One-Liner Current Affairs

MDR at 0.4% applies only to P2M UPI transactions exceeding ₹2,000 from October 15, 2026

P2P transactions and small merchants remain exempt, maintaining financial inclusion focus

Policy incentivizes CBDC (e-Rupee) adoption over traditional UPI for merchants

ED targets fraud, asset siphoning, and round-tripping under IBC's resolution process

Haircuts exceeding 80-90% indicate systemic creditor value destruction and weak NCLT scrutiny

Promoter proxies allow defaulters to retain control post-resolution, violating IBC's restructuring spirit

Sanjukta Parashar—first woman CoBRA unit commander; 2006-batch IPS officer, Assam-Meghalaya cadre

CoBRA raised in 2008; specialized in jungle warfare, counter-naxalite, asymmetric operations

Her Assam tenure neutralized/arrested 60+ armed militants; earned "Iron Lady" epithet

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 mandates speed governors on all commercial vehicles; compliance remains lax despite SC directions.

India's road fatality paradox: 11% global deaths but only 1% of world's vehicles—governance failure, not legal vacuum.

Judicial intervention addresses state-level accountability gaps; compliance reports and fleet inspections are enforcement mechanisms.

Meta now reports CSAM directly to NCRB, bypassing US-based NCMEC intermediary step.

Change mandated under POCSO Act and Information Technology Rules 2021 intermediary guidelines.

Direct integration aims to reduce takedown delays and enable rapid state cyber police intervention.

AI Sanskrit Heritage Model uses OCR and generative AI trained on Panini's Ashtadhyayi grammar rules

New Delhi Declaration explicitly condemns Pahalgam terror attack within BRICS consensus framework

BRICS calls for expeditious adoption of Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at UN

Declaration emphasizes local currency trade and digital public infrastructure cooperation among Global South nations

Strait of Hormuz carries ~20% of global petroleum trade; critical for India's energy independence

UP approved 20% horizontal reservation for former Agniveers in direct recruitment across two departments.

Agnipath scheme (2022): 4-year tenure; only 25% retained; 75% transition to civilian life.

Horizontal reservation operates alongside existing SC/ST/OBC quotas without reducing them.