Legal Current Affairs for 9 February 2026

Economic & Trade Significance: Malaysia is India’s 3rd largest trading partner in ASEAN.
Strong People-to-People connect: Malaysia has the largest Pravasi Bharatiya Divas participation.
Malaysia hosts: ~2.75 million Persons of Indian Origin (2nd largest globally after the US),
~2.9 million Indian diaspora (3rd largest globally)
Cultural & Soft Power: Strong cultural footprint with almost 20,000 Hindu temples, Gurudwaras and many Indian languages.

Completely abolished the bonded labour system and declared all forms of bonded labour illegal.
Cancelled all existing bonded debts and mandated immediate release and freedom of all bonded labourers.
Protection from eviction of freed bonded labourers from lands they occupied.
District-level enforcement by District Magistrates and Vigilance Committees to identify, release, and rehabilitate bonded labourers.
Rehabilitation, through Central and State-level programmes, offering financial assistance, land, housing, and livelihood support.
Rescue operations through periodic surveys and rescue drives that have identified and released lakhs of bonded labourers over decades.

Ethiopia demands Eritrea immediately withdraw troops from its territory.
Political Features
Image showing map of Eritrea
Location: Situated in the Horn of Africa (Northeast Africa).
Land Borders: Sudan (West/North), Ethiopia (South), Djibouti (Southeast).
Maritime Borders: Possesses a long coastline along the Red Sea. Shares maritime boundaries with Saudi Arabia and Yemen (across the Red Sea).
Strategic Importance: It controls the western coast of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Membership in Foreign Groupings: African Union, COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa).

Doctors collect T-cells from a patient’s blood.
In the lab, these cells are genetically modified to carry Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs).
CARs act like targeting systems, helping T-cells recognise cancer cells.
The engineered cells are multiplied and infused back into the patient.

It was the final stage of the Stone Age.
It was characterized by stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, dependence on domesticated plants and animals, settlement in permanent villages, and the appearance of pottery and weaving.
Neolithic cultures of India were contemporary with Harappan, Chalcolithic and microlith-using hunter-gatherers.
Neolithic sites in India: Kashmir (Burzahom), Vindhyan region of Prayagraj, Mirzapur and the Belan river valley, The area of northern part of Bihar, Central Eastern region, Assam and the sub-Himalayan region, Peninsular India etc.

Mission: To create an effective framework and ecosystem for the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of Cybercrime.
Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
Functions:
Automate the process of sending notices to intermediaries by the Appropriate Government or its agency under IT Act, 2000.
Facilitate removal or disabling of access to any information, data or communication link being used to commit an unlawful act.
Bring together all Authorized Agencies and all the intermediaries on one platform.