Daily Current Affairs – 18 February 2026

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BharatVistaar, a digital agriculture platform with AI capabilities, was unveiled in Jaipur in an effort to increase the number of services offered to farmers in India. It was launched on the 17 February 2012 at the State Institute of Agricultural Management (SIAM), Durgapura, and chaired by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and the chief minister of Rajasthan, Bhajanlal Sharma. BharatVistaar focuses on initiating a digital transformation in the field of agriculture by providing farmers with...

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All India Institutional Leadership Conclave 2026 was a conference held in Jaipur under the joint organisation of the Vidya Bharati, Rajasthan University, and the Commissionerate of College Education. On the conclave, Governor Haribhau Bagde emphasized that a new education system in India is founded on original thinking and can in the future make India a giant in the world in terms of education. He appealed to the collective action in the enhancement of character of citizens and nation building by...

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The Rajasthan AI Pavilion is becoming one of the main attractions of the India Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit 2026, which is being held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, until 20 February 2026. The Rajasthan AI Pavilion is the showcase of the citizen-focused AI projects in Rajasthan and the sustainability development roadmap that is in line with the theme of the summit which is- People, Planet and Progress. The broader objective of the summit is to ensure the AI is...