February 22, 2026
57 articles published on this date
India Cuts US Treasury Holdings by Over 18% in 2025, Shifts to Gold
India reduced its holdings of US Treasury securities by over 18% during 2025 — from approximately $241.4 billion (October 2024) to approximately $190.7...
Devuji's Surrender: Highest-Ranking Maoist Leader's Defection and the Collapse of CPI(Maoist) Leadership
Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji, the de facto General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) — the highest-ranking active leader of the banned...
US 15% Uniform Tariff: Where India and Other Countries Stand
US President Trump announced a 15% uniform global tariff on all imports, effective February 21, 2026, replacing the previous 10% baseline tariff set after...
Bangladesh's July National Charter: Reform Roadmap and Implementation Challenges
Bangladesh held its national elections in February 2026, with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) winning a landslide — approximately 209 of 297 declared...
India's Bid for Full IEA Membership: The OECD Barrier and the 90-Day Oil Reserve Requirement
India sent a formal request for full membership in the International Energy Agency (IEA) in October 2023, and the issue received renewed attention at the...
India-Israel Relations: Modi's Historic Visit and the Deepening Strategic Partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Israel on February 25-26, 2026 — his second visit to Israel — meeting with PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. The two...
Cyber Scam Factories in Southeast Asia: How Indians Are Trapped and Forced to Defraud
Investigations have revealed the full scale of Southeast Asia's industrialized cyber-fraud operations, which specifically target Indian victims through...
Why Wildfire Smoke Swirls in One Direction: The Atmospheric Science Explained
Scientists and atmospheric researchers have explained why smoke plumes from large wildfires tend to rotate in a consistent direction — counterclockwise in...
India-US Interim Trade Deal: From Rescheduled Talks to Historic Framework Agreement
In late February 2026, India and the US rescheduled chief negotiator-level talks originally planned for February 23, on the sidelines of diplomatic...
India's Crude Oil Import Rebalancing: Saudi Arabia Gains as Russian Volumes Ease Under Sanctions Pressure
India has begun rebalancing its crude oil import mix in early 2026, with Russian crude volumes easing below 25% of total imports for the first time in two...
The Climate Cost of India's Food System: Aligning Consumption Patterns With Ecological Limits
Climate change is progressively narrowing viable production windows for major Indian crops, increasing yield variability, and compressing growing seasons —...
Budget 2026's Bharat-VISTAAR AI Tool: Ambitions and Structural Gaps for Indian Farmers
Union Budget 2026-27 introduced Bharat-VISTAAR, a multilingual AI-powered agricultural advisory platform, as its flagship initiative for farm modernisation....
Pakistan Strikes Terrorist Hideouts in Afghanistan, Kabul Vows Response
Pakistan's military conducted air strikes early on February 22, 2026, targeting seven camps and hideouts belonging to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and...
First Border Pillar Erected Between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh at Seijosa
The first official border pillar between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh has been erected at Seijosa in the Pakke Kessang district of Arunachal Pradesh, marking...
Agartala-Dhaka Bus Service Trial Run Signals India-Bangladesh Connectivity Revival
A trial run of the Agartala-Dhaka direct bus service was completed on February 21-22, 2026, with a luxury bus travelling through the Akhaura Integrated...
India and Brazil Set $30 Billion Trade Target and Sign Critical Minerals Pact
During Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's state visit to India (February 18-23, 2026), the two countries set an ambitious bilateral trade...
India Pauses US Trade Talks After Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariff Authority
India's chief trade negotiator has postponed a scheduled visit to Washington D.C. to finalise the legal text of an interim trade deal with the United...
Exporters Push for an Autonomous Basmati Rice Regulatory Board Outside APEDA
Two leading rice industry bodies — the Punjab Rice Millers Exporters Association and the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) — have formally...
Muhammad Yunus Returns to Yunus Centre as Bangladesh Completes Democratic Transition
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, formally returned to his think tank, the Yunus Centre, on February 22, 2026, ending...
Enforcement Directorate Identifies Eight Priority Areas: IBC Misuse, Cyber Fraud, and More
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) held its 34th Quarterly Conference of Zonal Officers (QCZO) in Guwahati from February 19-21, 2026, chaired by ED Director...
India AI Impact Summit 2026: Sovereign AI Models and the Turning Point in India's Tech Strategy
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from February 16–21, 2026, and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
US Ambassador's Biblical Land Claim Triggers Joint Arab-Muslim Condemnation
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, stated it would be 'fine' if Israel 'took it all' —...
Modi's Israel Visit and Israeli Domestic Politics: Knesset Address, Opposition Boycott, and Diplomatic Implications
PM Modi's scheduled February 25-26, 2026 visit to Israel — including a planned address to the Knesset — became entangled in Israeli domestic politics when...
India Among Four Nations Driving Global Pesticide Toxicity Rise, Raising Questions Over New Regulatory Bill
A study published in the journal Science in February 2026 ('Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguard...
Declining Russian Crude Imports to Push India's Oil Costs Up $2–3 Per Barrel
Global real-time data and analytics provider Kpler has assessed that India is not positioned to fully replace Russian barrels without incurring higher costs...
India's SSS Defence Makes Historic Bid for UK's SA80 Rifle Replacement Programme
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence announced on February 21, 2026, its formal decision to bid for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Project Grayburn — the...
Scientists' Manifesto Against Militarisation of Quantum Research vs. India's Military Quantum Framework
Over 250 quantum scientists globally published a manifesto on arXiv (January 13, 2026) under the title 'Quantum Scientists for Disarmament,' urging the...
India-Bangladesh Relations in 2026: Navigating the Post-Hasina Transition
India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh called on Bangladesh's Foreign Minister to discuss strengthening multifaceted bilateral relations, reiterating...
SCOTUS Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs: Comparing Separation of Powers in India and the U.S.
On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck down tariffs imposed by the executive branch under the International Emergency Economic Powers...
Lula's India Visit: UNSC Reform, US Tariff Solidarity, and G4 Nations' Coordinated Push
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made a five-day state visit to India, meeting PM Modi and reaffirming commitment to UN Security Council...
Excise Waiver on Biogas Blending Could Unlock ₹1 Lakh Crore Investment: IBA
The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has highlighted that the excise duty waiver on Compressed Biogas (CBG) blended with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) —...
India's First Childhood Cancer Survivor Registry Records 94.5% Survival Rate
India's first dedicated registry of childhood cancer survivors — the Indian Childhood Cancer Survivorship (C2S) study — has been published in The Lancet...
Centre Sanctions ₹2,432 Crore for BharatNet Rollout in Andhra Pradesh
The Ministry of Communications (MoC) signed a Memorandum of Commitment (MoC agreement) in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, sanctioning ₹2,432 crore for the...
India's Coal Sector: Record Production Meets Unexpected Demand Headwinds
India's coal production crossed the historic one billion tonne (1 BT) milestone in FY 2024-25 — the first time India achieved this, crossing it by March 20...
SCOTUS Tariff Ruling Does Not Unwind Bilateral Trade Agreements, Says US Trade Representative
US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer stated that the Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 ruling striking down IEEPA-based tariffs does not affect...
Australian Warship Transits Taiwan Strait: Freedom of Navigation and Indo-Pacific Contestation
HMAS Toowoomba, an Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, transited the Taiwan Strait on February 21-22, 2026, as part of a Regional Presence...
Unregulated Hospital Pricing and High Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in India
An analysis highlights how the combination of low government health spending and unregulated pricing in private corporate hospitals is placing severe...
Forest Department Halts Mankulam Land Survey, Citing Violation of Reserve Forest Protections and Supreme Court Orders
The Kerala Forest Department has written to the Subcollector, Devikulam, seeking an immediate halt to a land survey being conducted in Mankulam, Idukki...
Section 122's 15% Universal Tariff: Why It Paradoxically Helps Indian Exporters
After the Supreme Court struck down IEEPA-based tariffs on February 20, 2026, President Trump invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 15%...
Trump Imposes 15% Global Tariff Under Section 122 After Supreme Court Invalidates IEEPA Tariffs
On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
US Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs: Implications for Global Trade and the US-EU Agreement
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on February 20, 2026, in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does...
US Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs: Global Trade Policy Implications
On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
Toxic Substances in Menstrual Products: Health Risks and the Regulatory Gap
Research, including a landmark 2024 UC Berkeley and Columbia University study — the first to systematically measure 16 metals in 30 tampon brands — found...
ISI-Backed Lashkar-e-Taiba Module Busted in Bengal and Tamil Nadu
Eight individuals, all Bangladeshi nationals with fake Indian identity documents (Aadhaar cards), were arrested from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur...
Pakistan-Backed Drug Cartel Busted in Punjab: Army Personnel and Dismissed Cop Arrested
Faridkot Police (Punjab) busted a well-organised Pakistan-backed heroin trafficking network in an intelligence-led operation, arresting six individuals...
India-US Interim Trade Deal Negotiations Rescheduled Amid Tariff Flux
India and the United States have rescheduled a planned round of chief negotiators' talks in Washington that was originally set to begin on February 23...
Indian Coast Guard Intercepts Iranian Vessel with Smuggled Cigarettes in EEZ
On February 21, 2026, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted a suspicious foreign boat approximately 115 nautical miles west of Dwarka, Gujarat, inside India's...
India-Brazil Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Pact: Diversifying Supply Chains Away from China
India and Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on critical minerals and rare earth elements during Brazilian President Lula da Silva's state...
India's GDP Growth Moderates to 7.2% in Q3 FY26: Sectoral Drivers and Constraints
ICRA (an affiliate of Moody's) has projected India's GDP growth to moderate to 7.2% year-on-year in Q3 FY2025-26 (October–December 2025), down from 8.2% in...
India-US Interim Trade Pact Negotiations Postponed Amid Tariff Regime Upheaval
India and the United States have postponed the meeting of their chief trade negotiators — originally scheduled to begin in Washington on February 23, 2026 —...
From 26% to 50% to 15%: The Full History of US Tariff Swings on Indian Exports
Following the Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump invalidating IEEPA-based tariffs, India's tariff exposure to the...
Delhi Police Dismantles LeT Terror Module Directed from Bangladesh
On February 8, 2026, CISF personnel reported pro-Pakistan posters pasted at Janpath Metro Station in Delhi and surrounding areas, bearing images glorifying...
EU-India Free Trade Agreement: The "Mother of All Deals" and Its Strategic Dimensions
The EU and India concluded negotiations for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on January 27, 2026, after nearly two decades of intermittent...
PM Modi's Israel Visit: India-Israel Strategic Partnership and the Knesset Address
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Israel on February 25-26, 2026 — his second visit to Israel (the first was in July 2017). The visit...
India Poised for $200 Billion Data Centre Investment as APAC Boom Accelerates
A Deloitte report released in February 2026 identifies India as a potential major hub within the Asia-Pacific (APAC) data centre buildout, which is...
Real Estate Expansion in the Nilgiris: Ecological Costs of Converting Tea Estates
Falling global tea prices and prolonged climate stress have rendered many Nilgiris tea estates economically unviable, triggering large-scale conversion of...
India Condemns Pakistan's Airstrikes on Afghanistan During Ramadan
Pakistan conducted overnight airstrikes on multiple locations in Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, targeting sites it claimed were camps of the...