UPSC Current Affairs 15 February 2026 — The Hindu

• ‘National interest will guide BNP on bilateral ties’
• How is U.S.-India trade deal being tweaked?
• Govt. weighs law on IPS deputation to CAPFs, files affidavit in top court
• Lawyers can appear on video during AI Summit: SC
• Polluters must pay to fight climate change, stresses Finance Minister
• Centre expects 15 outcomes from AI Summit, says official
• What has govt. laid down on AI labelling?
• BJP demands CCTV cameras in Jharkhand polling booths
• SC to hear review pleas on Sabarimala judgment tomorrow
• Can a hospital gas help fight drug-resistant pneumonia?
• There are two ways to build skills using AI tools
• Toddler trade-off
• Climate change could shrink grazing area by half by 2100
• AI will create jobs even as some roles go away: IT Secretary
• New Central fund to drive urban development
• India has not lost ‘strategic autonomy’ after U.S. deal, says Jaishankar in Munich
• Vital link
• Seven doctors suspended in Rajasthan over health scheme fraud
• India-U.S. deal will destroy textile industry, says Rahul
• Hook, line, and ice
• Crisis manager
• T.N. government sanctions ₹3,500 cr. for housing scheme
• What’s in store for garment exporters to U.S.?
• Nvidia CEO won't attend India AI summit, company says
• ‘Extermination’ of Palestinians must stop: African Union chair
• Imran Khan to get specialised eye treatment: Pak. Minister
• Supreme Court to hear plea against data protection law
• SC to hear pleas over FIR against Assam CM tomorrow
• Union, West Bengal Education Ministers spar over NEP, funds
• A.P. govt. allocates ₹32,300 cr. for school education in Budget
• IIT-Delhi, Germany team makes ‘chiral valve’ to sort current
• Haematocytes use sleep to help maintain brain health
• Seabird poop helped Chincha Kingdom expand in desert
• Online bus bookings rose 25% in 2025: redBus CEO
• IOB unveils 444-day term deposit with higher rates
• Clearing the air
• Government approves road projects worth over ₹11,000 cr. in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana
• Indus basin water flows rose while Ganga declined: study
• Assam’s tea gardens make room for bamboo to fuel bioethanol plant
• 4.98 lakh voters did not show up for SIR hearings: Bengal CEO
• J&K Police put up posters against JeM ‘commander’
• Two Bengal academics win A.K. Ramanujan Prize
• Return of the old guard
• Mayor rising
• Pooram disruption inquiry report sparks political storm
• ‘62% Gen Z, Millennials continue to back gold as safest investment bet’
• Bharti Airtel among largest investors in subsea cable: Sinha
• Meta to cut payouts to fact-checking partners in India
• Xiaomi to strengthen mid-segment growth
• Signature Global, RMZ set up equal JV for mixed-use project
• U.S. FDA issues four observations to Piramal’s Digwal facility
• Zydus gets U.S. FDA nod for Ammonium lactate cream
• SPIC posts consolidated Q3 net PAT at ₹54.07 crore
• Natco gets CDSCO nod for Semaglutide; launch in March
• Trump raises Iran stakes after second carrier deployment
• Electoral differences should not turn into revenge: Tarique Rahman
• Wrecked remains
• Jamaat will be a vigilant Opposition, says its chief
• Swiss say Oman to host U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva this week
• Zelenskyy says every power plant in Ukraine damaged in strikes
• Rubio reassures Europe, says U.S. wants to recharge transatlantic ties
• China warns U.S. that ‘plotting’ on Taiwan could lead to ‘confrontation’
• Maharashtra Cong. chief draws flak over remarks comparing Tipu Sultan, Chhatrapati Shivaji
• Adityanath directs strict action against filing of ‘false reports’
• Amit Shah pitches for continuation of NDA govt. in Puducherry, seeks stronger mandate
• ‘Time, cost of domestic remittances must reduce’
• Arundhati Roy withdraws from Berlin Film Festival
• MPs, MLAs to play a key role in Mayor polls in Telangana
• Thundering hooves
• Collective work resulted in Congress victory: Revanth
• Left-leaning voters will back UDF: Venugopal
• SIR hearings phase ends in Kerala; final list on Feb. 21
• Infant’s organs transplanted in two children in Kerala
• 47 days of striking for a fair honorarium
• Siddaramaiah launches ‘sixth guarantee’, slams Centre’s ‘injustice’
• Railways wins both team championships
• CRPF pays tribute to Pulwama victims on anniversary of attack
• Road accident kills 3 CoBRA personnel in Chhattisgarh
• PM accuses Congress of neglecting Northeast India and putting country at risk
• One dead, three injured as Mumbai metro slab collapses
• Hoax bomb threat stalls Shillong-bound aircraft
• Bank staffer held over theft of gold worth ₹4 cr. from lockers
• A glittering view, a gasping lake
• Navalny poisoned with rare toxin, say European states
• History favours India against a mercurial Pakistan
• We could witness a cracker of a game
• USA holds the edge against Namibia
• ‘India-Pakistan game more about occasion’
• PCB chief Naqvi to attend the India-Pakistan T20 WC match
• We have practised against bowlers with similar action: Suryakumar
• Tariq is different, but Abhishek can help tackle him: Harbhajan
• It’s a new day, a new match: Agha plays down poor WC record
• Agha supports Tariq
• Karnataka stands between Uttarakhand and the final
• Women In Blue begin T20 WC tune-up against Australia
• Bengal, J & K face off in a battle of equals
• Mohun Bagan begins title defence in style
• Gomez, Ferreira Silva in the final; doubles title for Poonacha & Isaro
• Bhagat wins his fourth consecutive singles gold at the Worlds
• Tudor appointed interim manager of Tottenham
• Karan, Dhamne get singles wild cards for ATP Delhi Open
• Jamshedpur FC names four captains for ISL
• Mahindra Racing’s Mortara finishes second in Jeddah