote Amuktamalyada in Telugu; his court was adorned by the Ashtadiggajas, including Allasani Peddana.
Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes visited Vijayanagara during his reign and described its prosperity and grandeur.
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Krishnadevaraya (1509–1529)- greatest ruler of the Tuluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire; ascended the throne in 1509.
Virupaksha Temple, Hampi (Karnataka)- dedicated to Shiva (Virupaksha); Krishnadevaraya rebuilt/renovated the temple for his coronation in 1509 and commissioned its imposing eastern gopuram.
Hampi, the capital of Vijayanagara, lies on the Tungabhadra River and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Krishnadevaraya defeated the Gajapatis of Odisha and the Bijapur Sultanate; his victory in the Battle of Raichur (1520) brought the strategically important Raichur Doab under Vijayanagara.
A noted scholar-king, he wrote Amuktamalyada in Telugu; his court was adorned by the Ashtadiggajas, including Allasani Peddana.
Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes visited Vijayanagara during his reign and described its prosperity and grandeur.
#HISTORY
Makkah/Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA)—>signed on 7 August 2026 at Mecca
Members: Türkiye + Saudi Arabia + Pakistan; it is a trilateral, defensive mutual-security pact.
Core principle: An armed attack on any one member will be regarded as an attack on all three- a collective-defence commitment broadly resembling the logic of NATO Article 5.
Nature: It pledges mutual support for defence and deeper defence/security cooperation; Türkiye has stated that it is purely defensive and not directed against Iran or any particular country.
Important distinction: It is separate from the 2025 Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA), which was a bilateral pact signed in Riyadh on 17 September 2025; the new Makkah Agreement brings Türkiye into a new trilateral framework.
Türkiye is a NATO member, Saudi Arabia is not, while Pakistan is the only nuclear-armed member of this trilateral grouping
Link: https://t.me/bpscweb/37420
#CA2026
#Agreement
Members: Türkiye + Saudi Arabia + Pakistan; it is a trilateral, defensive mutual-security pact.
Core principle: An armed attack on any one member will be regarded as an attack on all three- a collective-defence commitment broadly resembling the logic of NATO Article 5.
Nature: It pledges mutual support for defence and deeper defence/security cooperation; Türkiye has stated that it is purely defensive and not directed against Iran or any particular country.
Important distinction: It is separate from the 2025 Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA), which was a bilateral pact signed in Riyadh on 17 September 2025; the new Makkah Agreement brings Türkiye into a new trilateral framework.
Türkiye is a NATO member, Saudi Arabia is not, while Pakistan is the only nuclear-armed member of this trilateral grouping
Link: https://t.me/bpscweb/37420
#CA2026
#Agreement