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AI summit begins today, real-world solutions on tableScience & Technology EXCLUSIVE: Announced in Union Budget, AI-powered Bharat-VISTAAR set to be launched todayEconomics For India, AI a ‘stress test’ of state capacity; must align tech adoption with mass employability: CEA NageswaranScience & Technology Future of UPI, RuPay in value-added services, potential ‘far from fully realised’, says new reportEconomics ‘AI could be game changer for distributed RE’Science & Technology Indian delegation to visit US next week; exports to US in Jan falls 22%Economics We invite world’s data to reside in India: PM Modi ahead of AI Impact Summit 2026Science & Technology India-US security ties on upward trajectory, says US CommanderInternational Relations Skewed Jammu, Kashmir quota data set to sharpen debatePolity & Governance What are ‘hornbill restaurants’? Behind Chhattisgarh’s plan to make tiger reserve a haven for rare birdEnvironment & Ecology NGT clears Rs 80,000-crore Great Nicobar project, cites ‘strategic’ role, no ‘good ground’ to interfereEnvironment & Ecology After 3 month boycott over Dalit cook, residents of Odisha village finally send their children to anganwadiSocial Issues Bullet train: After Vande Bharat, Govt focuses on designing & manufacturing 280 kmph high-speed trainsScience & Technology Indo-Russia partnership: RVNL targets June 2026 to roll out first Vande Bharat Sleeper prototypeInternational Relations PM Modi likely to visit Israel on Feb 25, hold talks with NetanyahuInternational Relations Terrorist posters in Kathua and new 5 km border restrictions: Why security forces are on high alert in JammuInternal Security AI summit is an opportunity. Global South must seize the momentScience & Technology In agriculture, US-India trade deal is both good and not-so-goodEconomics How the fertilisers industry has become synonymous with controls, and at what costEconomics AI shakes statecraft: Prediction markets test diplomats, spiesScience & Technology Expert Explains: ‘AI debate has moved from use to accountability… that is progress’Science & Technology Govt to bring in AI tools in teaching: What is the plan, how it will workScience & Technology Expert Explains | Why high-quality cameras matter for India’s Space ambitionsScience & Technology Can ED seize assets related to non-scheduled offences under PMLA? SC to weigh inPolity & Governance India is seeking consensus, techno-legal solutions for AI Copyright framework and tackle deepfakes : VaishnawScience & Technology AI Impact Summit gets over 2.5 lakh registrations; MeitY secy Krishnan hails enthusiasmScience & Technology Rural slowdown pushes January unemployment rate to 5%Economics We need fiscal prudence during electionsEconomics India’s Jan trade deficit hits 3-month high as exports remain flat, bullion import surgesEconomics Why India’s AI summit is key to its future in techScience & Technology India to finalise legal text of interim trade deal with US next weekInternational Relations The UAE-India corridor is sparking a growth storyInternational Relations Scientists urge T.N. CM Stalin to withdraw Mamallan Reservoir proposalEnvironment & Ecology Snapdeal fined ₹5 lakh for selling toys violating BIS standards: CCPAPolity & Governance 'Dragged out and set on fire' - the Bangladesh mob killing that shocked the worldInternational Relations Fall in coal-fired power generation in India & China in 2025, a first in 50 yearsEnvironment & Ecology Poll sop: On Tamil Nadu and cash benefitsPolity & Governance Digital trade not being negotiated as part of India-US interim trade deal, say officialsInternational Relations Exports rise 0.61% to $36.56 billion in JanuaryEconomics Govt aims to revive private investment in highway constructionEconomics Coal India spent ₹961 crore in ongoing fiscal year as capex on solarEnvironment & Ecology U.S. conducts first air transport of nuclear microreactor in bid to show technology's viabilityScience & Technology In a shift, lenders begin to dominate initiation of bankruptcy casesEconomics India's January trade deficit widens before U.S. tariff relief kicks inEconomics NSE receives SEBI’s nod for setting up of natural gas futures contractEconomics Bridging a divide with an ‘Indian Scientific Service’Science & Technology Loggerhead turtles face four-pronged threats due to climate changeEnvironment & Ecology Currency in circulation jumps even as UPI transactions surge: SBI ResearchEconomics Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicineScience & Technology A common framework to build trust in AI in AsiaScience & Technology Thales adds India to global R&D network with new Bengaluru centreScience & Technology Indian Customs officials detain ship laden with 309 dry fruit containers for faking walnuts originEconomics US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru nextInternational Relations MSMEs should pursue formalisation, maintain credit discipline: RBI GuvEconomics No question of ethanol inclusion in India-US deal: ISMA’s Deepak BallaniEconomics India stands at forefront of AI transformation: PM ModiScience & Technology Tamil Nadu Economic Survey says trillion-dollar economy achievable at current growth rateEconomics Accountability of agritech companies in issuing advisories a big challengeScience & Technology Data centres and climate stress powering Asia’s next greenhouse boomEnvironment & Ecology Tamil Nadu’s $1-trillion economy goal could be delayed by a year to 2031: Economic SurveyEconomics ‘Advance of AI creating a governance responsibility’Science & Technology Tata Steel, JSW and AM/NS bet big on scrap as green steel norms roll outEnvironment & Ecology Urban co-op banks doubled loan book in 5 yrs, but stuck at under 2% of credit market—Sahakar TrendsEconomics U.S. military boards another oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from CaribbeanInternational Relations AI Impact Summit: U.K. Deputy PM calls Delhi summit ‘important moment' to unlock full benefits of AIInternational Relations Israeli approval of West Bank land registration draws outrageInternational Relations Debris of rockets with ISRO logo found near uninhabited island in MaldivesScience & Technology Iran Foreign Minister in Geneva for second round of U.S. talksInternational Relations RBI eases on-lending, current a/c rules in final ECB frameworkEconomics India Energy Stack will be a game changer for distributed REEnvironment & Ecology Improving access to timely, adequate formal credit for MSMEs remains a key policy priority: RBI GovernorEconomics It’s skill or sink, say panellists at AI Impact Summit. ‘If you don’t do AI, AI will be done to you’Science & Technology India-US trade deal: Indian chief negotiator to visit US next week to finalise legal framework for BTA dealInternational Relations Hasina’s presence in India will not be a ‘deterrent’ to broader India-Bangladesh relation: BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam AlamgirInternational Relations With nearly one-third of vote share, Jamaat pulled off in Bangladesh what it couldn’t in PakistanInternational Relations Kerala govt will take appropriate stand on Sabarimala women entry issue, says ministerPolity & Governance Higher imports push India’s trade deficit to $34.68 billion in JanuaryEconomics India seizes Iran-linked US-sanctioned tankers, steps up surveillanceInternational Relations Mint Explainer | Bangladesh’s political transition and what it means for IndiaInternational Relations DLI Scheme-Backed Chip Design Startups Continue to Attract Interest from Leading InvestorsScience & Technology Brand India was a lost cause. But the FTAs are bringing it back.Economics Centre to launch Bharat-VISTAAR scheme for farmers on TuesdayEconomics Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva for talks as IRGC begins live-fire drills near Strait of HormuzInternational Relations Prime Minister Welcomes Global Leaders to AI Impact Summit in DelhiScience & Technology Iran meets U.N. nuclear watchdog in Geneva ahead of a second round of U.S. talksInternational Relations How district cooling can ease India’s climate and urban planning troublesScience & Technology India's wholesale inflation rises to 1.81% in JanuaryEconomics PEs, wealth funds and pension funds: The BOT road auction room is about to get crowded soonEconomics India reviews Press Note 3, may ease small FDI entry with de minimis ruleEconomics India can lead globally in AI: Ahead of Delhi Summit, CEA Nageswaran explains howScience & Technology Govt plans ‘Champion CPSEs’ for Viksit Bharat by 2047, NITI Aayog roadmap soonEconomics Indian team to visit US next week to finalise legal text for interim trade pact: Commerce SecretaryInternational Relations India-US trade deal: Trade team heading to Washington next week for legal pactInternational Relations India, UK making genuine effort to see if FTA can be operationalised in April: Commerce SecyInternational Relations China's Russian oil imports to hit new record in February as India cuts backInternational Relations Unemployment in India rises slightly to 5 pc in January: Govt surveyEconomics Regional Event cum Workshop scheduled to be held on 17th February 2026 at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Center (SKICC), in Srinagar, J&KPolity & Governance Digital trade chapter not in India-US interim trade pact; to be taken up in BTA, says officialEconomics Single genome-editing strategy promises to treat multiple disordersScience & Technology Unemployment rate up a tad to 5% in January, higher rise for femalesEconomics US, EU trade deals could unlock $400 billion for India’s agri sectorEconomics Wholesale inflation touches 10-month high of 1.8% in JanuaryEconomics India’s trade deficit widens to $34.68 billion in January as gold imports riseEconomics India–U.S. Trade Deal nears finish line as chief negotiator set for Washington tripInternational Relations Wholesale price inflation rises to 1.81 pc in JanEconomics A bite too big? Orchard anxiety for farmers as US apples could crowd Indian shelvesEconomics Snapdeal fined Rs 5 lakh for selling toys violating BIS standards: CCPAPolity & Governance India wholesale inflation at 9-month high of 1.81% in January; up from 0.83% in DecemberEconomics World’s largest AI summit opens to packed hallsScience & Technology India’s unemployment rate rises marginally to 5% in JanuaryEconomics RBI governor Malhotra urges MSMEs to formalize, digitize, and maintain credit discipline for resilienceEconomics PM hails India AI Impact Summit as a Testament to Youth Power and Technological Advancement sharing a Sanskrit SubhashitamScience & Technology "FTA is another step in the deep relationship we have with India": New Zealand Minister Shane RetiInternational Relations NGT clears Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project, cites ‘strategic importance’Environment & Ecology FM Nirmala Sitharaman to push biopharma, semiconductor missions in NorwayInternational Relations Make in India, funded by China? India can’t shut out Chinese cashEconomics PM to meet French President Macron in Mumbai on 17 FebruaryInternational Relations Governor, Reserve Bank of India meets select MSMEs and representatives of MSME associations in Mumbai on February 16, 2026Economics Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2026Economics

Jaishankar on Russia ties: Firmly wedded to strategic autonomyInternational Relations India aims to reset AI debate with 1st Global South summitScience & Technology To drive startup eco system, Cabinet gives nod to set up Rs 10,000crore fundEconomics Generative AI ups demand for skilled workers: StudyScience & Technology US, Russia among 72 nations to take part in fleet reviewInternational Relations PM Modi lands on North-East's 1st highway airstrip in AssamEconomics Cabinet OKs India’s 1st underwater road-cum-rail tunnel in AssamEconomics Absconders can't get anticipatory bail: SCPolity & Governance 25-year wait in high court, SC for finality in corruption casePolity & Governance Srinagar’s heritage renaissance: Inside Rs 210 crore plan to transform walled cityArt & Culture Over 300 endangered turtles found hidden in AC First-Class coach of Patna-Indore ExpressEnvironment & Ecology ‘I only see losses’: Omar warns of threat to Kashmir’s fruit growers from new Indo-US trade dealInternational Relations Centre wants Kerala to scrap paddy bonus. The rice-loving state’s shrinking output makes that toughEconomics As US reportedly weighs scaling back steel and aluminium tariffs, a look at who really foots the billInternational Relations Gobar Times: India’s environmental heroesEnvironment & Ecology Gobar Times: The fascinating world of orchidsEnvironment & Ecology Why traceability trumps yield in modern farmingEconomics What has government laid down on AI labelling? | ExplainedScience & Technology After the landslide: Can India reset ties with a BNP-led Bangladesh?International Relations Trump, Netanyahu agreed U.S. should press Iran to cut oil sales to China: ReportsInternational Relations Ensure zero human death in elephant attacks: Jharkhand CM asks officialsEnvironment & Ecology U.S. Military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operationsInternational Relations Mint Interview: MoSPI chief confident new GDP series will resolve data concernsEconomics At least 6,000 killed over three days during RSF attack on Sudan's el-Fasher, UN saysInternational Relations SpaceX and NASA's Crew-12 astronaut mission enters International Space StationScience & Technology RBI curbs loans extended to brokers in blow to proprietary trading volumesEconomics How industry–government collaboration can unlock India’s $100 billion agri-export potentialEconomics PM Modi receives invite to attend Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in ceremony in Bangladesh on February 17International Relations NABARD-NCDEX price protection scheme helps growers harvest benefitsEconomics Neurobehavioural therapy can reshape brain networks in functional neuro disorders, says expertScience & Technology ‘National interest’ will guide BNP on Ganga Water Treaty renewal: BNP chair’s foreign affairs adviserInternational Relations Jaishankar denies India has lost ‘strategic autonomy’International Relations India ‘very successful’ emerging economy; right place to host AI summit: UN Chief GuterresInternational Relations How is U.S.-India trade deal being tweaked? | ExplainedInternational Relations What’s in store for garment exporters to the U.S.? | ExplainedEconomics Rs 1.5 lakh crore infra push: Cabinet clears road, rail & urban projects, launches Urban Challenge FundEconomics India at a ‘defining moment’: Tech and trade to drive next growth phase, says Jitin PrasadaEconomics Three militants, including two women, arrested in ManipurInternal Security

72 countries, 60 warships, including of US & Russia, to participate in international fleet review, MILAN exerciseInternal Security Plane carrying PM Modi makes history, lands on Highway in Assam | Northeast Infra growth storyInternal Security Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore for Urban Challenge Fund: Know what it isEconomics India’s first underwater twin-tube Road-cum-Rail tunnel in Assam: Here’s how this project could transform Northeast connectivityGeography PM Modi lands on Northeast’s first Emergency Landing Facility in Assam. Here’s why it is importantInternal Security In BNP’s return, an opportunity for Tarique Rahman to repair Bangladesh and a chance for Delhi-Dhaka resetInternational Relations Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty: How the US drew links between Pannun plot and Nijjar’s killingInternational Relations The four unsung stanzas of Vande Mataram: Why govt directive on singing full National Song has kicked up a stormPolity & Governance India, Japan, Indonesia conduct trilateral naval exercise in Andaman SeaInternational Relations What does the Union Budget have for agriculture?Economics ​A decisive mandate: On Tarique Rahman, the BNP, the Bangladesh resultInternational Relations The ‘health capital’ variable: A structural reform for India’s agrarian economyEconomics Separate talks on Iran and Ukraine-Russia set for Tuesday in Geneva, source saysInternational Relations From soil to sustainability: How ethanol is rewriting India’s rural growth storyEconomics AI Impact Summit to yield minimum 15 deliverables, says IT Ministry officialScience & Technology Indian man admits plot to kill US-based Sikh separatist leaderInternational Relations India tested, from U.S. sanctions to one-sided trade dealInternational Relations The labour codes redefine wages, empower the workerEconomics Cabinet approves three multi-tracking railway projectsGeography Bangladesh elections: Tarique Rahman dedicates win to those who ‘sacrified for democracy’International Relations Can Bangladesh's new leader bring change after election landslide?International Relations Union Cabinet approves converting North and South Blocks into museumPolity & Governance Water, salt and sugar packs must contain warning on presence of micro or nano plastics: Madras High CourtEnvironment & Ecology Judicial leadership suffers when we pretend judges are perfect: CJI Surya KantPolity & Governance U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says U.N. playing ‘no role’ in resolving conflictsInternational Relations The road ahead for Indian dairy in global tradeEconomics NISAR to deliver 100m soil moisture data every 13 days across India: ISROScience & Technology SEBI proposes to review base price and price band for ETFEconomics Human deaths in encounter with elephants in Odisha, a cause of concern, says WSOEnvironment & Ecology PM Modi witnesses IAF aerial show at emergency landing facility in AssamInternal Security India relaxes wheat export restrictions to appease farmersEconomics Gen Ziaur, Khaleda Zia & now Tarique Rahman: tracing India-Bangladesh ties during BNP yearsInternational Relations Cabinet approves ₹10,000 crore fund for startups to mobilise venture capital, support deep-tech entitiesEconomics Bangladesh election results 2026 updates: Tarique Rahman poised to be PM as Jamaat-e-Islami concedesInternational Relations Trump theatre diplomacy, T20 & mother of all trade deals—Sergio Gor’s 1st month as US envoyInternational Relations India's AI Moment: Global South needs to set rules, not just host summitScience & Technology NABARD projects ₹4.88 lakh crore priority sector credit for RajasthanEconomics Cabinet approves ₹10,000-crore Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 to support deep tech, early-growth stage startupsEconomics Railways on a green track—eyes 3GW renewable energy for ₹18k croreEconomics Reza Pahlavi calls on Trump to ‘help’ Iranian peopleInternational Relations Kerala writes to Centre to undertake feasibility study for RRTSGeography Watch: Bangladesh elections: a decisive mandate | The Hindu EditorialInternational Relations Consumers get a raw deal as global oil price fall benefit remains ‘frozen’Economics India inflation, GDP data resets may have RBI holding rates in AprilEconomics PM Modi to witness ELF aerial display in Assam; preparations underwayInternal Security Why does India need more energy suppliers? Union Minister Piyush Goyal explainsEconomics India must shift from growth at scale to productivity for Viksit Bharat 2047: KPMG reportEconomics Saudi Arabia India’s top oil supplier in Feb as Russian flows recede after US trade dealEconomics Global trade tensions raise strategic value of African minerals, report saysInternational Relations Watch: Modi makes historic landing at Emergency Landing Facility in AssamInternal Security 'Shared commitment to peace, stability': Bangladesh's BNP thanks PM Modi for wishes after victory in electionsInternational Relations 'Cannot pretend judges are perfect': CJI Surya Kant calls for humility and reform in judicial educationPolity & Governance Trade deals a game changer for India's progress, says Piyush Goyal on India's 9 FTAsEconomics AI Impact Summit: SC says advocates can appear through video conferencing from Feb 16-20Science & Technology Opposition plans impeachment move against CEC Gyanesh Kumar; Tensions rise with NDAPolity & Governance In Dhaka, a new dawn and a gathering stormInternational Relations Cabinet clears Rs 1 lakh crore for India's big urban reset; aims to unlock Rs 4 lakh crore investmentEconomics MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan: AI can create many more jobs than it takes awayScience & Technology Centre’s nod for country’s first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel in Assam historic milestone: CMGeography US, European Union deals open door to nearly $55-60 trillion market, says Piyush GoyalEconomics India-US ITA to cover energy needs, ensure competitive crude prices: GoyalEconomics