DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 18TH FEBRUARY 2026

1) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched Two Initiative - 

* SAHI & BODH At The India AI SUMMIT At Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi

( SAHI - IT Is Enable The Safe, Ethical, Evidence Based, And Inclusive Adoption Of AI) 

( BODH - It Is A Privacy Preserving Platform Real World Health Data, Without Sharing Underlying DataSets) 

2) UPI Rupay Card Launched in UAE 

3) Irina Ghosh Appointed As The New Head Of Anthropic india 

4) Hollywood Actor Robert Duvall Passed Away.

5) Magnus Carlsen Wins FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championships 2026 

6) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Launched The RAKTA Organic Red Rice From Tawang 

7) Arshiya Das  ( Tripura) Became The First Woman From North East International Master In Chess.

8) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Launched The Mumbai Climate Week, 

( Theme 2026 - Climate in The Global South: Advancing Innovation And Collective Action) 

9) The Assam State Government Has Presented Rs 62,294.78 Crores For FY 2026/27 

10) Canada Batter Yuvraj Samra Became The Youngest To Scored Century In T20I ( 19 Years And 181 Days)

11) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Unveiled The c

special POSTAGE STAMP Mumbai Climate Week 

12) Indian Navy Inaugurated The MILAN VILLAGE At Visakhapatnam 

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Along With French President Emmanuel Have Virtually Inaugurated The H125 Light Utility Helicopter Final Assembly At Tata Airbus At Vemagal, Karnataka 

14) Indian Cost Guard And Gujarat ATS Have Seized Over 200 Kg Of High Grade Drug 

15) In Presence Of CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Witnessed The Launch Of First Three Cadet Training Ships ( Named - KRISHNA) At Chennai 

16) 100 WAYS TO SEE INDIA Book Author - Rohit Saran 

17) Tariqe Rahman Sworn In As Prime Minister Of Bangladesh