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🔆 Sanskrit Poet Kalidasa

📍 Why in News?
🟢 ‘Kaho Kalidasa!’, a novel by Yugul Joshi on the life and works of Kalidasa, was recently launched at IGNCA, New Delhi.

📍 About Kalidasa
🟢 Kalidasa was a celebrated Sanskrit poet and dramatist of ancient India.
🟢 His exact birthplace and date of birth remain unknown.
🟢 He is traditionally associated with regions such as Ujjain, the Himalayas and Kalinga.
🟢 He is generally placed around the late 4th–early 5th century CE.
🟢 His works influenced later Sanskrit literary traditions as well as modern Indian thinkers such as Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore.

📍 Major Literary Works
🟢 Ritusamhara → Lyrical poem describing the six seasons of India.
🟢 Meghadutam → An exiled Yaksha sends a message to his beloved through a cloud; a landmark of the Sandesha-Kavya tradition.
🟢 Kumarasambhava → Epic poem dealing with Shiva, Parvati and the birth of Kumara.
🟢 Raghuvamsa → Epic celebrating the lineage of King Raghu, including Rama.
🟢 Malavikagnimitra → Drama centred on love, courtly life and mistaken identities.
🟢 Vikramorvasiya → Romantic drama depicting the love between King Pururavas and Urvashi.
🟢 Abhijnanasakuntalam → Seven-act drama based on the Shakuntala episode of the Mahabharata and regarded as Kalidasa’s most celebrated play.

📍 Literary Significance
🟢 Kalidasa is renowned for the lyrical beauty, imagery and refined expression of his Sanskrit poetry and drama.
🟢 His works portray courtly life, nature, love, mythology and human emotions.
🟢 Abhijnanasakuntalam was the first Sanskrit drama translated into a European language, helping introduce classical Indian literature to European audiences.

📍 Prelims Focus
🟢 Kalidasa → Sanskrit poet & dramatist
🟢 Meghadutam → Yaksha + Cloud messenger
🟢 Ritusamhara → Six seasons
🟢 Kumarasambhava → Shiva–Parvati–Kumara
🟢 Raghuvamsa → Raghu dynasty
🟢 Abhijnanasakuntalam → Shakuntala + Seven acts

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 25 AUGUST 2026 | TUESDAY

🔆 GEOGRAPHY

📍 Global Ocean Records Hottest Day
🟢 On 22 August 2026, global sea-surface temperature in extra-polar oceans (60°N–60°S) reached 21.104°C, the highest recorded
🟢 Surpassed the previous record of March 2024
🟢 The August peak is unusual as ocean temperatures normally peak during March–April
🟢 Linked to a developing strong El Niño along with long-term human-driven warming
🟢 Warmer oceans can intensify marine heatwaves, storms and sea-level rise, while weakening oceanic carbon absorption

🔆 ECONOMY

📍 Kanda Express for Onion Transportation
🟢 Centre launched ‘Kanda Express’ trains to transport onions from Nashik to Delhi, Chennai, Kochi and Guwahati
🟢 Onion prices rose 19% in a month amid lower output and tighter supplies
🟢 Aims to move onions from surplus to deficit markets
🟢 Intended to ease supply pressure, control food inflation and stabilise retail prices

🔆 AGRICULTURE

📍 India’s First Non-GMO High-Expansion Popcorn Maize Hybrid
🟢 India’s first indigenous non-GMO high-expansion popcorn maize hybrid was unveiled in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh
🟢 Features high-expansion kernels and premium popcorn quality
🟢 Integrated value chain covering processing, storage and packaging
🟢 Aims to reduce dependence on imported hybrids and conserve foreign exchange
🟢 Supports Aatmanirbhar Bharat and development of a globally competitive popcorn ecosystem

🔆 ENVIRONMENT

📍 ALTÉRRA – UAE Climate Fund
🟢 USD 30 billion climate fund launched by the UAE at COP28
🟢 Aims to finance clean-energy and climate-resilience projects in developing countries
🟢 Reflects the principle of CBDR-RC — Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities
🟢 Seeks to bridge the climate-finance gap by mobilising capital for developing economies

🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

📍 Green AI Data Centre – Andhra Pradesh
🟢 Andhra Pradesh Government sanctioned the AM AI Factory project
🟢 Location: Amanam village, Bheemunipatnam mandal, Visakhapatnam
🟢 Planned capacity: 512 MW
🟢 Targeted for completion in 2 years and 4 months
🟢 State support includes power infrastructure, water supply and fiscal incentives
🟢 Expected to generate up to 1,000 jobs

📍 First Module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS)
🟢 Union Cabinet approved BAS-1 under the revised Gaganyaan Programme
🟢 BAS-1 targeted for launch in 2028
🟢 Eight missions planned by December 2028
🟢 Full Bharatiya Antariksh Station targeted by 2035
🟢 Vision includes an Indian crewed lunar mission by 2040
🟢 Expected to expand microgravity research, high-tech industrial participation and space-sector employment

📍 India’s First Indigenous 5 kN Air-Breathing RDE
🟢 Defence startup D-Propulse demonstrated a 5 kN Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) with an aerospike nozzle
🟢 Hot-fire test conducted at a DRDO facility
🟢 Incubated at IIT Madras
🟢 Achieved Technology Readiness Level-5 (TRL-5)
🟢 Pressure-gain combustion can offer 15–25% higher efficiency
🟢 Target: flight-ready engine by December 2027
🟢 Potential applications include cruise missiles, drones and high-speed UAVs

🔆 INDEX

📍 IT Resilience Index – SEBI
🟢 SEBI introduced the Information Technology Resilience Index (ITRI) for Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs)
🟢 Covers stock exchanges and depositories
🟢 Assesses IT resilience across 9 parameters
🟢 Key parameters include availability, security, integrity, governance, reliability, monitoring and continuity
🟢 MIIs must calculate ITRI half-yearly and submit comparative analysis with corrective actions
🟢 Supported by an Early Warning System (EWS) for detecting deterioration
🟢 Full rollout targeted by 28 February 2027
🟢 Aims to strengthen resilience and governance of critical market IT infrastructure

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🔆 Public Examination Reform 2.0 (PER 2.0)

📍 Why in News?
🟢 An education reform expert has called for Public Examination Reform 2.0 (PER 2.0) to shift India from reactive post-breach responses to systemic examination security.

📍 What is PER 2.0?
🟢 A lifecycle-oriented integrity architecture for high-stakes entrance and recruitment examinations.
🟢 Moves beyond PER 1.0 (2006–2015), which focused mainly on candidate-facing transparency.
🟢 Emphasises auditable SOPs, end-to-end chain of custody and institutional accountability.

📍 Why Needed?
🟢 Question-paper compromises can occur at the question-setting and moderation stage, not merely during physical transport.
🟢 Physical security is ineffective when digital workflows and database access remain vulnerable.
🟢 Repeated content errors and translation glitches undermine examination credibility.
🟢 Earlier committees produced recommendations but often lacked enforceable Action Taken Reports.
🟢 Irregularities, score inflation and abnormal clustering of high scores threaten the sanctity of merit.

📍 Core Pillars
🟢 Secure Question Setting: Background checks, conflict-of-interest declarations, rotation and secure translation.
🟢 Digital Custody: Role-based access, biometrics, digital watermarking and activity logs.
🟢 Risk-Based Centres: Algorithmic centre allocation, infrastructure audits and CCTV-based proctoring.
🟢 Independent Audits: Statistical anomaly detection, cybersecurity audits, whistleblower mechanisms and public integrity reports.

📍 Major Challenges
🟢 Massive scale and linguistic diversity.
🟢 Dependence on private testing infrastructure and vendors.
🟢 Commercial coaching networks and possible intermediary nexuses.
🟢 Cyberattacks and AI-generated forgeries.
🟢 Coordination difficulties between central and State examination bodies.

📍 Way Forward
🟢 Publish a National White Paper on Exam Integrity.
🟢 Establish a Unified Public Examination Integrity Framework for NTA, UPSC, State PSCs and recruitment boards.
🟢 Adopt secure-by-design examination architecture.
🟢 Implement relevant Nilekani & Radhakrishnan Committee recommendations with time-bound accountability.
🟢 Strengthen fast-track legal mechanisms and whistleblower protection.

🎯 Mains Question
“The repeated collapse of examination systems reflects deeper structural weaknesses in public administration.” Examine the institutional factors contributing to recurring examination controversies in India. Outline the reforms required in exam governance mechanisms.

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🔆 India’s Land Restoration Architecture

📍 India’s Commitments
🟢 Restore 26 million hectares by 2030 under the Bonn Challenge.
🟢 Pursue the NDC carbon sink target through restoration and increased tree cover.
🟢 India reported 21.76 million hectares restored during 2011–2020.
🟢 Restoration activities generated 1.22 billion person-days of employment.

📍 Major Programmes
🟢 Green India Mission (GIM): Forest restoration and expansion of green cover.
🟢 CAMPA: Compensatory afforestation.
🟢 Nagar Van Yojana: Development of 1,000 urban forests.
🟢 PMKSY + MGNREGS: Watershed, soil and water conservation.
🟢 National Agroforestry Policy, 2014: Promotes trees alongside agricultural systems.

📍 Key Challenges
🟢 Institutional convergence: Land restoration involves at least 8 Central Ministries, with no single nodal agency.
🟢 Finance gap: India has called for diversified, adequate, predictable and sustained international finance, indicating that domestic resources alone may be insufficient.
🟢 LDN accounting: India has not yet submitted a formal Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) target to UNCCD, creating a need to integrate restoration data with the LDN framework.
🟢 Monitoring: Restoration claims need stronger verifiable, landscape-level monitoring.

📍 Prelims Pointers
🟢 UNCCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (1994); one of the three Rio Conventions; Secretariat at Bonn.
🟢 Bonn Challenge: Global restoration pledge — 150 million ha by 2020 and 350 million ha by 2030.
🟢 LDN: Land Degradation Neutrality; linked to SDG 15.3.
🟢 IUCN: Co-launched the Bonn Challenge.
🟢 ICFRE: Houses the Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Land Management.
🟢 NAPCC: Comprises 8 National Missions, including the Green India Mission.

🎯 Mains Question
India’s Bonn Challenge commitment and land restoration achievements have both environmental and socio-economic dimensions. Analyse the challenges of translating India’s restoration pledges into verifiable on-ground outcomes, with reference to institutional convergence, financing and monitoring. (15 marks, 250 words)

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🔆 Writs: A Tool for Enforcement of Fundamental Rights

📍 Why in Focus?
Writs are formal legal orders issued by courts under Article 32 (Supreme Court) and Article 226 (High Courts) to enforce fundamental rights and other legal rights. These writs are used as constitutional remedies to ensure rule of law and judicial accountability. The five types of writs include Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari, and Quo-Warranto.

📍 Key Highlights:
✅ Habeas Corpus: Protects personal liberty under Article 21 by ordering authorities to produce a detained person.
• Example: Imran Masood vs State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) – Allahabad High Court issued a Habeas Corpus petition challenging preventive detention.

✅ Mandamus: Directs public authorities to perform their mandatory duties.
• Example: Fathima vs Kerala (2023) – Kerala HC directed authorities to register FIRs in hate speech cases.

✅ Prohibition: Prevents a lower court from proceeding in a case beyond its jurisdiction.
• Example: Subrata Roy Sahara vs SEBI (2012) – SC entertained a writ of prohibition barring proceedings in a money laundering case.

✅ Certiorari: Quashes orders of lower courts or tribunals in case of errors.
• Example: Karnataka State Open University vs UGC (2023) – Karnataka HC quashed UGC’s order cancelling degrees.

✅ Quo-Warranto: Challenges the authority of a person holding an office.
• Example: Kumar Padma Prasad vs Union of India (1992) – SC issued a writ of quo warranto to prevent a person from assuming the post of HC judge.

📍 Mains Question:
Q. Discuss the significance of writs in protecting fundamental rights under Articles 32 and 226 of the Indian Constitution. How do they contribute to judicial accountability?

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