1. The Ramsar Convention on
Wetlands of Global Importance was signed on February 2, 1971 in Iran.
2. The UGC has ordered that
anti-ragging measures should be strengthened in higher educational institutions
across the country to ensure the safety of students.
3. The Union Finance Ministry's
Economic Survey has projected that the country's economic growth will increase
by 6.3 to 6.8 percent in the coming financial year 2025-26.
4. In the second quarter of the
current financial year, the country's fiscal deficit is 1.2 percent of the
gross domestic product (GDP) and external debt is 19.4 percent.
5. The central government has
amended the Aadhaar Act to allow private companies to use Aadhaar details.
6. The Rajasthan High Court has
ordered the creation of a new website to register information related to
unmarried cohabitants (live-in couples).
7. NASA has announced that an asteroid
called YR4 is likely to hit Earth in 2032.
8. The US Congress has banned
employees working in their offices from using the Chinese-developed artificial
intelligence app ‘DeepSeek’ on their smartphones.
9. Indian-origin NASA astronaut
Sunita Williams has set a record for being the woman to walk in space for the
longest time.
10. The state of emergency to
continue military rule in Myanmar has been extended for another 6 months.