Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 12/10/2026: Topics Covered

12 October Context: NHRC Foundation Day (The National Human Rights Commission was established on Oct 12, 1993).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Aligarh ODOP (Locks and Hardware), the Dudhwa National Park (UP’s only designated National Park), the Awadhi architecture of the Rumi Darwaza in Lucknow, and the ₹1000-Crore Nand Baba Milk Mission.

Polity: Article 368 (Parliament’s constituent power to amend the Constitution) and the 16th Finance Commission chaired by Arvind Panagariya.

Economy: The composition of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), and the Gini Coefficient (measuring income inequality).

UPSC Environment: The BBNJ (High Seas) Treaty aiming to protect marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, and the Loss and Damage Fund operationalized at COP28.

Science & Tech: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics (awarded for foundational discoveries in Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Networks), and the lethal Marburg Virus (belonging to the same family as Ebola).

Defence & IR: The UNIFIL peacekeeping force facing attacks in Lebanon, Exercise VARUNA (India-France), the UNHRC headquartered in Geneva, and the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize won by Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese atomic bomb survivors).

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: Rafael Nadal’s retirement as the “King of Clay” (14 French Open titles), the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics (awarded for research on societal institutions), and the PM PRANAM scheme (reducing chemical fertilizer use).