Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 16/08/2026: Topics Covered

16 August Special: Communal Award 1932 (Ramsay MacDonald / Poona Pact link) and De Jure Transfer Day of Puducherry (14th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1962).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana (Rs 51,000 grant details), Hapur ODOP (Home Furnishing / Cotton Handloom), Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary (Aligarh wetland), Kanpur Metro Priority Corridor (IIT Kanpur to Motijheel), UP State Agricultural Universities (4 active universities), ODOS (One District One Sport) (Wrestling in Varanasi & Gorakhpur), and the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor (Connecting temple to Manikarnika & Lalita Ghats).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Article 169 (Creation of State Legislative Councils), Article 312 (Rajya Sabha’s role in creating All-India Services), Adjournment Sine Die vs Prorogation (Parliamentary procedures), Base Effect (Macroeconomic indicator for CPI Inflation), REER vs NEER (Real Effective Exchange Rate mechanics), Project Dolphin (National Aquatic Animal designation), Stockholm Conference 1972 (Genesis of UNEP), Quantum Entanglement (2022 Physics Nobel concept), ISRO-CNES TRISHNA Mission (Thermal Infrared Imaging), Exercise Al Mohed Al Hindi (India-Saudi Arabia), the Nord Stream Pipelines (Baltic Sea geography), and the Galathea Bay ICTP project (Great Nicobar Island).