Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 23/10/2026: Topics Covered

23 October Context: International Snow Leopard Day (Recognized as the state animal of Ladakh).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Jhansi ODOP (Soft Toys), the Vijai Sagar Bird Sanctuary in Mahoba, the historic Kalpi (birthplace of Birbal in Jalaun), and North India’s first hyperscale data center Yotta D1 in Greater Noida.

Polity: Article 110 (The strict definition of a Money Bill) and the 91st Amendment Act (Limiting the size of the Council of Ministers to 15%).

Economy & Banking: The devastating macroeconomic Twin Balance Sheet Problem (affecting Commercial Banks and the Corporate Sector) and the RBI’s LRS Limit ($250,000 per financial year).

Environment: The Nagoya Protocol (Access and Benefit Sharing – ABS) and the Indian Coast Guard’s Operation Olivia (protecting Olive Ridley Turtles).

Science & Tech: ISRO’s highly anticipated Venus orbiter mission Shukrayaan-1, and the groundbreaking medical procedure of Xenotransplantation (transplanting animal organs into humans).

Defence & IR: Exercise MITRA SHAKTI (India-Sri Lanka), DRDO’s high-altitude Zorawar Light Tank, the African Union’s historic inclusion into the G20, and the perilous piracy hotspot in the Gulf of Guinea (Africa).

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: Sumit Antil breaking his own Paralympic Javelin record in Paris 2024, the prestigious 2024 Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Mithun Chakraborty, and the launch of the Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) portal on Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary.