Current Affairs Quiz 26 June 2026

The UNODC assists member states against illicit drugs, organised crime, corruption and terrorism. It administers the three core UN drug-control conventions: the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic.
The World Drug Report tracks global supply and demand for opiates, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine-type stimulants and new psychoactive substances, and increasingly highlights synthetic drugs and technology-enabled trafficking.

The NDPS Act, 1985 prohibits production, manufacture, sale and consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances except for medical and scientific purposes. India is sandwiched between the Golden Crescent (Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan) and the Golden Triangle (Myanmar, Laos, Thailand), the two largest illicit opium-producing regions, making it both a transit and a consumption country.
Demand-side efforts run through the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.

AEW&C aircraft provide early warning and battle management in network-centric warfare. Final Operational Clearance (FOC) certifies that a system meets all qualitative requirements and is cleared for full combat deployment; it follows Initial Operational Clearance (IOC).
Netra reduces dependence on imported airborne warning systems and builds domestic expertise in Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, supporting the Atmanirbhar Bharat goal in defence.

A track-and-trace code encodes a unique product identifier, batch number, manufacturing and expiry dates, and licence number, enabling authentication and targeted recall. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) arises when microbes evolve to resist drugs, driven by misuse and overuse of antibiotics; the WHO calls it one of the top global health threats.
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), headed by the DCGI, is the national drug regulator.

The Gurugram energy meeting advanced cooperation on smart grids and energy storage, including a BRICS Digital Centre of Excellence concept, under the theme of universal and affordable energy access (“Energy for All”). India aims for 500 GW of non-fossil-fuel electricity capacity by 2030 and net zero by 2070, and hosts the International Solar Alliance at Gurugram, reinforcing its clean-energy leadership in the grouping.

The new initiatives include the NAFEX.in online auction portal for transparent commodity sale and the DRISHTI portal for monitoring pulses and oilseeds inventory, under the “Sahkar Se Samriddhi” vision. The Ministry of Cooperation was carved out in 2021 to give the cooperative sector a dedicated policy framework.
Digitising auctions widens buyer participation, improves price discovery, and reduces the role of intermediaries.

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) refers to shared, interoperable, open digital systems delivering services at scale. Queen Maxima serves as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health (formerly Financial Inclusion).
UPI is operated by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). India championed DPI during its 2023 G20 Presidency and has pursued UPI linkages with several countries.

The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was established by a 1987 UN General Assembly resolution and is observed annually on June 26. Awareness of these two drug-producing regions is a recurring prelims theme, often tested alongside the NDPS Act and the NCB. The synthetic-drug shift noted in the World Drug Report 2026 complicates the traditional geography because synthetic drugs need no crop cultivation.

Proof of citizenship is established through documents such as a birth certificate, a certificate of citizenship or naturalisation, and parentage details. The distinction matters in the context of debates on citizenship documentation.
Articles 5 to 11 of the Constitution deal with citizenship at commencement and empower Parliament to regulate it, which it has done through the Citizenship Act, 1955 and its amendments.

The IIP measures the volume of production in mining, manufacturing and electricity. The Index of Eight Core Industries tracks eight key infrastructure sectors and feeds into the IIP. India has historically lacked a comparable monthly measure for services despite the sector’s dominance in GDP, which the ISP is designed to address.
MoSPI is the nodal body for official statistics in India.

Operation Chakra is the CBI’s recurring series of operations against cyber-enabled financial crime, and Chakra-VI involved nationwide searches targeting mule accounts and shell companies. The I4C runs the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal and a helpline.
CERT-In, under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, is the national agency for responding to cybersecurity incidents, a distinct mandate from I4C’s crime-coordination role.

The Krishna is one of peninsular India’s largest east-flowing rivers, rising in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar and draining into the Bay of Bengal. Its major tributaries include the Tungabhadra, Bhima and Musi.
Inter-State river-water issues are governed by the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, and through river boards, illustrating the federal dimension of water management.

The 1975 Emergency was proclaimed under Article 352 on the ground of “internal disturbance” and lasted about 21 months. The 42nd Amendment (1976), the “Mini-Constitution,” added Socialist, Secular and Integrity to the Preamble and curtailed judicial review.
ADM Jabalpur (1976) held that the right to approach courts could be suspended during an Emergency; it was overruled in K.S. Puttaswamy (2017), which recognised the Right to Privacy.

India has a large pool of seafarers serving on global merchant fleets, a significant source of remittances and foreign exchange. Binding UNSC sanctions create clear legal obligations, while unilateral measures by individual countries do not bind third states under international law, creating ambiguity for seafarers and shipping companies.
Suggested responses include a dynamic vessel watchlist, cautious recruitment, diplomacy and stronger seafarer-welfare safeguards.

The AI-governance debate distinguishes voluntary frameworks (industry codes, principles) from binding regulation (statutes, enforceable obligations). Proponents of binding rules argue that the scale and opacity of AI systems, and the asymmetry between developers and the public, make accountability mechanisms essential.
India is developing its own approach through the IndiaAI Mission and data-protection law, balancing innovation with safeguards. The ethics angle is central to GS4.