Topics Highlight for Today’s Current Affairs Quiz – 09/08/2026

09 August Special: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (Focusing on the role of IFAD in rural poverty and food security).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Jhansi ODOP (Soft Toys), Amangarh Tiger Reserve (Bhabar and Terai belt of Bijnor), Kisan e-Mitra (AI Chatbot for agriculture), Unnao ODOP (Zari-Zardozi), Kashi-Nishadraj Waterway (Varanasi to Prayagraj via NW-1), and the Sur Sarovar Bird Sanctuary (Keetham Lake on the Yamuna river in Agra).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Article 132 (Appellate Jurisdiction of SC for Constitutional interpretation), Special Drawing Rights (SDR) (IMF’s international reserve asset), Basel Convention (Transboundary hazardous waste disposal), Exercise Simbex (India-Singapore), Jal Jeevan Mission (Shahjahanpur leading Har Ghar Jal), MOXIE instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Rover (converting Martian CO2 to Oxygen), NHRC Chairperson qualification (2019 Amendment), the Liquidity Trap (Macroeconomic policy), Samarkand Declaration (SCO Summit 2022 in Uzbekistan), I.R. Coelho Case (9th Schedule judicial review), International Solar Alliance (ISA) (Gurugram HQ), UPI Integration in France, and Project Cheetah sourcing (Namibia and South Africa).