Daily Current Affairs – 17 February 2026

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Rajasthan Krishna Nagar also represented the Indian team on two occasions at the Para Badminton World Championship in Bahrain, 8 to 14 February where he won two bronze medals. One bronze was in individuals category and this is a reflection of his personal performance in the international scene. The second bronze was won in mixed doubles when he joined Nithyashree Sumeethy Sivan to become a gold medal winning combination. These findings emphasize the fact that Krishna Nagar remains competitive in...

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Rajasthan has initiated the second lion safari of Udaipur, and the opening was done on Monday evening. The lion safari was inaugurated by Punjab Governor, Gulab Chand Kataria and was a new addition to wildlife tourism in the lake city. At an earlier time of the day, Kataria freed the tourist lion Samrat and its friend Sunehna off a shelter. Kataria along with his wife Anita Kataria had a gypsy safari ride at around 6 pm. In the course of...

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With the Panch Gaurav Yojana, the Amer Fort in Jaipur, the flagship one district-one tourist site in the district, is being upgraded at a light speed in order to provide a global level visitor experience and preserve the heritage. The project will go in line with the interests of the Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma related to turning tourism into a better contributor to the state economy. The district administration, as per instructions of the District Collector Dr. Jitendra Kumar...

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BharatVistaar will be promoted in the entire country starting at Jaipur, the State Institute of Agricultural Management (SIAM), Durgapura, on Tuesday, 17 February. The Union Agriculture Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Bhajanlal Sharma will chair the programme. Being declared in the Union Budget 2026-27, BharatVistaar is an AI-based, multilingual interactive advisory system that will cover all the aspects of agriculture by providing farmers with a single digital platform. BharatVistaar, which is designed to be a...