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Highlights of 26 February 2026 Current Affairs
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and C-DAC launched the Blockchain India Challenge to promote blockchain-based governance solutions through Indian startups.
- Blockchain technology enables decentralized, immutable, transparent, and cryptographically secure record-keeping, improving digital governance in certificates, healthcare logistics, land records, and criminal justice systems.
- The Supreme Court introduced NOTA in 2013, but recently observed that it has had limited impact on candidate selection and election outcomes.
- NOTA allows voters to formally reject all candidates, but it has no legal power to cancel elections even if it secures the highest votes.
- The United Nations launched a road safety financing project in Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Assam to reduce road fatalities and strengthen road safety systems.
- India records around 1.68 lakh road deaths annually, with over-speeding as the leading cause, prompting major legal and policy interventions.
- Larsen & Toubro will construct LIGO-India in Maharashtra, strengthening India’s role in global gravitational wave research.
- LIGO detects gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein using laser interferometry to measure extremely tiny distortions in space-time.
- Under Article 3 of the Constitution, Parliament can change state names, and the Union Cabinet has approved renaming Kerala as Keralam.
- The Department of Biotechnology launched SUJVIKA, an AI-driven biotech trade intelligence portal, to support data-driven policy and promote self-reliance in biotechnology.
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