Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 25/09/2026: Topics Covered

25 September Special: Antyodaya Diwas (Honoring Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’s philosophy of Integral Humanism).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Mainpuri ODOP (Tarkashi / Brass wire inlay in wood), the massive Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary protecting Swamp Deer, the Jal Marg Vikas Project (NW-1) connecting Haldia to Prayagraj, and the spiritual significance of Sankisa in Buddhism.

Polity: The 99th Amendment Act (Struck down by the SC to abolish NJAC) and Article 136 (Special Leave Petition / SLP).

UPSC Economy: The macroeconomic Crowding Out Effect (Government borrowing stifling private investment) and the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) under Basel III.

UPSC Environment: The Bonn Challenge (Restoring 350 million hectares of land by 2030) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA) headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica.

Science & Tech: ISRO’s Bhuvan Geo-portal and NASA repurposing the OSIRIS-REx mission to OSIRIS-APEX to study asteroid Apophis.

Defence & IR: Commissioning of the 6th Scorpene submarine INS Vagsheer (Project 75), Exercise KAZIND (India-Kazakhstan), and the Indian Army’s Operation Sadbhavana in J&K and Ladakh.

Sports & Awards: India’s historic Double Gold at the 45th Chess Olympiad (2024) in Budapest, and the Turing Award (The Nobel Prize of Computer Science).

Government Schemes & Appointments: The PMFBY (Fixed 2% premium for Kharif crops) and Suman Bery as the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog.