UPSC Current Affairs 02 March 2026 — The Hindu

• Sixteenth Finance Commission — misses and concerns
• How UGC rules prioritise quick justice
• Feb. GST collection increases by 8.1% to over ₹1.83 lakh crore
• Why key to coconut cultivation today is sustainability, not productivity
• U.P. receives over 84% of all out-of-State MPLADS funds
• How one seat will test the MVA’s unity
• ‘Coalition governments gave India opportunities to reform its federal structure’
• Missile interceptors in U.S.-Iran war
• M.P. CM releases gharials and turtles at Kuno National Park
• For a house built in Kerala, another brought down in Bihar
• How do astronauts return from space and survive re-entry?
• The hidden hub that is transforming livelihoods in a remote tribal village