UPSC Current Affairs 21 February 2026 — PIB

• AI Impact Summit 2026 Concludes with Adoption of New Delhi Declaration
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participates in the groundbreaking ceremony of HCL-Foxconn Semiconductor Unit in Uttar Pradesh via Video Conferencing
• Chintan Shivir in Ahmedabad focuses on scaling pharma exports as India crosses $30 billion mark
• GOA MARITIME CONCLAVE 2026 REINFORCES SHARED VISION OF MARITIME SECURITY IN INDIAN OCEAN REGION
• NIELIT to Establish India’s First Dedicated Quantum & AI University Campus in Amaravati
• National Launch of Access Pass for Fishing in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Opens New Horizon Marine Fisheries Sector.
• Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Launches Indigenously Manufactured Tetanus & Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine at Central Research Institute, Himachal Pradesh
• Vice-President Releases Tamil and Gujarati Editions of Constitution; Launches 8th Edition of Legal Glossary
• IFSCA–IICA Unveil Strategic Roadmap to Institutionalize a Standardized Corporate Governance Ecosystem at GIFT-IFSC
• CAQM Issues Statutory Direction for Stricter Particulate Matter (PM) Emission Norms in Industries across Delhi-NCR
• India and Brazil Exchange MoU to Strengthen Cooperation in Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Regulation
• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah attends the 87th Raising Day celebrations of CRPF in Guwahati, Assam
• Release of the updated Constitution of India in Gujarati and Tamil languages and the latest Legal Glossary (English–Hindi) on International Mother Language Day
• NDMA, AcSIR and CSIR–NIScPR Sign MoU to Strengthen Disaster Management Policy Research
• India and Brazil sign MoU to strengthen and secure steel supply chain
• For Strengthening India’s Pharmaceutical Ecosystem, NIPER-Boehringer MoU for Education and Research & AMRITVA Cohort 2 Unveiled