Legal Current Affairs for 16 February 2026

Article 25: It imparts freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.
Article 26: It gives freedom to manage religious affairs.
Article 27: It sets freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion.
Article 28: It gives freedom as to attendance at religious instruction or religious worship in certain educational institutions.

It is a set of methods that uses the rules of quantum mechanics to securely encrypt, transmit, and decode information.
It employs quantum devices, such as sensors capable of recording individual particles of light (photons), to protect data from an adversarial attack.
Types:
Quantum key distribution (QKD): It is a secure communication method for exchanging encryption keys only known between shared parties.
Quantum coin-flipping: It is a type of cryptographic primitive (something of a building block for algorithms) that allows two parties who do not trust each other to agree on a set of parameters.

It is a digital form of fiat currency issued and regulated by the Central Bank (Reserve Bank of India).
It is a legal tender and a liability of the central bank, appearing on its balance sheet, as per Section 26 of the RBI Act, 1934.
Denominated in sovereign currency (₹ in India) and available in the same denominations as physical currency
It was launched in pilot mode in India since December 2022 [Digital Rupee -Wholesale (e₹-W) and Digital Rupee-Retail (e₹-R)].

India and South Korea Hold 6th Foreign Policy and Security Dialogue (FPSD), Reaffirming Special Strategic Partnership.
Political Features
Location: East Asian country occupying the southern Korean Peninsula.
Boundaries: North Korea (North).
38°N latitude/parallel separates it from North Korea.
Maritime boundaries: Surrounded by water on 3 sides i.e. East Sea or Sea of Japan (East), East China Sea (South), Yellow Sea (West).
To the southeast it is separated from the Japanese island of Tsushima by the Korea Strait.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Statutory Body: Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
Mandate: Lays down science-based standards and regulates food manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import ensuring safety.
Key Initiative: Eat Right India.
Governing Structure: Food Authority with Chairperson and 22 members (one-third being women).

Membership: India, Brazil, Germany, and Japan.
G4 demands reform and expansion of the United Nations Security Council in both permanent and non-permanent categories.
Objective: make UNSC more representative, democratic and reflective of present geopolitical realities.
G4 supports greater representation for developing regions, especially Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

It is a multipurpose project with the twin objectives of power generation and flood moderation.
Proposed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited.
Location: The project is located on River Kamla (a major right bank tributary of Subansiri River) in Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh.
Subansiri River is a tributary of mighty Brahmaputra River.
Total installed capacity of the project is 1800 MW (1728 MW in the underground powerhouse and 72 MW in the surface powerhouse).

Habitat: Mainly found in mid-montane grassland of western Himalayas across its global range (Pakistan, India, and Nepal).
“Cheer” refers to the birds’ occurrence near Chir Pine forests and “Pheasant” means a member of the game-bird family which mostly include ground dwelling birds.
Conservation Status: IUCN (Vulnerable); CITES (Appendix I); Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 (Schedule I).