Daily Current Affairs and GK | 14 February 2026

Topic: Geography

1. Tropical Cyclone Gezani struck Toamasina, which is main port city of Madagascar.

• The cyclone led to death of 31 people, collapsed houses and cutting power across the region.
• Red alerts for floods and landslides were issued as the storm moved inland.
• Toamasina suffered extensive damage and 75% of infrastructure was destroyed.
• Tropical Cyclone Gezani crossed the Indian Ocean island with high winds and rain.
• It made landfall on 10 February. On Wednesday (February 11), it weakened to a tropical storm.
• The storm passed around 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the capital, Antananarivo.
• Madagascar is highly vulnerable to cyclones. It was hit by Cyclone Fytia less than two weeks ago.
• Cyclone Fytia killed 14 people in the country. Tropical Cyclone Fytia hit on January 31. 
• Cyclone season in Madagascar continues from around November to March.
• Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island. It has been affected by over a dozen tropical storms or cyclones since 2020.

Topic: Summits/ Conferences/ Meetings

2. Ministry of Women and Child Development organised a National Conference on Safety of Women at Workplace (SHe-Box) on 14 February 2026.

• The conference was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in presence of the Union  Minister for Women and Child Development, Annpurna Devi, and the Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur.
• The Conference is an effort to reaffirm commitment of the Government to make sure creation of a safe, dignified and harassment-free workplaces for all women across different sectors.
• It is also an effort to strengthen implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
• SHe-Box portal was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development on 29th August, 2024.
• It was launched as a secure, user-friendly, multilingual single-window platform.
• It allows online complaint filing, automatic forwarding to the concerned Internal or Local Committee.
• Union Minister Annpurna Devi also administered a National Workplace Safety Pledge. She also delivered keynote address.
• Around 1,500 participants from over 100 Organizations including Government and Private sectors came together during the conference.