Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) removes 1.2 lakh misleading finfluencer posts using AI tool Sudarshan

Exam-focused facts from the 7 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has removed more than 1.2 lakh misleading social media posts by unregistered financial influencers.
SEBI’s in-house AI tool 'Sudarshan' tracks multilingual audio, video, and other content to detect violations.
SEBI norms mandate that only entities registered with SEBI can give investment advice.
SEBI introduced a pop-up warning that 9 out of 10 investors lose money in options trading.
Union Budget raised Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures to 0.05% from 0.02% and on options premium to 0.15% from 0.1%.