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Today’s Top 15 Current Affairs Points
As an SSC CGL current affairs material expert, I have extracted the following 15 high-yield points from the February 19, 2026, edition of *The Hindu*:
1. International Fleet Review (IFR) 2026: President Droupadi Murmu reviewed a formation of 70 warships, including friendly foreign Navies, off the Visakhapatnam coast. [Defence]
2. AI Impact Summit 2026: A major international summit hosted in New Delhi focusing on AI innovation, featuring partnerships with Nvidia and OpenAI. [International Summits]
3. ‘Vikram’ LLM: Sarvam AI launched India’s first large language models with 35-billion and 105-billion parameters respectively. [Science & Tech]
4. Smriti Mandhana: Named the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025. [Awards]
5. Gender Budget Statement 2026-27: The Union government allocated ₹5.01 lakh crore for women and girl children, an 11.55% increase from the previous fiscal. [Govt Schemes/Budget]
6. Vibrant Village Programme (VVP): Phase II launched to cover 1,954 strategic villages across land borders with Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar. [Govt Schemes]
7. Sanae Takaichi: Reappointed as the Prime Minister of Japan following a landslide election victory. [International Appointments]
8. Gujarat State Budget 2026-27: Tabled with a total outlay of ₹4.08 lakh crore, the largest in the state’s history. [Economy/Budget]
9. Unique Transaction Identifier (UTI): RBI deferred the mandatory implementation of UTI for OTC derivatives to January 2027. [Economy/RBI]
10. Operation KGH-2: A major counter-insurgency operation launched by 2,000 CRPF personnel along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border to target Maoist leadership. [Defence]
11. Justice Aniruddha Bose (retd): Appointed to head an expert committee to draw guidelines for judicial sensitivity in handling vulnerable cases. [Appointments]
12. FedEx Investment: The logistics giant announced an investment of ₹2,500 crore to build a fully automated cargo hub at Navi Mumbai International Airport. [Economy]
13. Rule 133A of Aircraft Rules, 1937: The DGCA proposed amendments to this rule to allow airlines to impose a 30-day flying ban on unruly passengers without prior committee referral. [Economy/Govt Policy]
14. Jammu & Kashmir (Cricket): The J&K team marched into its first-ever Ranji Trophy final after defeating Bengal in the semifinals. [Sports]
15. Anjali Bhagwat: Former shooter honored with the BBC Lifetime Achievement Award 2025. [Awards]
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