Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 09/09/2026: Topics Covered

September Historical Milestone: Himalaya Diwas (Celebrated annually on Sept 9, officially declared by Uttarakhand).

UP Specific (ODOP, Infra & Current Affairs): Kasganj ODOP (Zari-Zardozi Embroidery), Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary (Renamed Shahid Chandra Shekhar Azad Bird Sanctuary in Unnao), the Bundelkhand Solar Expressway, and the development of India’s first AI City in Lucknow.

Defence, Security & Space: The Quad’s Malabar Naval Exercise, DRDO’s Project Kusha (India’s ‘Iron Dome’ LR-SAM), the Agni-Prime (Canisterised solid-propellant ballistic missile), and ESA’s Hera Mission (Post-impact survey of Dimorphos).

Banking, Finance & Economy: The RBI’s Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework (excluding SLR as a trigger), the UPI-PayNow Linkage (India-Singapore cross-border payments), and the World Bank’s focus on the Middle-Income Trap.

Science, Tech & Health: Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3 (Predicting 3D structures of all life’s molecules, not just proteins).

International Affairs & Appointments: The UK’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the UNGA 79th President Philemon Yang (Cameroon), and the ongoing negotiations for the UN Global Plastics Treaty.

Polity & Sports: Article 82 and the Delimitation Commission (Seat freeze until 2026), and Indian chess prodigy Gukesh D winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament.

Awards & Obituaries: Riken Yamamoto (2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize), and Bindeshwar Pathak (Founder of Sulabh International, posthumous Padma Vibhushan).

Government Schemes: PM-JANMAN (Comprehensive development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups – PVTGs).