Topics Highlight for Today’s Current Affairs Quiz – 23/07/2026

23 July Special: National Broadcasting Day (July 23, 1927 — first radio broadcast in India from Bombay Station under the Indian Broadcasting Company) and Bal Gangadhar Tilak & Chandrashekhar Azad Birth Anniversaries (HSRA reorganization at Feroz Shah Kotla, 1928).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: UP Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC) headquartered in Prayagraj, Namo Bharat (RapidX) RRTS operational corridor in UP (Sahibabad to Duhai Depot), Banda ODOP (Shazar Stone Craft / Dendritic Agate), Samaspur Bird Sanctuary (Rae Bareli Ramsar site), Adamchini Rice GI Tag (Chandauli), Chunar Sandstone (Mirzapur Mauryan architecture source), and the UP Sheep & Goat Rearing Training Centre (Etawah).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Exercise Khanjar (India-Kyrgyzstan Special Forces), Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) under amended RBI Act (absorbing liquidity without collateral), International Court of Justice (ICJ) Peace Palace seat in The Hague, Basel Convention (transboundary movements of hazardous wastes), Perovskite Solar Cells (next-gen PV efficiency), AWaRe framework by WHO (Access, Watch, Reserve antibiotics), Logistics Performance Index (LPI) by World Bank, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) infrared spectrum observation, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) conformity with Paris Principles, Global Plastics Treaty (UNEP INC sessions), and the OECD/G20 Pillar Two (15% Global Minimum Corporate Tax).