2026

Which consecutive Union Budget was presented by Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February 2026?

9th

• Budget Increased from Rs 6.81 lakh crore to Rs 7.8 lakh crore
• First time on Sunday and first time at Kartavya Bhavan
• R. K. Shanmukham Chetty - 26 Nov. 1947 (first budget and first finance minister)

Who has won the men's singles title of the Australian Open 2026?

Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

• Runner-up: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• In Women's -
• Winner: Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
• Runner-up: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

Which airport has been renamed as Shri Guru Ravidas Ji Maharaj Airport?

Adampur Airport

• Jalandhar, Punjab
• By modi on 649th birth anniversary of 15th-century Indian mystic poet-saint
• Navi Mumbai Airport - Changed name to Loknete D.B. Patil International Airport

Who has won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards?

Bad Bunny

• Debí Tirar Más Fotos (First Spanish Album to win Grammy)
• Song of the Year: Wildflower (Billie Eilish)
• Pandit Ravi Shankar - first Indian Grammy winner (1968) & most wins (5 times as indian)
• Zakir Hussain - 3 Grammy (2024)

Sunetra Pawar has become the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of which state?

Maharashtra

• Wife of Ajit Pawar
• Sucheta Kriplani first CM of India (UP 1963)
• Tadasha Mishra - Jharkhand first Female IGP

Where has India's first LNG-diesel dual-fuel DEMU train been inaugurated?

Sabarmati

• 1400HP
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) & diesel
• DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit)
• reduce environmental impact and fuel cost

Under the IndoUS trade agreement, the US has reduced the duty on Indian goods from 50% to what percent?

18%

• India to purchase $500 billion worth of US goods over the next five years
• India’s Exports to US: $86.51 billion
• India’s Imports from US: $45.33 billion

Where will India's first indigenous green urea plant be set up?

Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh

• NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) and Asago (MoU)

What is Pilloo AI launched by Andhra Pradesh CM?

Voice-Based Billing and Accounting App

• By N. Chandrababu Naidu

Where is the 13th edition of Exercise Dagger-XIII being conducted?

Missamari, Assam

• Ind & Kyrgyzstan

Which Ramsar site has been declared as a Ramsar site recently?

Patna Bird Sanctuary & Chhari-dhand

• Total 98
• Patna Bird in UP
• Chhari-dhand in Guj.

Which company has recently been granted the status of Miniratna Category-I?

Yantra India Limited (YIL)

• Public & Defence Sector

• 14 Maharatna (BHEL, IOCL, ONGC, NTPC)

• 26 Navratna (BEL, Engineers India Limited)

• 74 Miniratna (62 Category 1 + 12 Category 2)

Which Indian shooter has won the 10m air pistol individual gold medal at the Asian Shooting Championships?

Esha Singh

• held at New Delhi

What is India's ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025?

38th

• by World Intellectual Property Index (WIPO)

Where has Chief Minister's Gramutthan Yojana launched?

Gujarat

• By Bhupendra Patel
• to make villages more self reliant

Who has won the Global Teacher Prize 2026?

Ruble Nagi

• She turned slum walls into interactive educational murals
• at the World Government Summit held in Dubai

Which new initiative for rural women has been launched under the Lakhpati Didi programme in the Union Budget 2026-27?

She-Mart

• Self-Help Entrepreneur Marts
• Lakhpati Didi - launched in Aug 2023

Which will be the first airport in India to use hydrogen-powered buses to transport passengers?

Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL)

Yumnam Khemchand Singh has become the new Chief Minister of which state?

Manipur

• 13th CM of Manipur
• BJP MLA & Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly (2017-22)
• N. Biren Singh (BJP) Was privious CM
• President's Rule imposed on Feb 13, 2025 for 356 days

Which indigenous helicopter of the Indian Air Force has participated in the Singapore Air Show 2026?

ALH Dhruv

• ALH Dhruv (Advanced Light Helicopter) is India's first indigenous helicopter
• India's first Air Taxi (Late 2026) from Delhi to Gurugram by InterGlobe & Archer (US) - Midnight eVTOL, a 5-seater aircraft

Who has taken charge as the first woman member on the Airports Authority of India (AAI) board?

Nivedita Dubey

• As Human Resources board member
• Sarla Thakral - India's first woman pilot (1936)
• Durba Banerjee - First woman commercial pilot for Indian Airlines (1956)

Who has become the first retailer company to achieve a market value of $1 trillion?

Walmart

• 1962, Founded by Sam Walton

The recently discussed Operation Herof is supported by which organization?

Baloch Liberation Army

• To put pressure on Pakistani security and administrative structures

The book Reclaiming Incredible: A Blueprint of India Tourism's Unclaimed Throne is written by whom?

Naveen Kundu

• Vision to make India's tourism sector a trillion-dollar industry by 2047

• Best Audio-Book at Grammy - Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama"

What will be the world's first private space station?

Haven-1

• US-based startup Vast Space
• to be launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in early 2027

Who has become the first state to present an 'Elderly Budget'?

Kerela

• 19% of the state's total budget
• MP first state in India to announce a 'Three-Year Rolling Budget'

Where has the Winter Olympics 2026 begun?

Italy

• 25th edition
• Abhinav Bindra was torch bearer

Who has been appointed as new MD&CEO of Yes Bank?

Vinay Murlidhar Tonse

• Ashok Chandra - Punjab Bank
• Rohit Rishi - India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)

Which party has won the general elections held in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

• won 212 seats out of 299 seats
• BNP President Tariq Rehman is believed to be the next Prime Minister

How many Rafale fighter jet deal has been signed between India & France?

114

• 18 Ready to flight will come and rest will be made in India
• India Will have 150 Rafale fighter jet after this deal
• Rafale is made by Dassault Aviation (France)

Which is India's first district to achieve 100% insurance coverage under Insurance for All by 2047?

Alwar, Rajasthan

• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)

Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Limited has started operating a 70 megawatt (MW) solar power project in which state?

Assam

• Dhubri district of Assam

Who is going to become India's first quantum valley?

Amrawati

• capital of Andhra Pradesh, under the National Quantum Mission (2023)

What is India's rank in the Corruption Perception Index 2025?

91

• India's rank in the Network Readiness - 45th

Which nanometer semiconductor chip was launched by Ashwini Vaishnaw in Bengaluru?

2 nm

• developed by Qualcomm
• Zetwerk Electronics in Bengaluru also lauched by him

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched the National Pulses Revolution from which state?

Madhya Pradesh

• Atmanir bharta in Pulses
• to make India from an importer to an exporter of pulses

R. Vijay Anand has become the MD & CEO of which bank?

City Union Bank

A joint in-situ air exercise has been conducted between India and which country recently?

Thailand

• Ex-Maitree - Army, with Thailand
• Ex-Ayutthaya - Naval, with Thailand
• SITMEX Trilateral - Ind, Singapore & Thailand

Which company has launched the first Braille enabled premium credit card in India?

BOBCARD Ltd.

• it is Bank of Baroda's subsidiary
• 4 Jan. World Braille Day (Louis Braille)
• Shakutla Uni. Lucknow is UP first Braille Library

Sarla Maheshwari has passed away, who was she?

News Anchor

• 71 Year old News Anchor of DD news in 80s & 90s

Which state has become the second state in India to release a bird atlas?

Goa

• kerela released in 2022
• first biodiversity and cultural map of goa state released by india

Which port has become the first port in the country to deploy an antidrone system?

V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority

• It is Located in Thoothukudi, TN

Which authority has launched the special drive Operation Shastra?

Delhi Police

• strictly control the misuse of social media

How many medals did India win at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships held in Tianjin, China?

5 medals

• Tejaswin Shankar gold in the men’s heptathlon (5,993 points National Record)

Which missile was recently successfully tested from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha?

Agni-3

• Pralay & Aakash NG Tested Earlier at Chandipur Test Range
• K-4 SLBM Tested From INS Arighaat Submarine

Thanya Nathan C. has become the first 100% blind judge of which state?

Kerala

Which country's army has been handed over 50 military vehicles in India?

Nepal

Which country has been named the best country of the year in BIOFACH 2026?

India

• world's largest organic food trade fair) held in Nuremberg, Germany

According to the Central Government guidelines, what will be the duration of the national song now?

190 seconds

• Vande Mataram will be performed before national anthem
• schools, the day will begin after playing the national song

Which is going to be the longest corridor of Delhi Metro?

Magenta Line

• longest corridor of the network with about 89 km
• Botanical Garden to Inderlok, will have 65 stations and 21 interchanges

Where has India's first musical road been inaugurated?

Mumbai

• AR Rahman's famous song Jai Ho

What is the rank of AIIMS New Delhi in the Global Top 250 Hospitals Report of Brand Finance 2026?

Sixth

• First: Johns Hopkins Medicine (USA)
• Second: Oxford Uni. Hospital

ISRO has chosen the Moon's south pole as the landing site for which mission?

Chandrayaan-4

• Chandrayaan-1 (2008) - Water Molecules on Moon surface
• Chandrayaan-2 (2019) - Vikram Lander Crashed
• Chandrayaan-3 (2023) - First Nation to Land on Moon Southpole
• Chandrayaan-4 (2028) - To bring back Soil and Rock

PM Modi has inaugurated the Bhaskar Verma Setu on which river?

Brahmaputra

• In Guwahati, Assam (Dispur📍)
• Chenab Rail Bridge - world's highest railway arch bridge (June 2025)
• New Pamban Bridge - India's first vertical lift railway sea bridge

Where will India's first National Cow Culture Museum be set up?

Mathura

• Karan Fries new Cow CrossBreed by NDRI Karnal, Haryana

What is the theme of India AI Impact Summit 2026?

People, Planet and Progress

• held at New Delhi
• Organized by MeitY

World Health Organization (WHO) has given prequalification approval to the new vaccine of which disease?

Poliomyelitis

• by Biological E. Limited (Hyderabad)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) - Cure Alzheimer’s by RNA-based therapeutic

How many medals has India won in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026?

94 Medal

• India Topped Medal Tally
• Total of 51 Golds Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Suruchi Singh won gold medals

Where did AIIMS Delhi perform the first successful remote telerobotic ultrasound?

Maitri I Research Station (Antarctica)

• World's Longest 12000KM remote ultrasound
• Dakshin Gangotri (1983–1990)
• Maitri I (1989–Present)
• Bharati (2012–Present)
• Maitri II (To be Completed in 2029)

Which state has been declared Naxal-free?

Bihar

• MP Naxal Free (Dec.2025)
• Karnataka & Kerela (Early 2025)
• Chattisgarh (Bijapur most affected)

DRDO has successfully conducted the qualification test of which component of Gaganyaan?

Drogue parachute

• Gaganyaan is India’s first human spaceflight mission, (2027)
• Send 3 humans in 400 km Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Where will the Indo-French Aeronautics Skills Centre be set up?

Kanpur

• France President Emmanuel Macron visit to India
• 2026 year of India-Frace Innovation

Who has won the election of the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile?

Penpa Tsering

• Tibetan Exile Government is headquartered in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh

From which date will the Silchar-Sairang passenger train service start?

20th Feb. 2026

• Lifeline for Mizoram

Which country's military has banned the entry of Chinese-made cars into secure military bases?

Poland

• out of fear of espionage

What new initiative has NHAI announced?

Bee Corridor

• to boost the pollinator population

Where is the 13th edition of MILAN exercise 2026 being held?

Visakhapatnam

• Launched in 1995 at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with only four countries
• Now Featuring 74 Nations

Where has the India-France Annual Defence Dialogue 2026 been held?

Bengaluru

• French Minister Catherine and Rajnath Singh

Where is the BioAsia 2026 Summit held?

Hyderabad

• Telangana CM A. Revanth Reddy

Jammu and Kashmir government has planned to divert excess water of which river to Kathua/Samba?

Ravi

• suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty

Where has India's first private helicopter final assembly line been installed?

Vemagal, Karnataka

• by Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) and Airbus
• H125 helicopter

Where was the India VISTAAR platform was launched from?

Jaipur

• designed for the agriculture sector
• Lauched by Agri. Min. Shivraj Singh Chauhan

Who has participated the most from India in the Munich Security Conference?

Nirmala Sitharaman

• world's most influential independent forum for global security policy
• held at Germany

Who is known as the Grandfather of the
Internet who passed away recently?

David J. Farber

Where will India's first dedicated AI University of the World be set up?

Amrawati

• Andhra Pradesh gov. partnership with NVIDIA

Who has become the first woman TTE of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR)?

Sarita Yolmo

• DHR is Asia's oldest train built on a two-foot narrow-gauge system

Mia Amor Motley has become the Prime Minister of which country for the third consecutive time?

Barbados

In which country have 2,000-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions been identified?

Egypt

• royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt

Who was Kanucharan Lenka who passed away recently?

Former Union Minister

• Minister of State for Railways and Agriculture in the Government of P.V. Narasimha Rao

Who has been awarded the CEO of the Year award 2026?

Subodh Gupta

• At the 24th Business Leader of the Year

Who has authored the book The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism: The Life, Lessons and Legacy of Shri Narayana Guru?

Shashi Tharoor

• Why I'm a Hindu is Book by Shashi Tharoor

Which country has assumed the presidency of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS)?

India

• for year 2026-28
• 9th IONS held at Visakhapatnam

Which film won Best Film at the 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2026?

One Battle After Another

• Manipuri film Boong - best children film at BAFTA

On 22 February 2026, in which city did PM Modi inaugurate the Namo Bharat Rapid Rail?

Meerut

• 82.15 km in 55 minutes from Meerut to Delhi
• 100% Electrification in Haryana Railway
• Gajraj System - prevent elephant-train collisions

Where will be the new International Airport of Bihar will be built?

Saran (Sonepur)

• 4,228 acres

Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda has launched an indigenous vaccine for which disease?

Tetanus and Diphtheria

• Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)

Who has written the coffee table book ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The Eternal Statesman’?

Vijay Goel

• Sanatan Sanskriti Ki Atal Drishti - Vasudev Devnani

Recently, India and which country have signed an MoU in the field of MSMEs?

Brazil

• signed by Modi and Brazil President Lula De Silva

Who has secured the first position in the medal tally of Winter Olympics 2026?

Norway

• Held at Italy, It's Your Vibe
• Norway 41, US 33, Netherland 20

Which is India's first castefree village?

Saundla, Maharashtra

• Ahilyanagar district
• Govindapuram & Vellamunda (Kerela) also Claimed Castefree earlier

What is the name of India's first comprehensive anti-terror policy released by the Union Home Ministry?

PRAHAAR

Who has won the men's singles title at the 2026 Qatar Open (Doha) tennis tournament?

Carlos Alcaraz

• Won Australia Open on 1 Feb.

Who has become the first Indian tennis player to reach the final of the ITF W100 women's tournament after Sania Mirza?

Vaishnavi Adkar

Who has been appointed as the new CEO (additional charge) of NITI Aayog?

Nidhi Chhibber

• in place of BVR Subrahmanyam (completed 3 Year term)

Recently the updated version of the Constitution of India has been released in which two languages?

Tamil and Gujarati

• Murmu released in Santhali language in Dec 2025

India has gifted the first high-speed ferry to Maldives under which project?

HICDP Phase-III

• High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP)

Agni Varsha military exercise has been held at which place?

Pokhran, Rajsthan

• use modern tanks, cannons, drones, robots, missiles, helicopters and air power

Rob Jetton has become the Prime Minister of which country?

Netherlands

• youngest PM of Netherlands - 38

Where has the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) set up a state-of-the-art data centre?

Bhubaneswar

• RBI's second major data centre after Navi Mumbai

Which state government has recently implemented the Home Stay (Paying Guest House) Scheme-2026?

Rajasthan

• The limit of rooms increased from five to eight
• safety of home stay tourists