Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 26/09/2026: Topics Covered

26 September Context: CSIR Foundation Day (Established on Sept 26, 1942).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Sambhal ODOP (Horn and Bone Craft), the Mahavir Swami Wildlife Sanctuary (UP’s smallest in Lalitpur), UP’s first Glass Skywalk over Tulsi Waterfalls (Chitrakoot), and the historic Chunar Fort (Mirzapur).

UPSC Polity: 91st Amendment Act (Capping the size of the Council of Ministers at 15%) and Article 324 (The constitutional bedrock of the Election Commission of India).

UPSC Economy: The Laffer Curve (Graphing Tax Rates vs Tax Revenue) and the creation of NARCL (India’s ‘Bad Bank’).

Environment: The COP29 (2024) summit designated in Baku (Azerbaijan), and the official declaration of National Dolphin Day (Oct 5).

Science & Tech: NASA’s Psyche Mission (Journey to a metal-rich asteroid core) and Neuralink’s first human telepathy chip implant.

Defence & IR: India’s indigenous Light Tank Zorawar, Exercise MITRA SHAKTI (India-Sri Lanka), Bangladesh joining the Colombo Security Conclave, and the volatile Zangezur Corridor between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Sports & People: Swapnil Kusale’s historic Olympic Bronze in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions, and the posthumous Bharat Ratna given to the father of the Green Revolution, M.S. Swaminathan.

Government Schemes: The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (Subsidized rooftop solar providing 300 units of free electricity).