Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 28/08/2026: Topics Covered

August Historical/Current Milestones: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) anniversary (launched on August 28, 2014, to push comprehensive financial inclusion).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Amroha ODOP (Musical Instruments / Dholak), Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary (Gonda Ramsar site), Kalinjar Fort (Banda’s historic fort where Sher Shah Suri died), Bundelkhand Expressway (Connecting Chitrakoot to Etawah), Baiga Tribe (practicing ‘Bewar’ shifting cultivation), and Banarasi Langra Mango (GI tagged from Varanasi).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Article 72 (President’s Pardoning Power / Remission), BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting by OECD), Montreux Record (Threatened Ramsar wetlands), Bab el-Mandeb Strait (Red Sea to Gulf of Aden), Solid-State Batteries (Replacing liquid electrolytes for safety), UNCLOS EEZ Limit (200 nautical miles), Sattriya Classical Dance (Introduced by Mahapurush Sankaradeva in Assam), Kuznets Curve (Economic growth vs Income inequality), Exercise Pitch Black (Multinational Air combat hosted by Australia), Aditya-L1’s VELC Payload (Studying the Solar Corona), Chumbi Valley Tri-junction (India-Bhutan-China), Kigali Amendment (Phasing down HFCs), and the Zonal Councils (Chaired by the Union Home Minister).