Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 13/09/2026: Topics Covered

13 September Historical Milestone: Operation Polo (1948 integration of Hyderabad into the Indian Union).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Gorakhpur ODOP (Terracotta / GI tagged), Nivesh Mitra Portal (Single-window business clearance), Samaspur Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar site in Rae Bareli), and the historic Chunar Sandstone (GI tag from Mirzapur).

Polity: 44th Amendment Act (Replacing ‘internal disturbance’ with ‘armed rebellion’ under Art. 352) and the 103rd Amendment Act (10% EWS Reservation).

UPSC Economy & Finance: The RBI’s Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) (Liquidity absorption without collateral) and the Global Innovation Index (Published by WIPO).

Environment: The Stockholm Convention (Eliminating Persistent Organic Pollutants) and the mega International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) (Covering 7 big cats).

UPSC Science & Health: The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Radio Telescope (Australia & South Africa) and the Wolbachia method (Controlling Dengue via Aedes aegypti).

UPSC Defense & IR: Exercise Dharma Guardian (India-Japan), the African Union joining the G20 (comprising 55 member states), and the Strait of Gibraltar (Separating Spain and Morocco).

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: The Abel Prize (Mathematics), Cricket’s return to the Olympics (LA 2028), the PM-KISAN scheme (Rs 6,000/year), and Claudia Goldin (Nobel Prize in Economics for women’s labor market research).