February 2026 Monthly Current Affairs Magazine (English)

ReadingRoomz February 2026 Current Affairs Magazine | APPSC Exam Preparation

Are you preparing for APPSC Group-1, Group-2, DSC, or SI exams? The ReadingRoomz February 2026 Current Affairs Magazine is your all-in-one monthly companion designed to save time, boost revision speed, and sharpen your exam performance.

February 2026 is one of the most event-dense months of the year — from India’s historic elevation of ties with France and Israel to a packed AP state affairs agenda, including the AP Budget 2026-27, Amaravati Quantum Valley, AI4AP Police, and Google’s Visakhapatnam data centre announcement. Packed with structured summaries, key facts, exam notes, and 202 practice MCQs with a complete answer key, this magazine ensures you never miss a critical current event that could appear in your next exam.

What’s Inside?

International Current Affairs:

• India-France Special Global Strategic Partnership — Rafale-Marine jets, India-France Year of Innovation 2026
• India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership — AI, fintech, cybersecurity MoUs; 50,000 Indian workers
• India-US Interim Trade Agreement Framework — 18% tariff, zero duty on generic medicines
• India-Brazil TKDL Access Agreement — Biopiracy prevention
• India-Seychelles SESEL Framework — USD 175 million special economic package
• New START Treaty Expires — February 5, 2026
• BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies (BCIC)
• Tamil Brahmi Inscriptions Found in Egypt — 1st–3rd century CE
• India Joins Pax Silica Coalition
• PM Modi’s Malaysia Visit — Thiruvalluvar Centre, IBCA, UPI integration
• UN Road Safety Financing Framework — Four Indian States
• And more

National Current Affairs:

• India AI Impact Summit 2026 — MANAV Framework, New Delhi Declaration, Guinness World Record
• Bharat 6G Alliance & New Delhi Declaration
• Kerala — South India’s First Statewide RRTS (583 km)
• Himachal Pradesh — First State to Ban Mobile Phones in Schools
• PMO Shifts to Seva Teertha Complex
• Bharat Taxi — India’s First Cooperative-Based Taxi Service
• CBDC-Based PDS Launched in Gujarat
• National Pulses Revolution — 1,000 Pulse Mills
• Bharat Bodhan AI Conclave 2026 — Bodhan AI CoE at IIT Madras
• Great Nicobar Island Mega-Infrastructure Project Cleared — Rs.92,000 crore
• Ol Chiki Script Centenary Celebrations
• India’s First Bee Corridors on National Highways
• World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector (WLGSP)
• SabhaSaar — AI Tool for Gram Sabha Summarisation
• And more

AP State Current Affairs:

• Andhra Pradesh Budget 2026-27 — Total outlay Rs.3,32,205 crore; highest allocation to School Education
• Amaravati Quantum Valley — Foundation stone laid; India’s first 133-qubit quantum computer by December 2026
• AI4AP Police — Facial recognition, crime analytics, predictive policing
• Union Budget 2026 Allocation for AP — Polavaram (Rs. 3,320 crore), Rare Earth Corridors, High-Speed Rail Corridors
• First Humanoid Robot in Indian Railways — ASC Arjun at Visakhapatnam Railway Station
• Google Hyperscale Data Centre — Visakhapatnam, Rs. 1.25 lakh crore
• Paruveta Utsavam of Ahobilam — UNESCO ICH Nomination
• Chittoor Enters Guinness Records — 5,555 E-Cycles Distributed
• Megalithic Dolmen Burials at Pedda Anupu, Palnadu
• Green Triangle Ecotourism — Vizag (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park + Kailasagiri + Kambalakonda)
• Visakhapatnam-Bhogapuram Coastal Corridor (VBCC)
• Mana Mitra WhatsApp Governance — Rs. 100 crore allocation
• APAAR & SAMARTH for Higher Education
• Pilloo AI — Voice-Based Billing for SMEs
• British-Era Irrigation Locks Tourism — Godavari Delta
• Van Dhan Vikas Kendras — 488 VDVKs in AP
• Tolu Bommalatta Featured on Commemorative Stamps
• And more

Polity & Governance:

• SC Rules: Menstrual Health a Fundamental Right under Article 21
• UGC Equity Rules and Article 15 — Anti-Discrimination Regulations
• Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 — Implementation Timeline (earliest 2034)
• Budget Allocation for Census 2027 — Rs. 6,000 crore
• SC Flags ‘Acting DGP’ Appointments — Prakash Singh Case Violation
• Joint Committee on Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025
• Parliamentary Procedures — Adjournment Motion explained

Economy:

• Seven High-Speed Rail Corridors — 4,000 km, Rs. 16 lakh crore
• Rare Earth Corridors — Odisha, Kerala, AP, Tamil Nadu
• 16th Finance Commission — 41% vertical devolution retained
• Green Steel — India’s Net-Zero Steel Vision
• SBI CHAKRA — Centre of Excellence for Sunrise Sectors
• NSIC Upgraded to Schedule ‘A’ CPSE
• Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) — Rs. 1 Lakh Crore
• DAC Clears Rs.3.6 Lakh Crore Defence Acquisitions — 114 Rafale jets
• U.S. Imposes 126% Countervailing Duty on Indian Solar Imports
• New CPI Base Year 2024 | New GDP Base Year 2022-23
• 10,000 FPOs Scheme Completed
• Deep Tech Start-ups — Officially Defined by DPIIT
• Income Mobility in India (2014–2025) — CMIE Study
• MSP for Raw Jute (2026-27) | Sandalwood Production Trends
• And more

Science & Technology:

• Amaravati Quantum Valley — India’s 133-Qubit Quantum Computer
• Biopharma SHAKTI — Rs. 10,000 crore for the biopharma sector
• India’s Three-Stage Nuclear Programme & ANEEL Thorium Fuel
• Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) — India’s Space Station by 2028
• DRDO Tests Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) Missile Technology
• PRIYA Trial — Vitamin B12 and Long-Term Baby Health
• Avian Flu (H5N1) Detected in Chennai
• Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) — ICMR Vaccine Development
• ARIES Research — Sun’s ‘Magnetic Cage’ Controls Solar Eruptions
• Quorum Sensing — Bacterial Communication
• AMR Dipstick Test (Rs. 500) | Zinc-Ion Batteries | Proteins as Quantum Sensors
• VoicERA — Open-Source Voice AI Stack by MeitY
• Nationwide Free HPV Vaccination | Td Vaccine Launched
• District Cooling System — Urban Climate Solution
• And more

Environment:

• Lakshya: Zero Dumpsites — India’s Mission
• Patna Bird Sanctuary & Chhari-Dhand — Added to Ramsar Sites (India total: 98)
• El Niño Warning after July 2026 — IMD
• New Dragonfly Species — Lyriothemis keralensis — Kerala
• Indus Basin +8% vs Ganga Basin -17% Streamflow — IIT Gandhinagar Study
• ALARA Principle | Bio-Based Chemicals | PFAS

Defence:

• Exercise KHANJAR 2026 — India-Kyrgyzstan (13th edition)
• Agni-III IRBM Successfully Test-Fired — Chandipur, Odisha
• Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR 2026 — India-USA (16th edition, Bakloh, HP)
• Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN 2026 — India-Japan (7th edition, Chaubattia)
• Vayu Shakti-2026 — IAF Exercise at Pokhran (witnessed by the President)
• INS Anjadip Commissioned — ASW Shallow Water Craft
• INS Sudarshini — Lokayan 26 Trans-Oceanic Voyage

Schemes & Programmes:

• PM RAHAT Scheme — Cashless Treatment up to Rs. 1.5 lakh for Road Accident Victims
• SHE Marts & Girls’ Hostels — Women Empowerment
• NAMASTE Scheme — 84% waste-pickers from SC/ST/OBC
• PRITHVI Scheme — Earth Sciences
• Bharat VISTAAR — AI-Powered Agricultural Advisory
• Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) — Rs. 6,839 crore

Awards & Honours:

• Grammy Awards 2026 — Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar
• 79th BAFTA Awards 2026 — ‘One Battle After Another’; ‘Boong’ — First Indian BAFTA winner
• India: Country of the Year at BIOFACH 2026, Germany
• India Sets Guinness World Record at AI Impact Summit 2026 — 2,50,946 AI pledges in 24 hours
• IIFT Tops Times B-School Ranking 2026
• A.K. Ramanujan Prize for Translation 2026

Ranks & Reports:

• Network Readiness Index 2025 — India ranks 45th
• Moody’s: India GDP Growth 6.4% in FY27 — Fastest growing G-20 economy
• UNESCO ‘Bhasha Matters’ Report — Mother-Tongue-Based Multilingual Education

Important Days, Persons in News & Sports:

• Australian Open 2026 — Carlos Alcaraz (Men’s), Elena Rybakina (Women’s)
• ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2026 — India wins (6th title); Vaibhav Suryavanshi — Man of the Match & Series
• Anahat Singh — PSA Squash Bronze title
• Key appointments: Yumnam Khemchand Singh (CM Manipur), Tarique Rahman (PM Bangladesh), Rob Jetten (PM Netherlands), and more

202 MCQs + Complete Answer Key

Consolidated practice questions covering all sections — ideal for last-minute revision and self-assessment. Questions are modelled on actual APPSC exam patterns, including statement-based, match-the-following, and direct recall types.

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• Designed in strict alignment with the APPSC examination pattern
• Special emphasis on Andhra Pradesh state affairs — unique to APPSC exams
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• Enables self-assessment through high-quality MCQs
• Covers all sections tested in APPSC Mains and Prelims

Who is it useful for?

• APPSC Group-1 Aspirants
• APPSC Group-2 Aspirants
• AP DSC & TET (Teacher Recruitment) Aspirants
• AP SI (Sub-Inspector) Aspirants
• AP Police Constable Aspirants
• Aspirants of all other APPSC competitive exams

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