Topics Highlight for Today’s Current Affairs Quiz – 18/07/2026

18 July Special: Nelson Mandela International Day (focusing on his 1990 Bharat Ratna award).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Mathura-Vrindavan 2041 (Net-Zero Carbon target), Amroha Dholak (ODOP/GI Tag), Operation Conviction (UP Police speedy trials), UP Advanced Pediatric Centre (SGPGI Lucknow), Sri Anna Mahotsav (Lucknow Millet Festival), Dev Deepawali (Varanasi), and the Maharishi Valmiki Airport Ayodhya (Nagara architecture).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (Electronic records legal status), PM Vishwakarma Yojana, 28% GST on Online Gaming, Project Udbhav (Indian Army ancient strategic text integration), Exercise Nomadic Elephant (India-Mongolia), Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) hosted by GEF, India’s First 3D Printed Post Office (Bengaluru), MMDR Amendment Act (Lithium delisting from atomic minerals), Operation Karuna (Myanmar), SAMUDRA app (INCOIS), UDGAM portal (RBI unclaimed deposits), and the State of Global Climate report (WMO).