Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 11/09/2026: Topics Covered

11 September Milestone: National Forest Martyrs Day (Honoring the Bishnoi community’s sacrifice in the 1730 Khejarli massacre).

UP Specific (ODOP, Infra, Culture, Scheme): Mathura ODOP (Sanitary Fittings), Bakhira Bird Sanctuary (Sant Kabir Nagar Ramsar site), the 594 km Ganga Expressway (connecting Meerut to Prayagraj), the famous Bateshwar Fair (Agra), and the increased 25,000 Rs assistance under the Kanya Sumangala Yojana.

UPSC Polity: Article 360 (Financial Emergency – explicitly noting it has never been invoked), and the exact parameters of the Human Development Index (HDI).

UPSC Economy & Finance: Engel’s Law (Proportion of income spent on food) and the RBI’s Vostro accounts for Rupee internationalization.

UPSC Science & Health: CAR-T Cell Therapy (NexCAR19) for Blood Cancer, and the NISAR Earth-observing satellite (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar).

UPSC Defense & IR: Project 75I (Air-Independent Propulsion submarines), Exercise Surya Kiran (India-Nepal), the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and Belarus becoming the 10th member of the SCO.

UPSC History & Heritage: The prehistoric Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (Madhya Pradesh).

Government Schemes: PM SHRI (Upgrading 14,500 govt schools to NEP 2020 standards).

Sports & Personalities: Harvinder Singh making history in Paralympic Archery and the passing of veteran politician Sitaram Yechury.