Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 27/09/2026: Topics Covered

27 September Context: World Tourism Day (UN Tourism agency headquartered in Madrid).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Pratapgarh ODOP (Indian Gooseberry / Amla), the world’s first Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre (Maharajganj), the Indo-Russian AK-203 assault rifle factory in Amethi, and the historical significance of Maghar (Sant Kabir Nagar).

UPSC Polity: Article 355 (Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance) and the 92nd Amendment Act (Adding Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santhali).

Economy: The contradictory nightmare of Stagflation (stagnant growth + high inflation) and the precise loan limits of the MUDRA Tarun category (Rs 5 Lakh – Rs 10 Lakh).

UPSC Environment: The 1987 Brundtland Report (“Our Common Future” defining Sustainable Development) and the UNEP’s flagship Global Environment Outlook (GEO).

Science & Tech: NASA’s Lucy Mission (exploring the Jupiter Trojan asteroids) and India’s target to completely eliminate Sickle Cell Anaemia by 2047.

Defence & IR: Exercise SIMBEX (India’s longest-running bilateral maritime drill with Singapore), the SCO’s RATS (Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure) headquartered in Tashkent, and the heavily fortified 38th Parallel North separating the Koreas.

Sports, Awards & People: The 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya, Japan), the Pulitzer Prize (Administered by Columbia University), and the passing of Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman (Father of Behavioral Economics).

Government Schemes: The NAMASTE Scheme (Mechanized sanitation ecosystem to eradicate manual scavenging).