Daily Current Affairs – February 15, 2026

Raine's marquee deals in India include the $8.5 billion joint venture between The Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries Ltdn that combined their respective digital streaming and television assets

All credit facilities to securities firms will have to be backed by collateral, while lending for trading on their own account or investments by brokers will be prohibited

Man-elephant conflicts in Jharkhand have left as many as 474 people dead since the 2019-20 fiscal, according to a government report

Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, hailing from Karnataka, had been missing since Monday (February 9, 2026)

Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, hailing from Karnataka, had been missing since Monday (February 9, 2026)

An “agenda- based coming together of countries on a regular basis” was “very much the hallmark of Indian diplomacy” for about two decades, the External Affairs Minister said at the Munich Security Conference

Raine's marquee deals in India include the $8.5 billion joint venture between The Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries Ltdn that combined their respective digital streaming and television assets

All credit facilities to securities firms will have to be backed by collateral, while lending for trading on their own account or investments by brokers will be prohibited

In its official holiday calendar for the year, the RBI has listed nine holidays for banks in February 2026, including the weekend holidays for second Saturday, fourth Saturday, and all Sundays.

Bank holiday today, 14 February: Bank holiday on Saturday is designated as a holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act by the RBI. This bank holiday regulates the issuing of cheques and promissory notes.

India will be sweating on the availability of Abhishek Sharma, who did not play but was present at the ground when India faced Namibia