Your College Notes

Blinking Text
Blinking Text

📞 011-69270320

Menu
start learning

Current Affairs 6 February 2026

Cuba (Capital: Havana)

  • Cuba faces energy crisis as U.S. action in Venezuela and fresh sanctions choke off oil supplies which accounts for 83% of total power generation.
  • Political Features
  • It is the largest island country in the Caribbean Sea which is part of the Greater Antilles in the West Indies.
  • Maritime Boundaries: Gulf of Mexico (West) and  Atlantic Ocean (North).
  • Geographical Features
  • Minerals: Cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, and petroleum. 
  • Major rivers: Cauto,Toa
  • Climate: Tropical, seasonally humid, with maritime influence and semi-continental features.

NDMA

  • A statutory Body mandated by the Disaster Management Act, 2005. 
  • Acts as the apex body for Disaster Management in India. 
  • Headed by: Prime Minister of India
  • Mandate: To lay down the policies, plans and guidelines for Disaster Management.

 Ad hoc Judges

  • Article 224A empowers the Chief Justice of a High Court to request a retired judge of any High Court to sit and act as a judge, with the prior consent of the President of India.
  • Appointment is temporary: The person serves only for the period specified and is not treated as a permanent judge.
  • Jurisdiction and powers: Enjoys the same powers, jurisdiction, and privileges as a regular High Court judge while in office.

Lake Urmia (or lake Oromeeh)

  • Location: Situated in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran.
  • It is the largest lake in the Middle East.
  • Terminal Lake: The lake has no outlet, making it a “dead end” for a large drainage system, making it extremely saline.
  • Water Sources: Talkheh river in the northeast and the twin rivers Zarīneh (Jagātu) and Sīmīneh (Tatavi) in the south.
  • Protected Status: Ramsar Site and part of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)

Exercise KHANJAR 

  • Background: Exercise KHANJAR was initiated in 2011 and is conducted annually, alternately in India and Kyrgyzstan, to enhance interoperability between Special Forces. 
  • Participating Units: The Indian Army contingent is represented by troops from the Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), while the Kyrgyzstan contingent is represented by the ILBRIS Special Forces Brigade. 
  • Aim & Focus Areas: Exchange of best practices in counter- terrorism and Special Forces operations, with training in urban and mountainous terrain, including sniping, building intervention, and high-altitude/mountain warfare. 
  • Significance: Enhances defence ties, addresses international terrorism and extremism, and reinforces commitment to peace, stability and regional security. 

Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0

  • About: Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0 builds on the success of the 2024 campaign and aims to saturate 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in 112 Aspirational Districts and 6 KPIs in 513 Aspirational Blocks under the Aspirational Districts and Blocks Programme
  • Focus Areas: For Aspirational Blocks, the focus areas include child nutrition and measurement under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) basic amenities in Anganwadi Centres, girls’ sanitation facilities in schools, and bovine vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease.
  • For Aspirational Districts, the KPIs cover birth weight measurement, tuberculosis case notification, conduct of Village/Urban Health Sanitation and Nutrition Days, functional girls’ toilets in schools, and animal vaccination coverage.