1.India’s economy is projected to grow by 6.8-7.2 per cent in the financial year starting April, the government’s pre-Budget Economic Survey 2025-26 said Thursday.

2.The rupee settled at its all-time closing low at 91.99 against the US dollar, amid selling pressure from foreign funds and risk-off sentiment in global markets.

3.Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Thursday said the state is poised to become a hub of data storage in the northeast region with growing academic and economic activities.

4.Shillong, India has submitted to UNESCO in Paris the nomination dossier of Meghalaya’s living root bridges for consideration to include in the World Heritage list 2026-27, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said Thursday.

5.Silver prices Thursday breached the Rs 4 lakh per kilogram-mark in the national capital, while gold touched a fresh record high of Rs1.83 lakh per 10 gram.  

6.The January retail inflation data will reflect price movements in airfares, e-commerce platforms and subscription rates of OTT channels, with the statistics ministry expanding constituents of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The new CPI series, which will also have the base year as 2024 instead of 2012.

7. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi met World Bank (WB) Group President Ajay Banga at Lok Seva Bhavan Thursday to discuss strengthening cooperation across key development sectors and advancing the state’s long-term growth and reform agenda.

8.The SC sought responses from the Union government and the UGC over the issue by March 19 The apex court revived the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2012.

9.Vigilance caught a senior doctor at Sriram Chandra Bhanja (SCB) Medical College Hospital here while he was allegedly carrying suspected “ill-gotten” cash of Rs2.63 lakh.

10.A special POCSO court Thursday sentenced six persons to 20 years of imprisonment each in a 2024 gangrape case involving a minor student.

11.Police Thursday destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over nearly two acres in a remote forest area of Keonjhar district.

12.The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Election Commission to display the names of those on the “logical discrepancies” list at gram panchayat bhavans and block offices.

13.In a relief to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, a court here Thursday acquitted him in a 25-year-old defamation case filed by activist Medha Patkar, stating that the complainant failed to prove her charges against him.

14.The Supreme Court’s stay on the recent UGC equity regulations to prevent caste-based discrimination on campuses was welcomed by opposition parties.

15.The Andhra Pradesh government Thursday approved free power for weavers, an initiative which will be implemented from April 1 at a cost of nearly Rs85 crore per month.