Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 22/10/2026: Topics Covered

22 October Context: Chandrayaan-1 Launch Anniversary (Launched on 22 Oct 2008 via PSLV-C11).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Kushinagar ODOP (Banana Fiber Products), the critical Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharajganj, the 296-km Bundelkhand Expressway terminating at Etawah, and the architectural marvel Bahu Begum ka Maqbara (Faizabad/Ayodhya).

Polity: Article 355 (Duty of the Union to protect states from external aggression and internal disturbance) and the 100th Amendment Act (Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh).

Economy & Banking: The Triffin Dilemma (facing global reserve currency nations) and the NPCI’s contactless, voucher-based e-RUPI system.

UPSC Environment: The UN’s Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the CMS (widely known as the Bonn Convention).

Science & Tech: The EU AI Act (the world’s first comprehensive legal AI framework) and the location of the LIGO-India observatory in Hingoli, Maharashtra.

Defence & IR: Exercise SIMBEX (India-Singapore), DRDO’s multi-billion dollar Project Kusha (indigenous LR-SAM), the 2-year term for UNSC non-permanent members, and Thailand’s strategic Isthmus of Kra.

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: Arshad Nadeem’s stunning 92.97m javelin throw record at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the age limit (32 years) of the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, and the NIPUN Bharat mission targeting Foundational Literacy and Numeracy by Grade 3.