Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 31/08/2026: Topics Covered

31 August Historical Significance: Vimukta Jati Diwas (Liberation Day for Denotified Tribes commemorating the repeal of the Criminal Tribes Act in 1952).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Mainpuri ODOP (Tarkashi wire-inlay craft), Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary (Maharajganj/Indo-Nepal border), Bahu Begum ka Maqbara (The ‘Taj Mahal of the East’ in Ayodhya/Faizabad), Matatila Dam (Betwa River in Lalitpur), and Mahoba ODOP (Gaura Patthar Stone Craft).

National & International (UPSC/UPPSC Mixed): Article 263 (Sarkaria Commission & Inter-State Council), Article 368 (Constitutional Amendment mechanisms), IIP Core Sectors (Petroleum Refinery Products holding the highest weightage), SDR Currency Basket (Addition of the Chinese Renminbi in 2016), Bonn Convention (CMS for migratory species), Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (Spanning TN, Kerala, Karnataka), ISRO’s Vyommitra robot (Gaganyaan), CRISPR-Cas9 Mechanism (Cas9 acting as molecular scissors), Exercise Maitree (India-Thailand), the Arctic Council (8 permanent members), the strategic Lipulekh Pass (India-Nepal-Tibet tri-junction), Dholavira (Harappan water management), New Development Bank (BRICS HQ in Shanghai), and the NARCL (‘Bad Bank’ framework for NPAs).