Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 01/11/2026: Topics Covered

1 November Context: State Formation Day (Highlighting that Gujarat was formed on May 1, not Nov 1).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Agra ODOP (Leather Products), the Amangarh Tiger Reserve (Bijnor buffer to Corbett), the UP Defense Industrial Corridor (comprising 6 massive nodes), and the historic 16th-century Shahi Bridge (Jaunpur).

Polity: The 44th Amendment Act (Explicit deletion of the Right to Property) and Article 143 (President’s Advisory Jurisdiction from the Supreme Court).

Economy & Banking: The macroeconomic definition of a Current Account Deficit (CAD), and the EASE Reforms agenda for Public Sector Banks.

Environment: The CITES Appendices classification system, and the corporate deceptive practice of Greenwashing.

Science & Tech: The Vyommitra half-humanoid robot (ISRO Gaganyaan) and the unhackable mechanics of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).

Defence & IR: India’s massive Operation Ajay (evacuating citizens from Israel), the DRDO’s K-4 SLBM for the nuclear triad, the jurisdictional difference between the ICJ and ICC, and the strategic Palk Strait (separating Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka).

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: Neeraj Chopra securing India’s sole Silver medal at Paris 2024, Paul Lynch winning the 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song, and the collateral-free enterprise loans under the PM Vishwakarma scheme.