Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 11/10/2026: Topics Covered

11 October Context: International Day of the Girl Child (Adopted by the UNGA in 2011 to amplify girls’ voices).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Siddharthnagar ODOP (Kala Namak Rice / Buddha’s Gift), the Sur Sarovar Bird Sanctuary (Keetham Lake in Agra), the Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana (financial grant increased to ₹25,000), and Akbar’s historic Ibadat Khana in Fatehpur Sikri.

UPSC Polity: Article 32 (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s “heart and soul of the Constitution”) and the 11th Schedule (29 functional items for Panchayats added by the 73rd Amendment).

UPSC Economy: The definition of a Windfall Tax (taxing supernormal profits from external events) and the widely used SWIFT network for international banking.

Environment: The Minamata Convention (protecting human health from Mercury) and the African-led Great Green Wall initiative across the Sahel region.

Science & Tech: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (awarded for AI-driven prediction of 3D protein structures via AlphaFold) and NASA’s Europa Clipper mission launching to study Jupiter’s icy moon.

Defence & IR: Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR (India-USA Special Forces), Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, the ASEAN Secretariat located in Jakarta, and the volatile Durand Line (Afghanistan-Pakistan border).

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: Carlos Alcaraz winning the 2024 Wimbledon Men’s Singles, Han Kang (South Korea) winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the PM-KUSUM scheme (subsidized solar agriculture pumps).