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February 2026 Current Affairs
February 2026 Current Affairs : Fourth Week
Which country has India recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the postal sector?
Answer: Brazil.
1. Who authored the coffee table book ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The Eternal Statesman’ that was recently released?
Answer: Vijay Goyal.
2. Who has become the first woman Director (Commercial) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)?
Answer: Harsharan Kaur Trehan.
3. Which indigenously developed vaccine did Union Health Minister JP Nadda recently launch?
Answer: Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine.
4. What position did India secure in the recently released Global AI Brain Race 2026?
Answer: 6th position.
5. Which company has recently become the world’s largest by revenue?
Answer: Amazon.
6. Where has the Bihar Cabinet recently approved the construction of Bihar’s largest greenfield international airport?
Answer: In Sonpur.
7. Who became the youngest keynote speaker at the India AI Impact Summit 2026?
Answer: Ranveer Sachdev.
8. How much has Reliance announced in AI investment to develop India’s sovereign computing power?
Answer: ₹10 trillion.
9. In which languages were the updated versions of the Constitution of India recently released?
Answer: Tamil and Gujarati.
10. With which country has India recently signed a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) access agreement?
Answer: Brazil.
11. Whose statue will replace the statue of British architect Edwin Lutyens in the central courtyard of Rashtrapati Bhavan?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari.
12. Where was the foundation stone laid for the cultural museum project associated with the ‘Vrindavani Vastra’ exhibition?
Answer: In Guwahati.
13. Who won the men’s doubles title at the Delhi Tennis Open 2026?
Answer: Siddhant Banthia and Alexander Donskoy.
14. Who won the men’s singles title at the ATP 500 Rio Open recently?
Answer: Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
15. Who has been appointed as Executive Vice President and CEO of Microsoft Gaming Division?
Answer: Asha Sharma.
16. With which company has Tech Mahindra recently launched a Hindi-first Large Language Model (LLM)?
Answer: NVIDIA.
17. Rob Jetten has become the youngest Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: The Netherlands.
18. Which film won the Best Children’s and Family Film award at the 2026 BAFTA Awards?
Answer: Boong.
19. Who was conferred an honorary D.Litt. at the seventh convocation of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata?
Answer: Shashi Tharoor.
20. Which state government recently launched the ‘Meri Rasoi Yojana’?
Answer: Punjab.
21. To which country will Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon undertake an official visit?
Answer: Israel.
22. Where was the World Ocean Science Congress 2026 held?
Answer: In Goa.
23. What has the Union Cabinet recently approved as the new name for the state of Kerala?
Answer: Keralam.
24. Which country’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit India as part of his Indo-Pacific tour?
Answer: Canada.
25. Which air ambulance recently crashed?
Answer: Beechcraft C90.
26. Who launched the UN-JCDecaux global road safety campaign in India with the slogan #MakeASafetyStatement?
Answer: Jean Todt.
27. Whom did Carlos Alcaraz defeat to win the men’s singles title at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open?
Answer: Arthur Fils.
28. Who inaugurated the Khelo India Winter Games 2026?
Answer: Manoj Sinha.
29. Who has become the Indian bowler with the most wickets in T20 World Cup history?
Answer: Jasprit Bumrah.
30. Who has been appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog?
Answer: Nidhi Chhibber.
31. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and CEO of Slice Small Finance Bank?
Answer: Rajan Bajaj.
32. Which country’s e-nose and e-tongue technologies will be deployed in the food testing lab of Tirumala Temple?
Answer: France.
33. Who has been elected as the interim President of which country?
Answer: José María Balcázar of Peru.
34. Who authored the Gujarati biography “Vishwaguru Srila Prabhupada” that was recently released?
Answer: Dr. Usha Upadhyay.
35. Where will the central government’s ‘Rahveer’ scheme be implemented?
Answer: In Delhi.
36. Which corps of the Indian Army recently conducted a high-intensity test firing of the Strela-10 VSHORADS?
Answer: Konark Corps.
37. Where was the ‘Khadga Shakti 2026’ exercise conducted?
Answer: In Rajasthan.
38. With which country has India recently removed the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause from its tax treaty?
Answer: France.
39. Which country topped the medal tally at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Norway.
40. Who was honoured with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 Award?
Answer: Deepinder Goyal.
41. Which country’s parliament bestowed its highest honour on Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Answer: Israel.
42. According to the recently released IISS report, what is the world’s longest beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air engagement?
Answer: Operation Sindoor.
43. Who replaced Abhinav Bindra as Vice-Chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission after his resignation?
Answer: Humphrey Kayange.
44. Which state was the late Thiru R. Nallakannu associated with?
Answer: Tamil Nadu.
45. Who won the Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026 title?
Answer: India.
46. Who is chairing the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council?
Answer: Siddhartho Reza Suryodipuro.
47. What has been announced as India’s first national outcome-based environmental award?
Answer: Zero Award.
48. Where has the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently inaugurated its high-security Tier-IV data centre?
Answer: In Bhubaneswar.
49. Who launched the elite squad named ‘Snow Leopard’?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir Police.
February 2026 Current Affairs : Third Week
The Union Cabinet recently approved the construction of a 15.79 km road-cum-rail tunnel under which river?
Answer: Brahmaputra River.
1. Where was the ‘Bheeshma – Bharat Himalayan International Strategic Forum’ recently inaugurated?
Answer: In Dehradun.
2. How many gold medals did India win in total in the senior rifle and pistol events at the Asian Shooting Championship 2026?
Answer: 13 gold medals.
3. Who has been recently appointed as India’s new Ambassador to Thailand?
Answer: Puneet Agrawal.
4. Where were 2000-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions recently discovered?
Answer: In Egypt.
5. Which rocket launched NASA’s Crew-12 mission recently?
Answer: Falcon 9 rocket.
6. Which edition of the International Military Adventure Challenge Cup (IMACC) will the Indian Army organize?
Answer: The first edition.
7. How many members will the global scientific panel on artificial intelligence (AI), approved by the United Nations General Assembly, consist of?
Answer: 40 members.
8. Who has been recently appointed as the new Chairman of GIFT City?
Answer: Uday Kotak.
9. Which Indian player won the gold medal in the men’s SL3 category at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships recently?
Answer: Pramod Bhagat.
10. What rank did India achieve in the recently released Henley Passport Index 2026?
Answer: 75th rank.
11. Who won the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship?
Answer: Magnus Carlsen.
12. Which state was the late singer Geeta Patnaik associated with?
Answer: Odisha.
13. Who will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s newly elected government?
Answer: Om Birla.
14. What is the name of the multilingual AI model that BharatGen will launch?
Answer: Param-2.
15. Which community recently celebrated “Herath Poshte”?
Answer: Kashmiri Pandit community.
16. Where was “Dosmochey and Likir Math Stromeochey” recently celebrated?
Answer: In Ladakh.
17. On which date was International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) 2026 observed?
Answer: 15 February.
18. Which city is hosting the 3rd International AYUSH Conference and Exhibition 2026?
Answer: Dubai.
19. For which condition has the Supreme Court recently banned stem cell therapy as a treatment?
Answer: Autism Spectrum Disorder.
20. Which edition of the Goa Maritime Conclave 2026 will be held?
Answer: The fifth edition.
21. Who was awarded the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year for 2025?
Answer: Smriti Mandhana.
22. Where did Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently inaugurate the Missile Integration Centre?
Answer: In Bengaluru.
23. Who became the first bowler to take 700 wickets in men’s T20 cricket?
Answer: Rashid Khan.
24. Who inaugurated the Grand Bharat Bhushan Award?
Answer: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.
25. Who set a new Winter Games record by winning their 9th gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics?
Answer: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo.
26. Under whose chairmanship did the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently refuse to interfere with the environmental clearance for the Great Nicobar Project?
Answer: Prakash Shrivastava.
27. Where will the first Jain Chadar Mahotsav be organized?
Answer: In Jaisalmer.
28. Which Indian hospital successfully completed the first remote ultrasound procedure in Antarctica?
Answer: AIIMS, New Delhi.
29. Which country recently achieved the first successful air transport of a micro nuclear reactor on a military cargo aircraft?
Answer: United States of America.
30. Which company recently announced the establishment of the country’s first ‘Humanity-First AI City’?
Answer: Bharat 1.AI.
31. Which country recently announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz?
Answer: Iran.
32. Where did the Losar Festival 2026 recently begin?
Answer: In Himachal Pradesh.
33. Who became the second cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Ranji Trophy?
Answer: Paras Dogra.
34. Which bank recently launched an online death claim settlement portal?
Answer: Indian Overseas Bank.
35. With which country has India recently announced the launch of a ‘Special Global Strategic Partnership’?
Answer: France.
36. Which ministry’s initiative is the 17th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme?
Answer: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
37. When was the 191st birth anniversary of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa celebrated?
Answer: 18 February.
38. Where was the 23rd edition of BioAsia 2026 held?
Answer: In Hyderabad.
39. Which country will chair the 52nd G7 Summit?
Answer: France.
40. Who was honoured with the 50th Matrushri Award recently?
Answer: Rekha Gupta.
41. Where did the 6th National Rafting Championship “The Ultimate River Battle” recently begin?
Answer: In Jammu and Kashmir.
42. Who launched “VoiceERA”?
Answer: Digital India Bhashini Division.
43. How much investment has Google announced for the “India-America Connect” initiative?
Answer: $15 billion.
44. Who chaired the first regular session of the UN Women Executive Board 2026?
Answer: Dr. Adonia Ayebare.
45. What vision for AI did Prime Minister Narendra Modi present at the India AI Impact Summit 2026?
Answer: Technology-centric vision.
46. When was the 396th birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj celebrated?
Answer: 19 February.
47. Which state government recently passed a bill allowing women to work at night?
Answer: Gujarat.
48. For which mission did DRDO recently conduct a successful qualification-level load test of the drogue parachute?
Answer: Gaganyaan mission.
49. To which country did APEDA recently send the first shipment of selam sago?
Answer: Canada.
50. On which date was World Day of Social Justice 2026 observed?
Answer: 20 February.
51. Who authored the book “The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism: The Life, Lessons and Legacy of Sri Narayana Guru”?
Answer: Dr. Shashi Tharoor.
52. Which state has recently become ‘Naxal-free’?
Answer: Bihar.
53. Which countries’ ban has the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) recently lifted?
Answer: Russia and Belarus.
54. Who represented India at the first meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Board?
Answer: Namgya Khampa.
55. On which Constitutional Amendment Act was the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes established?
Answer: 89th Constitutional Amendment Act.
56. Under which mission did the United Arab Emirates recently launch a humanitarian air bridge to deliver aid to Gaza?
Answer: Operation Chivalrous Knight.
57. With which country did Iran recently conduct a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman?
Answer: Russia.
58. With which country has India recently launched an offshore wind energy workforce initiative?
Answer: United Kingdom.
59. Which state government has recently declared tidal flooding along its coastline as a state-specific disaster?
Answer: Kerala.
February 2026 Current Affairs : Second Week
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1. Which team did the Indian men’s Under-19 cricket team recently defeat to win the Under-19 Cricket World Cup title?
Answer: England.
2. Which team recently won the SAFF Under-19 Women’s Championship title?
Answer: India.
3. Which team won the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 title recently?
Answer: Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
4. What has UNICEF recently recognized and declared as a form of child sexual exploitation and a crime?
Answer: AI-generated sexualized images.
5. Which state recently became the second in India to publish a comprehensive Bird Atlas?
Answer: Goa.
6. Which port has become the first in India to implement an anti-drone security system recently?
Answer: V.O. Chidambaranar Port.
7. Where was the foundation stone laid for India’s first Quantum Computing Village project, ‘Quantum Valley’, recently?
Answer: In Andhra Pradesh.
8. Which state recently became the first in India to announce a dedicated senior citizen budget for the financial year 2026-27?
Answer: Kerala.
9. Who recently unveiled the Made-in-India wheeled humanoid robot ‘Alixis-W’?
Answer: Adverb.
10. What is the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recent estimate for real GDP growth in the financial year 2026 (FY26)?
Answer: 7.4%.
11. Which country’s Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, recently resigned from his position?
Answer: Britain’s (United Kingdom).
12. Which Indian chef recently set a world record by making 1,111 kilograms of ragi halwa?
Answer: Vishnu Manohar.
13. Who won the 79th Santosh Trophy recently?
Answer: Services.
14. How much funding has the central government recently allocated for the 6-lane outer port connectivity road in Andhra Pradesh?
Answer: ₹573.77 crore.
15. Who won the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026?
Answer: Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan.
16. With which bank has the Indian Army recently signed an MoU to provide special banking services to army personnel?
Answer: IDFC FIRST Bank.
17. Which state has NITI Aayog recently unveiled a draft framework to transform into a renewable energy hub by 2035?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh.
18. Who has been appointed as the Chair of the Global Value Chain Committee at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)?
Answer: Kumar Singh.
19. Where was the innovative education initiative ‘Padhai with AI’ recently launched?
Answer: In Himachal Pradesh.
20. Who won India’s only gold medal at the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships recently?
Answer: Tejaswin Shankar.
21. Which team won the gold medal in the women’s 25m Pistol Team event at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026?
Answer: Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan, and Manu Bhaker.
22. In the Network Readiness Index Report 2025, India secured the 45th position. Which of the following statements is correct? India achieved first place in “annual investment in telecommunications services.”
Answer: Yes, this is the correct statement.
23. Which state government recently signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Starlink to provide internet services in border areas?
Answer: Gujarat.
24. Thanya Nathan recently became the first visually impaired woman judge in which state?
Answer: Kerala.
25. Which state recently presented its first Economic Survey 2025–26 with the aim of transforming into a $1 trillion economy?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh.
26. How much special economic package has the Indian government recently announced for Seychelles?
Answer: $175 million.
27. Who has become India’s youngest male analog astronaut recently?
Answer: Aditya Pandya.
28. On which date was International Epilepsy Day 2026 observed recently?
Answer: 9 February.
29. Who was the late Dr. K. Sudhakar Shetty?
Answer: A psychologist.
30. Liriothemis keralensis, recently discovered in Kerala, is a new species of what?
Answer: Dragonfly.
31. Who won the gold medal in the junior women’s 50m Rifle Three-Position Final at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026?
Answer: Prachi Gaikwad.
32. Which state/Union Territory recently became the first in India to formally partner with the Bharat Taxi cooperative mobility platform?
Answer: Delhi.
33. Where was the foundation stone for the Sharda River Corridor Project recently laid?
Answer: In Uttarakhand.
34. Which country’s President, Emmanuel Macron, will soon visit India?
Answer: France.
35. How much additional loan amount has the Asian Development Bank recently approved for Assam?
Answer: $182 million.
36. What rank did India achieve in the recently released Global Corruption Perceptions Index 2025?
Answer: 91st.
37. According to the new guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs, how many verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ will be sung in all official programs?
Answer: 6 verses.
38. Who recently announced the implementation of the Lakhpati Betiya scheme?
Answer: Delhi.
39. According to UBS’s new Billionaire Ambitions Report 2025, what rank does India hold in the global list of billionaires?
Answer: Third.
40. Which country was recently affected by Cyclone Gezani?
Answer: Madagascar.
41. Which company’s AI-powered assistant ‘Sarlaben’ was recently inaugurated?
Answer: Amul.
42. Where in Meghalaya was the state’s first skatepark recently inaugurated?
Answer: In Tura.
43. The Tamil Nadu government recently announced plans to build pet animal parks with private participation in which cities?
Answer: Chennai and Coimbatore.
44. What time limit has the Indian government recently set for social media platforms to remove AI-generated and deepfake content?
Answer: 3 hours.
45. Who chaired the first BRICS Sherpa meeting held recently in New Delhi?
Answer: Sudhakar Dalela.
46. Which Indian photographer’s image of the Kandanar Kelan Theyyam ritual was recently featured in the National Geographic 2026 calendar?
Answer: Ramya Sriram.
47. How many monuments has the central government recently removed from the list of protected monuments?
Answer: 18.
48. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) recently approved the procurement of how many Rafale fighter jets for ₹3.25 lakh crore?
Answer: 114.
49. The Indian Air Force recently conducted a joint in-situ air exercise with the navy of which country near the Malacca Strait?
Answer: Thailand.
50. Where was India’s first ‘Musical Road’ recently launched?
Answer: In Mumbai.
51. Which cricket team recently became the first to achieve 10 consecutive wins in the T20 World Cup?
Answer: India.
52. Which country’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will soon visit India?
Answer: Brazil.
53. Which state government recently launched the ‘Stree Suraksha’ scheme?
Answer: Kerala.
54. Under the pilot phase of the world’s largest grain storage scheme in the cooperative sector, which district has been selected?
Answer: Balaghat.
55. Which country’s Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, recently won election for the third consecutive time?
Answer: Barbados.
56. On which date was World Radio Day 2026 observed recently?
Answer: 13 February.
57. The Ministry of Earth Sciences recently signed an MoU with which entity to promote the Blue Economy and coastal resilience?
Answer: Puducherry.
58. Which scheme’s launch has Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently approved?
Answer: PM Rahat Yojana.
59. On which date was World Unani Day 2026 observed recently?
Answer: 11 February.
60. Who recently inaugurated the Seva Teerth Complex?
Answer: Narendra Modi.
February 2026 Current Affairs : First Week
1. Who was recently appointed as the new Chief General Manager of Union Bank of India?
Answer: Sarvesh Ranjan.
2. Which edition of the Future Warfare Course has recently commenced?
Answer: The third edition.
3. Which Indian Air Force team will participate in the Singapore Airshow 2026?
Answer: The Sarang Aerobatic Team.
4. In which country has the 6th Badminton Team Asia Championship 2026 recently begun?
Answer: China.
5. Which country’s President, Patrick Herminie, will soon visit India on an official trip?
Answer: Seychelles.
6. Which organisation has recently been granted ‘Miniratna’ Category-I status by the Ministry of Defence?
Answer: Yantra India Limited.
7. Who has launched the voice-based billing agent ‘Pillu AI’?
Answer: The Government of Andhra Pradesh.
8. Who will be awarded the 2026 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences?
Answer: Veerabhadran Ramanathan.
9. Who has become the first woman to hold a board-level HR position at the Airports Authority of India (AAI)?
Answer: Nivedita Dubey.
10. By what name has Adampur Airport recently been renamed?
Answer: Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Ji Airport.
11. On which date was World Cancer Day 2026 observed?
Answer: 4 February.
12. Which country’s government is planning to ban social media for children under 16 years of age?
Answer: Spain.
13. Which country will host the Asian Rifle and Pistol Championship in 2027?
Answer: India.
14. To which country did External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar recently travel to attend the Critical Minerals Ministerial Meeting?
Answer: United States of America.
15. Who has recently taken charge as the Director General of Naval Armament (DGO(NA))?
Answer: Divakar Jayant.
16. Which port authority was awarded the first prize under the Swachhta Pakhwada Awards 2025?
Answer: Paradip Port Authority.
17. Who took oath as the Chief Minister of Manipur after the withdrawal of President’s Rule?
Answer: Yumnam Khemchand Singh.
18. Who inaugurated the Goa Book Festival 2026?
Answer: Pramod Sawant.
19. With which organisation has Andhra Pradesh signed an MoU to establish a special industrial park for women entrepreneurs?
Answer: FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO).
20. Which Regional Rural Bank (RRB) launched India’s first co-branded RuPay credit card for a regional rural bank?
Answer: Tripura Gramin Bank.
21. How much has India recently contributed to the United Nations Regular Budget for 2026?
Answer: 35.18 million US dollars.
22. Which is the first taxi service in the cooperative sector launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah?
Answer: Bharat Taxi.
23. Under what theme is PlastIndia 2026 being organised?
Answer: Bharat Next.
24. Which medal did Esha Singh win in the 10m Air Pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championship?
Answer: Gold medal.
25. Who was conferred the 22nd Upendranath Brahma ‘Soldier of Humanity’ Award for 2025?
Answer: Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk.
26. In which year was the late Hugh Grantzer honoured with the Padma Shri?
Answer: 2025.
27. When was World Interfaith Harmony Week 2026 observed?
Answer: From 1 to 7 February.
28. Which is the world’s first retail company to achieve a market capitalisation of 1 trillion US dollars?
Answer: Walmart.
29. In which region/state is Operation Trashi-I currently being conducted?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir.
30. With which organisation has India recently signed the Terms of Reference (ToR) for a Free Trade Agreement?
Answer: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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