About Must Read News Articles is an initiative by Team ForumIAS to provide links to the most important news articles of the day. It covers The Hindu newspaper & Indian Express. This saves the time and effort of students in identifying useful and important articles. With newspaper websites requiring a paid subscription beyond a certain number of fixed articles, we believe it is one of the best ways to cover all major newspapers in the shortest amount of time. Daily Current Affairs Articles 17 February 2026.
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GS Paper 1
Cities of debt: On the Urban Challenge Fund
“Syllabus-urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
GS Paper 2
India’s federalism is in need of a structural reset
“Syllabus- issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
Transatlantic strains: On Europe and the U.S.
“Syllabus- Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
Can AI become democracy’s ally, not its adversary?
“Syllabus- Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models,
GS Paper 3
Bhabha, Cold War, nuclear technology, 1955: Dos and Don’ts for India in AI
“Syllabus-Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.
Bharat-VISTAAR, offering farmers crop support in their languages, goes live today
“Syllabus-food security; Technology missions
“Syllabus-Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
