Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 17/09/2026: Topics Covered

17 September Special: The anniversary of Project Cheetah (reintroducing African cheetahs to Kuno National Park on PM Modi’s birthday in 2022).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Aligarh ODOP (Locks and Hardware), the historic Sikandra (Akbar’s Tomb in Agra), the Nivesh Mitra single-window portal, Surha Taal Bird Sanctuary (Ballia), the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (Varanasi), and North India’s first hyper-scale data center Yotta D1 (Greater Noida).

UPSC Polity: Article 21A (Right to Education inserted by the 86th Amendment) and the Supreme Court striking down the Electoral Bonds Scheme citing Article 19(1)(a).

Economy: The Kuznets Curve (Economic growth vs Income Inequality).

Environment: The Cartagena Protocol (Safe handling of Living Modified Organisms).

Science & Tech: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine for mRNA vaccines (Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman) and the EDF’s MethaneSAT.

Defence & IR: Operation Polo (1948 Integration of Hyderabad), Exercise SAMPRITI (India-Bangladesh), the Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA), and the SWIFT network (Headquartered in Belgium).

Sports, Awards & People: Sri Lanka and India co-hosting the 2026 T20 World Cup, Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi, and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das winning Governor of the Year.

Government Schemes: The PM MITRA scheme (targeting the creation of 7 mega textile parks).