Fiscal Deficit : In News India’s fiscal deficit reached Rs 12.52 trillion by the end of February 2026, accounting for 80.4% of the annual budgetary target. It is notably lower than the 85.8% recorded during the same period in 2024-25. For the full 2025-26 fiscal year, the Centre has set a fiscal deficit target of […]
Category: Current Affairs
India’s Net International Liability Comes Down
India’s Net International Liability Comes Down: India’s net financial obligations to the rest of the world saw a notable decline of USD 10.9 billion during the third quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year. The net claims of non-residents on India decreased to USD 260.5 billion, primarily because the growth in Indian residents’ overseas financial assets […]
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS)
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS): India has emerged as the global leader in biodiversity compliance, issuing 3,561 Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCCs), which accounts for over 56% of the total certificates issued worldwide under the Nagoya Protocol. The Nagoya Protocol is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It […]
Artemis II Mission
Artemis II Mission: NASA is set to launch the Artemis II mission on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, marking the first time humans will venture to the Moon’s neighbourhood since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Artemis II is the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis program. It is a test-ride mission designed to fly a […]
Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot
Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot: The Vice-President of India and the Minister of Law and Justice unveiled the Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot and its official mascot, Dishika, during the DISHA programme. Nyaya Setu is a voice-first, multimodal, and multilingual AI-powered legal assistant. It serves as a comprehensive digital bridge designed to simplify complex legal information for […]
Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026
Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026: India is hosting its first national multi-sport event for tribal athletes, Khelo India Tribal Games (25th March – 3rd April 2026) in Chhattisgarh (Raipur, Jagdalpur and Surguja), bringing tribal athletes from across the country onto a national platform.The Games are jointly organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & […]
Nalanda Temple Stampede
Nalanda Temple Stampede: A tragic stampede at the Maa Sheetla Mandir in Nalanda, Bihar, resulted in the deaths of eight women as massive crowds overwhelmed local barricades.The stampede occurred at the Maa Sheetla Mandir in Maghra village, Nalanda district, during a religious gathering. As the volume of visitors surged, the existing barricades came under extreme […]
Purvanchal Mahotsav ‘Maati-9’ Festival
Purvanchal Mahotsav ‘Maati-9’ Festival: Speaker of Lok Sabha addressed the Purvanchal Mahotsav ‘Maati-9’ Festival highlighting the region’s cultural and spiritual heritage.MAATI-9 is a premier cultural festival of the Purvanchal region, centred on the theme Maati (soil).It celebrates the deep bond between people and their ancestral roots through heritage, food, tourism, and arts.Organised as part of […]
First Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (Yard 1280, Shachi)
First Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (Yard 1280, Shachi): The Indian Navy marked a major indigenous shipbuilding milestone with the launch of Shachi (Yard 1280), the first of eleven Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs), at Goa Shipyard Limited.Shachi is the lead ship of the Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) The name is derived […]
Bhavasagara Referral Centre
Bhavasagara Referral Centre: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has officially designated the Bhavasagara Referral Centre at CMLRE, Kochi, as a National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.The Bhavasagara Referral Centre is a specialized scientific hub and India’s newly designated National Repository dedicated to the preservation, study, and […]
