1.Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday said the Budget 2025-26 maintained the government’s continuous push to improve Railways by allocating Rs2.52 lakh crore to it and approving projects such as manufacturing 17,500 general coaches, 200 Vande Bharat and 100 Amrit Bharat trains, among others.

2.Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana to be launched in partnership with states, covering 100 districts, to benefit 1.7 crore farmers.

3.Thirty six  live savings drugs and medicines fully exempted from basic customs duty.

4. Fifty thousands Atal Tinkering Labs to be set up in Government schools in next 5 years.

5.Nuclear Energy Mission for research and development of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) with an outlay of Rs20,000 crore to be set up, 5 indigenously developed SMRs to be operational by 2033.

6.The Ministry of Education has been allocated more than Rs1.28 lakh crore in the Budget, higher than the revised estimate of Rs1.14 lakh crore in 2024-25.

7.The government has allocated Rs6.81 lakh crore to the defence sector, marking a major increase from the Rs6.2 lakh crore assigned in the current fiscal year.

8.India Post will be transformed into a large public logistics organisation, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said presenting Budget 2025 Saturday.

9.Odisha Police Saturday busted an inter-state robbery gang, arresting eight persons and recovering Rs3.51 crore of looted money from their possession, a senior officer said.

10.Ushering in reforms, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday proposed to open up the nuclear power sector for private players and announced a Rs20,000 crore Nuclear Energy Mission for research in the field, with an aim to set up five small and modular reactors by 2033.

11.A total of 7,552 electors have opted for the home voting facility, available to elderly voters and differently-abled persons, for the upcoming Delhi Assembly election.

12.The government’s announcement, in the Union Budget 2025-26, to add 10,000 seats next year and 75,000 seats in the next five years heralds a significant boost to India’s healthcare sector and will boost the doctor-patient ratio in the country, said public health experts Saturday.

13.India Post will be transformed into a large public logistics organisation, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said presenting Budget 2025 Saturday. “India Post, with 1.5 lakh rural post offices.

14.India wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha retired from all forms of cricket Saturday, bringing down the curtains on an illustrious career after playing his final Ranji Trophy group-stage match for Bengal against Punjab at the iconic Eden Gardens here.

15.The CBI has arrested the chairman and six members of a National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) inspection committee, including a JNU professor, in a corruption case Saturday, officials said.