1. The
Economic Survey 2024-25 had indicated a real GDP growth in the range of
6.3%-6.8% for 2025-26.
2. After
hitting 85 to the U.S. dollar on December 19, 2024, it slipped to 86 and
crossed 87, partly due to the third factor at work.
3. Digital
payments increased more than 3.5 times in value between 2013 and 2024 from ₹772
lakh crore to ₹2,758 lakh crore.
4. The
Ministry of Finance has advised government officials to "strictly
avoid" artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including ChatGPT and DeepSeek.
5. NASA
has redirected its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX,
to study asteroid Apophis after its rare close approach to
Earth in April 2029, which may alter its orbit, spin, and
surface. The mission will also analyze subsurface material by firing the
spacecraft's engines to displace dust and rocks.