Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 13/10/2026: Topics Covered

13 October Context: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (Promoting risk awareness and the UNDRR).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Ghazipur ODOP (Jute Wall Hangings), the scenic Surha Taal Bird Sanctuary in Ballia, the Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR) in Varanasi, and the excavation site of India’s National Emblem, the Lion Capital at Sarnath.

Polity: Article 137 (The Supreme Court’s power to review its own judgments) and the 97th Amendment Act (Constitutional status for Co-operative Societies).

UPSC Economy: The definition of Core Inflation (stripping out volatile food and energy prices) and the RBI’s Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) comprising the Repo and Reverse Repo rates.

UPSC Environment: The Basel Convention on transboundary hazardous waste, and the Bishkek Declaration (safeguarding Snow Leopards).

Science & Tech: ESA’s innovative Proba-3 Mission (creating prolonged artificial eclipses to study the Sun’s Corona) and the revolutionary potential of Perovskite in next-gen Solar Cells.

Defence & IR: India’s multilateral naval Exercise MILAN, Russia’s formidable S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler), the Paris headquarters of the FATF, and the strategic Gulf of Mannar separating India and Sri Lanka.

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: The 2026 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup (Hosted jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands), the strict English-language criteria of the Booker Prize, and the “One Nation, One Digital Platform” approach of PM e-VIDYA.