🔆 Montezpir / Mandapeshwar Cave (Mumbai)
📍 Location
✅ Situated at Borivali (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
✅ Also known as Mandapeshwar Caves.
📍 Historical Background
✅ Originally Brahmanical rock-cut caves (likely 8th century CE).
✅ Later converted into a Christian shrine during Portuguese rule.
➡ Reflects layers of religious and cultural transformation.
📍 Architectural & Sculptural Features
✅ Rock-cut cave complex with pillared halls.
✅ Sculptures include:
• Nataraja (Shiva as cosmic dancer)
• Sadashiva
• Ardhanarishvara (half Shiva–half Parvati form)
✅ The church and graveyard are situated above the cave precincts.
📍 Significance
✅ Example of multi-religious heritage site.
✅ Illustrates transition from Brahmanical to Christian usage.
✅ Important for understanding early medieval rock-cut architecture in Western India.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• Type – Brahmanical rock-cut caves
• Location – Mumbai (Maharashtra)
• Key sculptures – Nataraja, Sadashiva, Ardhanarishvara
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS1 – Art & Culture)
“Rock-cut caves of Western India reflect religious pluralism and cultural transitions. Discuss with reference to Mandapeshwar Caves.”
#prelims
#art_and_culture
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📍 Location
✅ Situated at Borivali (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
✅ Also known as Mandapeshwar Caves.
📍 Historical Background
✅ Originally Brahmanical rock-cut caves (likely 8th century CE).
✅ Later converted into a Christian shrine during Portuguese rule.
➡ Reflects layers of religious and cultural transformation.
📍 Architectural & Sculptural Features
✅ Rock-cut cave complex with pillared halls.
✅ Sculptures include:
• Nataraja (Shiva as cosmic dancer)
• Sadashiva
• Ardhanarishvara (half Shiva–half Parvati form)
✅ The church and graveyard are situated above the cave precincts.
📍 Significance
✅ Example of multi-religious heritage site.
✅ Illustrates transition from Brahmanical to Christian usage.
✅ Important for understanding early medieval rock-cut architecture in Western India.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• Type – Brahmanical rock-cut caves
• Location – Mumbai (Maharashtra)
• Key sculptures – Nataraja, Sadashiva, Ardhanarishvara
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS1 – Art & Culture)
“Rock-cut caves of Western India reflect religious pluralism and cultural transitions. Discuss with reference to Mandapeshwar Caves.”
#prelims
#art_and_culture
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https://t.me/upsc_art_and_culture
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🔆 Him-CONNECT
📍 Why in News?
✅ Launched at the 25th World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
✅ Inaugurated by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
✅ WSDS Theme: “Transformations: Vision, Voices, and Values for Sustainable Development.”
📍 About Him-CONNECT
✅ A dedicated platform by MoEFCC to bridge science and society.
✅ Connects Himalayan researchers with:
• 🚀 Start-ups
• 🏭 Industry leaders
• 💰 Investors
• 🏛 Policymakers
📍 Objective & Significance
✅ Translates research under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) into scalable, implementable solutions.
✅ Promotes evidence-based policymaking in the Himalayan region.
✅ Supports sustainable development & climate resilience in fragile mountain ecosystems.
✅ Encourages innovation-driven environmental governance.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• Launched under: MoEFCC
• Linked Mission: National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS)
• Platform nature: Research-to-implementation bridge
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS3 – Environment / Sustainable Development)
“Discuss the importance of translating Himalayan research into scalable policy solutions in the context of climate change and ecological fragility.”
#goverment_schemes
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📍 Why in News?
✅ Launched at the 25th World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
✅ Inaugurated by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
✅ WSDS Theme: “Transformations: Vision, Voices, and Values for Sustainable Development.”
📍 About Him-CONNECT
✅ A dedicated platform by MoEFCC to bridge science and society.
✅ Connects Himalayan researchers with:
• 🚀 Start-ups
• 🏭 Industry leaders
• 💰 Investors
• 🏛 Policymakers
📍 Objective & Significance
✅ Translates research under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) into scalable, implementable solutions.
✅ Promotes evidence-based policymaking in the Himalayan region.
✅ Supports sustainable development & climate resilience in fragile mountain ecosystems.
✅ Encourages innovation-driven environmental governance.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• Launched under: MoEFCC
• Linked Mission: National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS)
• Platform nature: Research-to-implementation bridge
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS3 – Environment / Sustainable Development)
“Discuss the importance of translating Himalayan research into scalable policy solutions in the context of climate change and ecological fragility.”
#goverment_schemes
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🔆 Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) – Recent Observation
📍 Why in News?
✅ CME discovery/observation made using:
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics’s Gauribidanur Radio Telescope
• VELC (Visible Emission Line Coronagraph) onboard Aditya-L1
✅ Gauribidanur is India’s only dedicated low-frequency solar radio observatory.
🔆 About Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
📍 What is CME?
✅ A massive burst of solar plasma, charged particles (electrons, protons) and magnetic fields ejected from the Sun’s corona.
📍 Origin
✅ Caused by sudden changes in the Sun’s magnetic field.
✅ Twisted magnetic field lines reconnect → release huge energy → eject solar material.
✅ Most common during Solar Maximum (peak of sunspot cycle).
✅ Often linked to solar flares, but can occur independently.
📍 Impact on Earth
✅ Fast CMEs generate shock waves.
✅ Can compress Earth’s magnetosphere → cause geomagnetic storms.
✅ Disrupt:
• 🛰 Satellites
• 📡 GPS & radio communication
• ⚡ Power grids
✅ Intensify auroras.
✅ Increase radiation risk for astronauts & high-altitude flights.
🔆 Aditya-L1 Mission
📍 Overview
✅ India’s first dedicated solar mission.
✅ Launched in 2023 by PSLV-C57.
✅ Studies: Photosphere, Chromosphere & Corona.
✅ Carries 7 indigenously developed payloads.
📍 Location – Lagrange Point 1 (L1)
✅ Placed in a halo orbit around L1, ~1.5 million km from Earth.
✅ L1 = point where gravitational forces of Sun & Earth balance.
➡ Enables continuous, unobstructed solar observation.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• CME origin – Magnetic reconnection in corona
• Occurrence – Solar maximum
• Aditya-L1 location – Sun–Earth L1 (1.5 million km)
• Observatory – Gauribidanur (low-frequency solar radio)
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS3 – Science & Tech / Disaster Management)
“Space weather events like CMEs have significant technological implications. Discuss India’s preparedness with reference to Aditya-L1.”
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
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📍 Why in News?
✅ CME discovery/observation made using:
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics’s Gauribidanur Radio Telescope
• VELC (Visible Emission Line Coronagraph) onboard Aditya-L1
✅ Gauribidanur is India’s only dedicated low-frequency solar radio observatory.
🔆 About Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
📍 What is CME?
✅ A massive burst of solar plasma, charged particles (electrons, protons) and magnetic fields ejected from the Sun’s corona.
📍 Origin
✅ Caused by sudden changes in the Sun’s magnetic field.
✅ Twisted magnetic field lines reconnect → release huge energy → eject solar material.
✅ Most common during Solar Maximum (peak of sunspot cycle).
✅ Often linked to solar flares, but can occur independently.
📍 Impact on Earth
✅ Fast CMEs generate shock waves.
✅ Can compress Earth’s magnetosphere → cause geomagnetic storms.
✅ Disrupt:
• 🛰 Satellites
• 📡 GPS & radio communication
• ⚡ Power grids
✅ Intensify auroras.
✅ Increase radiation risk for astronauts & high-altitude flights.
🔆 Aditya-L1 Mission
📍 Overview
✅ India’s first dedicated solar mission.
✅ Launched in 2023 by PSLV-C57.
✅ Studies: Photosphere, Chromosphere & Corona.
✅ Carries 7 indigenously developed payloads.
📍 Location – Lagrange Point 1 (L1)
✅ Placed in a halo orbit around L1, ~1.5 million km from Earth.
✅ L1 = point where gravitational forces of Sun & Earth balance.
➡ Enables continuous, unobstructed solar observation.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• CME origin – Magnetic reconnection in corona
• Occurrence – Solar maximum
• Aditya-L1 location – Sun–Earth L1 (1.5 million km)
• Observatory – Gauribidanur (low-frequency solar radio)
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS3 – Science & Tech / Disaster Management)
“Space weather events like CMEs have significant technological implications. Discuss India’s preparedness with reference to Aditya-L1.”
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
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Day 71: 27 February target:
International organization and government schemes:
Topics-
Governmental and non-governmental organizations in news
Sources:Any coaching magazine
Current Affairs:
Related
#UpscRevisionProgram
After completion of target post 'DONE'
In comment section. Targets are decided as per practical approach. In remaining time, you can study whatever you want.
Thank you.
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International organization and government schemes:
Topics-
Governmental and non-governmental organizations in news
Sources:Any coaching magazine
Current Affairs:
Related
#UpscRevisionProgram
After completion of target post 'DONE'
In comment section. Targets are decided as per practical approach. In remaining time, you can study whatever you want.
Thank you.
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There comes a phase in life when we feel lost and stagnant. No excitement. No clear vision. Just a routine that keeps going on, and slowly we start settling into it.
From the outside, everything may look normal. But inside, something feels heavy. It quietly eats us.... we don’t feel like ourselves anymore. We feel like we are living, but not truly alive.And that discomfort… that inner restlessness… is not a weakness.... it is a signal.
It is in those very moments that we begin to realise our true potential. We remember the version of us who had fire in the eyes, discipline in actions, and dreams that felt bigger than comfort. That old spark still exists... it’s just waiting to be awakened.
When we start improving ourselves again… fixing small habits, rebuilding focus,n pushing our limits the way we once did.... it brings a deep inner satisfaction. Not because life suddenly changes overnight, but because we start feeling like ourselves again.
Settling may look peaceful from the outside.But growth brings peace from the inside.And sometimes, the phase that makes us feel lost is the very phase that pushes us back to who we are meant to become.🌷✨
From the outside, everything may look normal. But inside, something feels heavy. It quietly eats us.... we don’t feel like ourselves anymore. We feel like we are living, but not truly alive.And that discomfort… that inner restlessness… is not a weakness.... it is a signal.
It is in those very moments that we begin to realise our true potential. We remember the version of us who had fire in the eyes, discipline in actions, and dreams that felt bigger than comfort. That old spark still exists... it’s just waiting to be awakened.
When we start improving ourselves again… fixing small habits, rebuilding focus,n pushing our limits the way we once did.... it brings a deep inner satisfaction. Not because life suddenly changes overnight, but because we start feeling like ourselves again.
Settling may look peaceful from the outside.But growth brings peace from the inside.And sometimes, the phase that makes us feel lost is the very phase that pushes us back to who we are meant to become.🌷✨
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#Goodmorning
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#Target
#TargetOnlyone
#Accountability
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⏳86 days left CSP26[ 24-05-26]
⏳175 days left CSM26 [ 21-08-26]
⏳282 days left UPPSC prelims 6 December
⏳149 days left 72nd BPSC PRELIMS 26 July
⏳142 days left CAPF AC 19 July
⏳128 days left UKPSC PRELIMS 5 July
⏳101 days Left OPSC prelims 07 June
⏳101 days Left GPSC prelims 07 June
⏳94 days left MPSC (MH) prelims [ 31-05-26]
⏳RAS PRELIMS may
⏳58 days Left MPPSC (MP) Prelims 26 April
⏳58 days Left HCS Prelims 26 April
⏳57 days Left bpsc mains 25 April
⏳44 days Left CDS1 /NDA 12 April
⏳32 days Left PPSC mains 1 April
⏳29 days left UPPSC mains 29 March
⏳17 days Left JPSC PRELIMS 15 March
#Target
#TargetOnlyone
#Accountability
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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 24 FEB 2026
🔆 BANKING & FINANCE
📍 ICRA GDP Forecast – Q3 FY26
✅ GDP projected at 7.2% (Oct–Dec 2025)
⬇ From 8.2% in Q2 FY26
📌 Sectoral Trends:
➡ Services: 7.8%
➡ Agriculture: ~3%
➡ Industry: 8.3% (highest in 6 quarters)
📍 National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0)
✅ Launched by FM Nirmala Sitharaman
✅ Prepared by NITI Aayog
📌 Target: ₹16.72 lakh crore (FY26–FY30)
➡ ₹5.8 lakh crore private investment included
➡ 2.6× higher than NMP 1.0
➡ ~90% of ₹6 lakh crore under NMP 1.0 achieved
📌 Modes: Leasing assets, Divestment, Securitisation, Strategic auctions
📌 Revenue Channels: CFI, PSUs, State Funds, Private Investment
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 AI Summit Hosts Announced
✅ Switzerland (Geneva) – AI Summit 2027
✅ UAE – AI Summit 2028
📍 Global Nuclear Stockpile (2025–26)
✅ Total warheads: 12,321
✅ Ready-to-use: ~3,812
✅ Russia & USA hold 86% of global stockpile
📍 Asia-Pacific Busiest Airports (2025)
🥇 Tokyo (Haneda) – 55.3 million seats
🥈 Shanghai Pudong
🥉 Baiyun (Guangzhou)
🇮🇳 Delhi ranks 5th
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Constitution in Gujarati & Tamil
✅ Launched by VP C.P. Radhakrishnan
✅ Released on International Mother Language Day (21 Feb)
✅ 8th Edition of Legal Glossary also released
📍 India–France DTAC Amending Protocol
✅ Capital gains taxing rights to resident country
✅ MFN Clause removed
✅ Dividend tax revised:
➡ 5% (≥10% equity)
➡ 15% (others)
✅ Service PE introduced
✅ Enhanced info exchange & tax collection cooperation
📍 Teacher App 2.0 (AI Powered)
✅ Launched by Dharmendra Pradhan
✅ Partners: Bharti Airtel, CK-12 Foundation
✅ AI lesson tools, dashboards & smart content
📍 AIIMS Bhubaneswar Upgrade
✅ Liver Transplant Unit & Robotic Surgery System inaugurated
✅ Strengthens advanced healthcare in eastern India
📍 NH Quality Monitoring – Mobile Labs
✅ Launched by MoRTH
✅ Mobile Quality Control Vans (MQCVs)
✅ Real-time, non-destructive testing
✅ Pilot: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha
📍 Access Pass for Fishing in EEZ
✅ Mandatory for ~64,000 mechanised vessels
✅ Issued via ReALCRaft digital platform
✅ Promotes sustainable deep-sea fishing
📍 PM Surya Ghar – 30 Lakh Milestone
✅ 30 lakh households adopt rooftop solar
📌 Subsidy:
➡ 60% (up to 2 kW)
➡ 40% (2–3 kW)
📌 Incentive: ₹1,000 per installation to ULBs/PRIs
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 ‘Prahaar’ – National Counter-Terror Policy
✅ Launched by MHA (23 Feb 2026)
✅ Zero-tolerance framework
✅ Key Agencies: MAC, JTFI, NIA, NSG
📍 Vajra Prahar 2026 (India–US)
✅ 16th edition | 23 Feb–15 Mar
📍 Location: Bakloh (Himachal Pradesh)
📍 INS Anjadip Commissioning
✅ 3rd vessel under ASW-SWC project
✅ Built by GRSE, Kolkata
✅ Named after Anjadip Island
🔆 MoUs
📍 NIPER – Boehringer Ingelheim India
✅ Strengthen pharma research & innovation
✅ Launch of AMRITVA Cohort-2
📍 NDMA–AcSIR–CSIR-NIScPR MoU
✅ Focus: Disaster Management Research & Response (DMRR)
📍 Digital Bharat Nidhi – AP Govt
✅ Accelerate Amended BharatNet Programme rollout
📌 ₹1.39 lakh crore public-funded programme
🔆 STATES
📍 West Bengal – ‘Banglar Yuva Sathi’
✅ ₹1,500 monthly stipend
✅ DBT | Up to 5 years
📍 Delhi – CM Jan Sunwai Portal
✅ Centralised grievance system
✅ E-District integration with CSC
📍 Punjab – ‘Meri Rasoi’ Scheme
✅ Free food kits for Blue Card families
✅ Covers ~40 lakh households
📍 Goa – World Ocean Science Congress 2026
🎯 Theme: Ocean Health and Sustainable Future
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 22 Feb – World Thinking Day
🎯 Theme: Our Friendship
📍 23 Feb – World Peace & Understanding Day
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
✅ Rob Jetten – Netherlands’ youngest PM
✅ Suresh Agarwal – MD & CEO designate, M&M–Manulife Life Insurance JV
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Khelo India Winter Games 2026
📍 Gulmarg, J&K | ~1,000 athletes
📍 ATP 500 Rio Open
🏆 Tomás Martín Etcheverry (Argentina)
📍 Delhi Open 2026
🏆 Stefanos Sakellaridis (Greece)
📍 Winter Olympics 2026 Concluded
🥇 Norway – 18 Gold (41 total)
🥈 USA – 12 Gold
🥉 Netherlands – 10 Gold
📌 116 medal events | New sport: Ski Mountaineering
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 BANKING & FINANCE
📍 ICRA GDP Forecast – Q3 FY26
✅ GDP projected at 7.2% (Oct–Dec 2025)
⬇ From 8.2% in Q2 FY26
📌 Sectoral Trends:
➡ Services: 7.8%
➡ Agriculture: ~3%
➡ Industry: 8.3% (highest in 6 quarters)
📍 National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0)
✅ Launched by FM Nirmala Sitharaman
✅ Prepared by NITI Aayog
📌 Target: ₹16.72 lakh crore (FY26–FY30)
➡ ₹5.8 lakh crore private investment included
➡ 2.6× higher than NMP 1.0
➡ ~90% of ₹6 lakh crore under NMP 1.0 achieved
📌 Modes: Leasing assets, Divestment, Securitisation, Strategic auctions
📌 Revenue Channels: CFI, PSUs, State Funds, Private Investment
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 AI Summit Hosts Announced
✅ Switzerland (Geneva) – AI Summit 2027
✅ UAE – AI Summit 2028
📍 Global Nuclear Stockpile (2025–26)
✅ Total warheads: 12,321
✅ Ready-to-use: ~3,812
✅ Russia & USA hold 86% of global stockpile
📍 Asia-Pacific Busiest Airports (2025)
🥇 Tokyo (Haneda) – 55.3 million seats
🥈 Shanghai Pudong
🥉 Baiyun (Guangzhou)
🇮🇳 Delhi ranks 5th
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Constitution in Gujarati & Tamil
✅ Launched by VP C.P. Radhakrishnan
✅ Released on International Mother Language Day (21 Feb)
✅ 8th Edition of Legal Glossary also released
📍 India–France DTAC Amending Protocol
✅ Capital gains taxing rights to resident country
✅ MFN Clause removed
✅ Dividend tax revised:
➡ 5% (≥10% equity)
➡ 15% (others)
✅ Service PE introduced
✅ Enhanced info exchange & tax collection cooperation
📍 Teacher App 2.0 (AI Powered)
✅ Launched by Dharmendra Pradhan
✅ Partners: Bharti Airtel, CK-12 Foundation
✅ AI lesson tools, dashboards & smart content
📍 AIIMS Bhubaneswar Upgrade
✅ Liver Transplant Unit & Robotic Surgery System inaugurated
✅ Strengthens advanced healthcare in eastern India
📍 NH Quality Monitoring – Mobile Labs
✅ Launched by MoRTH
✅ Mobile Quality Control Vans (MQCVs)
✅ Real-time, non-destructive testing
✅ Pilot: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha
📍 Access Pass for Fishing in EEZ
✅ Mandatory for ~64,000 mechanised vessels
✅ Issued via ReALCRaft digital platform
✅ Promotes sustainable deep-sea fishing
📍 PM Surya Ghar – 30 Lakh Milestone
✅ 30 lakh households adopt rooftop solar
📌 Subsidy:
➡ 60% (up to 2 kW)
➡ 40% (2–3 kW)
📌 Incentive: ₹1,000 per installation to ULBs/PRIs
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 ‘Prahaar’ – National Counter-Terror Policy
✅ Launched by MHA (23 Feb 2026)
✅ Zero-tolerance framework
✅ Key Agencies: MAC, JTFI, NIA, NSG
📍 Vajra Prahar 2026 (India–US)
✅ 16th edition | 23 Feb–15 Mar
📍 Location: Bakloh (Himachal Pradesh)
📍 INS Anjadip Commissioning
✅ 3rd vessel under ASW-SWC project
✅ Built by GRSE, Kolkata
✅ Named after Anjadip Island
🔆 MoUs
📍 NIPER – Boehringer Ingelheim India
✅ Strengthen pharma research & innovation
✅ Launch of AMRITVA Cohort-2
📍 NDMA–AcSIR–CSIR-NIScPR MoU
✅ Focus: Disaster Management Research & Response (DMRR)
📍 Digital Bharat Nidhi – AP Govt
✅ Accelerate Amended BharatNet Programme rollout
📌 ₹1.39 lakh crore public-funded programme
🔆 STATES
📍 West Bengal – ‘Banglar Yuva Sathi’
✅ ₹1,500 monthly stipend
✅ DBT | Up to 5 years
📍 Delhi – CM Jan Sunwai Portal
✅ Centralised grievance system
✅ E-District integration with CSC
📍 Punjab – ‘Meri Rasoi’ Scheme
✅ Free food kits for Blue Card families
✅ Covers ~40 lakh households
📍 Goa – World Ocean Science Congress 2026
🎯 Theme: Ocean Health and Sustainable Future
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 22 Feb – World Thinking Day
🎯 Theme: Our Friendship
📍 23 Feb – World Peace & Understanding Day
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
✅ Rob Jetten – Netherlands’ youngest PM
✅ Suresh Agarwal – MD & CEO designate, M&M–Manulife Life Insurance JV
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Khelo India Winter Games 2026
📍 Gulmarg, J&K | ~1,000 athletes
📍 ATP 500 Rio Open
🏆 Tomás Martín Etcheverry (Argentina)
📍 Delhi Open 2026
🏆 Stefanos Sakellaridis (Greece)
📍 Winter Olympics 2026 Concluded
🥇 Norway – 18 Gold (41 total)
🥈 USA – 12 Gold
🥉 Netherlands – 10 Gold
📌 116 medal events | New sport: Ski Mountaineering
#CurrentAffairs
❤5
🔆 Six Buddhist Councils
📍 1st Buddhist Council (483 B.C.)
✅ Location: Saptaparni Cave, Rajgriha
✅ Chairman: Mahakassapa
✅ Patron: Ajatashatru
✅ Key Outcome: Compilation of Sutta Pitaka (by Ananda) & Vinaya Pitaka (by Upali).
📍 2nd Buddhist Council (383 B.C.)
✅ Location: Vaishali
✅ Chairman: Sabbakami
✅ Patron: Kalashoka
✅ Key Outcome: First Schism – Division into Sthaviravadins & Mahasanghikas.
📍 3rd Buddhist Council (250 B.C.)
✅ Location: Pataliputra
✅ Chairman: Moggaliputta Tissa
✅ Patron: Ashoka
✅ Key Outcome: Compilation of Abhidhamma Pitaka; Missionaries sent to spread Buddhism.
📍 4th Buddhist Council (1st Century CE)
✅ Location: Kundalvana (Kashmir)
✅ Chairmen: Vasumitra & Ashwaghosha
✅ Patron: Kanishka
✅ Key Outcome: Schism between Hinayana & Mahayana; Compilation of Mahavibhasha Shastra.
📍 5th Buddhist Council (1871, Myanmar)
✅ Chair: Jagarabhivamsa, Narindabhidhaja
✅ Patron: King Mindon
✅ Key Outcome: 729 stone slabs engraved with Buddhist teachings (Mandalay).
📍 6th Buddhist Council (1954, Myanmar)
✅ Patron: Burmese Government
✅ Key Outcome: Preservation & reaffirmation of Theravada Buddhist teachings.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• 1st Council – Rajgriha, Ajatashatru
• 3rd Council – Ashoka, Pataliputra
• 4th Council – Kanishka, Kashmir
• 5th & 6th – Myanmar
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS1 – Art & Culture)
“Trace the evolution of Buddhist doctrine and sectarian divisions through the Buddhist Councils.”
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📍 1st Buddhist Council (483 B.C.)
✅ Location: Saptaparni Cave, Rajgriha
✅ Chairman: Mahakassapa
✅ Patron: Ajatashatru
✅ Key Outcome: Compilation of Sutta Pitaka (by Ananda) & Vinaya Pitaka (by Upali).
📍 2nd Buddhist Council (383 B.C.)
✅ Location: Vaishali
✅ Chairman: Sabbakami
✅ Patron: Kalashoka
✅ Key Outcome: First Schism – Division into Sthaviravadins & Mahasanghikas.
📍 3rd Buddhist Council (250 B.C.)
✅ Location: Pataliputra
✅ Chairman: Moggaliputta Tissa
✅ Patron: Ashoka
✅ Key Outcome: Compilation of Abhidhamma Pitaka; Missionaries sent to spread Buddhism.
📍 4th Buddhist Council (1st Century CE)
✅ Location: Kundalvana (Kashmir)
✅ Chairmen: Vasumitra & Ashwaghosha
✅ Patron: Kanishka
✅ Key Outcome: Schism between Hinayana & Mahayana; Compilation of Mahavibhasha Shastra.
📍 5th Buddhist Council (1871, Myanmar)
✅ Chair: Jagarabhivamsa, Narindabhidhaja
✅ Patron: King Mindon
✅ Key Outcome: 729 stone slabs engraved with Buddhist teachings (Mandalay).
📍 6th Buddhist Council (1954, Myanmar)
✅ Patron: Burmese Government
✅ Key Outcome: Preservation & reaffirmation of Theravada Buddhist teachings.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• 1st Council – Rajgriha, Ajatashatru
• 3rd Council – Ashoka, Pataliputra
• 4th Council – Kanishka, Kashmir
• 5th & 6th – Myanmar
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS1 – Art & Culture)
“Trace the evolution of Buddhist doctrine and sectarian divisions through the Buddhist Councils.”
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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 25 FEB 2026
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 India–GCC Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
✅ Joint Statement signed in New Delhi
🤝 Between Piyush Goyal & Jasem Albudaiwi (GCC Secy Gen.)
📌 Bilateral Trade (FY25): USD 178.56 bn
➡ Exports: USD 56.87 bn
➡ Imports: USD 121.68 bn
📌 GCC = India’s largest trading partner bloc
📍 UN Road Safety Campaign – ‘Make A Safety Statement’
✅ Launched by Jean Todt (UN Special Envoy)
🎯 Goal: Reduce road deaths by 50% by 2030
📌 Linked to UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021–30)
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 States’ Electricity Transition (SET) Report 2026
✅ Released by IEEFA & Ember
📌 Assessed: 21 States (~95% electricity demand)
📍 Leaders:
➡ Decarbonisation: Karnataka, HP, Kerala
➡ EV & Green Hydrogen: UP, AP, Rajasthan
➡ Power readiness: Delhi, Haryana
📍 Ahmedabad Metro Extension Approved
✅ Corridor: GIFT City → Shahpur
📌 Length: 3.33 km | 3 stations
💰 Cost: ₹1,067.35 crore
🤝 GMRC (50:50 JV – GoI & Gujarat Govt)
📍 MSP for Raw Jute (2026–27)
✅ MSP (TD-3 Grade): ₹5,925/quintal
⬆ Increase: ₹275
📌 Ensures 61.8% return over cost
📌 Implemented via Jute Corporation of India (JCI)
📍 POWERGRID Delegation Enhanced
✅ Equity investment cap per subsidiary: ₹5,000 cr → ₹7,500 cr
📌 Supports UHVAC & HVDC transmission projects
📍 Civil Enclave – Srinagar Airport
💰 Cost: ₹1,677 crore
📌 Project Area: 73.18 acres
✈ Strengthens Kashmir aviation infrastructure
📍 National Arogya Fair 2026
📍 Venue: Shegaon, Maharashtra (25–28 Feb)
🤝 Ministry of AYUSH
🎯 Promote AYUSH-based preventive healthcare
📍 Blockchain India Challenge
✅ Launched by MeitY
🎯 Encourage startups for permissioned blockchain governance solutions
🤝 Implemented by C-DAC
📍 SUJVIKA Portal Launched
✅ AI-driven Biotech Product Data Portal
🤝 By DBT + ABLE
📌 Covers biotech imports, enzymes, biochemicals
📍 Kerala Renaming Approved
✅ Proposed new name: Keralam
📌 Bill to be introduced in Parliament after State opinion
📍 Him-CONNECT Platform
🤝 Organised by MoEFCC
🎯 Link Himalayan researchers with startups & policymakers
📍 HPV Vaccine Drive for 14-year-old Girls
✅ Free nationwide rollout
💉 Vaccine: Gardasil (MSD)
📌 To be integrated into Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP)
📌 India joins 160+ countries
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN (7th Edition)
🇮🇳 India – 🇯🇵 Japan
📍 Uttarakhand
👥 120 personnel each
📍 Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR (16th Edition)
🇮🇳 India – 🇺🇸 USA
📍 Bakloh, HP
👥 Indian SF (45) | US Green Berets (12)
🔆 MoUs
📍 TEXMiN–GIREDMET (Russia)
🎯 Rare Earth & Critical Mineral collaboration
📍 NHA–ESIC MoU
🎯 Convergence of ESI Scheme with AB PM-JAY
📍 ESIC–NABL MoU
🎯 Lab quality & accreditation enhancement
🔆 STATES
📍 Delhi – Rah-Veer Scheme
💰 ₹25,000 reward for helping accident victims
🏆 Top 10 receive ₹1 lakh national award
📍 Tirumala Temple – E-Nose & E-Tongue Lab
💰 ₹25 crore food testing lab
🎯 Detect adulteration using AI-based sensors
📍 Rajasthan Homestay Scheme 2026
🎯 Promote rural tourism & community participation
🔆 IMPORTANT DAY
📍 24 Feb – Central Excise Day
📌 Commemorates Central Excise & Salt Act, 1944
📌 Recognises role of CBIC
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
✅ Abhinav Bindra completes IOC Athletes’ Commission tenure
✅ Hitesh Joshi recommended as CMD of GIC Re
✅ Nidhi Chhibber takes charge as NITI Aayog CEO
🔆 AWARD
🏅 Dr. Bhargav Mallappa conferred Indonesia’s royal honour ‘Dato’
#CurrentAffairs
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🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 India–GCC Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
✅ Joint Statement signed in New Delhi
🤝 Between Piyush Goyal & Jasem Albudaiwi (GCC Secy Gen.)
📌 Bilateral Trade (FY25): USD 178.56 bn
➡ Exports: USD 56.87 bn
➡ Imports: USD 121.68 bn
📌 GCC = India’s largest trading partner bloc
📍 UN Road Safety Campaign – ‘Make A Safety Statement’
✅ Launched by Jean Todt (UN Special Envoy)
🎯 Goal: Reduce road deaths by 50% by 2030
📌 Linked to UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021–30)
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 States’ Electricity Transition (SET) Report 2026
✅ Released by IEEFA & Ember
📌 Assessed: 21 States (~95% electricity demand)
📍 Leaders:
➡ Decarbonisation: Karnataka, HP, Kerala
➡ EV & Green Hydrogen: UP, AP, Rajasthan
➡ Power readiness: Delhi, Haryana
📍 Ahmedabad Metro Extension Approved
✅ Corridor: GIFT City → Shahpur
📌 Length: 3.33 km | 3 stations
💰 Cost: ₹1,067.35 crore
🤝 GMRC (50:50 JV – GoI & Gujarat Govt)
📍 MSP for Raw Jute (2026–27)
✅ MSP (TD-3 Grade): ₹5,925/quintal
⬆ Increase: ₹275
📌 Ensures 61.8% return over cost
📌 Implemented via Jute Corporation of India (JCI)
📍 POWERGRID Delegation Enhanced
✅ Equity investment cap per subsidiary: ₹5,000 cr → ₹7,500 cr
📌 Supports UHVAC & HVDC transmission projects
📍 Civil Enclave – Srinagar Airport
💰 Cost: ₹1,677 crore
📌 Project Area: 73.18 acres
✈ Strengthens Kashmir aviation infrastructure
📍 National Arogya Fair 2026
📍 Venue: Shegaon, Maharashtra (25–28 Feb)
🤝 Ministry of AYUSH
🎯 Promote AYUSH-based preventive healthcare
📍 Blockchain India Challenge
✅ Launched by MeitY
🎯 Encourage startups for permissioned blockchain governance solutions
🤝 Implemented by C-DAC
📍 SUJVIKA Portal Launched
✅ AI-driven Biotech Product Data Portal
🤝 By DBT + ABLE
📌 Covers biotech imports, enzymes, biochemicals
📍 Kerala Renaming Approved
✅ Proposed new name: Keralam
📌 Bill to be introduced in Parliament after State opinion
📍 Him-CONNECT Platform
🤝 Organised by MoEFCC
🎯 Link Himalayan researchers with startups & policymakers
📍 HPV Vaccine Drive for 14-year-old Girls
✅ Free nationwide rollout
💉 Vaccine: Gardasil (MSD)
📌 To be integrated into Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP)
📌 India joins 160+ countries
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN (7th Edition)
🇮🇳 India – 🇯🇵 Japan
📍 Uttarakhand
👥 120 personnel each
📍 Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR (16th Edition)
🇮🇳 India – 🇺🇸 USA
📍 Bakloh, HP
👥 Indian SF (45) | US Green Berets (12)
🔆 MoUs
📍 TEXMiN–GIREDMET (Russia)
🎯 Rare Earth & Critical Mineral collaboration
📍 NHA–ESIC MoU
🎯 Convergence of ESI Scheme with AB PM-JAY
📍 ESIC–NABL MoU
🎯 Lab quality & accreditation enhancement
🔆 STATES
📍 Delhi – Rah-Veer Scheme
💰 ₹25,000 reward for helping accident victims
🏆 Top 10 receive ₹1 lakh national award
📍 Tirumala Temple – E-Nose & E-Tongue Lab
💰 ₹25 crore food testing lab
🎯 Detect adulteration using AI-based sensors
📍 Rajasthan Homestay Scheme 2026
🎯 Promote rural tourism & community participation
🔆 IMPORTANT DAY
📍 24 Feb – Central Excise Day
📌 Commemorates Central Excise & Salt Act, 1944
📌 Recognises role of CBIC
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
✅ Abhinav Bindra completes IOC Athletes’ Commission tenure
✅ Hitesh Joshi recommended as CMD of GIC Re
✅ Nidhi Chhibber takes charge as NITI Aayog CEO
🔆 AWARD
🏅 Dr. Bhargav Mallappa conferred Indonesia’s royal honour ‘Dato’
#CurrentAffairs
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🔆 Casebook on AI and Gender Empowerment Launched (27 Feb 2026)
📍 About the Initiative
✅ Jointly launched by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and UN Women.
✅ Supported by Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD).
✅ Showcases Gender-Responsive AI Solutions from the Global South.
🔆 Role of AI in Gender Empowerment
📍 1️⃣ Healthcare (including Menstrual Health)
✅ AI enables faster & more accurate diagnostics, improving women’s health outcomes.
✅ Example: Smart Kojin – Uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to provide confidential, judgement-free menstrual health information.
📍 2️⃣ Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
✅ AI bridges gaps in legal access and informed decision-making.
✅ Example: NyayaSakhi-SWATI – Provides AI-driven estimates of statutory reliefs & case durations for domestic violence survivors.
📍 3️⃣ Access to Justice & Legal Services
✅ Empowers marginalized women through digital awareness → actionable safety.
✅ Example: YASHODA AI – Helps women identify AI-driven harms, practice digital hygiene, and seek legal remedies.
📍 4️⃣ Education & Skill Development
✅ AI democratizes access to knowledge and challenges gender stereotypes.
✅ Example: AtenIA – Provides interactive, personalized mentorship by enabling girls to engage with STEM role models.
📍 5️⃣ Women’s Safety in Public Spaces
✅ AI enhances institutional responsiveness & risk detection.
✅ Example: NariRaksha – Uses geospatial analytics, computer vision & NLP to proactively detect urban safety risks.
📍 Significance
✅ Promotes inclusive digital transformation.
✅ Strengthens India’s role in ethical & gender-responsive AI governance.
✅ Aligns with SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and digital inclusion goals.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• Ministries involved – MeitY & MoWCD
• Partner – UN Women
• Theme – Gender-Responsive AI (Global South focus)
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS2 – Social Justice / GS3 – Science & Tech)
“Discuss how Artificial Intelligence can act as a force multiplier in achieving gender equality while addressing ethical and digital divide concerns.”
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
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📍 About the Initiative
✅ Jointly launched by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and UN Women.
✅ Supported by Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD).
✅ Showcases Gender-Responsive AI Solutions from the Global South.
🔆 Role of AI in Gender Empowerment
📍 1️⃣ Healthcare (including Menstrual Health)
✅ AI enables faster & more accurate diagnostics, improving women’s health outcomes.
✅ Example: Smart Kojin – Uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to provide confidential, judgement-free menstrual health information.
📍 2️⃣ Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
✅ AI bridges gaps in legal access and informed decision-making.
✅ Example: NyayaSakhi-SWATI – Provides AI-driven estimates of statutory reliefs & case durations for domestic violence survivors.
📍 3️⃣ Access to Justice & Legal Services
✅ Empowers marginalized women through digital awareness → actionable safety.
✅ Example: YASHODA AI – Helps women identify AI-driven harms, practice digital hygiene, and seek legal remedies.
📍 4️⃣ Education & Skill Development
✅ AI democratizes access to knowledge and challenges gender stereotypes.
✅ Example: AtenIA – Provides interactive, personalized mentorship by enabling girls to engage with STEM role models.
📍 5️⃣ Women’s Safety in Public Spaces
✅ AI enhances institutional responsiveness & risk detection.
✅ Example: NariRaksha – Uses geospatial analytics, computer vision & NLP to proactively detect urban safety risks.
📍 Significance
✅ Promotes inclusive digital transformation.
✅ Strengthens India’s role in ethical & gender-responsive AI governance.
✅ Aligns with SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and digital inclusion goals.
📝 UPSC Prelims Focus
• Ministries involved – MeitY & MoWCD
• Partner – UN Women
• Theme – Gender-Responsive AI (Global South focus)
📝 UPSC Mains Angle (GS2 – Social Justice / GS3 – Science & Tech)
“Discuss how Artificial Intelligence can act as a force multiplier in achieving gender equality while addressing ethical and digital divide concerns.”
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
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ARTICLE 240
✅Article 240 empowers the President of India to make regulations for the peace, progress, and good government of certain Union Territories.
✅Currently, this applies to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, and Puducherry (only when its assembly is suspended/dissolved).
✅Regulations made by the President under Article 240 have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament.
✅ The Union government planned to introduce Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2025 to include the UT of Chandigarh under Article 240.
#pre_revision
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✅Article 240 empowers the President of India to make regulations for the peace, progress, and good government of certain Union Territories.
✅Currently, this applies to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, and Puducherry (only when its assembly is suspended/dissolved).
✅Regulations made by the President under Article 240 have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament.
✅ The Union government planned to introduce Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2025 to include the UT of Chandigarh under Article 240.
#pre_revision
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Day 72: 28 February target:
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NSO, Ministry of Statistics and Implementation is revising the base year of GDP to 2022–23. The estimates of new series of GDP are scheduled to be released on 27 February 2026
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⏳85 days left CSP26[ 24-05-26]
⏳174 days left CSM26 [ 21-08-26]
⏳281 days left UPPSC prelims 6 December
⏳148 days left 72nd BPSC PRELIMS 26 July
⏳141 days left CAPF AC 19 July
⏳127 days left UKPSC PRELIMS 5 July
⏳100 days Left OPSC prelims 07 June
⏳100 days Left GPSC prelims 07 June
⏳93 days left MPSC (MH) prelims [ 31-05-26]
⏳RAS PRELIMS may
⏳57 days Left MPPSC (MP) Prelims 26 April
⏳57 days Left HCS Prelims 26 April
⏳56 days Left bpsc mains 25 April
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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 26 FEB 2026
🔆 NATIONAL NEWS
📍 ECI & SECs – National Declaration 2026
✅ Harmonise electoral laws across tiers
✅ Focus: Uniform rolls, tech-sharing, institutional cooperation
✅ Conference held after 27 years
📍 CBDC Food Subsidy Pilot – Puducherry
✅ Under PMGKAY
✅ Subsidy via RBI-issued digital tokens
✅ Usable only at Fair Price Shops
📍 MeitY – DigiLocker Review Committee
✅ Headed by Ajay Sawhney
✅ Review legal-tech alignment & expansion roadmap
📍 CBIC – Customs Reforms 2026
✅ Launch of SWIFT 2.0 (single-window clearance)
✅ Digital Travellers Guide & Revamped Atithi App
📍 Theme: “Customs Protecting Society through Vigilance and Commitment”
📍 RAJMARG PRAVESH Portal Revamp
✅ Online NOC for fuel stations, rest areas, industrial access
📍 India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS)
✅ First compliance-based carbon market
✅ ~490 industrial units covered
✅ Cycle: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
❌ Steel & Fertiliser excluded in Phase-I
📍 NCR Dust-Free Road Framework
✅ 4 MoUs signed (Delhi, HR, UP, Raj)
✅ RAMS adoption for sustainable roads
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Strela-10 VSHORADS Test – Pokhran
✅ Mobile surface-to-air missile system
✅ Range: 6–10 km
✅ Targets low-flying aircraft & UAVs
📍 Exercise Agni Varsha
✅ Integrated Fire & Manoeuvre drill
✅ Focus: Precision long-range strikes & networked warfare
🔆 MoUs & INTERNATIONAL
📍 India–Nepal MoU
✅ Cooperation in forest, wildlife & climate
📍 India–Sweden AI Cooperation
✅ Launch of SITAC Corridor
📍 Culture Ministry–FICCI MoU
✅ National framework for Cultural & Creative Economy
📍 TEC–IIT Kharagpur MoU
✅ Telecom research & global standardisation
📍 Parliamentary Friendship Groups
✅ Formed with 64 countries
📍 UP–Japan MoUs
✅ Investment worth ₹11,000 crore
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
📍 NCSK Members Appointed
✅ Hardeep Singh Gill & Karm Singh Karma
📍 NAMASTE Scheme – mechanised sanitation ecosystem
🔆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
📍 NBEMS – Guinness World Record
✅ 17,999 peak viewers for AI healthcare session
📍 International Booker Prize 2026 Longlist
✅ Padma Viswanathan (Indian-origin translator)
💰 Prize: £50,000
🔆 SPORTS
📍 IAF & EAC Cup 2026 – RCTC
✅ Venue: Royal Calcutta Turf Club
🏆 IAF Cup Winner: Abhicandra (Jockey: Antony Raj S)
🏆 EAC Cup Winner: Laguna Seca (Jockey: M.S. Deora)
#CurrentAffairs
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🔆 NATIONAL NEWS
📍 ECI & SECs – National Declaration 2026
✅ Harmonise electoral laws across tiers
✅ Focus: Uniform rolls, tech-sharing, institutional cooperation
✅ Conference held after 27 years
📍 CBDC Food Subsidy Pilot – Puducherry
✅ Under PMGKAY
✅ Subsidy via RBI-issued digital tokens
✅ Usable only at Fair Price Shops
📍 MeitY – DigiLocker Review Committee
✅ Headed by Ajay Sawhney
✅ Review legal-tech alignment & expansion roadmap
📍 CBIC – Customs Reforms 2026
✅ Launch of SWIFT 2.0 (single-window clearance)
✅ Digital Travellers Guide & Revamped Atithi App
📍 Theme: “Customs Protecting Society through Vigilance and Commitment”
📍 RAJMARG PRAVESH Portal Revamp
✅ Online NOC for fuel stations, rest areas, industrial access
📍 India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS)
✅ First compliance-based carbon market
✅ ~490 industrial units covered
✅ Cycle: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
❌ Steel & Fertiliser excluded in Phase-I
📍 NCR Dust-Free Road Framework
✅ 4 MoUs signed (Delhi, HR, UP, Raj)
✅ RAMS adoption for sustainable roads
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Strela-10 VSHORADS Test – Pokhran
✅ Mobile surface-to-air missile system
✅ Range: 6–10 km
✅ Targets low-flying aircraft & UAVs
📍 Exercise Agni Varsha
✅ Integrated Fire & Manoeuvre drill
✅ Focus: Precision long-range strikes & networked warfare
🔆 MoUs & INTERNATIONAL
📍 India–Nepal MoU
✅ Cooperation in forest, wildlife & climate
📍 India–Sweden AI Cooperation
✅ Launch of SITAC Corridor
📍 Culture Ministry–FICCI MoU
✅ National framework for Cultural & Creative Economy
📍 TEC–IIT Kharagpur MoU
✅ Telecom research & global standardisation
📍 Parliamentary Friendship Groups
✅ Formed with 64 countries
📍 UP–Japan MoUs
✅ Investment worth ₹11,000 crore
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
📍 NCSK Members Appointed
✅ Hardeep Singh Gill & Karm Singh Karma
📍 NAMASTE Scheme – mechanised sanitation ecosystem
🔆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
📍 NBEMS – Guinness World Record
✅ 17,999 peak viewers for AI healthcare session
📍 International Booker Prize 2026 Longlist
✅ Padma Viswanathan (Indian-origin translator)
💰 Prize: £50,000
🔆 SPORTS
📍 IAF & EAC Cup 2026 – RCTC
✅ Venue: Royal Calcutta Turf Club
🏆 IAF Cup Winner: Abhicandra (Jockey: Antony Raj S)
🏆 EAC Cup Winner: Laguna Seca (Jockey: M.S. Deora)
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