India sees future, not fear in AI: PM ModiIndia did not fear artificial intelligence (AI), but saw its future in the technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, addressing the Leaders’ Plenary session of the AI Impact Summit on Thursday (February 19, 2026). Supreme Court to hear CAA petitions from May 5The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 19, 2026) scheduled the final hearing from May 5 in over 250 petitions challenging the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and its Rules, which accelerate the grant of Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Supreme Court accepts filmmaker’s withdrawal of Ghooskhor Pandat title, says ‘sensibilities are fragile’The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 19, 2026) accepted an undertaking given by producer-director Neeraj Pandey to unequivocally relinquish the title of ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ even as the lead judge on the Bench, Justice B.V. Nagarathna, remarked that “sensibilities are fragile” nowadays. At least 16 killed in explosion due to suspected gas leakage in Pakistan’s KarachiAt least 16 people, including many children, were killed and 14 others injured when a suspected gas leakage led to an explosion in a residential building in Pakistan’s Karachi on Thursday (February 19, 2026) morning. Supreme Court stays Madras HC orders which ‘paralysed’ Tamil Nadu Waqf BoardThe Supreme Court on Thursday (February 19, 2026) stayed an interim order of the Madras High Court which found the functioning of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board prima facie illegal for not nominating two non-Muslims members.

Source: The Hindu February 19, 2026 12:46 UTC