Category: Prelims C A
Finance Technology (Fintech)
RBI plans to enhance UPI with AI-driven conversational features for user-friendliness and wider adoption.
Federal Funds Rate
Federal Open Market Committee meeting was determined to raise the targeted federal funds rate to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%.
Air Pollution
Several projects were undertaken to incorporate new technologies to address air pollution.
Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)
Parliamentary Committee of Science and Technology reported NavIC will be integrated into Aadhaar enrolment devices.
AUKUS pact
Australia could be a testing ground for U.S. hypersonic and other long-range precision weapons under the AUKUS pact.

Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is offering ₹3.4 crore in cash prizes to developers for designing an indigenous Indian web browser with global reach.
Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Regime
Standing Committee of Parliament on Chemicals and Fertilizers reports called for ending the import dependence on fertilizers such as urea, diammonium phosphate (DAP), muriate of potash (MOP), and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK).
Open Market Sales Scheme (OMSS)
Centre decided to additionally sell wheat and rice through the Open Market Sales Scheme for Food Corporation of India (FCI) stocks.
Amazon Rainforests
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) summit adopted a “new and ambitious shared agenda” to save the rainforest.
Aspartame and Artificial Sweeteners
IARC has classified aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic” to humans and JECFA has reaffirmed that the acceptable daily intake should be 40 mg/kg body weight.

Assam Rifles
Manipur Police have registered a criminal case against the Assam Rifles.
Tuberculosis
A significant trial has highlighted how nutritional supplementation can greatly reduce the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) disease.