Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 04/10/2026: Topics Covered

04 October Context: World Animal Day (Commemorating the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Meerut ODOP (Sports Goods), the Vijaysagar Bird Sanctuary (Mahoba), the 296-km Bundelkhand Expressway connecting Chitrakoot to Etawah, and the history of the Jhansi Fort built by Raja Bir Singh Deo.

UPSC Polity: Article 326 (Universal Adult Suffrage establishing the bedrock of Indian democracy) and the 93rd Amendment Act (27% OBC Reservation in educational institutions).

Economy: The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) highlighting Petroleum Refinery Products as having the highest weightage, and Okun’s Law describing the inverse relationship between GDP growth and the unemployment rate.

Environment: The UN recognizing the Namami Gange initiative as a Top 10 World Restoration Flagship, and the launch year of Project Snow Leopard (2009).

Science & Tech: The structural composition of the wonder material Graphene (a single layer of carbon atoms) and China’s Tiangong Space Station.

Defence & IR: Exercise JIMEX (India-Japan), DRDO’s successful flight tests of VSHORADS (MANPADS), the headquarters of INTERPOL in Lyon (France), and the strict 2-year terms of non-permanent members on the UNSC.

Sports, Appointments & Govt Schemes: 29 medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, General Upendra Dwivedi assuming command as the 30th Chief of Army Staff, and the PM-DAKSH scheme providing skill development to marginalized groups.