UPSC Current Affairs 14 February 2026 — The Hindu

• SC seeks CBI status report on Manipur violence cases
• India tested, from U.S. sanctions to one-sided trade deal
• Another 6 lakh names may go from Bengal voter list
• Farmer leaders meet Rahul, seek support against U.S. trade deal
• ‘Hasina’s presence in India, Ganga waters treaty to be key priorities for BNP govt.’
• Adani Group enters nuclear power sector after SHANTI Act
• Delhi HC questions delay in minority panel appointments
• RBI issues draft circular on revised guidelines for lead bank scheme
• Gem and jewellery exports stable in April-Jan. at $23.19 bn
• Bangladesh voters endorse ‘July Charter’ reform in referendum
• Quad is a ‘very important platform’, India an ‘active’ participant: Kapur
• Trump dismantles legal basis for U.S. climate rules
• Stalin’s bonanza: ₹5,000 each transferred to 1.31 crore women family heads in Tamil Nadu
• Give ‘some acknowledgment’ to Dhrupad singer, SC tells Rahman
• First part of Budget Session ends; Parliament to reconvene in March
• Telecom service providers do not own spectrum: SC
• VB-G RAM G: when a policy shift meets rural realities
• Commerce Secy. meets WTO chief
• BNP secures landslide victory in Bangladesh
• Fleet in action
• India believed that Panchsheel pact settled border with China, says CDS
• Ministry plans English medical dictionary that will be translated into Indian languages
• Government clears export of 25 lakh tonnes of wheat
• IAF, Royal Thai Air Force hold air combat training exercise
• The labour codes redefine wages, empower the worker
• A decisive mandate
• Overdue upgrade
• In Dhaka, a new dawn and a gathering storm
• Natco Pharma’s API plant in Chennai gets VAI tag from U.S. FDA
• NPS to have equity exposure of 25% in FY27: PFRDA Chair
• Reliance acquires U.S. licence to import Venezuelan oil
• Activist group Palestine Action wins legal battle against U.K. ban
• Iran govt. announces commission to investigate deadly Jan. protests
• ‘Weak by design’ African Union gathers for summit in Ethiopia
• New seats of governance meant to meet people’s aspirations: PM
• Trinamool presses for enforceable basic income
• ‘Online learning can supplement, complement physical classrooms’
• Universities provide the foundation students need in the age of AI: experts
• CJI’s office received 8,630 complaints against judges from 2016 to 2025: Minister
• Mukhtar Ansari’s associate shot dead in U.P.’s Barabanki
• AIIMS Delhi takes steps to introduce face transplant
• 14717
• Maha Sivaratri for moksha
• Experts call for continuous security awareness and AI-driven vigilance
• Experts discuss ways to bridge gap between academia and industry
• ‘Extract only relevant data from people and disclose the purpose’
• Tech talk
• Compliance vs innovation: striking a balance in quest for data security
• Call for large companies to make business processes AI-first
• Consumers get a raw deal as global oil price fall benefit remains ‘frozen’
• For clean air
• India eyes 50 more airports in 5 years, will give huge real estate opportunities: Naidu
• EID Parry third-quarter profit after tax increases to ₹437 crore
• DGCA slaps ₹1 crore fine on Air India
• Hindustan Copper gets ₹929-crore notice
• Passenger vehicle wholesales rose 12.6% in January: SIAM
• Women, minority representation at two-decade low
• Trump sending second aircraft carrier to pile pressure on Iran
• With the war raging on, Russian Army targets ‘disposable’ recruits from Uganda
• Labour of love
• Singapore may curb ‘blind boxes’ to deal with gambling risks
• BJP confident of winning third Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha despite not having numbers
• U.S. govt. sues Harvard, accuses it of defying admissions probe
• Congress, Mamata congratulate BNP on Bangladesh poll win
• Mirwaiz hails ‘free and fair’ elections in Bangladesh
• Battle of prowess: wrestlers to fight it out for coveted silver mace in Bihar’s Jamui
• Interfaith marriage stalled amid protests by U.P. Hindu outfits
• Why can’t Coastal Road play Marathi melody: MNS
• Vanished lives
• letters to the editor
• Bangladesh voters choose change and continuity
• Tissa Vitarana, Sri Lanka’s LSSP leader, dies at 91
• Still have my police job, but I’ve been on sports leave for a long time
• BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of ‘politically uncivilised behaviour’
• Vikram Bhatt’s wife granted interim bail in fraud case
• Congress steps up attack on Minister over Epstein Files
• Pannun case: Indian man pleads guilty in U.S. court
• V.D. Satheesan slams FIR delay in sexual assault case
• Court grants NIA additional 45 days in Delhi blast case
• Cong. leads in Telangana civic elections, BJP falters
• ‘CPI(M) ready to cooperate if Cong. realises value of holding hands with secular forces’
• T.N. election a direct fight between TVK and DMK, says Vijay
• BJP legislator claims Kashmir residents illegally occupying land in Jammu city, sparks row
• Zubeen death case: family demands fast-track court
• Six killed by wild elephants in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh
• How Indira Canteens lost flavour
• Bennett and Muzarabani steal the show as Zimbabwe stuns Australia
• Aryansh and Sohaib come in clutch for UAE after Junaid’s five-wicket haul
• USA routs Netherlands, tastes first win
• An unbelievable victory, says Raza
• Abhishek reminds me of Gayle in his prime, says Kapugedera
• Muzarabani third Zimbabwe player to claim 100 T20I wickets
• Zimbabwe’s Taylor, Ireland captain Stirling out of T20 World Cup
• Esha steers UAE past India-A in Asia Cup Rising Stars opener
• We weren’t good enough: Renshaw
• The big step up: after the triumph, the travails
• stacking up
• Slobberknocker