Daily Current Affairs – 09 February 2026

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On February 7 the Alwar Bird Watching Festival was held in the Silisedh Lake (Ramsar site). Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Alwar MP, and Rajasthan Forest and Environment Minister of State (Independent Charge), participated in the event and launched the festival by partaking in activities of bird-watching.  Key Highlights Phenomenon: Alwar Bird Watching Festival. Location: Silisedh Lake (Ramsar site), Alwar. Date: 7 February Some of the key players include: Union Forest Minister, Bhupender Yadav; MoS (IC), Sanjay Sharma....

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The Jaipur Architecture festival 2026 which was organized together with India Stonemart 2026, at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre (JECC) Sitapura ended successfully on February 7. It was the closing ceremony of the two-day national festival that was conducted under the chief guestship of Union Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal. The visit also involved the Minister viewing the exhibition India Stonemart 2026 and in the closing session of the festival to officially bring the...

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A Gram Utthaan Shivir was conducted in the village of Bahala in Ramgarh and attended by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan Bhajanlal Sharma who claimed that this would be done in all circles of girdawar so that the welfare schemes reach the last mile beneficiary, that is, farmers, workers and livestock rearers. According to him, the government is going directly to the beneficiaries who are qualified through the Gram Utthaan Shivir system and facilitating quicker clearance of works in this...

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The Rajasthan Department of Mines and Geology and Rajasthan State Mines and Mineral Limited (RSMML) won the Government Pavilion category in the first place in terms of the best performance at India Stonemart 2026 in Jaipur. The Governor, Shri Haribhau Bagde, and the Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, Shri Vasudev Devnani, gave the award which was conferred on February 8 and went on to give the winning teams a memento and a certificate of appreciation. The pavilion under the...