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🔆 Dhabaleswar Temple, Odisha

📍 Why in News?
✅ President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the Dhabaleswar Temple during her three-day visit to Odisha

📍 About Dhabaleswar Temple
✅ Location: Hillock-like island in the Mahanadi River, near Cuttack, Odisha
✅ Dedicated to: Lord Shiva
✅ Name: Dhabala means white and Ishwar means God
✅ Legend associates the name with Lord Shiva turning a black calf white
✅ Architecture: Kalinga style, with sandstone structure and pyramidal roof
✅ Historic stone carvings date to the 10th–11th centuries
✅ Temple has three main chambers, with the central chamber housing Lord Shiva’s idol
✅ Jagamohan features intricate carvings of animals, birds and mythological figures
✅ Distinctive two-tiered terracotta-tiled roof

📍 Religious Significance
✅ Bada Osha, observed before Kartika Purnima, is a major festival attracting lakhs of devotees

📍 UPSC Mains Question
Q. Discuss the significance of temple architecture in understanding India’s cultural heritage, with special reference to the Kalinga style of Odisha. (10 Marks | 150 Words)

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🔆 Arjuna Award – 2026

📍 Why in News?
✅ Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu, renowned weightlifter, has been recommended for this year’s Arjuna Award

📍 About Arjuna Awards
✅ One of the six categories of National Sports Awards
✅ Instituted in 1961
✅ Recognises sportspersons for outstanding international achievements and consistent performance over four years
✅ Conferred annually by the President of India
✅ Administered by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
✅ Generally presented on National Sports Day – 29 August

📍 Eligible Disciplines
✅ Olympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Cup and World Championship disciplines
✅ Cricket and equivalent recognised international tournaments
✅ Indigenous Games
✅ Sports for persons with disabilities

📍 Key Facts
✅ The award cannot be given to the same person more than once
✅ May be awarded posthumously
✅ First awardees included P K Banerjee, among the inaugural 1961 recipients
✅ Anna Lumsden was the first woman Arjuna Award recipient
✅ Award includes a statuette, certificate, ceremonial dress and ₹15 lakh cash prize

📍 Mains Question
Q. Discuss the role of national sports awards in promoting sporting excellence and developing a strong sporting culture in India. (10 Marks | 150 Words)

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🔆 Sowa-Rigpa & Bhoti-Language Manuscripts

📍 Why in News?
✅ Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav called for global recognition of Sowa-Rigpa as an evidence-based system of medicine
✅ He also emphasised preservation of ancient Bhoti-language manuscripts containing valuable knowledge of Sowa-Rigpa

🔆 About Sowa-Rigpa

📍 What is it?
✅ Sowa-Rigpa is one of the world’s oldest traditional systems of medicine
✅ Also known as the Amchi System and Tibetan Medicine
✅ The term Sowa-Rigpa means “Knowledge of Healing” and originates from the Bhoti language
✅ Buddha is traditionally regarded as the originator of this system

📍 Geographical Spread
✅ Developed and strengthened in the Trans-Himalayan region
✅ Practised in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Darjeeling
✅ Also practised in parts of China, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, and Russia

🔆 Key Features
✅ More than 75% of its texts are derived from Ashtanga Hridaya, an important classical text of Ayurveda
✅ Uses several Indian medicinal plants and formulations, including Ashwagandha, Guggulu, Triphala, Ashoka, and Haridra
✅ Gyud-Zi (Four Tantras) is the fundamental textbook of Sowa-Rigpa
✅ Recognised under India’s Ayush framework
✅ Represents an important repository of Trans-Himalayan traditional medical knowledge

🔆 National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa
✅ National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa is India’s apex institution for education, research, and healthcare in the Sowa-Rigpa system

🔆 Bhoti-Language Manuscripts

📍 What are they?
✅ Historical, religious, and medical texts written in the traditional Bhoti script
✅ Bhoti script is derived from the Tibetan script
✅ Traditionally used extensively in Buddhist monasteries for religious teachings and scriptures
✅ Some manuscripts preserve centuries-old knowledge of Sowa-Rigpa

🔆 Significance
✅ Preservation of Bhoti manuscripts can help safeguard traditional medical knowledge and cultural heritage
✅ Scientific study and documentation can support the evidence-based validation of traditional practices
✅ Recognition of Sowa-Rigpa can strengthen India’s traditional medicine diplomacy and cultural heritage
✅ Protecting manuscripts is important for preventing the loss of indigenous knowledge passed through generations

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✅ Sowa-Rigpa → “Knowledge of Healing”
✅ Also known as → Amchi / Tibetan Medicine
✅ Core text → Gyud-Zi (Four Tantras)
✅ Major influence → Ashtanga Hridaya
✅ Region → Trans-Himalayan region
✅ Bhoti script → Derived from Tibetan script
✅ National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa → India’s apex institution for education, research and healthcare in Sowa-Rigpa

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 10 AUGUST 2026

🔆 GEOGRAPHY

📍 Mising Community – Assam
✅ Mising is Assam’s second-largest plains tribe
✅ Known for adapting to the seasonal floods of the Brahmaputra River
✅ Chang Ghar: Bamboo-and-wood houses built on raised platforms; can be rebuilt after severe floods
✅ Agricultural cycles are aligned with the river’s natural ebb and flow
✅ Sustainable fishing practices are used during the monsoon
✅ Ali-Aye-Ligang festival, animist traditions and handloom practices reflect their cultural ecology
✅ Boro/Bodo is Assam’s largest plains tribe

🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE

📍 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting
✅ Held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
✅ Hosted by the Ministry of Education under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026
✅ Theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability”
✅ Focus: ECCE, skill development, research & innovation, mutual recognition of qualifications and academic leadership
✅ Members adopted the 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Declaration
✅ BRICS Network University to incorporate traditional and indigenous knowledge as a new International Thematic Group

📍 E-Samudra Platform
✅ Launched by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW)
✅ Developed with technology partner CMS Computers India Ltd.
✅ Aim: shift maritime administration towards Digital First and Faceless Governance
✅ Provides a single digital window for ports, shipping companies and seafarers
✅ Enables paperless transactions, online payments and real-time request tracking
✅ Generates tamper-proof digital certificates
✅ e-NAVIK: 24×7 seafarer grievance-redressal portal
✅ d-SEA: Digital Seafarers Employment Agreement
✅ Includes vessel and seafarer-related digital modules

📍 Caste Enumeration in Census 2027
✅ Ladakh is set to lead Independent India’s first comprehensive caste enumeration
✅ First comprehensive caste-wise enumeration since the 1931 Census
✅ Census 2027 will be India’s first digital census
✅ Ladakh will primarily use paper schedules due to security concerns near sensitive border areas
✅ 2011 SECC was an independent survey and did not have statutory backing under the Census Act, 1948
✅ Its caste data was not publicly released due to data-quality concerns
✅ Census 2027 will have an open-ended caste column

🔆 ECONOMY

📍 India Crosses 300 GW Non-Fossil Fuel Capacity
✅ India crossed 300 GW of installed non-fossil fuel electricity capacity
✅ Capacity reached 300.50 GW in 2026
✅ Accounts for over 54% of total installed electricity capacity
✅ Total electricity capacity: around 552 GW
✅ Solar: 164.59 GW
✅ Wind: 58.14 GW
✅ Hydropower: 57.24 GW
✅ Bio-power: 11.75 GW
✅ Nuclear: 8.78 GW

🔆 AGRICULTURE

📍 Mithila Makhana Exported to Australia
✅ First-ever export of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana from Bihar to Australia
✅ Received GI tag in 2022
✅ Originates from the Mithila region of Bihar
✅ Mithila accounts for nearly 85% of India’s Makhana cultivation
✅ Also known as fox nut/gorgon nut
✅ Rich in plant-based protein, calcium, magnesium and antioxidants
✅ Low in cholesterol and fat

🔆 ENVIRONMENT

📍 Fishermen-led Invasive Species Removal – Ujani Reservoir
✅ India’s first fishermen-driven removal initiative launched at Ujani Reservoir, Maharashtra
✅ Launched by Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
✅ Reservoir lies on the Bhima River
✅ Targets invasive suckermouth catfish
✅ Local fishers are incentivised to capture and remove the invasive fish
✅ Combines biodiversity conservation with livelihood support

📍 Striped Hyena
✅ A 2026 study highlighted limited public understanding of the striped hyena’s secretive lifestyle
✅ Study conducted by HEAL and NCBS
✅ Scientific name: Hyaena hyaena
✅ Solitary and primarily nocturnal scavenger
✅ Found across parts of Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent
✅ Only living species in the genus Hyaena
✅ IUCN status: Near Threatened
✅ Global population: fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, according to the provided source

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🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

📍 EVEREST Rocket Engine
✅ Developed by Astrobase Space Technologies
✅ Claimed as India’s first privately built 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) engine
✅ Propellants: Liquid Oxygen (LOX) + Liquid Methane
✅ Thrust: 800 kN
✅ Specific impulse: 340 seconds
✅ Throttle range: 50–110%
✅ Designed for reusable medium-lift launch vehicles
✅ FFSC capability places India alongside Russia, USA and China, according to the source

🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS

📍 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
✅ Observed annually on 9 August
✅ Established by the UN General Assembly in 1994
✅ Commemorates the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982
✅ Aim: promote and protect the rights of Indigenous peoples
✅ 2026 Theme: “Honouring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-being”

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