TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India AI Impact Expo 2026 in New Delhi today. The five-day expo is being held alongside the India AI Impact Summit 2026, and will serve as a national demonstration of Artificial Intelligence in action.
2. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have extended wishes to the citizens on the occasion of Mahashivratri. In Gujarat, a huge crowd of devotees thronged the first Jyotirlinga Somnath Mahadev Temple since early morning.
3. In Prayagraj, more than 4 million devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga and at the Sangam yesterday as Magh Mela concluded on Maha Shivratri.
4. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, yesterday has approved construction of 4-Lane Access-Controlled Greenfield connectivity from Gohpur on NH-15 to Numaligarh on 715 section including 15.79 Km. of Road cum Rail Tunnel under River Brahmaputra to be developed at a total capital cost of Rs.18,662 crore in Assam on Engineering procurement Construction (EPC). Currently, connectivity between Numaligarh on NH715 and Gohpur on NH-15 is 240 Km.
5. The Delhi High Court has allowed lawyers and litigants to appear virtually from 16th to 23rd February due to the AI Impact Summit and the Bar Council of Delhi elections. The AI Impact Summit will be held at Bharat Mandapam, near the high court, from 16th to 20th February, while Bar Council elections are scheduled on the court premises from 21st to 23rd of this month.
6. AIIMS Nagpur achieves a major milestone by receiving full accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) under the Quality Council of India. With this recognition, AIIMS Nagpur has become the first public hospital in Maharashtra to secure complete NABH accreditation.
7. In Andhra Pradesh, the 287th birth anniversary of revered tribal saint Sant Sri Sevalal Maharaj has been celebrated across the state with devotion yesterday. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu participated in celebrations at the CM’s camp office in Amaravati yesterday and paid floral tributes at the Sant’s portrait.
8. In Ladakh, two major monastic festivals, Leh Dosmochey and Likir Monastery Stromochey, are being celebrated simultaneously from yesterday with great religious fervour and traditional grandeur. The festivals symbolise the victory of good over evil, with sacred Buddhist tantric mask dances performed by monks as the main highlight.
9. In Uttarakhand, the portals of Kedarnath Temple, the eleventh Jyotirlinga located in Rudraprayag district, will be opened for devotees on 22nd of April this year.
10. Railways to launch enhanced cleanliness in general coaches of long-distance trains: Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that the general Coaches of trains will now be cleaned at par with first class coach. The Minister said that Indian Railways has become the second-largest cargo carrier in the world.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has granted permission to prosecute senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar, who is A-2 in the case relating to alleged financial irregularities linked to the event. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the organisation of the second edition of the Formula E race held in Hyderabad in 2024.
2. In West Bengal, a large number of voters who submitted domicile certificates are reportedly failing to meet the conditions set by the Election Commission.
3. The Supreme Court recently expressed dissatisfaction with the compliance affidavit filed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in a public interest litigation seeking mandatory front-of-package warning labels on packaged food products.
4. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has launched a massive search operation in Yavatmal and Ahilyanagar districts following intelligence inputs about alleged terror-linked activities.
5. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has ordered the immediate suspension of Executive Engineer Satyajit Salve following an accident on Metro Line 4 (Wadala-Kasarvadavali corridor) in Mulund on Saturday. One person lost his life in the incident and three others were injured.
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A 22-year-old Indian student, Saketh Sreenivasaiah, who had been missing in California since February 9, has been found dead, India’s mission in San Francisco said on Sunday.
Originally from Tumakuru in Karnataka, Sreenivasaiah was pursuing a Master’s degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
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DEFENCE News
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1. India’s indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which played a pivotal role during “Operation Sindoor”, will be the centre of attraction of the International Fleet Review ( IFR- 2026) and Excercise MILAN- 2026 to be held in Vizag from Feb 15 to Feb 25. INS Vikrant among 60 ships and submarines from the Indian Navy and ships from friendly foreign navies will take part in the IFR and MILAN.
2. The Corps of Signals of the Indian Army has celebrated its 116th Raising Day yesterday. Since its inception on this day in 1911, the Corps of Signals has transformed the communications of Indian Army and kept pace with the digital revolution of the 21st Century.
3. The CISF Vande Mataram Coastal Cyclothon-2026 reached Chicalim in Goa yesterday evening after a gruelling 182 km leg from Wadatar. Goa Minister Mauvin Gudinho joined high-ranking officials, including DGP Alok Kumar and ADG Vijay Prakash, to honour the participants at the Mormugao Port Authority.
FINANCE
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INDIAN RUPEE VALUE
💷 GBP ₹123(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹107(Approx)
USD ₹ 91(Approx)
🇨🇦 Canada :CAD ₹66
🇦🇺 Australia : ₹ 61
🇦🇪 UAE Dirham : ₹ 25
🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥ : ₹ 13
🇲🇻 Maldives Rufiya : ₹ 5.88
🇧🇹 Bhutan ngultrum : ₹ 1.00
🇳🇵 Nepal Rupee : ₹a 0.63
🇧🇩 B’desh Taka* : ₹ 0.70
🇵🇰 Pak Rupee : ₹ 0.32
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Rupee : ₹ 0.29
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 15,560/ 01gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 280,000/KG
Foreign investors pumped in 19,675 crore rupees into Indian equities during the first half of February. As per the depositories data, foreign portfolio investors, or FPIs, also invested 1,218 crore rupees into the Indian debt markets, taking the net investment into the Indian capital market to 20,893 crore rupees during the period under review.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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Battle of Galwan (2026) is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action-drama film directed by Apoorva Lakhia and starring Salman Khan. It depicts the 2020 Galwan Valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops, focusing on the 16 Bihar Regiment’s bravery.
16 Feb(Monday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir
Drik Ritu : Shishir (Winter)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Phlguna 15,
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Magha 29
Tithi : Chaturdashi (up to 5:34 pm) Amavasya
Nakshatra : Shravana (up to 8:47 pm)
Dhanishta
Rahu : 08:27 AM – 09:51 AM
Yamaganda : 11:16 AM – 12:41 PM
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