Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 10/09/2026: Topics Covered

10 September Special: World Suicide Prevention Day (co-sponsored by IASP and WHO).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Farrukhabad ODOP (Block Printing/Textile Printing), Mahoba Desawari Paan (GI Tag), the European Investment Bank (EIB) funding the Agra Metro Rail Project, and the historical Kakori Train Action (executed by the Hindustan Republican Association).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed):

Environment: The Global Methane Pledge aiming for a 30% reduction by 2030.

Space & S&T: NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter, ISRO’s Bharatiya Antariksha Station (BAS) targeted for 2035, and the newly approved WHO Malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M.

Polity: Article 39A (National Legal Services Authority – NALSA Executive Chairman role).

Economy & Banking: RBI’s Retail Direct Scheme (for G-Secs), Gresham’s Law (“Bad money drives out good”), and the PM PRANAM scheme (Alternative fertilizers).

Defence & IR: Project 17A (Stealth Guided-Missile Frigates), Exercise KAKADU (Hosted by Australia), Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara, and the MERCOSUR trade bloc.

Sports & Awards: The 2024 Chess Olympiad hosted in Budapest and the 2024 International Booker Prize awarded to Jenny Erpenbeck for ‘Kairos’.