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1.The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
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2.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday presented a Rs3.10 lakh crore Budget for 2026-27, with focus on agriculture, rural development and women empowerment.
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3.The capital outlay of Rs72,100 crore estimated in the budget is 6.5 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and 23 per cent of the state budget, the CM said.
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4.As part of the scheme, a savings instrument of Rs20,000 will be created in the name of girls born in families belonging to the economically weaker section. They will be provided `1,00,001 on completion of graduation.
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5.Majhi said his government will be able to generate a revenue surplus of about 3 per cent of GSDP, and the fiscal deficit will be limited to 3.5 per cent of GSDP for the 2025-26 fiscal.
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6.The CM announced to establish a world-class Shree Jagannath Interpretation Centre in Puri at an estimated cost of Rs1,000 crore, while restoring the spiritual glory of the ‘Gundicha Mandir’, ‘Emar Math’, ‘Pramod Udyan’ and the historic Raghunandan Library.
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7.He also announced the ‘DALKHAI’ (Dignified Access to Livelihood, Knowledge, Health and Allied Infrastructure) scheme to address the underlying causes of distress migration by ensuring sustainable livelihoods through inter and intra-departmental coordination.
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8.Dismayed over ongoing tussle between the West Bengal government and the Election Commission (EC), the Supreme Court Friday issued an “extraordinary” direction to deploy serving and former district judges to assist the poll panel in the controversy-ridden special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.
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9.Over 45 per cent of individual donations in India are made to religious organisations while over 42 per cent go to beggars, according to the third edition of “How India gives” report.
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10.The Delhi government told the high court Friday that private schools cannot collect fees from April 1 for the new academic session, unless it is determined and approved in accordance with the new fee-regulation law.
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11.Tech giant Microsoft Friday launched ‘Elevate for Educators in India’, an initiative designed to skill 20 lakh teachers in Artifi cial Intelligence (AI) and reach 2 lakh schools and educational institutions by 2030.
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12.Highways authority NHAI is considering discontinuing cash payments at highway toll plazas from April 1, requiring commuters to use only digital modes such as FASTag or UPI for toll payments.
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13. India’s AI Impact Summit has secured investment commitments of over $250 billion in infrastructure and already garnered support from 70 countries for the proposed Delhi Declaration, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday, calling the event a “grand success.”
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14.India Friday reaffi rmed its support for a two-state solution to the Palestine issue and said it had joined more than 100 countries and international organisations in a statement condemning Israel’s attempts to expand unlawful settlements in the West Bank.
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15.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) net sold $10.02 billion in December due to high volatility in the Indian rupee amid geopolitical tensions and uncertainties over US tariffs.