WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 16TH TO 22ND FEBRUARY 2026

1) Government Approved Startup India Fund Of Funds 2.0 To Mobilize Venture Capital For Startup 

2) Indian Army Has Signed MoU with The Assam Royal Global University To Enhance Higher Education Opportunities For Brave Soldiers.

3) Manisa Ramdass Wins Silver in Women's Single SU5 At BWF Para Badminton World Championships 

4) Cabinet Approved The Rehabilitation And Up gradation Of Ghoti- Trimbak ( Mokhada) - Jawhar - Manor - Palghar Section 

5) Suraj Wins Gold In Men's 25 m Pistol Event At Asian Shooting Championships 

* Mukesh Wins Silver 

* Abhinav Wins Bronze 

6) Nitya Sre Sivan Bagged Silver in Women's Single SH6 Category At BWF PARA BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 

7) Former Bodo Sahitya Sabha President And Eminent Literature Taren Baro Passed Away.

8) Teqball Has Been Added To Asian Games 2026 

9) Team India Shines With 43 Medals Including 16 Gold, 13 Silver And 14 Bronze Medal At Dubai World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2026 

10) Pramod Bhagat And Sukant Kadam Clinched The Men's Double Title At SL-3 SL-4 Event At Para Badminton Championships 

11) IIT Ranked 123rd At QS World Ranking 2026 

129th - IIT Bombay 

180th - IIT MADRAS 

215th - IIT KHARAGPUR 

219th - IISC BENGALURU 

12) Former IPS OFFICER Ganapathy Joins GMR Airport 

13) Former District judge Deep Chandra Joshi Appointed As Acting President Of NCLT 

14) Mozambique Launched digital e-Visa For 183 Countries 

15) Mannapuram Finance LIMITED Has Received Approval For Proposed Acquisition Of Joint Control And Shareholding Of Upto 41.66% Of Company's Paid Up EQUITY Capital / Convertible Instrument By Affiliated Of Bain Capital, Namely BC Asia Investment 

16) Ankita Raina And Bhamidipaty S R Clinched The Women's Double Title At ITF Pune 75 

17) Cabinet Has Approved India's First Under Water Road - Cum Rail Tunnel Under Brahmaputra - in Assam 

18) David J Farber, Grand Father Of Internet Passed Away 

19) N Sriram Balaji And Neil Oberleitner Have Wins The Terega Open Pau Pyrenee Title in France.

20) Veteran Odia Singer Geeta Pattnaik Passed Away 

21) LTC Ella Makes History As Highest Ranking Female Muslim In Israel Defence Force ( IDF) 

22) Prominent Backward Class Leader And FORMER MLC Iiapuram Venkaiah Passed Away 

1) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Will Be Guest, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA On Newly Elected Prime Minister Of Bangladesh 

2) Saina Nehwal, Vikram Sampath, Former ISRO Chairman Nambi, And Few Armed Forces Received Bhavya Bharat Bhusan Awards.

3) Yashaswini Ghorpade And Harmeet Desa Finishes As Runners Up At in Mixed Double At WTT Star Contender At Chennai.

4) Norway's Johannes Hoesflat Klaebo Wins His 9th Gold Medal In Cross - Country Skiing At Milan Cortina Olympics.

5) Team India Wins 95 Medals Including 51 Gold, 23 Silver And 21 Bronze Medal At Asian Shooting Championships 2026 ( Finished As Number one) 

6) Assamese Film Adi Shakti Wins 3 Major Awards At Global Cine Confluence 2026 

7) Suvarna Raj Wins Bronze in Women's Discus Throw F54 At 17th FAZZA International Para Athletics Championships 2026 

* Chirag Khanna Wins Bronze in Men's 100m T36 Event 

8) Naga Community Bans Pangolin Hunting In Nagaland 

9) QUANTUM ERA WARFARE Book Author - Cmde Manish Sinha ( Retired) 

10) India Ranked 72nd In IMF's AI Index 

11) Afganistan Player Rashid Khan Completed 700 WICKETS In T20 Games.

12) Shri Ramesh Shukla, Legendary Photographer Passed Away 

13) Divya Deshmukh Wins BBC Emerging Player Of The Year 2025 

* Preeti Pal Wins BBC Para Sports Woman Of The Year 2025 

* Anjali Bhagwat Wins The BBC Indian Lifetime achievement Award 

* BBC SPORTS Woman Of The Year - Smriti Mandhana 

14) Exercise VAJRA GHAAT  Conducted By White Tiger Division At Pokhran Range 

15) Purnesh Modi Elected As Deputy Speaker Of Gujarat Assembly 

16) National Stock exchange (NSE) Gets RBI NoD For Setting Up Of Natural Gas Future Contract 

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The AI SUMMIT 2026 

THEME 2026 - SARVAJANA HITAYA, SARVAJANA SUKHAYA 

18) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Launched The Mountain Fire Control Radar And Flagged Off The Improved Akash Weapon System From (BEL) Bengaluru 

19) President Droupadi MURMU Has Inaugurated The Centenary Celebration Of Ol Chiki Script 

20) Ex Sambalpur MLA Raseswari Panigrahi Passed Away 

21) Bengaluru Host The International Conference On Dam Safety 

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 

1) Sonipat Based Raik Def Tech Developing An Indigenous Riot Suit Called Survexa 

2) Veteran Actress Pravina Despande Passed Away.

3) HerKey Launched Simkey, India's First AI Work Life Coach For Women, At India AI Impact SUMMIT 2026

4) Herjit S Bhalla Has Been Appointed As The CEO of Dabur India.

5) US CIVIL Right Leader Jesse Jackson Passed Away.

6) BEL And Safran Signed JV And Production Pact For Hammer in India.

7) Mizoram Chief Minister LALDHUOMA Has Inaugurated The FAITH Bridge Over Tiwang River In Aizawl.

8) Dr Khalilur Rahman Sworn In As Foreign Minister Of Bangladesh.

9) AI IMPACT SUMMIT 2026 LOGO 

10) Pankaj Advani Wins The LiberWin Champion Cup 

11) Rodali Barua Wins Gold In Women's 73 Kg Category At 4th Mount Everest Taekwondo International Championships.

12) The Food And Agriculture Organisation Of UN Awarded International Valued Certificate To West Bengal For MATIR SRISHTI Programe Launched in 2020 

13) Kerala Cabinet Approved The Nativity Card Bill 

14) Senjam Raj Sekhar Joins As The Air India Limited As Global Head Of communication.

15) Pradeep Singh Kharola Has Been Appointed As Advisor To Air India.

16) IIT KANPUR Unveiled The Shatakshi Advanced Anti Drone System 

17) Atul Gupta Appointed As CMD Of Engineers India Limited.

18) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan yadav Presented Rs 4.38 Lakh Crores Budget For FY 2026/27 

19) Ananya Raj From Bihar Crowned As Ms India WOMAN Of Dignity 2026 

1) India And France Launched Indo - French Centre For AI In Health At All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 

2) Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology Has Launched The VoiceERA, An Open Source, End To End Voice AI stack.

3) Google Announced 15 Billion Dollar India - US Connect Initiative Through New Subsea Cables 

4) First Ever European Legal Gateway Office Inaugurated In New Delhi.

5) West Bengal Government Soil Project Fragnant Rice Varieties Earn Recognition From FAO.

6) Toshimitsu Motegi Has Reappointment As Foreign Minister Of JAPAN.

7) Major R Set To Assume Command As First Female Missile Ship Of Israel Navy.

8) The Soil Health Card Scheme Completed 10 Years.

9) Odisha Economy Survey 2025/26 

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled The MANAV Vision - At AI Impact SUMMIT 2026 

11) DRDO CONDUCTED The Qualification Test For Gaganyaan Drogue Parachute.

12) 13th Edition Of Exercise MILAN 2026 Commence At Vishakapatnam.

13) Bhavina Patel And Subham Wadhwa Wins ITTF World Para Future Gold Coast 2026 Title 

14) India's Women Cricketer And Captain Harmanpreet kaur Became The Most Capped Player in Women's Cricket History (356 Matches) 

15) Shri Rajesh Kumar Pandey Has Been Appointed As The General Manager Of Northern Railway.

16) VICE PRESIDENT C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The Book - The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism: The Life Lesson & Legacy Of Shree Narayan In New Delhi.

17) India And Kenya Signed The Implementation Framework Agreement For A Digilocker Pilot Project In Kenya.

18) Geneva, Switzerland To Host 2027 AI SUMMITS.

19) Food Cooperation In India ( FCI) and The World Food Programme ( WFP) Have Signed MoU For Supply Of Rice In Support Of Global Humanitarian Operation.

20) An Extinct Ancient Species Of Crocodile Has Been Discovered in South West England ( Named - Galhadosuchus Jonesi) 

World Day Of Social Justice - 20th February 

THEME 2026 - Renewed Commitment To Social Development And Social Justice 

1) Anish Behl Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Chief Executive Officer Of Indusind General Insurance.

2) 1989 Batch IRTS Officer Prabhas Dansana Has Been Appointed As Director General Of Research Designs And Standard Organisation ( RDSO) Lucknow 

3) Lok Sabha MP From Shillong Dr Ricky AJ Syngkon Passed Away.

4) India Joins Pax Silica At India AI Impact SUMMIT 2026.

5) Shri Mohit Chandra Assumed As General Manager Of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works.

6) BSE Has Honoured With Exchange Of The Year At WORLD BFSI Congress Award.

7) Assam State Government Has Increases 3% Reservation For Tea Tribes And Adivasi Communities To Grade 1 & Grade 2 Posts 

8) Veteran Film Maker M M Baig Passed Away.

9) Manoj Sinha, LG Of Jammu and Kashmir Has Unveiled The Book - Kashmir - Nativity Regained Book Author - Professor Ashok Kaul 

10) Hollywood Actor Eric Dane Passed Away.

11) India Assumes IONS Chairmanship ( Visakhapatnam Host The 9th IONS ) Indian Ocean Naval Symposium 

12) Noted Bengali Author And Sahitya Academy Award Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay Passed Away.

13) Maharshtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Launched The SHIKSHA - SAATHI, A First Of Its Kind AI Powered Tool For Anganwadi Workers.

14) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced The State Budget Worth Rs 3.10 Lakh Crores For FY 2026/27 

15) Manasi Joshi Has Wins Bronze Medal At World Champion At Bahrain 

16) National Stock exchange (NSE) Has Received Approval From SEBI To Introduce Gold 10 Grams Future Contracts In Commodity Derivatives Segment.

17) Shri Asish Kumar Chauhan, MD & CEO Of NSE Has Received The Prestigious NAVARATNA Awards 

International Mother Language Day - 21st February 

THEME 2026 - Youth Voices On Multilingual Education 

International Pangolin Day - 21st February 

THEME 2026 - Guardians In Action 

1) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Joint Regional Official Language Conference At Agartala, Tripura.

2) Former Spanish Basketball Star Pau Gasol Elected As The New Chairman Of The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletics Commission 

3) Indian Origin Asha Sharma Has Appointed As New CEO Of Microsoft Xbox.

4) Narayan Murthy, Founder Of Infosys Has Launched The SEEDS OF COMPASSION - 

5) Paradip Port Authority Has Achieved ISO 45001: 2018 Certification.

6) The 5th Edition Of The Goa Maritime Conclave Commenced At Goa.

7) Nagaland University Honoured Five Scientists With Lifetime achievement Awards.

8) IAS OFFICER Visakha Yadav Has Honoured With Arunachal Pradesh State Award For Administrative Excellence 

9) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushakar Singh Dhami Has Inaugurated The 7 Days - Champabat Saras Corbett Festival 2026 

10) Satyan Kumar Set To Be Director Of ONGC.

11) Anand Khare Appointed As The New Director General Of Telecom 

12) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee Has CONFERRED Rajya Sabha MP Anant Maharaj With BANGA BIBHUSHAN Award.

13) VICE PRESIDENT C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The Coffee Table Book - Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The Eternal Statesman ( Author - Vijay Goel) 

14) MLA OF Manipur , Vungzagin Valte Passed Away.