Daily Current Affairs and GK | 10 February 2026

Topic: Government Schemes and Initiatives

1. A delegation of 44 students from Ladakh and Kerala is visiting Nagaland as part of the Ashtalakshmi Darshan Youth Exchange Programme.

• Nagaland University, Medziphema Campus, is the host of the visiting teams.
• The visit will continue until February 14.
• The programme has been started by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region in collaboration with the North Eastern Council, Shillong.
• The programme promotes the vision of “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat” by promoting national integration, cultural understandingand mutual respect among diverse regions of India.
• Under the programme, the visiting teams interacted with Nagaland statesman and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr. S.C. Jamir.
• The programme includes classroom lectures, which focus on the eight North Eastern states.
• The delegates are being taken on visit to historically and culturally significant locations in Nagaland.

Topic: Sports

2. India’s Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan won the gold medal.

• They set  a world record and a champioship record in the 10m air rifle mixed team event.
• The event was part of the 2026 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship in New Delhi.
• In the final, they scored a total of 505 points. This win allowed them to defend their Asian title successfully.
• South Korea’s Kim Woorim and Kwon Eunji won the silver medal. They scored 501 points.
• Japan’s Naoya Okada and Misaki Nobata won the bronze medal. They scored 437.9 points.
• The previous world record was 502.7 points. It was held by Germany’s Hanna Buehlmeyer and Maximilian Ulbrich.
• The German duo set this record at the ISSF Grand Prix in Slovenia in January 2026.