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Today’s Top 15 Current Affairs Points
As an SSC CGL Question Paper Setter and material creator, I have extracted the following 15 high-yield current affairs points from the newspaper dated February 18, 2026:
1. Tarique Rahman: Sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the February 2026 general elections. [Appointments]
2. H125 Helicopter FAL: India’s first private sector Final Assembly Line (FAL) for helicopters inaugurated in Vemagal, Kolar (Karnataka) by Tata Advanced Systems and Airbus. [Defence]
3. SAHI (Secure AI for Health Initiative): A new framework launched by the Union Health Ministry for the ethical deployment of AI in the healthcare sector. [Gov. Schemes]
4. BODH: A digital health platform launched to benchmark and validate AI solutions before large-scale implementation in India. [Science & Tech]
5. AI Mission 2.0: The Government of India announced the procurement of 20,000 additional GPUs to strengthen the national “common compute” cluster. [Gov. Schemes]
6. FORGE: The “Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement” is a new 54-country initiative led by the US to coordinate critical minerals policy. [International Summits]
7. Pax Silica: A US-led international coalition for AI and semiconductor supply chains; India has been invited as a full member. [International Summits]
8. EKAM: The Indian Army’s new indigenous, air-gapped “AI-as-a-Service” cloud platform for secure sensitive data processing. [Defence]
9. PRAKSHEPAN: An AI-driven climatology and disaster prediction system unveiled by the Indian Army for landside and avalanche alerts. [Science & Tech]
10. GEC 2026 Summit: The Global Economic Cooperation summit held in Mumbai to discuss de-risking and diversifying international trade. [International Summits]
11. India-France Defence Pact: Both nations renewed their bilateral defence cooperation agreement for a further period of 10 years. [Defence]
12. Hammer Missiles: MoU signed between Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Safran Electronics for the indigenous manufacturing of these missiles in India. [Defence]
13. India AI Impact Summit 2026: India became the first country of the Global South to host this summit in New Delhi. [International Summits]
14. Project Vault: A $10-billion US public-private partnership established to stockpile 60 critical minerals listed in the 2025 Critical Minerals List. [Economy]
15. UN Women AI Report: A new study reveals that women constitute only 30% of AI professionals worldwide and only 16% of AI research roles. [Reports & Surveys]
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