Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 27/08/2026: Topics Covered

August Historical/Current Milestones: National Space Day (Chandrayaan-3 landing at Shiv Shakti Point on August 23) and the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade (Haitian Uprising 1791).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Pratapgarh ODOP (Aonla/Indian Gooseberry), Yotta D1 (North India’s first hyperscale Data Centre in Greater Noida), National Chambal Sanctuary (UP/MP/Rajasthan tri-state boundary), Shakumbhari Devi Temple (Saharanpur), Kharwar Tribe (Sonbhadra), India’s First Night Safari (Kukrail, Lucknow), and the ancient Bhitargaon Terracotta Temple (Kanpur).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Article 262 (Inter-State Water Disputes), the Phillips Curve (Inflation vs Unemployment tradeoff), CAR T-cell Therapy (Blood cancer immunotherapy), Exercise Dharma Guardian (India-Japan) and Varuna (India-France), African Union HQ (Addis Ababa), Strait of Magellan (South America-Antarctica), Nagoya Protocol (Access and Benefit-sharing), Article 323A (Administrative Tribunals), NASA’s Psyche Mission, Lender of Last Resort (RBI), the Lucknow Pact of 1916 (Ambica Charan Mazumdar), the MTCR, APEC Headquarters (Singapore), the Drake Passage, the drying Aral Sea (Amu Darya & Syr Darya), the Sittanavasal Caves (Jain frescoes), and the Brundtland Report (Coining “Sustainable Development”).