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370 stories for “Current Affairs” · February 2026
Clear filtersUnder the Green Tamil Nadu Mission, the State government released the Tamil Nadu Urban Greening Policy 2026 to build climate-resilient, sustainable and liveable cities by expanding urban green cover. It calls for weaving...
Recipients of the Kalaignar Ninaivu Kalaithurai Vithagar Award for 2024 and 2025 have been named by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. The 2024 honour goes to veteran actor M.N. Rajam, while veteran director S.P. Muthuraman...
The foundation stone for the State's first Sea Turtle Conservation Centre was laid at Guindy, Chennai. The Centre of Excellence will cost Rs 14.50 crore and is being set up under the World Bank-supported TN-SHORE (Tamil...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin unveiled Tamil Nadu's first statue of German philosopher and communist thinker Karl Marx on the Egmore Museum premises in Chennai. In another State first, the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority...
The UPSC notification for the Civil Services Examination 2026 introduces 14 significant changes. Applications now follow a four-stage online process covering account creation, a Universal Registration Number (URN), a Com...
The Supreme Court observed that States are sidestepping the appointment of regular Directors-General of Police with a fixed two-year tenure and instead installing 'acting' chiefs of their choice. In the 2006 Prakash Sing...
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj introduced SabhaSaar, an AI-based tool that turns audio and video recordings of Gram Sabha and Panchayat meetings into structured text summaries and minutes. Built on AI and cloud technolog...
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty lapsed on 5 February 2026, removing the last bilateral pact restricting American and Russian nuclear forces. Signed in Prague in April 2010 by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, it...
The National Disaster Management Authority unveiled the country's first Standard Operating Procedure, 'Comprehensive Disaster Victim Identification and Management', on Republic Day 2026 for mass-fatality events. It draws...
Amid repeated disruptions, Speaker Om Birla put the Opposition's amendments to vote, which were rejected, and the Lok Sabha then adopted the Motion of Thanks on the President's 28 January address by voice vote, without t...
Rouble Nagi, an Indian educator, has been named winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2026, which carries prize money of one million US dollars. The award was announced at the World Government Summit held in Dubai. The priz...
At the Critical Minerals Ministerial in Washington DC, India extended support to FORGE (Forum on Resource, Geostrategic Engagement), the successor to the US-led Mineral Security Partnership. The grouping seeks to secure...
