Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 14/08/2026: Topics Covered

14 August Special Themes: Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Commemorating August 14, highlighting Sir Cyril Radcliffe & the Boundary Commissions of 1947).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Sambhal ODOP / GI Tag (Horn and Bone Crafts), Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (Girwa River / Gharial habitat in Bahraich), Ayodhya’s New Airport (Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhya Dham), Sonbhadra’s Energy Hub (‘Energy Capital of India’ around Rihand Reservoir), Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) (100% housing for marginalized tribes like Vantangiya, Musahar, Kol), and the cultural heritage of Kampil (Farrukhabad).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Election Commission Act 2023 (Selection Committee composition excluding CJI), Inverted Duty Structure (Economic/Trade policy impact on domestic manufacturing), Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) (Managed by the GEF), Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) (Quantum encryption mechanics), Exercise Desert Cyclone (India-UAE army exercise), the Strait of Hormuz (Connecting Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman), the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Article 14 and 21 Expansion (Supreme Court’s GIB ruling linking climate change to fundamental rights), Article 137 (Review Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court), Casgevy (First CRISPR-based gene therapy for Sickle Cell Disease), the Global Innovation Index (published by WIPO), RBI’s Scale Based Regulation (SBR) framework for NBFCs, and the NPT Nuclear-Weapon States.