Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 25/10/2026: Topics Covered

25 October Context: UN Disarmament Week (Focusing on the Chemical Weapons Convention – CWC).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Bhadohi ODOP (Hand-knotted Carpets / Carpet City of India), the Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary (a core part of Dudhwa in Lakhimpur Kheri), the massive Obra Thermal Power Plant built with NTPC in Sonbhadra, and the historic Chhatar Manzil in Lucknow.

Polity: The 7th Amendment Act (Abolishing Part A/B/C/D state classifications and reorganizing states linguistically) and Article 326 (Guaranteeing Universal Adult Suffrage).

Economy & Banking: The Lorenz Curve (a crucial graphical metric measuring economic inequality/wealth distribution) and the RBI’s RTGS system (Real Time Gross Settlement).

Environment: The Stockholm Convention targeting POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) and the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (India’s first biosphere spanning Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu).

Science & Tech: NASA’s Artemis II Mission (Sending astronauts on a lunar flyby) and the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain causing Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).

Defence & IR: Exercise INDRA (India-Russia), India’s second nuclear-powered SSBN INS Arighaat, the UNCLOS rule defining the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and India’s strategic investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port.

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: Shooter Avani Lekhara making history with double Paralympic Gold (10m Air Rifle SH1), Jenny Erpenbeck winning the 2024 International Booker Prize for Kairos, and the PM SVANidhi scheme exclusively empowering urban street vendors.