UPSC Current Affairs 02 February 2026 — The Hindu
- Tax devolution for States at 41%; South gets share hike
- Rare earth corridors to cut Chinese imports
- Budget 2026 bets big on industrial growth
- What does the Budget offer urban India?
- A quiz to mark World Wetlands Day which is observed on February 2 every year
- New I-T Act to take effect from April 1
- Budget to boost economy, India’s global competitiveness: India Inc.
- Budget ignores unemployment, social security: trade unions
- Budget allocates ₹6,000 crore for Census exercise
- Booster shot for education and skilling
- Marginal hike for Social Justice and Tribal Affairs
- Semiconductor Mission 2.0 unveiled; electronics parts scheme outlay doubled
- Buddhist circuits, hiking trails to put tourism on growth path
- No allocation for Chabahar amid U.S. tariff pressure
- Capex scale-up
- Marginal hike for agriculture leaves farmers unhappy
- ₹20,000 cr. earmarked for carbon capture, storage scheme
- Siddaramaiah says Budget denies fiscal justice to Karnataka
- Centre aiming for a 4.3% fiscal deficit for 2026-27
- ₹3,400 crore allocated to schemes for six minorities
- Debating Budget 2026 as turning point or tinkering
- Credible, creditable
- What the new fiscal rule means for growth and spending
- Budget provides for girls’ hostels, SHE Marts for entrepreneurs
- Budget bets on duty cuts in new clean energy push
- Pushing welfare towards the States
- Iran declares European armies ‘terror groups’ in retaliatory move
- What is waste-to-energy?
- Accessible tourism no longer a niche area but a mainstream imperative: Kerala CM
- Banking sector set for sea change; PFC, REC to be restructured
- FM hands out a mixed bag for capital markets
- Tax holiday for data centres enthuses IT business leaders
- Budget pitches for macro stability
- Markets dip 2% as Sitharaman increases STT on derivatives
- A holistic vision of development
- Cheaper cancer drugs; training for 1.5 lakh caregivers
- Focus on mental health; comprehensive push to scale up the AYUSH ecosystem
- New rural jobs scheme gets over ₹95,000 crore
- Post Sindoor, major boost for defence
- A case for higher defence allocation
- More money and new schemes for livestock, fisheries sectors
- Budget that invests on competitiveness
- Despite dip in spends, Jal Jeevan Mission gets ₹67,600 crore
- Rare earth corridors to cut China imports
- Strategic push to manufacturing
- Container-making, inland waterways on a new course
- Rare earth corridor was in Kerala’s Budget wish list
- Budget is forward-looking, aligns with A.P.’s development priorities: Naidu
- Chennai gets two high-speed rail corridors in Budget
- ‘Injustice to Telangana in budgetary allocations’
- Budget fails test of economic strategy, doesn’t address challenges identified in survey: Cong.
- Budget reflects the aspirations of 140 cr. Indians, says Modi
- Budget an inspiring blueprint for building Viksit Bharat: U.P. CM
- Trump says India to resume purchases of Venezuelan oil
- Kerala urged to go beyond hard infra in accessibility, put AI to good use
- Building on a tax gamble that did not pay off
- Do AI-powered toys affect the healthy development of children?
- The morale of the team was low yesterday
- ₹10,000-crore dosage for biopharma
- Employment and strategic choices
- Coconut, cocoa, sandalwood get special attention
- From field to screen: the changing landscape of ecology research
- BIG SHOT
- Customs procedures to get simpler
- Focus on long-term investments
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- Labour-intensive textile sector, MSMEs to get new schemes
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- With allocation of ₹500 cr., Centre bats for manufacturing sports goods in India
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- Schemes to support livelihood, assistive devices for persons with disabilities
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- Sustained growth as a key ‘kartavya’
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- Seven rail corridors get green signal
- Centre floats incentives for manufacture of training aircraft, seaplane operations
- POCKET Soumyadip Sinha
- High security, drama as SIT questions KCR in phone tapping case
- Tirupati laddu row: TTD EO Anil Singhal transferred
- BRS workers stage protests
- An anti-poor Budget detached from economic realities, says Opposition
- Files expose alleged links between Epstein, Anil Ambani, Delhi ‘leadership’
- India dismisses Pak.’s allegations after BLA attacks in Balochistan
- Accessibility should not be an afterthought, say experts
- Inclusive tourism is a right, not a privilege: N. Ram
- Vying for gender-inclusive tourism
- When travelling is more about hearing
- letters to the editor
- If U.S. strikes Iran, it will be a regional war: Khamenei
- Reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing expected today, say Israeli officials
- ‘Further Russia-Ukraine talks are scheduled for Wednesday’
- Guru Ravidas, voice of Dalits
- Trump says U.S. ‘starting to talk to Cuba’ as he moves to cut oil supply
- Myanmar junta urges civil servants protesting against coup to work
- Israel to terminate MSF work in Gaza for failing to provide staff list
- Bihar NDA parties hail Budget, Nitish calls it ‘progressive’
- PM Modi renames Adampur airport after Guru Ravidas
- Assam govt. accused of letting corporates take over tribal lands
- Uttarakhand Police lodge FIRs over shop dispute
- Haryana Thunders rules the roost
- India’s only Chinatown, fading away
- ‘Kerala barely mentioned in Union Budget’; all parties, except BJP, slam ‘neglect’
- YSRCP leader Ambati held for 19 hours in police custody
- MLAs, alliance partners of BJP in Manipur called to Delhi for meeting today
- Days after suspension, Sidhu’s wife quits Cong.
- 14706
- Gunmen raid police station, burn church, kidnap five in Nigeria
- Phenom Alcaraz completes career Slam
- Plenty of gains for Men in Blue ahead of the T20 showpiece
- Capitals survive a minor scare, meet Giants in the Eliminator
- India routs Pakistan, cruises into last four
- Spurs rally to hold City; United wins again
- Pakistan to boycott the India game on Feb. 15
- SCOREBOARD
- You are a big inspiration for all athletes: Alcaraz tells Djokovic
- It was pre-decided that Kishan would keep wickets: Suryakumar
- England downs Sri Lanka in rain-affected second T20I
- Nawaz stars with a five-for as Pakistan blanks Australia
- Tamil Nadu and Baroda finish their campaigns with a drab draw
- Maaya Rajeshwaran leads a talented Indian contingent
- India U-17 girls gear up for stringent Bangladesh test
- Ranji Trophy scores — seventh round, fourth and final day
- Devika wins maiden Super 300 title
- Consolation win for Windies in rain-marred third T20I
- Abdusattorov pulls away at the top
- Anahat routs Sobhy, enters final of Squash on Fire
- Tejaswin stuns Shelby to secure high jump title