Eye Drishti🔥| International News|Current affairs 2026

Summary

The video is a current-affairs lesson focused on international news and rankings. The instructor presents exam-relevant one-liners and encourages viewers to note and revise names, locations, themes, and rankings. The next lesson will cover the economy.

Some names and places are garbled or inconsistent in the autogenerated subtitles. Uncertain details are flagged below rather than treated as definitive.

Summits, Diplomacy, and International Cooperation

• G7: The instructor says the 57th G7 Summit was held in France, at a place transcribed as “Avion les Bons/Biens” (the place name is unclear). France held the presidency under Emmanuel Macron. The stated theme was “Working Together to Address Major International Challenges.” Narendra Modi represented India. A Declaration on Tackling Migrant Smuggling was adopted, and the Japanese prime minister was said to have launched an initiative called “Power Asia.”
• BRICS: A meeting of BRICS agriculture ministers was held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, where an Indore Declaration on agriculture was adopted. The instructor also says India would host a BRICS Health Working Group meeting in New Delhi.
• India–France: The India–France Maritime Cooperation Dialogue was held in Paris.
• India–Tanzania: The fourth meeting of the India–Tanzania Joint Defence Cooperation Committee took place in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
• India–South Korea: During Narendra Modi’s meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, the two countries highlighted cooperation in semiconductors and shipbuilding. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also inaugurated an Indian war memorial in South Korea; the park’s name is unclear in the subtitles.
• India–United States: The first India–US Drug Policy Executive Working Group meeting was held in Washington, D.C. The Indian representative’s name is garbled in the transcript.
• Indian Ocean Conference: The conference was held in Mauritius. Its theme was transcribed as “Ocean Cooperation’s Collective Stewardship for Indian Ocean Governance.”
• World Government Summit: The summit was held in Dubai, UAE, with the theme “Shaping the Future: Future Governments.”
• Indian prime ministerial visits: The instructor says Narendra Modi visited Malaysia on 7–8 February.
• WTO: India was said to have supported Ethiopia’s accession-related protocol at the World Trade Organization; the protocol’s name is garbled in the subtitles.
• NATO: Germany and the Netherlands were reported to have announced a new NATO tactical headquarters in the Baltic region.
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: A meeting of SCO defence ministers was held in a location transcribed unclearly as “Bishikesh Desert.”

Countries, Leaders, Awards, and Membership

• Slovakia: Narendra Modi received the Order of the White Double Cross, described as Slovakia’s highest national award. The city name is transcribed unclearly.
• New Development Bank: Uzbekistan was identified as the bank’s 10th member.
• UN General Assembly: Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh was said to have been elected president of the 81st session. The name of his opponent is unclear in the transcript.
• Government leaders: The instructor names Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s prime minister and describes her as the country’s first woman prime minister and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Other leadership names mentioned include Jansa for Slovenia, Ahmed Al-A (surname unclear) for Senegal, and Ucharal for Mongolia. Patrick Herminie is identified as president of Seychelles.
• International Big Cat Alliance: Saudi Arabia joined the India-led initiative, becoming its 26th member, according to the instructor.
• OPEC: The UAE was said to have decided to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
• Cryptocurrency: Turkmenistan was reported to have legalized cryptocurrency mining and trading.
• Venezuela: The subtitles say President Nicolás Maduro was arrested in Caracas during a U.S. military operation.
• Iraq: A new prime minister’s name is given as “Ali Faliya Khadim Al Zaydi,” but the transcription is too unclear to identify it confidently.

Health, Humanitarian Aid, and Food Security

• Ebola response: India reportedly sent 45 tonnes of medical aid to help address an Ebola outbreak in Africa. The affected country is not identified in the subtitles.
• Hepatitis: The instructor says the WHO Global Hepatitis Report 2026 reported that hepatitis B and C together account for more than 95% of deaths from viral hepatitis worldwide.
• World Health Assembly: The 79th World Health Assembly was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Polio: The WHO was said to have declared a polio outbreak over in Indonesia.
• Food insecurity: Citing the Global Report on Food Crises 2026, the instructor identifies Pakistan among the top 10 countries with the largest numbers of people facing acute food insecurity.

Rankings, Reports, and Indices

• World Press Freedom Index: Released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). India was placed in the “difficult situation” category and ranked 157th.
• QS rankings: IIT Delhi was identified as India’s top-ranked institution, while MIT led globally. The instructor gives India’s ranking as 118th and says 52 Indian universities were included. The video also mentions the 16th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject; some associated details are unclear.
• Global Terrorism Index: The instructor attributes it to the Institute for Economics and Peace. Pakistan was described as the most terrorism-affected country, while India ranked 13th among 163 countries.
• World Happiness ranking: Finland was said to be the world’s happiest country for the ninth consecutive year, followed by Iceland and Denmark. India ranked 116th out of 147.
• Corruption Perceptions Index: Released by Transparency International, headquartered in Germany, according to the instructor. India’s rank was given as 91st.
• Global Innovation ranking: India’s rank is inconsistent in the subtitles: the instructor says 38th, then also refers to 30th. The report is described as a 2025 release.
• Asia Power Index: Released by Australia’s Lowy Institute. The United States ranked first, China second, and India third.
• Asia manufacturing: India was placed sixth, with China at the top.
• Safest-city index: Abu Dhabi was described as the world’s safest city according to the Numbeo Crime Index by City 2026.

Other International Items

• The Mobile World Congress 2026 was held in Barcelona, Spain.
• The instructor says the first Indian Institute of Technology campus in West Africa is proposed for Nigeria.
• Four old paintings, including a work titled “Christ on Cross” attributed in the subtitles to Peter Paul Rubens, were reportedly sold at auction. The sale amount is unclear.
• Miss Universe 2025 is identified as “Fatima,” but no surname is reliably captured.
• The Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 Word of the Year was “parasocial.”

Study Approach Emphasized

The instructor encourages viewers to focus on internationally relevant current-affairs facts, especially summit locations and themes, declarations, leaders, awards, memberships, report publishers, and country rankings. Viewers are advised to make notes and review rankings and reports to aid revision.

The instructor notes that current affairs are extensive and says the lesson covers only selected items considered useful for exams.

Speaker and Sources Featured

Speaker: Abhishek of UPPCs with Abhishek.

Institutions and reports named: G7; BRICS; New Development Bank; UN General Assembly; World Health Organization and World Health Assembly; Reporters Without Borders; QS World University Rankings; Institute for Economics and Peace / Global Terrorism Index; Global Report on Food Crises; Transparency International / Corruption Perceptions Index; Lowy Institute / Asia Power Index; Numbeo Crime Index; Cambridge Dictionary.