🐞[Bug]: Fix sidebar active indicators: green dot placement and inconsistent menu selection

[santhosh-005]

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Describe the bug

Two issues with the sidebar navigation:

1. The green dot indicator for active menu items is misplaced and appears separately from the existing gray dot - which looks odd (same for both theme)

2. Some menu items like "Introduction to Github" and "Welcome to recode hive" don't show as active (highlighted in green) when viewing those pages

Expected behavior

• When a page is active, its sidebar menu item should have a single green dot replacing the gray dot (not a separate indicator)

• All menu items should consistently show as active when viewing their corresponding pages, including "Introduction to Github" and "Welcome to recode hive"

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