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** Who has been appointed as the first woman Law Secretary of India?
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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.
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** Sumeeth Reddy, who recently announced his retirement, is associated with which sport?
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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.
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Recently, which state government has adopted the state language symbol ‘ரூ’ in place of the rupee symbol (₹)?
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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.
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The Union Cabinet has made an amendment of how many crore rupees in the ‘National Gokul Mission’ to promote the livestock sector?
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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).
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** Who won the Best Actress award at the 2025 Asian Film Awards for the film “Santosh”?
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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”.
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** India’s first hydrogen train is set to launch on which route by March 31?
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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.
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Yamandú Orsi became the president of which country?
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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.
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