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February Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 1
Budget 2025-26: At a Glance
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget 2025
- Budget 2025-26: Prioritizes Healthcare with ₹98,311 Cr Allocation
- Budget 2025-26: Surge in defence allocations to enhance armed forces
- Budget 2025-26: No income tax for upto ₹12 lakh in new tax regime
- Union Budget 2025-26: Railways allocation remains unchanged at ₹2.65 lakh crore
- Budget 2025-26: FDI limit in insurance sector raised to 100 per cent from 74 per cent
- Budget 2024-25: FM Sitharaman announces National Manufacturing Mission for Furthering ‘Make in India’
- Budget 2025-26: Boost for MSMEs, classification investment cap to be hiked 5 times
- Budget 2025-26: Fiscal Deficit for FY26 estimated at 4.4% of GDP
- Union Budget 2025-26: Rs 600 crore allocated for Samudrayaan
- Budget 2025-26: ₹8,900 crore additional allocation for residential rooftop solar
- Budget 2025-26: Nirmala Sitharaman announces PM Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana for farmers
- Budget 2025-26: New Makhana Board and Food Institute to be opened in Bihar
- Budget 2025-26: Cotton Mission gets a boost to improve productivity
- Budget 2025-26: Kisan credit card limit raised to ₹5 lakh to boost farmer credit access
- Budget 2025: Govt Launches ‘Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses’ to Increase Production and Farmers’ Income
- Budget 2025-26: Credit guarantee cover for MSMEs, startups enhanced
- Union Budget 2025-26: Jal Jeevan Mission extended till 2028
- Union Budget 2025-26: Centre Launches ₹16,021 Crore Power Reform Scheme to Boost State Infrastructure and Attract Private Investment
- Budget 2025-26: ₹20,000 Crore Allocated for ‘Nuclear Energy Mission’
- Budget 2025-26: Maritime Development Fund with ₹25,000-crore corpus
- Budget 2025-26: UDAN scheme to add 120 new destinations in next 10 years
- Budget 2025-26: Top 50 tourist destinations to be developed in ‘Challenge Mode’
- Budget 2025-26: 10,000 New Fellowships Under PMRF Scheme
- Budget 2025-26: Centre to set up 2nd gene bank with 10 lakh germplasm lines
- Budget 2025-26: New ‘Gyan Bharatam Mission’ for manuscripts announced
- Budget 2025: Rs 20,000 cr allocated for Research, Development and Innovation
- Budget 2025-26: National Geospatial Mission announced to modernise land records
National News
- Pramod Sawant inaugurates the Sci-FI Science Film Festival of India
- KPI Green Energy signs ₹1,311 crore solar project deal with Coal India
- Garuda Aerospace commits ₹100 crore for developing India’s first drone city in Andhra Pradesh
- Govt forms GoM on financial viability of Discoms
- Tata Steel becomes ‘India’s 1st’ to develop hydrogen transportation pipes
- Railway Ministry releases ‘SwaRail’ SuperApp for testing
- India Adds 4 New Ramsar Sites, taking total to 89
- India to Host BRICS Youth Council Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting in March 2025
- Maharashtra to establish country’s first Artificial Intelligence university
- DGCA imposes Rs 30 lakh penalty on Air India for regulatory norms violation
- Maharashtra makes Marathi mandatory for all official communication
- Government introduces ‘Haj Suvidha App’ and strengthens healthcare support for Indian pilgrims
- India’s First White Tiger Breeding Centre Approved in Madhya Pradesh
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches a national-level mass outreach campaign “Watershed Yatra”
- ECI’s ‘Chandrayaan Se Chunao Tak’ initiative boosts voter enthusiasm in West Delhi
- Zepto world’s second-most-downloaded app in food and drink category
- Jayant Chaudhary inaugurates NSDC International Academy at Greater Noida
- Guneri village in Gujarat declared the first biodiversity heritage site
International News
- Niger becomes first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis
- International Big Cat Alliance officially comes into force as fully functional international legal entity
- UK becomes first nation to outlaw AI tools used to generate child sexual abuse content
- Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) inaugurates South Africa’s largest Hindu Temple in Johannesburg
- President Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from UNHRC
- Following USA, Argentina withdraws from World Health Organization
Banking and Financial
- Govt unveils new Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme to support MSME growth
- IRDAI caps senior citizen health premium hike at 10% annually
- IBA honours Karnataka Bank with six awards for banking technology excellence
- India’s GDP Growth Projected at 6.4% for FY 2025
- India Post Payments Bank and PNB MetLife partner to expand life insurance access nationwide
- Shriram GI Unveils Shri Health Suraksha Insurance – A Comprehensive and Affordable Health Plan
- RBI imposes monetary penalty on Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited
- UPI volume scales new peak of 16.99 billion in January: NPCI data
- GST collections in January at Rs 1.96 lakh crore
- TVS Holdings completes acquisition of Home Credit India for ₹554 crore
- CreditAccess Grameen secures USD 50 million commitment from IFC
- RBI Approves Tata Communications’ Rs. 330 Crore ATM Business Sale to Findi
- NaBFID raises Rs 5,000 crore via 15-year bonds at 7.25% cut-off rate
- PNB MetLife partners with Policybazaar to Launch Smart Invest Pension Plan for Early Retirement
- L&T Finance launches AI-powered Virtual Home Loan Advisor ‘KAI’
- Airtel Payments Bank partners with Karnataka Bulldozers for CCL 2025
Appointment and Resignation
- Hisashi Takeuchi re-appointed as Maruti Suzuki’s MD and CEO
- Justice Harsh Kumar to head Judicial Commission on Maha Kumbh Stampede
- Rajesh Nirwan appointed as Director General at Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
- Bart De Wever sworn in as Belgium’s new Prime Minister
- Airtel’s Gopal Vittal named as acting chair of GSMA board
- Citibank appoints K Balasubramanian as India head
Awards
- Chaman Arora awarded Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 in Dogri for his book “Ik Hor Ashwthama”
- Chandrika Tandon wins Best New Age Album Award at the 67th Grammy
- Noel Tata awarded honorary doctorate by the University of Sussex
Science
- IAF’s Shubhanshu Shukla to Become First Indian Astronaut on Private Space Mission to ISS
- OpenAI launches ‘deep research’ tool after China’s DeepSeek shakes AI world
Defence
- India-Maldives Joint Military Exercise ‘Ekuverin’ Begins
Sports
- Thomas Cook India appointed as exclusive partner for National Games 2025
- Govt clears participation of 88-member Indian contingent at Asian Winter Games 2025
- Sachin Tendulkar received BCCI’s Lifetime Achievement Award
- R Praggnanandhaa wins Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025
- India Beat South Africa By 9 Wickets to Defend U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup Title
- Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers win men’s Hockey India League 2024-25 Title
- Two-time Grand Slams winner Simona Halep announced Retirement
Book and Author
- Amit Shah releases “Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade” book
Important day
- 30 January – World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day (Theme 2025 – Act. Eliminate.)
- 1 February – Indian Coast Guard Day
- 2 February – World Wetlands Day (Theme 2025 – Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future)
- 4 February – World Cancer Day (Theme 2024 – United by Unique)
- 4 February – International Day of Human Fraternity (Theme 2025 – Human fraternity for world peace and living together)
- 1-7 February – World Interfaith Harmony Week (Theme 2025 – Uniting for Peace)
- 6 February – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Obituary
- Renowned Sculptor Latika Katt Passes Away
- Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla passed away
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