Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 18/10/2026: Topics Covered

Global Events / Recent Current Affairs: The founding members of the Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) (India, USA, Brazil) launched at the G20.

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Hathras ODOP (Asafoetida/Hing), the highly critical Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary on the Indo-Nepal border, the 91-km Gorakhpur Link Expressway, and the Sharqi architectural masterpiece, the Atala Masjid in Jaunpur.

Polity: Article 131 (Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for Centre-State disputes) and the 102nd Amendment Act (Constitutional status for the NCBC).

Economy: The SDR Basket of the IMF (which explicitly excludes the Australian Dollar), and the RBI’s UDGAM Portal (for unclaimed banking deposits).

Environment: The UN Conventions served by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) (excluding CITES), and the sourcing of the second batch of cheetahs for Project Cheetah (South Africa).

Science & Tech: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission (Asteroid Bennu), and the WHO-approved R21/Matrix-M vaccine for Malaria.

Defence & IR: Exercise SAMPRITI (India-Bangladesh), the elite Project 15B stealth destroyers (identifying INS Surat as the final ship), the South American trade bloc Mercosur, and the strategic Strait of Malacca connecting the Andaman and South China Seas.

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: The newly added sports for the LA 2028 Olympics (explicitly excluding Karate), the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 awarded to Gita Press (Gorakhpur), and the PM-DevINE scheme exclusively focusing on the North-Eastern Region.