Topics Highlight for Today’s Current Affairs Quiz – 01/08/2026

01 August Special: Muslim Women’s Rights Day (Commemorating the August 1 passage of the 2019 Act criminalizing Triple Talaq).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana (Financial grant increased to Rs 25,000), Pratapgarh ODOP (Aonla / Indian Gooseberry), Dudhwa National Park (Lakhimpur Kheri Bengal Florican habitat), Charkula Folk Dance (Braj region multi-tiered illuminated pyramid dance), Purvanchal Expressway (Lucknow to Ghazipur), Kushinagar (Mahaparinirvana Temple / passing of Lord Buddha), and UP’s status as the highest producer of Wheat, Sugarcane, and Potato.

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (LMOs from modern biotechnology), Balance of Payments (Capital vs Current Account / FDI), Indian Navy’s Project 75(I) (Conventional stealth submarines with AIP), International Seabed Authority (ISA) (Kingston, Jamaica HQ), 97th Amendment Act (Constitutional status to Co-operative Societies), NISAR Mission (NASA-ISRO dual-frequency SAR), Global Risks Report (published by WEF), Exercise Yudh Abhyas (India-USA), Brundtland Report (1987 WCED ‘Our Common Future’), Gini Coefficient (Income/wealth inequality), Quantum Computing ‘Qubit’ (Superposition), and India’s strategic base development on Agaléga Island (Mauritius).