FEBRUARY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2026 | MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2026 FOR RRB NTPC, SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD

Summary

The video is an exam-oriented revision lecture on February 2026 current affairs. The instructor covers national and state news, international developments, awards, sports, appointments, defence, science, books, the Finance Commission, and reports and rankings. The lecture also includes general-knowledge explanations and occasional classroom banter.

National news and government initiatives

• India AI Impact Summit 2026: Held in New Delhi under the pillars People, Planet and Progress. The instructor said India joined a US-led technology and supply-chain coalition referred to in the subtitles as “Pax Silica.” The summit also announced an additional 20,000 GPUs, on top of more than 38,000 GPUs previously provisioned.
• AI and health: Two initiatives were described: STRIDE, a strategy for AI in healthcare, and BODH, a benchmarking and open-data platform for health AI. An India–France centre on AI in global health was also inaugurated at AIIMS New Delhi.
• Digital skilling: The “Grow So Here” campaign was presented as a nationwide effort to accelerate digital skilling through the Skill India Digital Hub.
• Bharat Taxi: Launched initially in Delhi-NCR and parts of Gujarat. The instructor highlighted its zero-commission model, under which drivers receive the full fare, and said expansion to other major cities was planned.
• Ports and infrastructure: V.O. Chidambaranar Port was identified as India’s first port to implement an advanced anti-drone system. Projects worth about ₹1,500 crore were also inaugurated there. The lecture noted that Tamil Nadu has three of India’s 13 major ports.
• Seva Teerth: Prime Minister Modi inaugurated a new office complex for the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi.
• PM Rahat scheme: The lecture said accident victims would be eligible for cashless treatment of up to ₹1.5 lakh, intended to prevent deaths caused by delays in receiving medical care.
• Lakhpati Didi: After reporting that the three-crore target had been reached ahead of schedule, the government set a new target of six crore Lakhpati Didis by March 2029.
• Startup India: The Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 was approved with a corpus of ₹10,000 crore. The instructor also mentioned a doubled loan target for the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund but did not give a specific figure in the subtitles.
• Assam projects: The North-East’s first emergency landing facility was described as being on the Moran bypass in Dibrugarh. The lecture also discussed an underwater road-and-rail tunnel project in Assam.
• Santhali script: President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the centenary celebration of the Ol Chiki script, developed by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in 1925. The script has 30 letters.
• Other national initiatives: The lecture covered a National Highways Authority of India bee and pollinator corridor initiative, the Vibrant Villages Programme 2.0, a digital food-currency pilot in Puducherry, and the inauguration of Micron’s assembly, testing, marking and packaging facility in Sanand, Gujarat.
• HPV vaccination: A nationwide free HPV vaccination programme for girls aged 14 or older was described, using a single dose of Gardasil 4. The instructor linked HPV to cervical cancer.
• Agriculture and culture: The Bharat Vistaar digital platform was presented as a way to access agricultural resources. The lecture also mentioned the Gyan Bharatam Mission for digitising and preserving manuscripts.

State news

• Uttar Pradesh: The state was directed to identify manuscripts and documents in its 75 districts and make them digitally accessible under the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
• Kerala: The lecture covered a women’s security pension of ₹1,000 per month for eligible economically disadvantaged women and transgender women aged 35–60. Kerala was also described as the first state to frame a comprehensive 25-year urban policy and as having declared Bacillus subtilis its state microbe.
• Gujarat: The government signed an agreement with Larsen & Toubro to build an AI data centre in Dholera. It also launched a central-bank-digital-currency-based public distribution system.
• Bihar: A pilot project for Annapurna Grain ATMs was approved in Patna to improve the public distribution system.
• Odisha: The state announced a national UAV testing and innovation corridor at Rangeilunda Port. The lecture also described a digital review portal for tracking development projects funded by state and central finance commissions.
• Delhi: The proposed Lakhpati Bitiya Yojana was described as providing phased deposits for girls, with the amount expected to exceed ₹1 lakh after they complete graduation.
• Madhya Pradesh: Balaghat was selected as a pilot district under the world’s largest grain-storage plan.
• Punjab: The Meri Rasoi scheme was described as providing quarterly food kits to 40 lakh families alongside wheat distributed under the National Food Security Act.
• Other state items: The lecture mentioned a cow-culture museum in Mathura, a Centre of Excellence for aeronautics and defence skilling in Kanpur, and a community conservation initiative involving trained women near Palamau Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand.

International news

• BRICS: The first BRICS Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa meeting under India’s chairship was held in New Delhi. The instructor reviewed the group’s membership and the 2014 Fortaleza Declaration, which established the New Development Bank and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement.
• Bangladesh: BNP chairman Tarique Rahman was discussed in connection with the country’s election and change of government.
• India–Israel: Prime Minister Modi received the Knesset Medal for his contribution to India–Israel relations.
• Pakistan–Afghanistan: The lecture described Pakistan’s cross-border strikes under Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, amid tensions involving the Afghan Taliban and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
• Public health: Denmark was described as the first European country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
• Arctic: NATO’s Arctic Sentry mission was presented as an effort to strengthen its presence in the region. The instructor contrasted this with India’s Arctic research station, Himadri, in Svalbard, Norway.
• G7: France was named as host of the 2026 G7 summit. The instructor used the mnemonic “Give me juice, GF” to recall the members: Germany, the United States, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada and France.
• US critical minerals: Project Vault was described as a $12 billion public-private partnership to stockpile rare-earth and other critical minerals. The instructor reviewed the 17 rare-earth elements.
• Other developments: The lecture mentioned Sanae Takaichi’s reappointment as Japan’s prime minister, Poland’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, and Spain’s plan to restrict social media access for children under 16.

Awards, sports and appointments

• Awards: Indian educator Rubal Nagi received the Global Teacher Prize, described in the lecture as carrying $1 million in prize money. India was named Country of the Year at Biofach 2026. A Manipuri film produced by Farhan Akhtar received a BAFTA award for best children’s and family film. Scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan received the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences.
• Sports: India won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup for a record sixth time, defeating England. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was named Player of the Match and Player of the Series. India also won the SAFF Under-19 women’s and men’s football titles. Other results discussed included the Santosh Trophy, the Ranji Trophy, para-badminton, shooting, badminton, wrestling, the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and the Khelo India Winter Games.
• Winter Olympics: The lecture reviewed the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, noting Norway’s leading performance and India’s participation without a medal.
• Appointments: Yumnam Khemchand Singh became Chief Minister of Manipur. Asha Sharma was named CEO of Microsoft Gaming, and Nidhi Chhibber was named CEO of NITI Aayog. The lecture also mentioned an Iranian woman becoming an International Olympic Committee member and a new State Election Commissioner for Jammu and Kashmir.

Defence and science

• Defence exercises and equipment: Topics included the DRDO’s solid-fuel ducted ramjet test at Chandipur; the India–Kyrgyzstan Exercise Khanjar; India–Japan Exercise Dharma Guardian; India–US Exercise Thunderbolt Strike; and the Indian Army–ITBP Exercise Agni Pariksha.
• Other defence news: The lecture covered the Agni-III intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Indian Army’s designation of 2026 as the Year of Networking and Data Centricity, the Indian Air Force’s Exercise Vayu Shakti, and India’s first anti-terror policy, Prahaar.
• Indian Navy and Coast Guard: Items included the Milan Village in Visakhapatnam, the launch of the training ship Krishna, the commissioning of Anjadip—described as a “Dolphin Hunter”—and plans to acquire Dornier 228 aircraft.
• Gaganyaan: A drogue-parachute qualification test was reported as a milestone for India’s human-spaceflight programme.
• NASA Artemis II: The mission was said to have been delayed because of a liquid-hydrogen leak.
• Other science items: The lecture mentioned tetanus and diphtheria vaccine development at the Central Research Institute in Kasauli, a simulated lunar-habitat mission in Gujarat completed by Aditya Pandya, and a national call for proposals under the BIRAC RDI Fund.
• Pulses: India’s self-reliance mission for pulses was noted, with a budget allocation of ₹11,440 crore.

Books, reports and rankings

• Book: Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched a book about Sree Narayana Guru. The instructor recalled the reformer’s message: “one caste, one religion, one God.”
• 16th Finance Commission: The lecture described the Commission as a constitutional body that makes recommendations for five-year periods. It said:
  • The vertical share of tax devolution to states would remain 41%.
  • Horizontal distribution would use criteria including income distance, population, demographic performance, area, forest cover and states’ contribution to GDP.
  • The Commission recommended grants-in-aid and discussed funding for rural and urban local bodies.
  • It recommended fiscal-deficit targets of 3.5% of GDP for the Centre and 3% of GSDP for states, and urged states to pursue reform or privatisation of electricity distribution companies.
  • It discontinued certain grants recommended by the 15th Finance Commission.
• Network Readiness Index 2025: India was reported at 45th among 127 economies. The report was attributed to the Portulans Institute.
• Henley Passport Index: Singapore ranked first and India ranked 76th in the February 2026 listing.
• Corruption Perceptions Index: Transparency International was identified as the publisher. India was reported at 91st, with a score of 39; Denmark ranked first.
• NITI Aayog reports and indices: The lecture mentioned a report on revitalising the apprenticeship ecosystem and reviewed the Export Preparedness Index, Fiscal Health Index, SDG India Index, National Multidimensional Poverty Index, India Electric Mobility Index and India Innovation Index. It stated that India’s National Multidimensional Poverty Index uses 12 indicators.

Speakers and sources featured

The video features one instructor, identified in the video context as Parmar Sir. The subtitles do not identify any additional speakers.

Institutions and organisations cited as sources or subjects include the Government of India and its ministries, NITI Aayog, the Prime Minister’s Office, DRDO, the Reserve Bank of India, the Election Commission, the Finance Commission, the National Highways Authority of India, the Indian armed forces and related agencies, the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, Transparency International, the Portulans Institute, the Henley Passport Index and the Varkey Foundation.