Civil Services Chronicle February 2026

1 ​NFSI 2025-30: Accelerating Equitable Financial Prosperity

2 Inhalable Microplastics: India’s Emerging Health Threat

3 Transforming India into a Leading Quantum-Powered Economy

4 India-Oman CEPA: A Strategic Reset in the Gulf

5 From Solar Power to Solar Waste: India’s Emerging Concern

6 India’s Biosecurity Imperatives: Securing Health and the Nation

7 Decoding Regulations and Structural Gaps in India’s Civil Aviation Sector

8 Bioremediation: Answer to India’s Solid Waste Challenge

9 Concentration of Exports in Developed States: Implications for Inclusive Growth

10 Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change: Understanding the Feedback Loop

1 RBI Approves Risk-Based Deposit Insurance Framework for Banks

2 The Securities Markets Code Bill, 2025

3 Report of Select Committee on IBC (Amendment) Bill, 2025

4 Performance Evaluation of Solar Power Projects

5 New Guidelines for Major Shipbuilding Schemes

6 Self-Reliance in Minerals and Metals

7 Rapid Financing Instrument

8 Pass-Through Tax Status

9 India’s Agricultural Sector in 2025

10 Five Products Get Geographical Indication (GI) Tag

11 PM Vishwakarma Scheme

12 Ramban Sulai Honey

13 InvITs

14 GI-Tagged Indi Lime from Karnataka Enters Oman Market

15 Dulhasti Stage-II Hydropower Project

1 Good Governance Week 2025: Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore

2 Comprehensive Internship Policy

3 Review of Mechanism to Curb Fake News

4 PESA Mahotsav: Celebrating Community-Led Governance under the PESA Act

5 Report on Review of AMRUT Scheme

6 Performance Review of National Statistical Commission

7 Anti-Terrorism Conference, 2025

8 Supreme Court Affirms Environmental Responsibility as Core to CSR

9 Supreme Court Reinforces Limits on Narco-Analysis

10 Supreme Court Expands Victim Definition in Criminal Revisions

11 Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)

12 Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2025

13 National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)

14 Electoral Trusts

15 Constitution of India Released in Santhali Language

1 India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

2 India-Netherlands Joint Trade and Investment Committee Established

3 India and Jordan Strengthen Cooperation

4 India-Ethiopia Relations Elevated to Strategic Partnership

5 India-Russia: Partnership Reaffirmed at 23rd Annual Summit

6 India Re-elected to IMO Council

7 Pax Silica: US-Led Strategic Supply Chain Initiative Leaves Out India

8 Israel Recognises Somaliland as an Independent State

9 Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity: DRC-Rwanda Reset

10 India-Brazil Talks to Boost Strategic & Maritime Cooperation

11 India-Italy Economic Cooperation Strengthened

12 3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council Meeting

13 India Re-elected to UNESCO Executive Board for 2025-29 Term

14 Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Protective Shield Damaged

15 July Charter

16 Bangladesh

17 Oman

1 India’s ‘Baahubali’ Rocket Launches Heaviest-Ever Satellite into Orbit

2 Aditya-L1 Helps Decode an Unusual Solar Superstorm

3 Chandrayaan-3 Reveals an Active Plasma Environment

4 Alaknanda: A Mature Galaxy When the Universe Was Still Young

5 GlowCas9: A CRISPR Protein That Lights Up Gene Editing

6 Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passenger Vessel Begins Commercial Service

7 DHRUV64: First Indigenous 64-bit Microprocessor

8 Indian Navy Receives ASW Shallow Water Craft ‘Anjadip’

9 India-US MH-60R Seahawk Helicopter Sustainment Deal

10 IIT Delhi Develops Ingestible Gut-Sampling Device

11 National Hub for Quantum Communication Launched

12 JWST Detects Oldest Supernova Ever Observed

13 Niger Eliminates Onchocerciasis

14 Life-Essential Sugars Detected in Asteroid Bennu Samples

15 Key Gene Mutations Driving Oral Cancer in Women Identified

16 Hansa-3 (NG) Trainer Aircraft & SARAS Mk-2 Programme

17 Navy Receives Taragiri Stealth Frigate

18 GPS Spoofing

19 Ghost Pairing

20 Cyber Slavery

21 Nitrofurans

1 Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks Further in 2025

2 Gujarat: Tiger State Status

3 India’s Rarest Pheasant Faces an Uncertain Future

4 Armenia Unveils COP17 Logo Featuring Endemic Blue Butterfly

5 India Adds Siliserh Lake and Kopra Reservoir to Ramsar List

6 Invasive Species Expansion in India

7 Mangroves Reveal Cellular Secrets of Salt Tolerance

8 Freshwater Sponges: Nature’s Biofilters Against Toxic Metal Pollution

9 Samudra Pratap: India’s First Indigenous Pollution Control Vessel

10 India Leads Global Push on Wildfire Management at UNEA-7

11 CITES CoP20

12 India to Have Over 100 Tsunami-Ready Villages

13 Cyclone Senyar Poses Extinction-Level Threat to Tapanuli Orangutans

14 Tamil Nadu Targets Eradication of Senna spectabilis by March 2026

15 Mass Coral Mortality at One Tree Reef Signals Escalating Climate Threat

16 India Launches ‘Operation Sagar Bandhu’

17 India’s Green Maritime Odyssey

1 Michaela Benthaus

2 Neal Mohan

3 Luana Lopes Lara

4 Arkin Gupta

5 Anant Ambani

6 Kavita Chand

7 Sai Jadhav

8 Donald Trump

9 Nitish Kumar

10 Tessy Thomas

11 Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

12 Raj Kumar Goyal

13 José Antonio Kast

14 Andrej Babiš

15 Suresh Goyal

16 Manish Mandal

17 Tajbir Singh

18 Roman Gofman

19 Vinod Kumar Shukla

20 Ram Sutar

21 Kamala Lakshminarayanan

22 Frank Gehry

23 Babasaheb Pandurang Aadhav

24 Shivraj Patil

25 Sanchar Saathi App

26 Sujalam Bharat App

27 Sagar Kavach-02/25 Exercise

28 Operation Sagar Bandhu

29 Operation Hinterland Brew

30 Operation Thunder 2025

31 Operation Hawkeye Strike

32 Important Days

33 Exercise Surya Kiran XIX - 2025

34 Military Exercise Ekuverin - 2025

35 Harimau Shakti Exercise - 2025

36 Garuda Shakti - 2025

37 Exercise Ekatha - 2025

1 Deepavali Added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

2 Narasapuram Lace Craft

3 Ponduru Khadi

4 Thanjavur Painting

5 Hornbill Festival 2025

6 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

7 Mahakavi Subramania Bharati

8 Dhanu Yatra

9 Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II

10 Project Mausam

11 India International Science Festival (IISF)

12 Battle of Adwa

13 Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan

14 Uchi Pillaiyar Temple

1 SC Issues Directions to Combat Dowry Practices

2 Supreme Court Expands Ambit of POSH Act, 2013

3 India Employment Prospects: Pathways To Jobs

4 Global Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases & Mental Health

5 State of the Education Report for India 2025

6 World Inequality Report 2026

7 Expansion of Jan Aushadhi Kendras

8 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)

9 Chenchu Tribe

Uttar Pradesh

1 Rashtra Prerna Sthal

2 Maharaja Bijli Pasi

3 Modern Digital Libraries in Agra

4 Uttar Pradesh’s First Forest University

5 Launch of SportEdge Meerut

6 Inauguration of Microforest in Gautam Buddha Nagar

7 Uttar Pradesh’s 21% Contribution to National Foodgrain Supply

Bihar

1 100 Fast Track Courts to Be Established in Bihar

2 Uranium Detected in Breast Milk

3 State-Level Youth Festival in Madhubani

4 Anukul Roy Honoured as “Player of the Tournament”

Rajasthan

1 War Hero Thakur Balwant Singh

2 Artificial Intelligence in Mineral Exploration

3 “Investor Camp” Organised in Jaipur

4 Career Education Programme

5 Jaipur Walled City

6 Reconstruction of Firozpur Feeder

Madhya Pradesh

1 Bhopal Becomes India’s 26th City with a Metro Network

2 Ahilya Lok Project

3 Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve to Become New Cheetah Habitat

4 Madhya Pradesh Declared Naxal-Free

5 Panel Constituted to Probe HIV Infections

Maharashtra

1 Asia’s Largest Global Capability Centre

2 Guinness World Record for Solar Pumps

3 Pagdi System to Be Abolished in Mumbai

4 Launch of AI-Based Platform MahaCrimeOS

5 Maharashtra Ranks First in Attracting Foreign Tourists

Haryana

1 Hansi Declared Haryana’s 23rd District

2 11th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025

3 Clean Air Project for Sustainable Development

4 Union Home Minister’s Efficiency Medal

Assam

1 Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Plant to Be Set Up in Dibrugarh

2 Swahid Divas, 2025

3 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Assam Amendment) Bill, 2025

Tamil Nadu

1 Toy Manufacturing Policy, 2025

Punjab

1 Easy Registry System

Chhattisgarh

1 60th DGP/IGP Conference

Uttarakhand

1 Raj Bhavan Renamed as “Lok Bhavan”

2 Doppler Weather Radars Approved

Karnataka

1 Statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Unveiled at Athani

Gujarat

1 Gujarat Regains Tiger State Status

Jharkhand

1 Approval of PESA Rules to Empower Gram Sabhas

Jammu & Kashmir

1 India’s First Gen Z Post Office in an AIIMS

Sports Persons In News

1 A’ja Wilson

2 Sarvagya Singh Kushwaha

3 Bodhana Sivanandan

4 Lionel Messi

5 Raghu Prasad R.V.

6 Bastar Olympic 2025

Sports Bits

1 2030 Commonwealth Games

Badminton

1 Yonex-Sunrise Guwahati Masters 2025

2 Syed Modi India International 2025

3 Australian Open 2025

Hockey

1 FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2025

2 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2025

Chess

1 Jerusalem Masters 2025

2 FIDE Chess World Cup 2025

Cricket

1 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025

2 First Women’s Blind T20 World Cup 2025

Football

1 AIFF Super Cup 2025–26

2 FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2025

Squash

1 WSF Squash World Cup 2025

Kabaddi

1 Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025

Tennis

1 Davis Cup 2025

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 Sports Summary 2025

2 India Moving Forward Rapidly

3 Challenges, Issues and Opportunities for Indian Industries

4 The Shape of Next-Generation Education

5 Comprehensive Healthcare with AYUSH

6 New Leaps in Global Innovation

7 Growing GDP: India’s Development Story

8 Khadi: New Experiments, New Trends

9 Khadi Innovation: Startups, Enterprises and India’s Sustainable Future

10 Khadi: Strengthening the Rural Economy

11 Khadi: From a Glorious Past to a Bright Future

12 Khadi’s Digital Revolution

13 Khadi Industry Empowered Through Financial Support

14 Good Governance Initiative in Villages: Administration Towards the Village

15 Khadi’s Contribution to the Agricultural Sector

16 Journey of Hope: Development Story of the Juang Tribe

17 Eco-friendly Khadi: A Symbol of Nature, Tradition and a Sustainable Future

18 Women Empowerment: Khadi as a Foundation of Dignity, Independence and Self-reliance

19 Nobel Prize 2025

20 Medicine on the Path to Health

21 Algae: CSIR’s Efforts in Industrial Progress

22 Science Clubs: From Curiosity to Public Awareness

23 December Enriched by Science

24 Probability Theory

25 Complex Chemistry of Medicinal Plants

26 Science Dhara: Direction of India’s Scientific Thinking

27 Environment and Health under Modernization

28 Interview with Nobel Laureate Sir Richard J. Roberts

29 Science Spectrum

1 Current Affairs Based Model MCQs

1 The Viksit Bharat - G RAM G Act 2025

2 The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Act, 2025

3 Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025

4 National Blood Transfusion Bill, 2025

5 The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025

1 Deepening the Corporate Bond Market in India

2 First Part of Working Paper on AI-Copyright Interface

3 Report on Internationalisation of Higher Education in India

4 Global Value Chain Development Report 2025

5 The Trade and Development Report 2025

1 MHA Revises Guidelines for Support to Poor Prisoners Scheme

2 CAG Flags Gaps in Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

3 Revised National Pension System Reforms 2025

Indian Economy & Socio-economic Development

India’s Vision For Development

1 Viksit Bharat@2047: A Vision for India's Future

2 Maritime India Vision 2030

3 Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047

India’s Human Development Journey

1 India’s Human Development Index (HDI) Trends

2 Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India

3 Social Sector Financing Patterns

4 Labour Force Participation

5 Urban-Rural Human Development Gaps in India

Education As A Development Catalyst

1 NEP 2020 & Transformation of Learning Ecosystem

2 Digital Learning & Ed-Tech Inclusiveness

3 Higher Education Reforms and R&D Strengthening

4 Foundational Literacy & Numeracy: NIPUN Bharat Framework

5 Skill Development Ecosystem: Vocational Integration in Schools

6 Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) Trends in School & Higher Education

7 Regulatory Reforms in Higher Education: Accreditation & Assessment Changes

8 Internationalisation of Higher Education

Health & Nutrition

1 Health Infrastructure Transformation

2 Food & Nutritional Security

3 Child and Maternal Health

4 Disease Burden & Non-Communicable Diseases

5 One Health

6 Initiatives for Mental Health

7 Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) and Health Outcomes

8 India’s Focus on Traditional Medicine Systems

Gender And Social Inclusion

1 Gender Development Indicators & Gender Parity

2 Women-Led Development

3 Socio-Economic Upliftment through Affirmative Action

4 Tribal Development

5 Welfare of Persons with Disabilities

6 Welfare of Senior Citizens

7 Gender Budgeting

8 Urban Poor & Slum Rehabilitation Initiatives

Macroeconomic Stability And Growth

1 GDP Growth Patterns

2 Fiscal Policy

3 Inflation Management, Monetary Policy & RBI’s Role

4 Balance of Payments Trends & External Sector Stability

5 External Debt Management & Sovereign Risk Indicators

6 FDI/FPI Trends & Reforms in Investment Climate

Agriculture And Rural Development

1 Sustainable Agriculture & Agri-Tech

2 Rural Infrastructure & Livelihood Diversification

3 Cooperatives as Growth Engines

4 FPOs & Agri-value Chains

5 Agricultural Marketing Reforms & e-NAM Expansion

6 Climate-Smart Agriculture & Carbon Farming Potential

7 Agricultural Credit Architecture

8 Agri-Logistics & Post-Harvest Infrastructure

9 Livestock Sector Growth

Industrial Developement And MSME Transformation

1 Make in India, PLI Schemes & Manufacturing Revival

2 MSME Sector: Formalisation, Digitalisation & Credit Reforms

3 Startup Economy & Innovation Ecosystem

4 India as a Global Supply Chain Hub

5 Sunrise Sectors in India

6 Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices: Regulatory Reforms & Global Positioning

7 Textiles: Export & Innovation Push

8 Electronics Manufacturing & Semiconductor Mission Progress

9 Industrial Decarbonisation & Green Manufacturing Initiatives

10 Cluster Development

11 Innovation-Driven Enterprises: Incubators, Accelerators and R&D Parks

Services Sector Growth

1 IT, ITeS & Digital Services

2 Tourism, Logistics & Retail Dynamics

3 Financial Services & Fintech Revolution

4 Global Capability Centres (GCCs) & India’s Emerging Offshore Hub Role

5 Creative Economy

6 Global Tourism Competitiveness & Niche Tourism

7 Gig & Platform Economy: Labour Trends & Regulatory Framework

8 E-Commerce & Digital Marketplaces: Consumer Protection & Competition

Infrastructure

1 PM Gati Shakti

2 National Infrastructure Pipeline

3 Railways & Aviation

4 Energy Security & Power Sector Reforms

5 Dedicated Freight Corridors & Multimodal Transport Integration

6 Port Modernisation & Port-Linked Development

7 Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure & Climate Adaptation Engineering

Urbanisation And Smart Cities

1 Urbanisation Trends & Urban Governance Reforms

2 Smart Cities Mission

3 Affordable Housing & Sustainable Urban Transport

4 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0

5 Solid Waste Management

Digital India And Technology-Driven Development

1 Digital Public Infrastructure

2 AI, Quantum & Emerging Technologies

3 India’s Space & Satellite Revolution

4 Cybersecurity Architecture

5 Data Governance & Personal Data Protection Act Implementation

6 Blockchain Applications in Governance, Finance & Supply Chains

7 Satellite-Based Earth Observation for Agriculture, Water & Disaster Management

Sustainable Development Pathways

1 India and the Sustainable Development Goals

2 Water Security & River Basin Management

3 Renewable Energy Transition & Green Hydrogen

4 Circular Economy

5 Urban Flood Management & Disaster Preparedness

6 Climate Change Adaptation

7 Pollution Control Strategies

8 Carbon Credit Mechanisms & Voluntary Carbon Markets in India

9 Blue Economy & Sustainable Fisheries Development
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