Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 15/10/2026: Topics Covered

15 October Context: World Students’ Day (Honoring the birth anniversary of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Mahoba ODOP (Gaura Patthar / Stone Craft), the massive Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary, the Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, and the historic Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah in Agra.

Polity: Article 324 (Vesting electoral control in the Election Commission of India) and the 74th Amendment Act (Constitutional status for Municipalities via Part IXA).

UPSC Economy: The Laffer Curve (relationship between tax rates and revenue) and the RBI’s D-SIBs (Domestic Systemically Important Banks).

Environment: The Bonn Challenge (global land restoration) and the 30×30 Target from the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Science & Tech: ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission orbit details (400 km LEO), and the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine (awarded for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation).

Defence & IR: Exercise KAZIND (India-Kazakhstan), the Navy’s Project 75 Kalvari-class submarines built by MDL, the EAM’s October 2024 visit to Pakistan for the SCO CHG meeting, and the strategic Gulf of Tonkin.

Sports & Govt Schemes: The inspiring para-archer Sheetal Devi, the publishers of the Global Hunger Index (GHI), and the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.

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