UPSC Current Affairs 21 February 2026 — The Hindu
- U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump tariffs
- Supreme Court steps in; judicial officers will now join Bengal SIR process
- EC dragged back to reality by SC order: Trinamool
- Pleas filed to use top court to ‘embarrass’ States, says SC
- AI can help India achieve Viksit Bharat goal, but poses high risk to jobs: IMF chief
- PAC pulls up govt. for slow implementation of SANKALP scheme
- Gujarat govt. to amend marriage registration rules
- ‘Bhasha’ matters in India’s multilingual moment
- Treatise for federalism
- Govt. announces 7 additional measures under Export Promotion Mission
- ‘AI summit drew $250-billion investment commitments’
- Waiting for ₹1,500
- ‘As dynamic economies, India, Brazil can’t remain distant’
- Poll panel dragged back to reality by SC order: Trinamool
- Hats off to U.S. Supreme Court for striking down Trump’s tariff strategy, says Congress
- A tribal hamlet’s tryst with AI-assisted tools
- Net FDI into India negative for fourth straight month
- Poland withdraws from treaty banning anti-personnel mines
- India joins U.S.-led tech alliance to build supply chains for electronics and critical minerals
- Ramzan prayers
- Centre notifies committee to clear pending CAA applications in Bengal
- India took part as ‘observer’ in the first Board of Peace for Gaza meeting, says MEA
- Kerala has over 2.69 crore voters in final list after special revision
- PM meets Sri Lankan President, discusses areas of cooperation
- Modi holds talks with UN chief, other world leaders
- Safety first
- ‘EU, U.S. trade deals to boost economy; growth resilient’
- ‘Indian Americans mostly disapprove of Trump’s performance in first year’
- Cong. to organise farmers’ meetings on India-U.S. pact
- India invites Spanish universities to establish campuses, strengthen ties
- All bark, minimal bite
- A temporary relief from bonded labour
- Core sector growth slows to 4% in Jan., casts shadow on IIP
- SBI talking to Japanese banks for acquisition financing: Setty
- Strait of Hormuz, key to global energy security, in spotlight amid Iran crisis
- ‘Trump to order release of data on UFOs and aliens’
- Ahead of PM’s visit, Netanyahu calls India a ‘gigantic power’
- General Upendra Dwivedi concludes 4-day Australia visit
- U.S. Secretary of State to visit India ‘very soon’: envoy
- Amid row, J&K CM defends regulation on zakat collection
- New IIT-M technique to accurately measure blood clotting time will help implant makers
- 14723
- The debt of devotion
- Vinod Jakhar appointed new national president of NSUI
- NHAI likely to discontinue cash transactions at toll plazas
- Panchayat leadership helps Bela Gram emerge as first net-zero village
- Trumped by levies
- UBL ropes in French maltster to open malthouse in Rajasthan
- Novartis India rises 20% on ₹1,446-crore Swiss parent’s exit
- In FY27, Sai Life Sciences may hire 700 professionals
- LIC increases holding in Cipla to 9% in less than 3 months
- Punch.ev launched at ₹9.69 lakh
- U.S. bases to be ‘legitimate targets’ if attacked, says Iran
- Venezuela’s National Assembly passes long-awaited amnesty law
- Ex-Philippine President faces pre-trial International Criminal Court hearing
- A fragile crust
- SC slams ‘police-power nexus’ in case against A.P. MLC
- Couple get death sentence for sexual exploitation of children
- Israeli settlers kill Palestinian American in West Bank, officials say
- Assam will be made free of floods, ‘infiltrators’: Shah
- Youth Cong. workers hold protest at AI summit over U.S. trade deal; 4 arrested
- Show-cause notice to Chandigarh Police over threat letter case
- Tension grips M.P. town after communal clash; 49 held
- Gen Z and the dynamics of democratic engagement
- Ekki Homa launches sewage pumps for the Indian market
- Kim lauds N. Korea’s economy and regional standing at party meeting
- Israeli Druze leader says Syrian community ‘besieged’ months after clashes
- Cash distribution before polls murder of democracy: Gehlot
- People have taken note of BJP’s divisive politics: Priyanka
- Bengali author Shankar passes away in Kolkata at 92
- DMK will return to power, work with greater speed and commitment: Stalin
- BJP chief targets ‘part-time politicians’, calls for preparedness for upcoming polls
- Raijor Dal miffed with Congress over seat sharing for upcoming Assembly election in Assam
- Rebel rise continues in Maharashtra as Cong.-backed mayor elected in Bhiwandi
- letters to the editor
- Hamas says path for Gaza must begin with end to ‘aggression’
- No talk in the team about Abhishek’s form: Morkel
- Pakistan spinners, Kiwi batters in focus as Super Eight begins
- Babar will bat at No. 4 going ahead: Hesson
- I gave it my all after coming here by chance, says Trott
- Australia bows out on a high
- New Zealand confident of adapting to slower surfaces, says Chapman
- Saim can take the game away from anyone, says Hesson
- Marsh says Australia respects criticism for its T20 WC debacle
- Maxwell second after Raza to achieve rare treble in T20Is
- Underdog stories: how Associate teams put the world in World Cup
- STACKING UP
- Chess is more than just a game to me; it’s my world, it’s the core of my life
- Cold stones