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Tarique Rahman sworn successful arsenic caller PM of Bangladesh
Five days aft the Parliamentary elections successful Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was sworn successful arsenic the caller Prime Minister of Bangladesh connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026). The swearing-in of the caller Prime Minister and his ministerial colleagues came hours aft Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M Nasir Uddin administered the oath of parliament to the recently elected members of BNP successful the parliament of Bangladesh – Jatiyo Sansad. As the caller Prime Minister Mr. Rahman volition pb a squad of twenty-five furniture ministers and twenty-four ministers of state, who were each administered oath by President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin.
Supreme Court says ‘political leaders indispensable yet foster fraternity successful country’
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) said governmental leaders indispensable foster fraternity and precocious nationalist office-holders should unrecorded up to the ideals of the Constitution portion proceeding a petition highlighting instances of Chief Ministers, elder bureaucrats and constabulary officers making nationalist statements that stigmatise full communities, legitimise discriminatory governance and erode nationalist assurance successful the State’s committedness to adjacent citizenship. “We would similar to impressment upon each governmental parties to travel the principles of constitutional morality, values, communal respect and self-respect. This is simply a much than 75-year-old mature democracy; we bash not expect radical to behave similar this,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a three-judge Bench, observed orally.
51 Kuki students evacuated from schoolhouse successful Manipur’s Ukhrul
The Manipur constabulary person evacuated 51 Kuki students from a school successful the Naga-dominated Ukhrul territory amid tensions betwixt the 2 communities triggered by an battle lawsuit connected February 7. In a connection issued precocious Monday (February 16, 2026) night, the constabulary said the students were temporarily shifted from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) astatine Ramva successful Ukhrul to a JNV successful the adjoining Kangpokpi district. Exam centres for 18 of these students appearing for Class 10 and Class 12 committee exams person besides been shifted to the Kangpokpi JNV, officials said.
Anganwadi workers proceed protestation for 15th day successful Chennai demanding regularisation
Over 1,000 anganwadi teachers and helpers continued their protest for the fifteenth consecutive time successful Chennai connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026), demanding that the State authorities regularise their services. “It has been 15 days of State-wide protests regarding our request to beryllium regularised. We are not asking for thing new; it was a committedness made successful the DMK manifesto. We privation it fulfilled,” said an anganwadi teacher from Chennai. Anganwadi teachers person been appointed connected a impermanent ground and person a monthly wage of ₹15,000, portion an anganwadi helper receives ₹6,000. They are entitled to dearness allowances, but nary different benefits person been extended to them.
Remarks against Shinde: Comedian Kamra appears earlier Maharashtra council’s privileges committee
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) appeared earlier the Maharashtra Legislative Council’s privileges committee regarding his alleged remarks against Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. However, successful the lack of the main complainant, the proceeding has been rescheduled to March 10, said the committee’s chairperson, Prasad Lad. Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sushma Andhare besides appeared earlier the panel. Mr. Kamra and Ms. Andhare aboriginal informed reporters that their statements were not recorded during the hearing, arsenic BJP person Pravin Darekar, the main complainant, was absent.
Economics volition springiness mode to authorities and information successful however nations marque choices, Jaishankar says
Political and strategical considerations volition overshadow economical ones successful the choices that countries marque going forward, Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar said connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026). Speaking astatine the Global Economic Cooperation 2026 acme organised by the Future Economic Cooperation Council, Mr. Jaishankar asserted that the satellite has entered a volatile and uncertain period, “possibly the astir turbulent successful surviving memory”.
PM Modi holds talks with French President Macron successful Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) held wide-ranging talks with French President Emmanuel Macron to boost ties successful cardinal sectors specified arsenic trade, defence, vigor and captious technologies. Mr. Macron landed successful Mumbai aboriginal this morning on a three-day sojourn to be the AI Impact Summit successful New Delhi and conscionable PM Modi. After the talks with PM Modi, Mr. Macron volition be a ceremonial to motorboat the India-France Year of Innovation. His sojourn comes days aft India cleared a long-pending connection to procure 114 Rafale combatant jets nether a government-to-government model with France.
Karnataka High Court quashes BJP’s defamation lawsuit against Rahul Gandhi
In a alleviation to Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, the High Court of Karnataka connected February 17 quashed the transgression proceedings successful a defamation lawsuit filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The lawsuit was filed for allegedly issuing ‘defamatory’ advertisements successful mainstream newspapers against the past BJP Government successful Karnataka during the run for the State Legislative Assembly elections successful 2023. Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav delivered the verdict portion allowing a petition filed by Mr. Gandhi, who questioned the legality of the defamation case, successful which helium has been arraigned arsenic accused fig 4. The State portion of the BJP had lodged the ailment successful the magistrate tribunal successful June 2023.
EC a ‘Tughlaqi Commission’ tally by a governmental party, targeting radical similar terrorists: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) slammed the Election Commission of India calling it a ‘Tughlaqi Commission’ tally by a governmental enactment and said it is “targeting mean radical similar terrorists”. The Chief Minister said the canvass assemblage deleted names of voters successful Bengal during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls connected “instructions from the BJP”. Ms. Banerjee, who has opposed the SIR exercise, alleged that a “woman functionary successful the BJP IT compartment removed 58 lakh voters’ names successful Bengal utilizing AI.” The SIR hearings ended successful West Bengal connected February 14 aft a seven-day hold from the canvass body.
Decision connected J&K Statehood soon: Arjun Meghwal
Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Meghwal connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) said Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would beryllium restored soon, prompting a speedy effect from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who said that helium hoped that the hold is not excessively long. After attending a relation astatine the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) successful Srinagar, Mr. Meghwal told reporters that portion it was a “very delicate issue”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said successful the Lok Sabha that J&K’s statehood would beryllium restored. “You volition get it but determination is simply a process for it. I consciousness you volition soon get to perceive astir a determination successful this regard,” helium said.
BNP members sworn successful arsenic MPs; enactment says they volition not instrumentality oath for changing existing constitution
Members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party who won successful the conscionable concluded Parliamentary election were sworn-in arsenic members of Jatiyo Sansad, the Parliament of Bangladesh connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026). However, the 212 members of the BNP-led confederation did not instrumentality the oath for the Constitution Reforms Commission, with starring members saying specified a committee is extracurricular of the law. The Election Commission of Bangladesh had announced connected Monday (February 16, 2026) that the oath-taking ceremonial would see some the oaths of the rank to the Parliament arsenic good arsenic rank to the Constitution Reforms Commission.
11 information personnel, 1 kid killed successful onslaught successful Pakistan
Militants from the banned TTP rammed an explosive-laden conveyance into a checkpost successful northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, sidesplitting 11 information unit and a child, the subject said connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026). TTP claimed work for the deadly termination onslaught connected the FC cheque station successful the Bajaur territory bordering Afghanistan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “On February 16, a cowardly violent onslaught was attempted connected information forces and instrumentality enforcement agencies’ associated cheque station successful Bajaur District by Khwarij belonging to Fitna al Khwarij”.
India’s imperishable publication to satellite community’s docket is of tremendous value to us: Antonio Guterres
India‘s imperishable publication to the docket of the international assemblage and that of the United Nations (U.N.) is of “enormous value for us”, the U.N. main Antonio Guterres has said, arsenic helium pointed to a “positive mega trend” of the progressively enhanced roles of processing economies specified arsenic India successful the world. These remarks were made by Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who volition beryllium heading to New Delhi to be the India AI Impact Summit, the first-ever acme connected Artificial Intelligence hosted successful the Global South.
U.S. warship successful Gulf tin beryllium sunk, warns Iran’s Khamenei
Iran’s ultimate leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) that the U.S. warship deployed successful the Gulf could beryllium sunk, arsenic atomic talks betwixt the 2 countries started. “We perpetually perceive that they (the U.S) person sent a warship toward Iran. A warship is surely a unsafe weapon, but even more unsafe is the limb susceptible of sinking it,” said Mr. Khamenei successful a speech. The U.S. and Iran are holding their 2nd circular of talks astir Iran’s atomic programme successful Geneva as the U.S. ramps up its subject beingness successful the Middle East and Iran holds large-scale maritime exercises.
T20 World Cup | Rain favours Zimbabwe arsenic it enters the Super Eight
When Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh was asked astir his team’s hopes of making it done to the Super Eight aft a demoralising nonaccomplishment against Sri Lanka connected Monday, helium mentioned ‘the luck of the Irish'. Australia had to anticipation for Zimbabwe to falter against some Ireland and Sri Lanka successful its adjacent 2 games earlier facing Oman successful its past crippled with the hopes of overturning a Net Run Rate deficit. Unfortunately, the rainfall gods successful Pallekele did not get the memo. The ICC T20 World Cup Group-B brushwood against Ireland being called disconnected earlier the flip meant Zimbabwe accumulated capable points to articulation Sri Lanka successful the last eight. As for Australia, it failed to suffice retired of the radical signifier for the archetypal clip since 2009.
