Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 24/08/2026: Topics Covered

24 August History Special: Pluto Demotion Anniversary (Commemorating August 24, 2006, when the IAU officially downgraded Pluto because it failed to “clear its neighborhood”).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Bulandshahr ODOP (Khurja Ceramic Pottery), Chuka Beach (Pilibhit Tiger Reserve/Sharda Sagar Dam), UP Administrative Divisions (18 Mandals), Okhla Bird Sanctuary (Gautam Buddha Nagar/Noida Ramsar site), and Saharanpur ODOP (Wooden Carving/Woodcraft).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Cartagena Protocol (Biosafety & Living Modified Organisms), Veblen Good (Microeconomics), Article 356 (S.R. Bommai Case checking President’s Rule), International Seabed Authority (Kingston, Jamaica HQ), mRNA Vaccine Mechanism (2023 Nobel in Medicine), Exercise Yudh Abhyas (India-USA), Lake Victoria Geography (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), Kumbh Mela (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage 2017), 12th Schedule (Municipalities functional items), Participatory Notes / P-Notes (FPI investments), Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (Exclusion of China), Black Carbon (Short-lived climate pollutant), Artemis Accords (Sustainable Moon exploration), and the Suez Canal (Connecting Mediterranean and Red Sea).