SECTION 1: NATIONAL AFFAIRS & GOVERNANCE
- 01 February 2025 – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025-26, projecting a Fiscal Deficit of 4.4% of GDP and announcing zero income tax for income up to ₹12 lakh under the new regime.
- 01 February 2025 – The government announced the establishment of 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in government schools over the next 5 years to foster innovation.
- 07 February 2025 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for busting a global drug cartel, resulting in 8 arrests and seizures across 10+ nations.
- 14 February 2025 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level review meeting regarding internal security in Maharashtra.
- 18 February 2025 – A security review meeting for Jammu & Kashmir was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to assess the ground-level implementation of New Criminal Laws.
- February 2025 – Rekha Gupta was appointed as the new Chief Minister of Delhi.
- February 2025 – Champai Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
- February 2025 – Radha Raturi became the first woman Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand.
- February 2025 – Uttar Pradesh became the first state in India to introduce a translator facility in government communications.
- February 2025 – The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana completed one year of implementation.
SECTION 2: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & SUMMITS
- 09 February 2025 – The first round of the 2025 Ecuadorian general election was held.
- 23 February 2025 – The 2025 German federal election took place after being pushed forward due to a government crisis.
- February 2025 – Nangolo Mbumba assumed office as the Interim President of Namibia.
- February 2025 – The 4th ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT) Conference was held in Germany.
- February 2025 – Gandhinagar, Gujarat hosted the first edition of the BIMSTEC Youth Summit.
- February 2025 – India assumed the Chairmanship of the Bay of Bengal (BOB) Inter-Governmental Organisation.
- February 2025 – The 2nd All India State Ministers’ Conference on Water Vision @2047 was hosted in Udaipur.
SECTION 3: ECONOMY & BANKING
- 01 February 2025 – The Union Budget allocated a corpus of ₹1 lakh crore for the Urban Challenge Fund to develop cities as growth hubs.
- February 2025 – Harun Rashid Khan was appointed as Part-Time Chairman of AU Small Finance Bank.
- February 2025 – NTPC Limited was honoured with the Forward Faster Sustainability Award 2025 for water resilience.
- February 2025 – India’s exports reached USD 778.21 billion in the 2023-24 fiscal year review.
SECTION 4: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- 03 February 2025 – Researchers in Berkeley and Cambridge developed artificial leaves with copper nanoflowers for solar-driven hydrocarbon synthesis.
- 07 February 2025 – Researchers developed an AI chip smaller than a grain of salt that uses light to decode images.
- 12 February 2025 – The WEST tokamak in France set a new world record by maintaining plasma for 1,337 seconds.
- 19 February 2025 – Microsoft unveiled the Majorana 1 quantum chip based on topological qubits.
- 26 February 2025 – Intuitive Machines launched the IM-2 Nova C lunar lander carrying NASA payloads to the Moon.
- 27 February 2025 – OpenAI announced a research preview of GPT-4.5.
- 28 February 2025 – National Science Day 2025 was celebrated with the theme “Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership in Science and Innovation for Viksit Bharat”.
SECTION 5: SPORTS & MISCELLANEOUS
- February 2025 – Jay Shah was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
- February 2025 – Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers won the Men’s Hockey India League 2024-25 title.
- February 2025 – Dr. Purnima Devi Burman was the only Indian included in TIME’s Women of the Year 2025 list.
- February 2025 – The National Games 2025 were held, showcasing sporting talent across India.
- February 2025 – Indian archers topped the medal tally in the Asia Cup 2025 archery tournament.
QUICK REVISION BOX
- Union Budget 2025-26: Presented on 01 Feb 2025; Fiscal Deficit target 4.4%.
- New Chief Minister of Delhi: Rekha Gupta.
- First Woman CS of Uttarakhand: Radha Raturi.
- Chairman of Asian Cricket Council: Jay Shah.
- National Science Day Theme: Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership.
- Fusion Energy Record: WEST tokamak (1,337 seconds).
- TIME Women of the Year 2025 (Indian): Dr. Purnima Devi Burman.
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS (MCQs)
Q1. Who presented the Union Budget 2025-26 on February 1, 2025?
A. Amit Shah
B. Nirmala Sitharaman
C. Rajnath Singh
D. Piyush Goyal
Answer: B
Q2. Which state became the first in India to introduce a translator facility in government communications in February 2025?
A. Kerala
B. Gujarat
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Answer: C
Q3. Who was appointed as the Chief Minister of Delhi in February 2025?
A. Atishi Marlena
B. Rekha Gupta
C. Saurabh Bharadwaj
D. Raghav Chadha
Answer: B
Q4. Which institute developed an AI chip smaller than a grain of salt that uses light to decode images?
A. MIT
B. IIT Bombay
C. Researchers in Berkeley/Cambridge
D. A research team (General)
Answer: D (Researchers developed)
Q5. The WEST tokamak set a new world record for nuclear fusion plasma duration. Where is it located?
A. China
B. USA
C. France
D. Japan
Answer: C
