U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new trade deal with India following talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The U.S. will cut tariffs on Indian goods from 25% to 18%, while India will reduce tariffs and boost purchases of U.S. energy and other products

🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 1–2 FEBRUARY 2026

🔆 NATIONAL & BUDGET FOCUS

🔆 UNION BUDGET 2026–27 (KEY NATIONAL MEASURES)

📍 Fiscal Framework
✅ Fiscal Deficit (FY27): 4.3% of GDP
✅ FY26: 4.4%
✅ Govt adopts Debt-to-GDP ratio as primary fiscal anchor
➡ FY27 debt-GDP: 55.6%
➡ Target: 50% ±1% by FY31

📍 Capital Expenditure
✅ ₹12.2 lakh crore
✅ 4.4% of GDP
✅ Focus: infrastructure-led growth

📍 Disinvestment & Asset Monetisation
✅ FY27 target: ₹80,000 crore
➡ PSU stake sales + asset monetisation

🔆 MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRY & MSMEs

📍 National Mission on Manufacturing (NMM)
✅ Announced in Budget 2025–26
📍 Targets (by 2035):
✅ Manufacturing share: 25% of GDP
✅ Jobs: 143 million
✅ Exports: $1.2 trillion

📍 Electronics Manufacturing
✅ Electronic Components Manufacturing Scheme
➡ Allocation: ₹40,000 crore

📍 Biopharma Push
✅ BioPharma Shakti Plan
➡ Outlay: ₹10,000 crore | Duration: 5 years
➡ Aim: Make India a biologics hub

📍 MSME “Champion Strategy”
✅ Equity support
✅ SME Growth Fund: ₹10,000 crore
✅ Self-Reliant India Fund top-up: ₹2,000 crore
✅ Mandatory TReDS use for CPSE purchases
✅ Professional support via ICAI, ICSI, ICMAI

🔆 AGRICULTURE, RURAL & ALLIED SECTORS

📍 Soil Health
✅ 25 crore+ Soil Health Cards issued
➡ Validity: 2 years

📍 Rare Earth Strategy
✅ Govt to create Rare Earth Corridors
📍 States:
➡ Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

📍 AYUSH Expansion
✅ 3 new All-India Institutes of Ayurveda
✅ Upgradation of AYUSH pharmacies & testing labs

📍 Allied Health Workforce
✅ Target: 8 crore skilled professionals
➡ Caregiver training: 1.5 lakh/year

🔆 HEALTH & SOCIAL SECTOR

📍 Cancer Care Relief
✅ Customs duty exemption on 17 cancer drugs
✅ Personal import duty reduced: 20% → 10%

📍 Minority Affairs
✅ UMEED platform launches 2 new modules
➡ Digital waqf survey
➡ Waqf property lease management

🔆 INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORT

📍 Indian Railways
✅ FY27 Capex: ₹2.92 trillion
➡ +10% over FY26 (RE)
➡ Internal resources: ₹15,000 crore

📍 Road Sector
✅ Total outlay: ₹3.10 lakh crore
➡ NHAI: ₹1.87 lakh crore

📍 Shipbuilding
✅ NSHIP-TN mega shipbuilding cluster
📍 Location: Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
📍 Outlay: ₹19,989 crore

🔆 ENVIRONMENT & WETLANDS

📍 Ramsar Sites Added
✅ Patna Bird Sanctuary (Etah, UP) – 97th
✅ Chhari-Dhand Wetland (Kutch, Gujarat) – 98th
📍 Announced before World Wetlands Day (2 Feb)

🔆 STATISTICS & GOVERNANCE

📍 NSO Surveys (from April 2026)
✅ NHIS – National Household Income Survey
✅ ASISSE – Annual Survey of Incorporated Service Sector Enterprises

📍 PAIMAN Portal
✅ Full form: Project Assessment, Infrastructure Monitoring & Analytics for Nation-building
📍 Ministry: MoSPI
📍 Covers projects ₹150 crore+
📍 Principle: One Data, One Entry

🔆 STATES (NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE)

📍 Andhra Pradesh
✅ CM distributes 5,555 e-cycles to women
➡ Guinness World Record
✅ MoU with FICCI-FLO
➡ Women Entrepreneurs Industrial Park (30 acres)

📍 Haryana
✅ 39th Surajkund International Crafts Mela
📍 Dates: 31 Jan – 15 Feb 2026
📍 Theme States: UP & Meghalaya
📍 Partner Nation: Egypt

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 1–2 FEBRUARY 2026

🔆 (EXCEPT NATIONAL & BUDGET)

🔆 BANKING & FINANCE

📍 Banking Sector Review
✅ High-Level Committee to review banking sector
📍 Focus:
✅ Financial stability
✅ Financial inclusion
✅ Consumer protection

📍 Power Finance Institutions
✅ Govt to restructure PFC & REC

📍 Corporate Bond Market
✅ Introduction of Total Return Swaps (TRS) on corporate bonds
✅ Derivatives on corporate bond indices

📍 Municipal Bonds
✅ Incentive: ₹100 crore
📍 Condition:
✅ Single bond issuance > ₹1,000 crore

🔆 DIGITAL BANKING & PAYMENTS

📍 Slice Digital Banking Ecosystem
✅ India’s first UPI-centric digital banking ecosystem

📍 Key Products
✅ Repo-linked Digital Savings Account
➡ Linked to 100% RBI repo rate
➡ No minimum balance | instant liquidity

✅ UPI-linked Credit Card
➡ Scan & Pay via UPI
➡ Benefits: Up to 3% cashback
➡ No-cost EMI for spends > ₹2,000

✅ Digital Fixed Deposits
➡ Interest up to 7.25% p.a.

📍 Payment Aggregators
✅ PaySharp gets RBI PA-P licence
➡ Physical payment aggregator
➡ Earlier PA-O licence: Aug 2024

🔆 INTERNATIONAL

📍 Global Awards
✅ Dalai Lama wins first Grammy Award
➡ Category: Audio Book / Narration / Storytelling

📍 Entertainment
✅ K-Pop wins first Grammy Award
➡ Song: Golden (K-Pop Demon Hunters)

📍 Cinema
✅ Steven Spielberg becomes EGOT winner
➡ Emmy + Grammy + Oscar + Tony

🔆 ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY

📍 Wetlands Conservation
✅ Patna Bird Sanctuary (Etah, UP) declared 97th Ramsar Site
✅ Chhari-Dhand Wetland (Kutch, Gujarat) declared 98th Ramsar Site
📍 Announced before World Wetlands Day – 2 Feb

🔆 DEFENCE

📍 Defence Budget (Overview)
✅ Total allocation: ₹7.85 lakh crore
✅ Increase: ~15%
✅ Share of GDP: ~2%

🔆 MoUs

📍 Sustainable Aviation Fuel
✅ IOCL + Akasa Air sign LoI
📍 Objective:
✅ Joint exploration of SAF supply

🔆 STATES

📍 Haryana
✅ 39th Surajkund International Crafts Mela
📍 Dates: 31 Jan – 15 Feb 2026
📍 Theme States: Uttar Pradesh & Meghalaya
📍 Partner Nation: Egypt

🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS

📍 30 January
✅ World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

📍 1 February
✅ 50th Raising Day of Indian Coast Guard

🔆 APPOINTMENTS

📍 Public Sector
✅ Kota Ravi appointed CMD, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)

🔆 SPORTS

📍 Australian Open 2026
✅ Men’s Singles Champion: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
✅ Runner-up: Novak Djokovic
📍 Venue: Rod Laver Arena

✅ Women’s Singles Champion: Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)

📍 Badminton
✅ Devika Sihag wins maiden BWF Super 300 title
📍 Event: Thailand Masters

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Eligible cities under the Special
Infrastructure Component of ULB grants

16th finance commission

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For bpsc prelims

1. Need to work on PYQs. Some questions repeat verbatim. You dont want to lose those.

2. Trends show that questions are slowly moving from one liners to more analytical multi statement based questions. So try to practise for mainly analytical questions. However donot skip one liners since you never know when the commission can change its ways. Its better to be safe than sorry.

3. Focus on science and tech and current affairs specifically. These are what creates a difference in the prelims scores.

4. Basic upsc booklist works for bpsc as well but you need to read those selectively. When you analyse the PYQs, you will know what to read and what to skip. Trust that and plan accordingly.

5. For current affairs pick one magazine and be thorough with it. Reading newspaper becomes tiresome for many so yearly compilations are a good trade off.
I used to read Eye drishti. But it doesnt have bihar specific news so you might want to find a different one for bihar special if you follow eye drishti.
Otherwise speedy, eduteria etc work well too.

6. You might want to join a test series so as to better manage your time as well as prepare the exam time strategy for the same. Try to simulate exam like situtaions and fill the omr too. Some people arent able to complete the whole paper on time.

7. Every year there are some random questions (eg batak mian) and you should be able to identify and skip those in the exam. For that its important for you to be thorough with your basic books.

8. The basic books -
History- Spectrum selectively for modern, lucents works for ancient and medieval. You can read ncerts too.

Science- Lucents is more than enough. You can also read ghatnachakra if you have time.

Math- Pyq practise is sufficient

Geography-  Ncerts are more than enough

Polity- Laxmikanth selectively

Economy- General theories are rarely asked. So just doing budget and eco survey can suffice.

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🔆 Ratnatraya of Kannada Language

📍 What is Ratnatraya?
✅ The ‘Ratnatraya’ (Three Gems) of Kannada literature refers to three great poets who laid the classical foundation of Kannada.

📍 Pampa (9th–10th century AD)
✅ Known as the Father of Kannada language
✅ Renowned works:
▪ Adipurana (written in Champu style)
▪ Vikramarjuna Vijaya
✅ Famous for mastery of rasa (aesthetic emotions)
✅ Court poet of Chalukya king Arikesari

📍 Ponna (9th–10th century AD)
✅ Authored the celebrated Jain work Shanti Purana
✅ Major contributor to classical Kannada poetry

📍 Ranna (10th–11th century AD)
✅ Authored the famous epic Ajitha Purana
✅ One of the finest exponents of mature Kannada literary tradition

📍 UPSC Relevance
✅ GS1 – Indian Culture | Literature | Regional Languages

📌 Prelims One-liner:
➡️ Pampa–Ponna–Ranna together constitute the Ratnatraya of Kannada literature.

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🔆 Thorium vs Uranium – Key Differences

📍 Abundance
✅ Thorium: More abundant in the Earth’s crust
✅ Uranium: Abundant, but U-235 requires enrichment

📍 Nuclear Reactor Use
✅ Thorium: Used in Advanced Heavy Water Reactors (AHWRs) under India’s programme
✅ Uranium: Used in multiple reactors including PWRs and BWRs

📍 Fertile Nature
✅ Thorium: Th-232 (fertile) → converts into U-233 (fissile)
✅ Uranium: U-238 (fertile) → converts into Pu-239 (fissile)

📍 Fuel Cycle
✅ Thorium: Breeds U-233; integral to India’s Three-Stage Nuclear Programme
✅ Uranium: Requires U-235 enrichment; spent fuel contains fission products

📍 Proliferation Risk
✅ Thorium: Lower proliferation risks
✅ Uranium: Higher proliferation concerns in conventional fuel cycles

📍 Radioactive Waste
✅ Thorium: Expected to generate less long-lived radioactive waste
✅ Uranium: Produces long-lived radioactive waste

📍 Economic Aspect
✅ Thorium: Economic viability still under development
✅ Uranium: Established infrastructure and mature technology

📍 Safety Features
✅ Thorium: Associated with specific enhanced safety features
✅ Uranium: Modern reactors are safer, but design risks remain

📍 UPSC Relevance
✅ GS3 – Nuclear Energy | Strategic Resources | Energy Security

📌 Prelims One-liner:
➡️ Thorium (Th-232) is a fertile fuel central to India’s three-stage nuclear programme, offering lower proliferation risk than uranium-based cycles.

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#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology

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🔆 Al-Biruni & Kitab-ul-Hind

📍 Introduction
✅ Al-Biruni was born in 973 AD in Khwarizm
✅ Proficient in Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew & Sanskrit
✅ 1017 AD: Moved to Ghazni during Sultan Mahmud’s invasion of Khwarizm
✅ Khwarizm region: Present-day Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan
✅ Inclusion of Punjab in the Ghaznavid Empire enabled extensive travel in North India and study of Indian culture

📍 Translations & Scholarship
✅ Translated Sanskrit texts on astronomy, mathematics & medicine into Arabic
✅ Patanjali’s grammar translated into Arabic
✅ Found Sanskrit challenging due to vast vocabulary & complex inflections
✅ Translated works of Euclid into Sanskrit

📍 Kitab-ul-Hind (Tahqiq-i-Hind / History of India)
✅ Written in Arabic
✅ Encyclopaedic account covering religion, philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, customs, laws, society & metrology
✅ Among the earliest scientific studies of India by a foreign scholar

📍 Views on the Caste System
✅ Observations based on Vedas, Puranas, Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali & Manusmriti
✅ Noted social divisions were not unique to India (parallels with ancient Persia)
✅ Accepted Brahmanical rigidity but criticised the concept of pollution as against laws of nature
✅ Antyajas: Socially oppressed yet integrated into economic networks as labour

📍 Origin of the Term “Hindu”
✅ Old Persian (6th–5th BCE): Denoted the region east of the Indus
✅ Arabs used “al-Hind” (land) and “Hindi” (people)
✅ Turks used “Hindu” (people), “Hindustan” (land), “Hindavi” (language)
❗ Initially non-religious; religious connotation emerged later

📍 UPSC Relevance
✅ GS1 – Medieval History | Society & Culture
✅ Prelims Favourite – Foreign travellers’ accounts

📌 Prelims One-liner:
➡️ Al-Biruni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is a systematic, objective study of Indian civilisation, written in Arabic, documenting India’s science, society and culture.

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 3 FEBRUARY 2026

🔆 FINANCE

📍 Insurance Claims (FY 2024–25)
✅ 8.35 lakh+ claims settled under govt schemes
➡ PMJJBY: 6.3 lakh+
➡ General Insurance: 1.67 lakh
➡ Health Insurance: 99,000+

📍 Women Inclusion
✅ ~50% beneficiaries women under PMSBY

📍 IRDAI
✅ Regulator against insurance mis-selling
✅ Ensures transparency & policyholder protection

📍 GST Collections
✅ Jan 2026 GST: ₹1.93 lakh crore
✅ Growth: +6.2% YoY

🔆 INTERNATIONAL

📍 La Biennale di Venezia
✅ India returns after 7 years with National Pavilion
📍 Event: 61st International Art Exhibition
📍 Venue: Venice, Italy
📍 Theme:
✅ “Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home”
📍 Dates: 9 May – 22 Nov 2026

📍 US–India Trade
✅ US cuts tariffs on Indian goods 25% → 18%
📍 India commits:
✅ Reduce barriers on US goods
✅ Buy US energy & tech
📍 US President: Donald Trump

📍 Climate Risk Study
✅ Conducted by University of Oxford
📍 Published in Nature Sustainability
📍 Key Finding:
✅ India among most vulnerable to extreme heat by 2050

🔆 NATIONAL

📍 Supreme Court
✅ Directs Centre to set up Pennaiyar River Tribunal
📍 States: Tamil Nadu – Karnataka
📍 Under: Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956

📍 Future Warfare Course
✅ 3rd edition launched in New Delhi
📍 Conducted by:
➡ HQ Integrated Defence Staff
➡ CENJOWS
📍 Objective:
✅ Re-examine modern warfare doctrines & strategies

📍 New Baggage Rules, 2026
✅ Duty-free allowance raised:
➡ Indians: ₹50,000 → ₹75,000
➡ Foreign tourists: ₹15,000 → ₹25,000

📍 Jewellery Allowance
✅ Women: 40 g
✅ Others: 20 g

📍 IIFT Ranked No.1
✅ Tops Times B-School Ranking 2026
📍 Known for:
✅ International trade & global business
📍 Upcoming offshore campus: Dubai

🔆 ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE

📍 Extreme Heat Projections
✅ By 2050 (2°C warming):
➡ 3.79 billion people exposed globally
➡ ~40% world population at risk

📍 High-Risk Countries
✅ India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan

📍 Zero Dumpsites Target
✅ Programme: DRAP
📍 Goal: Zero dumpsites by Oct 2026
📍 Linked to: Swachh Bharat Mission
📍 Current Status:
➡ 2,479 legacy dumpsites
➡ 25 crore MT waste

🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

📍 India-AI Impact Summit 2026
📍 Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
📍 Dates: 16–20 Feb 2026

📍 3 Pillars (Sutras)
✅ People | Planet | Progress

📍 Key Themes
✅ Safe AI | Inclusion | Innovation
✅ Democratizing AI | AI for social good

📍 Moltbook Platform
✅ Social media platform only for AI agents
✅ Humans can observe, not participate
✅ Powered by advanced LLMs

🔆 DEFENCE

📍 Yantra India Limited
✅ Granted Miniratna Category-I status
📍 Benefit:
✅ Capex approval up to ₹500 crore without govt clearance

📍 Exercise Agni Pariksha
✅ Army + ITBP joint exercise
📍 Location: Arunachal Pradesh
📍 Objective:
✅ Improve joint operational readiness

🔆 MoUs

📍 Highway Cybersecurity
✅ Indian Highways Management Co. + NFSU
📍 Objective:
✅ Cyber forensics & data protection for highways

🔆 STATES

📍 Kerala
✅ New orchid species discovered in Kanthalloor
📍 Near Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

📍 Nagaland
✅ New plant species: Hoya nagaensis
📍 Found in community-managed forests

📍 Gujarat
✅ Becomes India’s No.1 renewable energy contributor
➡ Installed capacity: 42.58 GW
➡ National share: 16.5%

📍 Andhra Pradesh
✅ CM launches Pilloo AI
📍 Voice-based accounting app for MSMEs

🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS

📍 2 February
✅ Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
✅ World Wetlands Day
📍 Theme: “Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge”

🔆 SPORTS

📍 Asian Rifle & Pistol Shooting Championships 2026
📍 Venue: Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi
📍 Participants: 17 Asian countries

📍 Pro Wrestling League 2026
✅ Champion: Haryana Thunders
📍 Runner-up: Delhi Dangal Warriors

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UPSC CSE 2026 Notification

Total Vacancy -    933 (approximately)

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ONLINE APPLICATIONS : 24.02.2026 till 6 PM

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