UPSC Current Affairs 17 February 2026 — The Hindu

• Constitution Bench to hear pleas against DPDP Act
• India’s federalism is in need of a structural reset
• Can India overtake Bangladesh in EU textile exports?
• A separate classification for denotified tribes
• SC dismisses pleas against Himanta’s ‘hate speech’, video
• EC suspends seven Bengal officials for ‘serious misconduct’
• January trade deficit widens before U.S. tariff relief kicks in
• NCLT panel to assess progress of Jaypee Infratech projects
• BNP’s Tarique Rahman to be sworn in as Bangladesh Prime Minister today
• India’s flagship AI summit opens to massive crowds; matter of pride, says Modi
• AI Summit important for cooperation to unlock potential: U.K.
• A budgetary signal as banks cannot bear it all
• Transitioning to green steel
• How district cooling can ease India’s climate and urban planning troubles
• ‘CIL spent ₹961 crore in ongoing fiscal year as capex on solar’
• Remittance-dependent Nepal ‘addicted’ to the trade in its own citizens abroad
• BJP ignoring injustice faced by gig workers, says Rahul Gandhi
• J&K plans to harness river waters as IWT is in abeyance
• U.S. trade deal ‘mortgages’ farmer interests, energy security, says Cong.
• ‘Advance of AI creating a governance responsibility’
• SC to take a fresh look at pleas on ex post facto eco clearance regime
• ED imposes ₹184 cr. fine on NewsClick, its founder
• SC to hear in April pleas on Sabarimala women entry ruling
• Single genome-editing strategy can help treat multiple disorders
• ‘Godless’ lake in Japan warns of climate crisis
• letters to the editor
• NSE gets SEBI nod for natural gas futures
• Winter economy emerges poster child for China’s stimulus tilt to services
• Nepal launches campaigns for first post-uprising parliamentary polls
• U.S. military sets new milestone with air transport of mini nuclear reactor