.╭────────────────╮ 🌄 🇮🇳𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐇A𝐘🙏 *16 Feb(Monday)* *Vedic Ritu/* Shishir *Drik Ritu* : Shishir (Winter) पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh* (In Purnimanta calendar) *Vikram Samvat - 2082* *Month* : Phlguna 15, (In Amanta calendar) *Shaka Samvat - 1947* *Month* :Magha 29 *Tithi :* Chaturdashi (up to 5:34 pm) Amavasya *Nakshatra* : Shravana (up to 8:47 pm) Dhanishta *Rahu* : 08:27 AM – 09:51 AM *Yamaganda* : 11:16 AM – 12:41 PM ________________________ *TODAYS TOP NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India AI Impact Expo 2026 in New Delhi today. The five-day expo is being held alongside the India AI Impact Summit 2026, and will serve as a national demonstration of Artificial Intelligence in action. 2. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have extended wishes to the citizens on the occasion of Mahashivratri. In Gujarat, a huge crowd of devotees thronged the first Jyotirlinga Somnath Mahadev Temple since early morning. 3. In Prayagraj, more than 4 million devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga and at the Sangam yesterday as Magh Mela concluded on Maha Shivratri. 4. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, yesterday has approved construction of 4-Lane Access-Controlled Greenfield connectivity from Gohpur on NH-15 to Numaligarh on 715 section including 15.79 Km. of Road cum Rail Tunnel under River Brahmaputra to be developed at a total capital cost of Rs.18,662 crore in Assam on Engineering procurement Construction (EPC). Currently, connectivity between Numaligarh on NH715 and Gohpur on NH-15 is 240 Km. 5. The Delhi High Court has allowed lawyers and litigants to appear virtually from 16th to 23rd February due to the AI Impact Summit and the Bar Council of Delhi elections. The AI Impact Summit will be held at Bharat Mandapam, near the high court, from 16th to 20th February, while Bar Council elections are scheduled on the court premises from 21st to 23rd of this month. 6. AIIMS Nagpur achieves a major milestone by receiving full accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) under the Quality Council of India. With this recognition, AIIMS Nagpur has become the first public hospital in Maharashtra to secure complete NABH accreditation. 7. In Andhra Pradesh, the 287th birth anniversary of revered tribal saint Sant Sri Sevalal Maharaj has been celebrated across the state with devotion yesterday. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu participated in celebrations at the CM’s camp office in Amaravati yesterday and paid floral tributes at the Sant’s portrait. 8. In Ladakh, two major monastic festivals, Leh Dosmochey and Likir Monastery Stromochey, are being celebrated simultaneously from yesterday with great religious fervour and traditional grandeur. The festivals symbolise the victory of good over evil, with sacred Buddhist tantric mask dances performed by monks as the main highlight. 9. In Uttarakhand, the portals of Kedarnath Temple, the eleventh Jyotirlinga located in Rudraprayag district, will be opened for devotees on 22nd of April this year. 10. Railways to launch enhanced cleanliness in general coaches of long-distance trains: Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that the general Coaches of trains will now be cleaned at par with first class coach. The Minister said that Indian Railways has become the second-largest cargo carrier in the world. --------------------------------------- *LEGAL REPORT* --------------------------------------- 1. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has granted permission to prosecute senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar, who is A-2 in the case relating to alleged financial irregularities linked to the event. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the organisation of the second edition of the Formula E race held in Hyderabad in 2024. 2. In West Bengal, a large number of voters who submitted domicile certificates are reportedly failing to meet the conditions set by the Election Commission. 3. The Supreme Court recently expressed dissatisfaction with the compliance affidavit filed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in a public interest litigation seeking mandatory front-of-package warning labels on packaged food products. 4. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has launched a massive search operation in Yavatmal and Ahilyanagar districts following intelligence inputs about alleged terror-linked activities. 5. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has ordered the immediate suspension of Executive Engineer Satyajit Salve following an accident on Metro Line 4 (Wadala-Kasarvadavali corridor) in Mulund on Saturday. One person lost his life in the incident and three others were injured. ------- *MISHAPS*------------ A 22-year-old Indian student, Saketh Sreenivasaiah, who had been missing in California since February 9, has been found dead, India’s mission in San Francisco said on Sunday. Originally from Tumakuru in Karnataka, Sreenivasaiah was pursuing a Master’s degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. --------------------------------------- *DEFENCE News* --------------------------------------- 1. India's indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which played a pivotal role during "Operation Sindoor", will be the centre of attraction of the International Fleet Review ( IFR- 2026) and Excercise MILAN- 2026 to be held in Vizag from Feb 15 to Feb 25. INS Vikrant among 60 ships and submarines from the Indian Navy and ships from friendly foreign navies will take part in the IFR and MILAN. 2. The Corps of Signals of the Indian Army has celebrated its 116th Raising Day yesterday. Since its inception on this day in 1911, the Corps of Signals has transformed the communications of Indian Army and kept pace with the digital revolution of the 21st Century. 3. The CISF Vande Mataram Coastal Cyclothon-2026 reached Chicalim in Goa yesterday evening after a gruelling 182 km leg from Wadatar. Goa Minister Mauvin Gudinho joined high-ranking officials, including DGP Alok Kumar and ADG Vijay Prakash, to honour the participants at the Mormugao Port Authority. --------------------------------------- ✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 is all set to get underway in New Delhi today. The five day Summit will be the first-ever global AI summit to be hosted in the Global South. World leaders from twenty nations are scheduled to attend the event. 2. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government of Bangladesh led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on tuesday. 3. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held a conversation with Chairman of Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger in Germany. 4. The 39th Surajkund International Self-Reliance Festival concluded yesterday with a grand and dignified ceremony in Surajkund, Faridabad. The festival, which began on the 31st of last month, celebrated India’s rich tradition of handicrafts, handlooms, and folk culture, drawing participants and visitors from across the country and abroad. --------------------------------------- 🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍 --------------------------------------- 1. The United States and Iran will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme next week. 2. In Bangladesh, the Newly elected Members of Parliament and cabinet members are set to be sworn in on Tuesday, February 17, following the landslide victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the 13th national election. 3. Indonesia’s military said up to 8,000 troops could be ready by the end of June for possible deployment to Gaza under U.S. President Donald Trump’s postwar reconstruction plan. 4. US military has boarded another oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea. --------------------------------------- 🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS* --------------------------------------- 1. ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 🏏 55 T20s Feb 07 - Mar 08 (a) West Indies vs Nepal, 25th Match, Group C, West Indies won by 9 wkts NEP: 133/8(20) WI: 134/1(15.2) *PLAYER OF THE MATCH* Jason Holder In the T20 Men’s World Cup Cricket, West Indies have become the first team to enter the Super Eights beating Nepal by nine wickets in Mumbai. (b) United States of America vs Namibia, 26th Match, Group A, United States of America won by 31 runs USA: 199/4(20) NAM: 168/6(20) *PLAYER OF THE MATCH* Sanjay Krishnamurthi (c) India vs Pakistan, 27th Match, Group A, India won by 61 runs IND: 175/7(20) PAK: 114(18) *PLAYER OF THE MATCH* Ishan Kishan 2. In Women’s Cricket, India crushed hosts Australia by nine wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in the first Women’s T20 International of three-match series in Sydney India Women tour of Australia, 2026 3 T20s 1 Test 3 ODIs Feb 15 - Mar 06 Sunday, 15 Feb 2026 1st T20I • Sydney, Sydney Cricket Ground australia-women AUSW: 133 (18) INDW: 50-1 (5.1) India Women won by 21 runs (DLS method) 3. In Hockey 🏑 -------------------------------------- *FINANCE* --------------------------------------- *INDIAN RUPEE VALUE* 💷 *GBP* ₹123(Approx) € *Euro* : ₹107(Approx)  *USD* ₹ 91(Approx) 🇨🇦 *Canada* :CAD ₹66 🇦🇺 *Australia* : ₹ 61 🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 25 *🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 13 🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 5.88 🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00 🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹a 0.63 🇧🇩 *B'desh Taka** : ₹ 0.70 🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.32 🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.29 --------------------------------------- *BSE SENSEX* 82,626.76 −1,048.16 (1.25%)🔻 *NIFTY* 25,471.10 −336.10 (1.30%)🔻 --------------------------------------- *Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai* *GOLD* : ₹ 15,560/ 01gm (24 krt) *SILVER* : ₹ 280,000/KG Foreign investors pumped in 19,675 crore rupees into Indian equities during the first half of February. As per the depositories data, foreign portfolio investors, or FPIs, also invested 1,218 crore rupees into the Indian debt markets, taking the net investment into the Indian capital market to 20,893 crore rupees during the period under review. --------------------------------------- *ENTERTAINMENT NEWS* --------------------------------------- Battle of Galwan (2026) is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action-drama film directed by Apoorva Lakhia and starring Salman Khan. It depicts the 2020 Galwan Valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops, focusing on the 16 Bihar Regiment's bravery. --------------------------------------- Ⓝⓐⓥⓔⓔⓝ Ⓚⓤⓜⓐⓡ 🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT INDIA* 🇮🇳 =======================  India is the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar.  Many visitors from abroad learnt the refining and cultivation of sugar from us. ======================= *😀Thought of the day* =======================  Wake up with Determination & Go to sleep with satisfaction ======================= * *JOKE OF THE DAY*  ======================= *English Sir* - Chentu you are late..! *Chentu* - Sir meri car... *Sir* - Chentu speak in English, 🤥😡 . . . *Chentu* - My 🚘car was fussing in the kichad,😳 No hilling, No dolling, Only po po karing... So i came by Paidhal👣🚶... ======================= *😳WHY❓❓❓* ======================= *why can't normal batteries be recharged*  Single-use batteries (also known as primary batteries), can only make the electrons take a trip from the anode over to the cathode one-way once. The most popular non-rechargable battery types are alkaline and zinc-carbon. Both of these kinds of batteries produce electricity by means of a chemical reaction with the chemicals inside them.      As they produce electricity, the chemicalst transform into a different chemical. The process for alklaine (non-rechargeable) batteries is not reversible, which is why they cannot be recharged. The rechargeable ones like lithium-ion are reversible, hence they can be recharged.   Batteries discharge even if not used, because the chemical reaction goes “forward” anyway, although much more slowly.   ====================== **LEARN Sanskrit* 🙏🏻 ======================= *Ya Kundendu Tushar Har Dhavala* *Ya Shubhra Vastravrita* *Ya Veena Varadanda Manditakara* *Ya Shveta Padmasana* *Ya Brahmachyuta Shankara Prabhritibhir Devaih, Sada Pujita* *Sa Mam Pattu Saravatee Bhagavatee Nihshesha Jadyapaha* *Meaning* *Line-1* : I salute Mother Saraswati who is so pure and white like that of jasmine, moon and a garland of pearls; she is the one who is adorned with sparkling white garments. *Line-2* : whose hands are adorned with the Veena and boon giving staff; who is seated on a pure white lotus *Line-3* : Who is always worshipped by Brahma (the creator), Achyuta (Vishnu or the protector), Shankara (Shiva or the destroyer) and all the devas (gods) *Line-4* : Oh Mother Saraswati, the divine one, protect me and dispel all my ignorance. =======================  🤔 *HOW IT WORKS* ⁉ ======================= *How a Hot Air Balloon will Fly?* 🏮 ================== Hot air balloons are based on a very basic scientific principle:  warmer air rises in cooler air. By heating the air inside the balloon with the burner, it becomes lighter than the cooler air on the outside. This causes the balloon to float upwards, as if it were in water. Obviously, if the air is allowed to cools, the balloon begins to slowly come down. ======================= 💁🏻‍♂‍ *GK TODAY*  =======================  Shortest day...... December 22 ================== *BORN TODAY* 🐣💐 ==================  Sir Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye (16 February 1876 – 6 May 1966) was the first Indian to achieve the coveted title of Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge, and became a university administrator and Indian ambassador. ==================  🙏🏻 *IDIOMS & PHRASES*  ======================= Bite off more than you can chew  Take on a project that you cannot finish ======================= *ANTONYM*   Gentle ×Rough *SYNONYMS*   Glitter : Sparkle ======================= 🛕 *SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE*  (kindly inform, if given info is vary from actual facts🙏🏻) ======================= Trishul has great significance in Sanatana Dharma The three prongs of Trishul represents — trinity –brahma , Vishnu , Mahesh ; sarasvati , lakshami and kaali ; 3—modes of nature --creation, maintenance and destruction ; the 3 --kaala---past, present and future ; the 3-- Gunas - sat , raj , tam . 3-- lokas—swarg , bhu and patal ; 3-- powers---will , action and wisdom ; 3—types of miseries –physical , menatal and spiritual . The trishula in human body represents three energy channels ---ida, pingala and shushmana meet at the brow. Shushmana, the central one, continues upward to the 7th chakra, or energy center, while the other two end at the brow, there the 6th chakra is located. The trisula's central point represents Shushmana, and that is why it is longer than the other two, representing ida and pingala. ======================= 🧬 *HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES*🩺 ( *Note* : These home tips followed in villages/ancient traditions, it is up to you to use it or not🙏🏻) ======================= An oil massage is a simple yet well-known remedy to treat dry skin. For better results, you may add a few drops of glycerine to the Mustard oil just before application. Clarified butter or milk cream are good for cracked lips. Apply them for a couple of days just before going to bed. ======================= *🙏 *PLZ SHARE IT* #News Views