8 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 on February 1, 2023 - the fourth of the NDA's second term - calling it the first budget of 'Amrit Kaal'. Total expenditure was Rs 45.03 lakh crore with the fiscal deficit pegged at 5.9% of GDP and revised slabs under the new income tax regime.
An F-22 Raptor shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon off the US East Coast on February 4, 2023, on President Biden's orders - the first aircraft downed over the United States since World War II - escalating tensions with Beijing.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck near Gaziantep in southern Turkey at dawn on February 6, 2023, followed hours later by a magnitude 7.7 near Kahramanmaras. The quakes and aftershocks - including a 6.3 on February 20 - killed an estimated 59,000-62,000 people across Turkey and Syria, the deadliest disaster in modern Turkish history.
India won the first two Tests of the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy - by an innings and 132 runs at Nagpur (February 9-13) and by six wickets at Delhi (February 17-21) - both inside three days, putting Australia's World Test Championship final hopes in jeopardy.
Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won Nigeria's February 25, 2023 presidential election with 36.61% of the vote, ahead of Atiku Abubakar (PDP, 29.07%) and Peter Obi (Labour, 25.40%), in a poll with record-low 26.71% turnout.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendra Jain resigned from the Arvind Kejriwal cabinet on February 28, 2023 following their arrests - Sisodia by the CBI in the liquor policy case on February 26 and Jain earlier by the ED.
A passenger train and a freight train collided head-on in the Tempi valley in northern Greece on the night of February 28, 2023, killing 57 people - Greece's deadliest rail disaster - after the Larissa stationmaster routed the train onto the wrong track.
India ended February with a 2-0 lead over Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with the third Test at Indore starting March 1 and the finale at Ahmedabad to follow; India sealed the series 2-1 in March, with Ashwin and Jadeja named Players of the Series.
From exactly the headlines above. If you read the month, you should score 8+.
Suggested time 3 min · wrong answers go to your mistake notebook automatically.