🔆 Different Sects under Shaivism
(Art & Culture | Indian Philosophy)

📍 Nathpanthi
✅ Follow teachings of Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath
✅ Worship Adinath (a form of Shiva)
✅ Practice Hatha Yoga; monks wear loin cloth/dhoti and smear ashes
✅ Wandering ascetics; do not stay long at one place
✅ Maintain a sacred fire called Dhuni
✅ Also known as Siddha Siddanta

📍 Lingayatism
✅ Distinct Shaivite tradition believing in monotheism
✅ Worship Lord Shiva in the form of Linga
✅ Established in 12th century AD by Basava
✅ Rejects authority of the Vedas and caste system
✅ Also known as Veerashaivism
✅ Questioned the theory of rebirth
📌 (UPSC 2016)

📍 Dashanami Sanyasis
✅ Associated with Advaita Vedanta tradition
✅ Disciples of Adi Shankaracharya
✅ Known as “Dash Nam Sanyasi”
✅ Divided into 10 monastic groups

📍 Aghoris
✅ Devotees of Shiva as Bhairava
✅ Monists seeking liberation from the cycle of reincarnation
✅ Practice sadhana on cremation grounds
✅ Believe in removal of worldly bonds like lust, anger, greed, fear, hatred
✅ Follow extreme tamasic ritual practices

📍 Siddhars / Siddhas
✅ Originated mainly in Tamil Nadu
✅ Saints who were doctors, alchemists, mystics
✅ Attained spiritual perfection through secret rasayanas and pranayama
✅ Practiced breath control to reduce number of breaths
✅ Considered founders of Varma (Varmam) –
• Martial art for self-defence
• Medical treatment system
✅ Monotheistic and condemned idolatry
📌 (UPSC 2016)

📌 Prelims Focus
✅ Nathpanthi → Hatha Yoga, Gorakhnath
✅ Lingayatism → Basava, anti-caste, Linga worship
✅ Dashanami → Adi Shankaracharya, Advaita
✅ Aghori → Bhairava, cremation rituals
✅ Siddhars → Tamil Nadu, medicine + mysticism

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 4 FEBRUARY 2026

🔆 DIGITAL PAYMENTS

📍 UPI International Expansion
✅ India exploring UPI linkage with Alipay+
📍 What is Alipay+?
✅ Global merchant-facing payments network
✅ HQ: Singapore (Ant International)
📍 Benefit:
✅ UPI users can pay overseas merchants without foreign wallets
📍 Current UPI countries:
✅ Singapore, UAE, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, France

🔆 INTERNATIONAL

📍 Social Media Regulation
✅ Spain proposes complete ban on social media for under-16s
📍 Announced by: PM Pedro Sánchez
📍 Platform executives to be personally liable for harmful content
📍 Covered platforms:
✅ Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, X

📍 Critical Minerals
✅ Project Vault announced by US President Donald Trump
📍 Investment: $12 billion
📍 Objective:
✅ Reduce US dependence on China for rare earths
📍 Key minerals:
✅ Gallium (semiconductors, 5G)
✅ Cobalt (batteries, jet engines)

🔆 NATIONAL

📍 Innovation Ecosystem
✅ Atal Innovation Mission hosts AIM SUMVAAD
📍 Venue: Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi
📍 Key launches:
✅ Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge 2026 (with UNDP)
✅ National Incubator Assessment Framework (NIAF)
📍 Aim:
✅ Transparency, benchmarking & competition among incubators

📍 Sports Infrastructure
✅ Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lays foundation stones
📍 Investment: ₹120 crore
📍 Under:
✅ Khelo India Scheme
📍 Includes:
✅ 6 new sports infrastructure projects
✅ 2 athlete support facilities

🔆 ENVIRONMENT / ENERGY

📍 India–Bhutan Power Cooperation
✅ Review of cross-border transmission till 2040
📍 Focus:
✅ Grid connectivity
✅ Power scheduling during lean seasons
📍 Key projects:
✅ Punatsangchhu-I (1200 MW)
✅ Punatsangchhu-II (1020 MW)
✅ Sankosh Hydropower Project

🔆 DEFENCE

📍 Joint Military Exercise
✅ KHANJAR-XIII (India–Kyrgyzstan)
📍 Location: Misamari, Assam
📍 Duration: 4–17 Feb 2026
📍 Purpose:
✅ Special forces interoperability & counter-terror cooperation

📍 Missile Technology
✅ DRDO successfully tests Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)
📍 Location: ITR Chandipur, Odisha
📍 Advantage:
✅ Long-range supersonic missile capability
📍 Developed by:
✅ DRDL, RCI & HEMRL

🔆 STATES

📍 Andhra Pradesh
✅ Pilloo AI launched for voice-based accounting
📍 Features:
✅ Invoices, payments, balance sheets via voice
📍 Aim:
✅ Digital empowerment of MSMEs

📍 Assam
✅ ₹50 crore heritage grant for Koch Dynasty (Darrang Kings)
📍 Objective:
✅ Preserve royal palaces & monuments
📍 Occasion:
✅ Mahabir Chilarai Divas

🔆 SCHEMES

📍 PM VIKAS
✅ Central Sector Scheme under Ministry of Minority Affairs
📍 Objective:
✅ Socio-economic empowerment of 6 minority communities
📍 Components:
✅ Skilling
✅ Women entrepreneurship
✅ Education (via NIOS)
✅ Infrastructure (PMJVK)

🔆 IMPORTANT DAY

📍 World Cancer Day – 4 February
✅ Theme 2026: United by Unique

🔆 APPOINTMENTS

📍 Defence & Aviation
✅ Divakar Jayant (INAS) → DG Naval Armament
✅ Nivedita Dubey → First woman Director (HR), AAI
✅ M. Anitha (IRS) → Director, Ministry of Defence

🔆 AWARDS

📍 Ports & Sanitation
✅ Paradip Port Authority wins Swachhata Pakhwada Award 2025
📍 Pillars:
✅ Jan Bhagidari
✅ Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
✅ Safai Mitra Suraksha

📍 Science
✅ Veerabhadran Ramanathan wins Crafoord Prize 2026
📍 Field: Geosciences (Climate Science)
📍 Known as: Nobel of Geosciences

🔆 SPORTS

📍 Shooting
✅ India to host Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2027
📍 Venue: Karni Singh Shooting Range, Delhi
📍 First time:
✅ Asian Olympic Qualifier + World Cup Qualifier in same cycle

📍 Squash
✅ Anahat Singh (17 yrs) enters World Top-20
📍 Won:
✅ PSA Bronze title – Squash On Fire Open (Washington)
📍 Achievement:
✅ Youngest Asian ever in Top-20

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 5 FEBRUARY 2026

🔆 BANKING & FINANCE

📍 World Bank Loan for Skill Development
✅ World Bank approves USD 830 million loan for PM-SETU
📍 Full form: Pradhan Mantri – Skilling & Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs
📍 Objective:
✅ Modernise ITIs & NSTIs
✅ Improve employability & job outcomes
📍 Targets:
✅ 1 million skilled workers/year
✅ ≥25% women participation
📍 Loan terms:
✅ Maturity: 19.5 years
✅ Grace period: 4 years
📍 Under World Bank Country Partnership Framework (FY26–31)

🔆 SKILLING & EMPLOYMENT

📍 Women-Centric Skilling
✅ MSDE + IPE Global Ltd sign MoU
📍 Objective:
✅ Build gender-responsive skilling ecosystem
📍 Focus:
✅ Employability
✅ Inclusive economic growth
✅ Women-led development

🔆 GOVERNANCE / PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

📍 NYPS 2.0 Launched
✅ Ministry: Parliamentary Affairs
📍 Platform: National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS) 2.0
📍 What’s new:
✅ Participation opened beyond educational institutions
📍 Three modes:
➡ Institution
➡ Group
➡ Individual participation

🔆 EDUCATION & URBAN STUDIES

📍 Global Student City Ranking
✅ Delhi ranked world’s most affordable city for international students
📍 Report by:
➡ Knight Frank India
➡ Deloitte India
➡ QS Quacquarelli Symonds
📍 Key insight:
✅ India hosts ~155 million youth (18–23 yrs) – world’s largest cohort
📍 Tier-1 anchor cities:
➡ Delhi NCR
➡ Bengaluru
➡ Mumbai

🔆 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

📍 Employment Guarantee Reform
✅ Budget allocation:
➡ ₹95,692 crore – VB-G RAM-G
➡ ₹30,000 crore – MGNREGA
📍 VB-G RAM-G:
➡ Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar Aajeevika Mission (Grameen)
➡ 125 days assured employment
➡ Will eventually replace MGNREGA

🔆 COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT

📍 Bharat Taxi App
✅ India’s first cooperative-based ride-hailing platform
📍 Launch:
➡ 5 Feb 2026
➡ Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi
➡ By Amit Shah
📍 Model:
✅ Driver-owned
✅ Zero-commission
📍 Competitors:
➡ Ola, Uber, Rapido

🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

📍 Drone Certification Ecosystem
✅ National Test House (NTH) collaboration for EMI/EMC drone testing
📍 Supports:
➡ Drone Rules, 2021
➡ CSUAS, 2022
📍 NTH:
➡ Established: 1912
➡ Under: Department of Consumer Affairs
➡ NABL-accredited labs nationwide

📍 India–EU Digital Trust
✅ MeitY + EU DG CONNECT sign pact on Advanced e-Signatures
📍 Focus:
➡ Electronic signatures
➡ Electronic seals
➡ PKI systems
📍 Implemented via:
➡ Controller of Certifying Authorities
➡ IT Act, 2000

🔆 STATES

📍 Kerala
✅ Launch of NeophyteID App
📍 Purpose:
➡ AI-based detection of invasive plant species
📍 Developed by:
➡ Malabar Botanical Garden & Institute for Plant Sciences
📍 Tech:
➡ YOLOv11 AI model
➡ Image recognition + geospatial tracking

📍 Madhya Pradesh
✅ Introduction of ‘Garbh Sanskar’
📍 To be taught in:
➡ All universities
➡ Govt hospitals (dedicated rooms)
📍 Concept:
➡ Education & nurturing in the womb

🔆 IMPORTANT DAY

📍 International Day of Human Fraternity
✅ Observed on 4 February
📍 Theme 2026:
➡ “Dialogue Over Division”

🔆 APPOINTMENTS

📍 Manipur
✅ Yumnam Khemchand Singh sworn in as Chief Minister

🔆 SPORTS

📍 Shooting
✅ Esha Singh wins Gold – Women’s 10m Air Pistol
📍 Event:
➡ Asian Rifle & Pistol Championship 2026
📍 Final score:
➡ 239.8
📍 Team Gold:
➡ Esha Singh
➡ Manu Bhaker
➡ Suruchi Singh

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🔆 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13 April 1919)
(Modern Indian History | GS Paper-1)

📍 Context
✅ Amritsar witnessed intense unrest due to growing resentment against British rule.
✅ Hartals, shop closures and halted trade reflected public anger.

📍 Immediate Provocation
✅ 9 April 1919: Arrest of nationalist leaders Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal.
✅ Arrests triggered widespread protests across the city.

📍 Escalation of Violence
✅ 10 April: Police fired on protesters → violence intensified.
✅ British deployed troops under Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer.
✅ Martial law–like conditions imposed.

📍 Dyer’s Proclamation (13 April)
✅ Ban on public gatherings, demonstrations and assemblies.
✅ Movement restricted without official passes.

📍 The Gathering at Jallianwala Bagh
✅ Baisakhi Day: Thousands gathered at Jallianwala Bagh,
• unaware of prohibitory orders
• to protest the Rowlatt Act and April 10 firing

📍 The Massacre
✅ Dyer ordered troops to fire on an unarmed crowd (men, women, children).
✅ Official British figures:
• 379 deaths, ~1,100 injured
✅ INC estimates:
• 1,000+ deaths, ~1,500 injured
✅ Over 1,650 bullets fired without warning or dispersal order.

📍 Aftermath: Martial Law
✅ Martial law imposed in Punjab.
✅ Brutal reprisals:
• Public floggings
• Inhuman punishments
• Collective humiliation

📍 National & International Reaction
✅ Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood.
✅ The massacre shattered faith in British justice.

📍 Gandhi’s Response
✅ 18 April 1919: Gandhi withdrew the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
✅ Declared it a “Himalayan Blunder”.
✅ Yet reaffirmed faith in non-violence and India’s moral strength.

📌 Historical Significance
• Marked a turning point in India’s freedom struggle
• Ended belief in British moral legitimacy
• Radicalised national movement → path towards Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)

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🔆 CBDC vs e-RUPI

📍 Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
✅ Issuer: Issued and regulated by Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
✅ Purpose:
• Digital alternative to physical currency
• Intended to replace/augment cash for transactions
✅ Scope:
• Wide usage — from daily retail payments to large-value transactions
✅ Technology:
• Can be based on blockchain or other digital ledger technologies
✅ Accessibility:
• Available to the general public through banks and financial institutions

📍 e-RUPI
✅ Issuer: Issued by NPCI in collaboration with Government departments
✅ Purpose:
• Prepaid, one-time payment instrument
• Used for specific goods or services
✅ Scope:
• Mainly for government welfare schemes and employee benefits
✅ Technology:
• Based on QR codes and UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
✅ Accessibility:
• Available only to targeted beneficiaries as identified by the issuer

📌 Key Difference at a Glance
• CBDC → Universal digital currency, cash-like, system-wide
• e-RUPI → Targeted, purpose-specific, voucher-based

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 6 FEBRUARY 2026

🔆 INTERNATIONAL

📍 UN Contributions
✅ India pays USD 35.18 million to UN Regular Budget (2026)
➡ Secures place on UN Honour Roll
➡ Supports peace, development & human rights work

📍 Critical Minerals
✅ USA launches FORGE Initiative
📍 Full form:
➡ Forum on Resource, Geostrategic Engagement
📍 Objective:
➡ Secure & diversify global critical mineral supply chains
➡ Successor to Minerals Security Partnership (MSP)
➡ India among participating nations

🔆 NATIONAL

📍 Medicinal Plants Governance
✅ National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) launches digital portal for:
➡ Electronic Certificates of Origin (CoO)
➡ Cultivated medicinal plants
📍 Benefits:
➡ Single-window system
➡ Automated Form-12
➡ Supports ABS exemptions
📍 NBA:
➡ Established: 2003
➡ HQ: Chennai

📍 Disaster Management
✅ NDMA releases India’s first SOP on:
➡ Comprehensive Disaster Victim Identification
➡ Mass fatality incidents
📍 Key features:
➡ National Dental Data Registry
➡ Forensic archaeology methods

📍 Startup Ecosystem
✅ Govt extends Startup India recognition for Deeptech firms to 20 years
📍 Notified by DPIIT (4 Feb 2026)
📍 New thresholds:
➡ Turnover cap: ₹300 crore
➡ R&D-intensive, high-tech focus firms
➡ Long gestation allowed

📍 AI in Governance
✅ SabhaSaar Initiative
➡ AI-based Gram Sabha meeting summarisation
➡ Adopted by 1.11 lakh Gram Panchayats
➡ Launched: 14 Aug 2025
➡ By Ministry of Panchayati Raj + IndiaAI

📍 Startup Support
✅ SAMRIDH Programme (MeitY)
➡ Supports 300 tech startups
➡ Financial support up to ₹40 lakh/startup
➡ Implemented by MeitY Startup Hub

🔆 DEFENCE

📍 Mountaineering Diplomacy
✅ Rajnath Singh flags off Mount Aconcagua Expedition
📍 Location:
➡ Andes, Argentina (6,960 m)
📍 Significance:
➡ Highest peak outside Asia
➡ Western Hemisphere’s highest
➡ Organised by NIM + JIM&WS

📍 Naval Technology
✅ Sagar Defence delivers first Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) to Indian Navy
📍 Features:
➡ Speed > 50 knots
➡ 12.7 mm gun
➡ Missile & loitering munition capable
➡ Patrol + strike role

📍 IAF Exercise
✅ Exercise Vayu Shakti-2026
📍 Venue:
➡ Pokaran, Rajasthan
📍 Highlights:
➡ 120+ aircraft
➡ Rafale, Su-30, Tejas, Apache, Chinook
➡ Largest day-night air power exercise

🔆 MoUs / FEDERALISM

📍 Nagaland
✅ Centre + Nagaland Govt + ENPO sign pact for:
➡ Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA)
📍 Covers districts:
➡ Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire, Longleng, Noklak, Shamator

🔆 STATES / ENVIRONMENT / CULTURE

📍 Karnataka
✅ Launch of Automatic Property Mutation System
➡ Faster land record updates post sale/inheritance

📍 Gujarat
✅ Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary records 5+ lakh birds
➡ 21% rise due to reduced tourism
➡ Ramsar site (since 2012)

📍 Hakki-Pikki Tribe
✅ Karnataka-based Scheduled Tribe
➡ Traditional bird-catchers
➡ Speak Vaagri (UNESCO-listed endangered language)

🔆 SCHEMES

📍 Cooperative Sector
✅ NCDC implements:
➡ Yuva Sahakar Scheme (youth-led cooperatives)
➡ Swayamshakti Sahakar Yojana (women SHGs)
➡ Financial & livelihood support

🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS

📍 World Interfaith Harmony Week
✅ Observed: 1–7 February 2026

🔆 APPOINTMENTS

📍 International Sports Governance
✅ Soraya Aghaei Hajiagha (Iran) becomes IOC’s first female member from Iran
➡ Elected at 145th IOC Session, Milan

🔆 OBITUARIES

📍 Academia
✅ Renowned sociologist Dr. Andre Beteille passes away
➡ Padma Bhushan (2005)

📍 Travel Writing
✅ Hugh Gantzer (Padma Shri) passes away at 95

🔆 AWARDS

📍 Humanitarian Award
✅ Queen Mother of Bhutan receives 22nd Upendra Nath Brahma ‘Soldier of Humanity’ Award
📍 Venue:
➡ Bodoland University, Assam

📍 Education
✅ Rouble Nagi (India) wins Global Teacher Prize 2026
➡ Prize: USD 1 million
➡ Event: World Government Summit, Dubai

🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

📍 Robotics
✅ Addverb launches India’s first wheeled industrial humanoid – Elixis-W
📍 Features:
➡ Physical AI
➡ Dual-arm dexterity
➡ Warehouse & factory use
📍 Launched at LogiMAT India 2026

🔆 SPORTS

📍 Cricket
✅ RCB wins 2nd Women’s Premier League title

#CurrentAffairs

🔆 GI TAGGED HANDLOOM PRODUCTS (State-wise)

📍 Andhra Pradesh
✅ Uppada Jamdani Sarees
✅ Venkatagiri Sarees
✅ Mangalagiri Sarees & Fabrics
✅ Dharmavaram Handloom Pattu Sarees & Paavadas

📍 Gujarat
✅ Tangaliya Shawl
✅ Kachchh Shawls
✅ Patan Patola
✅ Rajkot Patola

📍 Himachal Pradesh
✅ Kullu Shawl
✅ Kinnauri Shawl

📍 Jammu & Kashmir
✅ Kashmir Pashmina
✅ Kani Shawl

📍 Karnataka
✅ Navalgund Durries
✅ Ilkal Sarees
✅ Molakalmuru Sarees
✅ Udupi Sarees
✅ Mysore Silk
✅ Guledgudd Khana

📍 Kerala
✅ Cannanore Home Furnishings
✅ Balaramapuram Sarees
✅ Kasaragod Sarees
✅ Kuthampully Sarees
✅ Chendamangalam Dhoties & Set
✅ Mundu–Kuthampully Dhoties & Set Mundu

📍 Madhya Pradesh
✅ Chanderi Sarees
✅ Maheshwar Sarees

📍 Maharashtra
✅ Solapur Chaddar
✅ Paithani Sarees
✅ Solapur Terry Towel
✅ Karvath Kati Tussar Sarees

📍 Manipur
✅ Shaphee Lanphee
✅ Wangkhei Phee
✅ Moirang Phee

📍 Odisha
✅ Kotpad Handloom
✅ Orissa Ikat
✅ Khandua Saree
✅ Gopalpur Tussar
✅ Dhalapathar Parda
✅ Sambalpuri Bandha Saree
✅ Bomkai Saree
✅ Habaspuri Saree
✅ Berhampur Patta (Phoda Kumbha) Saree

📍 Tamil Nadu
✅ Kancheepuram Silk
✅ Bhavani Jamakkalam
✅ Madurai Sungudi
✅ Arani Silk
✅ Kovai Kora Cotton Sarees
✅ Salem Silk (Salem Venpattu)

📍 Telangana
✅ Pochampally Ikat
✅ Gadwal Sarees
✅ Siddipet Gollabama
✅ Narayanpet Handloom Sarees

📍 Uttar Pradesh
✅ Banaras Brocades & Saree
✅ Mirzapur Handmade Dari

📍 West Bengal
✅ Santipore Saree
✅ Baluchari Saree
✅ Dhaniakhali Saree

📍 Other GI Tags
✅ Muga Silk – Assam
✅ Bhagalpur Silk – Bihar
✅ Champa Silk Saree – Chhattisgarh
✅ Kota Doria – Rajasthan
✅ Chakheshang Shawls – Nagaland

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🔆 Darien Gap: A Dangerous Migration Route

📍 What is the Darien Gap?
✅ The Darien Gap is a 97-km stretch of dense rainforest, swamps, and mountains, marking the only break in the Pan-American Highway, which otherwise runs from Alaska to Argentina.
✅ Due to its harsh terrain, hot & humid climate, and lack of infrastructure, the region has remained largely impenetrable.
✅ However, it has now become a major migration route, with thousands attempting to cross it to reach North America.

📍 Geographical Features
✅ Location: Border between Panama & Colombia.
✅ Terrain: Steep mountains, muddy swamps, fast-flowing rivers, and dense rainforests.
✅ Climate: Hot, humid, and rainy, with limited food & water resources.

📍 Geo-Political Significance
✅ Migration Crisis: Over 520,000 migrants crossed in 2023, and 300,000+ crossings in early 2024.
✅ ‘Donkey Route’: Migrants from India, Venezuela, Haiti, Pakistan, and others use this path via Panama, Costa Rica, and Guatemala before reaching Mexico.
✅ Criminal Activity: Controlled by smuggling networks, drug cartels, and armed groups who exploit migrants through violence, robbery, and extortion.
✅ Humanitarian Concerns: Reports of sexual assaults, deaths, and disappearances are rising, with overcrowded shelters and severe shortages of food, water, and medical aid.

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🔆 UAVs & Defence Robotics in India

📍 Indigenous Defence Systems (DRDO)
✅ NETRA
Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C / AWACS) for surveillance, target tracking, command & control

✅ Lakshya-2
Advanced pilotless target aircraft (PTA) for air-defence training, simulating enemy aircraft & weapon testing

✅ Nishant
Battlefield surveillance & reconnaissance UAV for target tracking, intelligence gathering & electronic warfare support

✅ Panchi
Tactical UAV with conventional take-off/landing for reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition & communication relay

✅ Daksh
Robotic system for IED detection & handling, EOD, NBC contamination monitoring, and search & rescue

✅ Daksh Mini
Compact ROV for confined space inspection, suspicious object extraction & SAR operations

✅ UXOR
System for unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection & neutralisation
Capable of handling bombs/missiles up to 1000 kg

📍 Indigenous UAV Platforms (DRDO)
✅ UAV-NETRA
Mini UAV for surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence gathering & border monitoring

✅ Rustom-2
Long-endurance MALE UAV for ISR, electronic warfare, communication relay & precision strikes

📍 Imported UAVs (India’s Arsenal)
✅ Heron (Israel)
MALE UAV for ISR, border surveillance, target acquisition & communication relay

✅ FireFly (Israel)
Loitering munition for precision strikes on ground targets

✅ Harpy / Harop (Israel)
Loitering munitions for electronic warfare & precision attacks

✅ Predator (USA)
MALE UAV for ISR, strike missions & combat search and rescue

✅ Sea Guardian (USA)
Maritime surveillance UAV for maritime domain awareness & anti-submarine warfare

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🔆 Mahayana Buddhism: Schools of Thought

📍 Madhyamika School (Śūnyavāda – “All is Void”)
✅ Thinker: Nagarjuna (2nd Century AD)
✅ Core Philosophy: Follows the Middle Path — rejects both Nihilism (nothing exists) and Realism (everything is permanent)
✅ Key Idea: No fundamental difference between Samsara and Nirvana
✅ Ontology: Reality is Śūnya (Void) — absence of inherent existence
✅ Basic Text: Mūla Madhyamika Kārikā
✅ Philosophical Position: Middle ground between
— Sarvastivada (Doctrine that all is real)
— Yogacara (Mind-only school)
✅ Significance: Śūnyavāda forms the core of Tibetan Buddhism

📍 Yogacara School (Practice of Yoga / Vijñānavāda)
✅ Also Known As: Vijñānavāda (Doctrine of Consciousness)
✅ Propounded By: Asanga and Vasubandhu
✅ Core Focus: Consciousness and knowledge (Idealism)
✅ Ultimate Reality: “Suchness” (Tathatā), also called Dharmadhātu
✅ Basic Text: Sutralankara
✅ Vasubandhu’s Role:
— Converted from Sarvastivada to Mahayana
— Wrote commentary on Abhidhamma from Sarvastivada and Sautrantika perspectives
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📌 Quick Comparison
✅ Madhyamika → Emptiness (Śūnya), Middle Path
✅ Yogacara → Consciousness-only (Vijñāna)

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