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SC directs duty of judicial officers to implicit SIR successful West Bengal, calls it an ‘extraordinary situation’
A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria connected Friday (February 20, 2026) ordered Calcutta High Court to depute existent and erstwhile judicial officers to assistance with the SIR process successful the State. The Supreme Court besides sought a presumption study connected alleged incidents of unit successful the State. The apical tribunal besides ordered the Election Commission to people the processed database of electoral rolls connected February 28.
India signs statement to articulation U.S.-led conjugation Pax Silica
India connected Friday (February 20, 2026) signed statement to articulation U.S.-led conjugation Pax Silica — that is aimed astatine gathering a resilient proviso concatenation for captious minerals and artificial intelligence. The signing ceremonial was attended by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and U.S. Envoy to India Sergio Gor among others. “Pax Silica is simply a declaration that aboriginal belongs to those who physique and erstwhile escaped radical articulation forces,” U.S .Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg said.
India-U.S. interim commercialized pact apt to beryllium operationalised successful April, says Piyush Goyal
An interim trade statement betwixt India and the U.S. is apt to beryllium signed successful March and operationalised successful April, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said connected Friday (February 20, 2026). Further, India’s escaped commercialized agreements (FTAs) with the U.K. and Oman are apt to beryllium implemented successful April, portion the pact with New Zealand whitethorn travel into unit successful September, Mr. Goyal said, adding that the 27-nation European Union besides wants to instrumentality the commercialized woody arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible.
Classmate who does nary work, but shows up to instrumentality each credit: Congress’ excavation astatine PM implicit UPI
A time aft French President Emmanuel Macron lauded India’s UPI architecture, the Congress connected Friday (February 20, 2026) said its archetypal conception happened nether the UPA authorities successful 2012-2013 and likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a pupil successful a radical task who doesn’t work, but shows up to instrumentality each the credit. The Opposition enactment said that bereft of the capableness to travel up with groundbreaking ideas, Mr. Modi is blessed cutting ribbons, “blabbering ludicrous acronyms”, cursing the Congress and “stealing credit”.
Petitions filed to usage apical tribunal arsenic level to ‘embarrass’ States up of polls, says SC
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant connected Friday (February 20, 2026) deprecated the inclination of filing petitions to usage the Supreme Court arsenic a level to “embarrass” State governments up of Assembly elections. The Chief Justice, heading a three-judge Bench, said petitions filed by backstage parties and NGOs are designed to enactment State governments successful a choky spot. In the process, the petitioners resistance the Supreme Court into the governmental pell-mell.
U.S. negotiating with India connected Venezuelan lipid merchantability to assistance diverseness its sources, Envoy Sergio Gor says
The United States is successful “active negotiation” implicit the merchantability of Venezuelan lipid to India, to help India diversify its sources of crude oil, U.S. Envoy Sergio Gor said connected Friday (February 20, 2026). The U.S. has made diversification distant from Russian crude a information for cutting tariffs on goods imported from Indian, the world’s third-biggest lipid importer and consumer.
Police proceed to hunt Mountbatten-Windsor’s erstwhile stately home, time aft his arrest
Police continued connected Friday (February 20, 2026) to search the erstwhile location of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a time aft the erstwhile prince was held successful custody for the champion portion of 11 hours connected suspicion of misconduct successful nationalist bureau linked to his relationship with the precocious convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein. Following 1 of the astir tumultuous days successful the modern past of Britain’s royal family, the erstwhile Prince Andrew is backmost astatine his caller location connected the Sandringham estate, King Charles III’s backstage retreat, which is astir 115 miles (185 kilometres) northbound of London.
Supreme Court rejects plea for prohibition connected naming mosques aft Babur
The Supreme Court connected Friday (February 20, 2026) dismissed a petition seeking a prohibition connected naming mosques aft the archetypal Mughal emperor Babur. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta rejected a plea by Devki Nandan Pandey, a petitioner-in-person from Uttar Pradesh, who sought a broad judicial restraint connected naming mosques aft Babur oregon utilizing the nomenclature ‘Babri Masjid’.
Florida airdrome to beryllium renamed aft U.S. President Donald Trump
An airport successful Florida volition soon beryllium renamed aft U.S. President Donald Trump, aft a measure proposing the alteration was approved by the state’s legislature connected Thursday (February 19, 2026). Mr. Trump, a existent property mogul who has plastered his sanction connected buildings astir the world, has sought to permission his people connected the state successful an unprecedented representation and gathering campaign.
Youth Congress workers clasp ‘shirtless protest’ astatine AI Summit, 10 detained
A radical of Indian Youth Congress workers connected Friday (February 20, 2026) staged a melodramatic ‘shirtless protest’ astatine an AI Impact Summit accumulation hall, walking astir holding T-shirts with slogans against the authorities and the India-US commercialized woody printed connected them, earlier being whisked distant by information personnel.
Kerala SIR: State has a small implicit 2.69 crore voters successful last database (Tiki Rajwi)
Kerala has a small over 2.69 crore voters arsenic per the last voters database prepared by the Election Commission of India (EC) aft the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the roll. The last electoral rotation volition beryllium formally published connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) arsenic per the docket announced by the ECI, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar said successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Friday (February 20, 2026). Of the 2,69,53,644 voters successful all, 1,38,27,319 are women, 1,31,26,048 are men and 277 are transgender voters.
