** Who has been appointed as the first woman Law Secretary of India?

Anju Rathi Rana

• Rana joined the law ministry as a joint secretary in 2017. Prior to that, she was a public prosecutor in the Delhi government for 18 years.
• Niten Chandra, a former Law Secretary, vacated the post, which remained unfilled for a few months.

** Sumeeth Reddy, who recently announced his retirement, is associated with which sport?

Badminton

• B Sumeeth Reddy, who represented India at the Rio 2016 Olympics, has announced his retirement from professional badminton.
• He was also part of the silver medal-winning mixed team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and now plans to focus on coaching.

Recently, which state government has adopted the state language symbol ‘ரூ’ in place of the rupee symbol (₹)?

Tamil Nadu

• The Tamil Nadu government on 13 march dropped the official rupee (₹) symbol from the state’s budget for 2025-26. 
• Instead, it has adopted ‘ரூ’, Tamil script for ‘ru’ for the state budget’s logo. ‘ru’ is derived ‘rubai’, which means rupees in Tamil.
• ​The current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is M. K. Stalin. He has been serving in this role since May 7, 2021, leading the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government. ​

The Union Cabinet has made an amendment of how many crore rupees in the ‘National Gokul Mission’ to promote the livestock sector?

Rs1,000 crore

• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) to boost the development of livestock sector with an additional ₹1,000 crore.
• The revised scheme, implemented as the Central Sector Component of the Development Programme Scheme, has been allocated a total of ₹3,400 crore during the 15th Finance Commission cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26).

** Who won the Best Actress award at the 2025 Asian Film Awards for the film “Santosh”?

Shahana Goswami

• Best Picture was awarded to “All We Imagine as Light”.
• Shahana Goswami won Best Actress for her role in “Santosh”, and Sean Lau won Best Actor for “Papa”.

** India’s first hydrogen train is set to launch on which route by March 31?

Delhi-Mumbai

• The train is scheduled to commence operations by March 31, 2025, on the Jind-Sonipat route in Haryana.
• This eco-friendly train will run on hydrogen fuel cells, producing zero carbon emissions and reducing noise pollution, supporting India’s net-zero goal.

Yamandú Orsi became the President of which country?

Uruguay

• Yamandú Orsi took office as Uruguay’s new President on Saturday (March 1, 2025).
• A former history teacher, folk dancer, and two-time mayor, the 57-year-old Orsi is widely regarded as the political heir of José Mujica, Uruguay’s former president and ex-guerrilla leader.