1-2 February 2026 Current Affairs

🔟 Governance, Representation & Leadership

Sunetra Pawar – First Woman Deputy CM of Maharashtra

• Historic gender milestone in state executive leadership.

Sarah Mullally – Archbishop of Canterbury

• First woman to head Church of England (1,400 years).

• Often appears in global current affairs prelims .

1️⃣1️⃣ Defence & Indigenous Capability

HAL – Kota Ravi as CMD

• Leadership continuity in defence PSU governance .

Indian Army – Shield AI Agreement

• Procurement of V-BAT VTOL UAS , manufactured in India.

• Links to defence indigenisation & ISR capability .

Alpha Design Technologies – Pechora SAM Upgrade

• Modernisation of legacy air-defence systems through domestic industry .