Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 29/10/2026: Topics Covered

29 October Context: World Stroke Day (Highlighting that a stroke primarily affects the brain).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Moradabad ODOP (Metal Craft / Brassware), the Bakhira Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar site in Sant Kabir Nagar), the Narora Atomic Power Station (UP’s only nuclear plant, in Bulandshahr), and the historic Dhamek Stupa in Sarnath.

Polity: Article 148 (Mandating the Comptroller and Auditor General / CAG) and the 21st Amendment Act (Adding Sindhi to the 8th Schedule).

UPSC Economy & Banking: The monetary principle of Gresham’s Law (“Bad money drives out good”), and the operational basis of NEFT (Deferred Net Settlement / DNS).

UPSC Environment: The Montreux Record (Register of Ramsar wetlands facing ecological threats) and the WPA 1972 (2022 Amendment) reducing the number of schedules to four.

Science & Tech: The Aditya-L1 solar mission’s placement in a Halo orbit around L1, and the mega-science ITER project in France demonstrating Nuclear Fusion via a Tokamak.

Defence & IR: Exercise SURYA KIRAN (India-Nepal), the commissioning of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (IAC-1) built by CSL, the unique location of OPEC Headquarters (Vienna, Austria), and the strategic Strait of Gibraltar.

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: The highly prestigious Ryder Cup (Golf), the Saraswati Samman instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation, and the revamping of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme into PM-POSHAN.