Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 18/09/2026: Topics Covered

18 September Special: World Bamboo Day (highlighting the botanical classification of bamboo as a giant grass).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Saharanpur ODOP (Wood Carving/Wood Craft), North India’s first mega Medical Device Park (YEIDA Sector 28), Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar site in Gonda), and the historic Kalinjar Fort (Banda, where Sher Shah Suri died).

UPSC Polity: 52nd Amendment Act (Anti-Defection Law / 10th Schedule) and Article 32 (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s “Heart and Soul of the Constitution”).

UPSC Economy: The SWAMIH Investment Fund (Last-mile funding for stalled housing projects) and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) connecting via rail and shipping networks.

UPSC Environment: The WWF’s Living Planet Report and the Aravalli Green Wall Project (excluding Punjab).

Science & Tech: ISRO’s INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite and the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) replacing SERB.

UPSC Defence & IR: Exercise Pitch Black (Hosted by Australia), India’s acquisition of MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones from the USA, and the sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

Sports, Awards & People: Glasgow stepping in to host the scaled-down 2026 Commonwealth Games, Pushpa Bharati winning the Vyas Samman for ‘Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein’, and Dr. N. Kalaiselvi becoming the first woman DG of CSIR.

Government Schemes: The PRITHVI (PRITHvi VIgyan) scheme led by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.