Daily Current Affairs: 12 February 2026

Current affairs of 12 February 2026: Corruption Perceptions Index 2025: India Ranks 91st; PLASTINDIA 2026 at Bharat Mandapam: Key Facts; AIIA–GIC MoU: Cashless Ayurveda Treatment Under 32 Insurers, and 11 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

PLASTINDIA 2026 at Bharat Mandapam: Key Facts
AIIA–GIC MoU: Cashless Ayurveda Treatment Under 32 Insurers
No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker Om Birla Explained

Banking & Finance

RBI Draft Rules to Ban Third-Party Sales Incentives at Banks
SEBI’s 2x Peak Load Rule for Commodity Exchange IT Systems
Banking Sector FDI Falls to USD 115 Million in FY25

Economy

CPI Base Year Shift from 2012 to 2024: Key Changes

International Affairs

India-UK Social Security Agreement: Double Contributions Convention
Bangladesh Election 2026: BNP Wins Two-Thirds Majority

Agriculture & Rural

BIOFACH 2026: India Named Country of the Year

Science & Technology

SATYA Portal: STQC Lab Automation Launched by MoS Prasada

Defence & Security

IAF and Royal Thai Air Force In-Situ Exercise
Vayu Shakti 2026: IAF’s Biennial Firepower Exercise

Reports & Indexes

Corruption Perceptions Index 2025: India Ranks 91st

National Affairs

Economy

1. PLASTINDIA 2026 at Bharat Mandapam: Key Facts

PLASTINDIA 2026, the 12th International Plastics Exhibition, ran from February 5 to 10 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta inaugurated it; theme “Bharat Next”.
Billed as the first 100% Zero-Waste plastics exhibition.

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Banking & Finance

2. AIIA–GIC MoU: Cashless Ayurveda Treatment Under 32 Insurers

AIIA and the General Insurance Council signed an MoU in February 2026 for cashless Ayurveda treatment.
Policies of 32 insurers are covered; Ayush insurance helpline is 1800-11-0008.
GIC was set up in 2001, based in Mumbai.

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Polity & Governance

3. No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker Om Birla Explained

Opposition members brought a motion of no confidence in Speaker Om Birla.
Article 94(c) provides for removing the Speaker or Deputy Speaker via a Lok Sabha resolution.
Such a resolution needs support from a majority of the House's entire membership at that time.

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Banking & Finance

4. RBI Draft Rules to Ban Third-Party Sales Incentives at Banks

RBI's draft amendment directions seek to curb mis-selling of financial products through banks.
Banks would be barred from taking direct or indirect third-party incentives for selling products.
Comments are open until 4 March 2026; proposed start is 1 July 2026.
Customers gain explicit-consent rights, refunds on proven mis-selling and 30-day feedback and complaint windows.

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Economy

5. SEBI’s 2x Peak Load Rule for Commodity Exchange IT Systems

SEBI issued a capacity planning and live monitoring framework for commodity derivatives exchanges.
Critical IT systems need installed capacity of at least 2x projected peak load.
The 2016 guidelines had asked for 4x for trading systems.

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Economy

6. Banking Sector FDI Falls to USD 115 Million in FY25

Banking FDI equity inflow was USD 115 million in FY25, down from USD 898 million in FY23.
The figures were provided by the Finance Ministry in the Rajya Sabha.
SBI has the highest foreign shareholding among PSBs at 11.07%.
Mudra (PMMY) sanctions since launch exceed 56.31 crore loans, valued at Rs 37.31 lakh crore.

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Economy

7. CPI Base Year Shift from 2012 to 2024: Key Changes

MoSPI is shifting the Consumer Price Index base year from 2012 to 2024.
The new basket is built on the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (2023-24).
Online prices and more administrative data are being added.

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International Affairs

Economy

8. India-UK Social Security Agreement: Double Contributions Convention

India and the UK signed a reciprocal Social Security Agreement, known as a Double Contributions Convention (DCC).
It protects employees on short postings of up to 36 months from paying twice.
They pay only into the system of their home country.

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Polity & Governance

9. Bangladesh Election 2026: BNP Wins Two-Thirds Majority

Bangladesh held its general election on 12 February 2026, with a referendum on the July Charter.
BNP won 209 seats (212 with its alliance); Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 (77 with its alliance).
Voter turnout was 59.44%.
BNP leader Tarique Rahman led the party's campaign to victory.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

10. BIOFACH 2026: India Named Country of the Year

India was named 'Country of the Year' at BIOFACH 2026, the leading organic trade fair.
The fair is held yearly at Nuremberg Messe, Germany, managed by NürnbergMesse GmbH.
APEDA, under the Commerce & Industry Ministry, organises India's participation.

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Science & Technology

Government Schemes

11. SATYA Portal: STQC Lab Automation Launched by MoS Prasada

MoS Jitin Prasada inaugurated STQC Lab Automation Portal ‘SATYA’ in New Delhi in February 2026.
C-DAC helped build it technically.
It is a single-window system covering the full certification cycle for electronics and IT products.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

12. IAF and Royal Thai Air Force In-Situ Exercise

On 10 February 2026, the IAF and Royal Thai Air Force held a joint in-situ air exercise for better coordination and interoperability.
In-situ training happens at or close to real mission locations and focuses on live coordination.
IAF fielded Su-30MKI, AWACS, AEW&C and IL-78; RTAF fielded the Swedish-made Gripen.

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Defence & Security

13. Vayu Shakti 2026: IAF’s Biennial Firepower Exercise

The IAF planned its biennial firepower exercise Vayu Shakti 2026 for 27 February at Pokhran, Rajasthan.
Frontline fighter aircraft were to feature prominently in the display.
The event was to highlight the operational success of Operation Sindoor.

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Reports & Indexes

14. Corruption Perceptions Index 2025: India Ranks 91st

India placed 91st of 182 countries in CPI 2025 with 39 out of 100, up five places.
The global average fell to 42, the lowest in over a decade.
Denmark led for the eighth year running.

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Daily Current Affairs: 12 February 2026

In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

1. PLASTINDIA 2026 at Bharat Mandapam: Key Facts

2. AIIA–GIC MoU: Cashless Ayurveda Treatment Under 32 Insurers

3. No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker Om Birla Explained

Banking & Finance

4. RBI Draft Rules to Ban Third-Party Sales Incentives at Banks

5. SEBI’s 2x Peak Load Rule for Commodity Exchange IT Systems

6. Banking Sector FDI Falls to USD 115 Million in FY25

Economy

7. CPI Base Year Shift from 2012 to 2024: Key Changes

International Affairs

8. India-UK Social Security Agreement: Double Contributions Convention

9. Bangladesh Election 2026: BNP Wins Two-Thirds Majority

Agriculture & Rural

10. BIOFACH 2026: India Named Country of the Year

Science & Technology

11. SATYA Portal: STQC Lab Automation Launched by MoS Prasada

Defence & Security

12. IAF and Royal Thai Air Force In-Situ Exercise

13. Vayu Shakti 2026: IAF’s Biennial Firepower Exercise

Reports & Indexes

14. Corruption Perceptions Index 2025: India Ranks 91st

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