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24 February 2026 Current Affairs

Daily CA One-Liners: 24 February

  • The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), operating under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, updated the base year of India’s merchandise trade indices from 2012–13 to 2022–23.

  • ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Company Limited introduced the country’s first Swasthya-focused pension scheme, “ICICI PF NPS Swasthya Equity Plus,” integrating retirement investments with healthcare-linked benefits within the National Pension System.

  • The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), part of the World Bank Group, issued a USD 197.67 million guarantee for Citibank N.A. in connection with its loan exposure to the State Bank of India.

  • India officially became the 12th member of the United States-led Pax Silica Coalition, aimed at strengthening resilient supply networks for semiconductors, critical minerals, and Artificial Intelligence technologies.

  • Female cheetah Gamini delivered three cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, representing another successful breeding milestone under India’s cheetah reintroduction programme.

  • The European Union established the European Legal Gateway Office in New Delhi to streamline safe and legal migration pathways for Indian students, researchers, and professionals.

  • Slice Small Finance Bank appointed its founder Rajan Bajaj as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

  • The Indian Army conducted a live firing exercise of the Strela-10 Very Short Range Air Defence System at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Rajasthan.

  • Sail Training Ship INS Sudarshini reached Safaga Port, Egypt, during its Lokayan-26 overseas deployment.

  • UIDAI launched an Artificial Intelligence-powered biometric deduplication and document verification system to enhance Aadhaar authentication security and accuracy.

  • Fractal AI unveiled “Vaidya 2.0,” an advanced healthcare reasoning AI model, during the India Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit 2026.

  • Noted Bengali author Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay (Shankar) passed away at the age of 93 in Kolkata.

  • Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released updated Tamil and Gujarati editions of the Constitution of India along with the 8th Edition of the Legal Glossary (English–Hindi).

  • Indian Railways expanded the deployment of Artificial Intelligence across passenger services and operational systems to improve ticket forecasting, crowd analytics, grievance handling, and freight logistics.

  • Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda launched an indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute.

  • Andhra Pradesh secured India’s largest integrated lithium-ion battery Gigafactory project by Waaree Energies with an investment commitment of ₹8,175 crore.

  • The Government of India announced the discontinuation of cash transactions at all National Highway toll plazas effective from 1 April 2026.

  • Larsen & Toubro, through its Vyoma division, signed an MoU with the Government of Gujarat to conduct a feasibility study for establishing a 250 MW green AI-ready data centre at Dholera Special Investment Region.

  • Norway achieved a record milestone at the Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics by securing 17 gold

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