Latest Current Affairs 25 March 2026-Daily GK with FAQs
1. Bank of Baroda Launches UPI-Linked OD for SHGs
- Objective: Instant credit access to women entrepreneurs
- Key Feature: UPI-based overdraft withdrawal
- Target Group: Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
- Impact: Boosts financial inclusion & rural empowerment
👉 Supports schemes like Lakhpati Didi
2. World TB Day 2026 (March 24)
- Theme: Yes! We Can End TB!
- Cause: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- India’s Target: TB-Free by 2025
Key Initiative:
- PM TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
- Nikshay Mitra: Provides nutrition & support
3. INS Nilgiri in Exercise Kakadu 2026
- Location: Australia (Darwin & Sydney)
- Exercise Type: Multilateral naval drill
- Special Achievement: India won Kakadu Shield Trophy
👉 Built under Project 17A
4. RBI Penalizes HSBC ₹31.80 Lakh
- Reason: Non-compliance with banking norms
- Issues:
- No searchable unclaimed deposit database
- No UDRN allocation
👉 Under Banking Regulation Act, 1949
5. Guinness Record by Anmish Varma
- Achievement: Fastest climb of Seven Volcanic Summits
- Time: 92 days, 4 hours, 45 minutes
- Started from Mount Elbrus (Russia)
6. Lok Sabha Seat Increase Proposal
- Proposed increase: 543 → 816 seats
- Women Reservation: 33% (273 seats)
- Based on 2011 Census delimitation
7. Kotak Mahindra Bank Merger
- Subsidiary: KMIL merged into parent bank
- Effective: April 1, 2026
- Goal: Automation + efficiency
Practice Quiz
- UPI-linked overdraft facility is launched by:
- A) SBI
- B) PNB
- C) Bank of Baroda ✅
- D) ICICI
- World TB Day is observed on:
- A) March 22
- B) March 23
- C) March 24 ✅
- D) March 25
- INS Nilgiri belongs to:
- A) Project 15
- B) Project 17A ✅
- C) Project 75
- D) Project 21
- RBI fined HSBC for:
- A) Fraud
- B) Loan default
- C) Unclaimed deposits violation ✅
- D) Tax evasion
- Seven Volcanic Summits record holder:
- A) Arunima Sinha
- B) Bachendri Pal
- C) Anmish Varma ✅
- D) Tenzing Norgay