Topics Highlight for Today’s Current Affairs Quiz – 27/07/2026

27 July Special: CRPF Foundation Day (July 27, 1939 — originally constituted as the Crown Representative’s Police at Neemuch) and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Memorial Day (IGMDP missile development acronym ‘PATNA’).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Aligarh ODOP (‘Tala Nagari’ Locks, Brass Hardware & Metal Sculpture), Saman Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar wetland & Sarus Crane habitat in Mainpuri), UP’s First Vedic Science Centre (Banaras Hindu University BHU, Varanasi), Arjun Sahayak Pariyojana (Dhasan river irrigation project in Mahoba/Bundelkhand), Lakh Bahoshi Bird Sanctuary (80 sq. km migratory bird habitat in Kannauj), UP Kisan Kalyan Mission (Statewide blocks campaign to double farmers’ income), and the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve TX2 Award (Doubling tiger population in just 4 years).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission (First US asteroid sample return from Bennu), Montreal Protocol & Kigali Amendment (Universal ratification & HFCs Phase-down), National Green Tribunal Act 2010 (India as 3rd globally and 1st developing country; natural justice vs CPC 1908), Priority Sector Lending (PSL) Targets (40% of ANBC for domestic commercial banks), Exercise Vajra Prahar (India-USA Special Forces), Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) (India and 5 Mekong basin ASEAN nations), World Development Report (WDR) by World Bank Group, ESA’s Euclid Mission (3D dark energy/matter map across 10 billion light-years), Inter-State River Water Disputes Act 1956 (Article 262 final & binding tribunal awards excluding Supreme Court jurisdiction), PM SVANidhi Scheme (Rs 50,000 Tranche-3 micro-credit working capital loan), and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (23 action-oriented targets for 2030).