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/* ===== LIGHTHOUSE 100 OPTIMISATIONS ===== */

/* ── FONT FALLBACK STACK: reduces CLS from font-swap ── */
:root{
  --font-body:'Noto Sans Devanagari',system-ui,Arial,sans-serif;
  --font-head:'Noto Serif Devanagari',Georgia,serif
}

/* ── COMPOSITED-ONLY ANIMATIONS (no layout, no paint triggers) ── */
/* Ticker: transform-only = compositor thread only */
.ticker-content{
  display:inline-flex;gap:2.5rem;white-space:nowrap;
  will-change:transform;
  animation:ticker-scroll 38s linear infinite;
  padding-left:2rem;
  transform:translateZ(0);
  backface-visibility:hidden
}
@keyframes ticker-scroll{0%{transform:translateX(0)}100%{transform:translateX(-50%)}}
.alert-ticker:hover .ticker-content{animation-play-state:paused}

/* Pulse badge: opacity-only = compositor only */
@keyframes pulse-badge{0%,100%{opacity:1}50%{opacity:.65}}
.card-urgent{will-change:opacity;animation:pulse-badge 2s ease-in-out infinite}

/* Card hover: only transform + box-shadow (no width/height/layout) */
@media(hover:hover){
  .article-card:hover{
    transform:translateY(-3px);
    box-shadow:0 8px 28px rgba(10,36,99,.16);
    will-change:transform
  }
  .social-btn:hover{transform:translateY(-2px);will-change:transform}
  .sidebar-social a:hover{transform:translateX(2px)}
  #back-top:hover{background:var(--brand);box-shadow:0 6px 20px rgba(255,107,0,.4)}
  .cat-pill:hover,.cat-pill.active{transform:translateY(-1px)}
}

/* ── CLS: featured card thumb contain ── */
.featured-card .card-thumb{aspect-ratio:auto;contain:layout}
@media(max-width:499px){.featured-card .card-thumb{aspect-ratio:16/9}}

/* ── CLS: stats bar min-height ── */
.stats-bar{min-height:44px}

/* ── PERFORMANCE: content-visibility for below-fold ── */
.site-footer{content-visibility:auto;contain-intrinsic-size:0 400px}
@media(max-width:899px){
  .sidebar{content-visibility:auto;contain-intrinsic-size:0 800px}
}

/* ── PERFORMANCE: GPU layer for reading progress ── */
#reading-progress{will-change:width;transform:translateZ(0)}

/* ── ACCESSIBILITY: contrast fixes ── */
/* #FF6B00 on white = 2.85:1 (FAIL). Darken to #C05200 = 4.54:1 (PASS AA) */
.article-body a{color:var(--brand-text);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:2px}
.article-body a:hover{color:#9e4000}
.stat-item strong{color:var(--brand-text)}
.chip.orange{color:var(--brand-text);background:#fff3e8;border-color:#ffd0a0}
.author-box-info .author-role{color:var(--brand-text)}
/* Logo tagline on navy: #a0b8e0 = ~2.4:1 → raise to #c8d8f0 = ~3.3:1 */
.logo-text small{color:#c8d8f0}
/* footer brand text on navy: #7090b8 → raise to #8aabcf for better ratio */
.footer-brand p,.footer-col ul li a,.footer-bottom{color:#8aabcf}
.footer-bottom a{color:#8aabcf}

/* ── BFCACHE: back-top uses visibility/opacity not display:none ── */
#back-top{visibility:hidden;opacity:0;display:flex}
#back-top.show{visibility:visible;opacity:1;display:flex}

/* ── IDENTICAL LINKS: Quick Links all point to home - mark them descriptively ── */
/* (This is a content issue, noted in sidebar.html fix) */

/* ── FOCUS VISIBLE: accessibility ── */
a:focus-visible,button:focus-visible{outline:2.5px solid var(--brand);outline-offset:2px;border-radius:3px}

/* ── PREVENT BFCACHE BLOCK: no unload listener in CSS animations ── */
/* Non-composited animations that caused TBT issues - replaced above */

/* ── CATEGORIES: taxonomy badges ── */
.card-categories{margin-bottom:.4rem}
.card-category-badge{
  display:inline-block;font-size:.68rem;font-weight:700;
  background:var(--brand);color:#fff;
  padding:.15rem .55rem;border-radius:3px;
  text-decoration:none;line-height:1.6;
  letter-spacing:.02em;transition:background .15s
}
.card-category-badge:hover{background:#c03800;color:#fff}
.article-categories{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.4rem;margin-top:.3rem}
.article-category-badge{
  display:inline-block;font-size:.72rem;font-weight:700;
  background:var(--brand);color:#fff;
  padding:.18rem .65rem;border-radius:4px;
  text-decoration:none;line-height:1.7;transition:background .15s
}
.article-category-badge:hover{background:#c03800;color:#fff}

/* ── VIDEO EMBED: YouTube responsive iframe ── */
.video-embed-section{margin:1.5rem 0}
.video-embed-title{font-family:var(--font-head);font-size:1.15rem;margin-bottom:.75rem;color:var(--ink)}
.video-embed-wrapper{
  position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;
  border-radius:var(--radius);box-shadow:var(--shadow);background:#000
}
.video-embed-wrapper iframe{
  position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0
}