News of The Day : 13th February 2026

News of The Day – 13th Feb 2026

The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, PIB and AIR, etc

(with Syllabus Relevance)

• About Swami Dayanand Saraswati
• Contribution to socio-religious reform movements of 19th century India.
  • Founded Arya Samaj in 1875.
  • Advocated “Back to the Vedas”, social reform, women’s education & opposition to caste discrimination.

(GS-2: Polity & Governance)

• About Right to Recall
• Not provided in the Indian Constitution for MPs/MLAs.
  • Some states allow recall at local body level.
• Linked to democratic accountability vs stability debate. 
• Practised in countries like parts of the USA (state level), Switzerland, and some Latin American nations.
• Raises questions on feasibility in a parliamentary system like India.

• Concern over disclosure of classified information.
• About Official Secrets Act.
• Balances Article 19(1)(a) freedom of speech with national security.
• Debate on transparency vs confidentiality in civil-military relations.

• About ‘Kaushal Rath’ 
• Mobile outreach for AI awareness among youth.
• Part of inclusive AI agenda under IndiaAI Mission.
• Focus on skilling, digital inclusion & future workforce readiness.

(GS-2: International Relations)

• About ‘Arctic Sentry’ mission
• Enhances Arctic surveillance & deterrence.
• Reflects growing geopolitical competition in the Arctic (Russia–West tensions).
• Linked to climate change opening new sea routes & resource access.

(GS-3: Economy)

• NITI Aayog projects expansion driven by AI, cloud, cybersecurity, semiconductors & global capability centres (GCCs).
• Emphasis on deep-tech, R&D, talent upskilling & digital public infrastructure (DPI).
• Supports Viksit Bharat 2047 vision.
• Challenges: global slowdown, automation disruption, data governance & skilling gap.

(GS-3: Economy)

• About AgriStack: Digital ecosystem integrating farmer database, land records & crop data.
• Enables targeted subsidies, credit access & crop insurance.
• Inspired by the success of Unified Payments Interface.
• Concerns: data privacy, federalism & consent architecture.

(GS-3: Defence & Security)

• Combined Task Force (CTF) 154.
• Focus on maritime security & counter-terror financing in the Indian Ocean region.
• Enhances India’s SAGAR vision & maritime diplomacy.

(GS-3: Science and tech)

• Shorter, injection-free regimens improve compliance & reduce adverse effects.
• Supports National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP).
• India aims to eliminate TB by 2025 (ahead of global SDG 2030 target).

• About Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs)
  • Rare inherited metabolic diseases due to enzyme deficiency.
• National biobank stores patient samples for research, diagnosis & therapy development.
• Supports precision medicine & gene therapy research.
• Aligns with National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021.

(Miscellaneous)

• World Radio Day 
• Observed annually on 13 February. 
• About All India Radio (AIR)