Current Affairs — 18 February 2025

🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Qatar Must know

India-Qatar ab Strategic Partners; Qatar ka $10 billion nivesh

18 Feb 2025: Amir Sheikh Tamim aur PM Modi ki Hyderabad House me baat.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

Jogighopa (Assam) IWT terminal desh ko samarpit

18 Feb 2025: Sarbananda Sonowal ne udghatan kiya; Bangladesh ke liye cargo.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Uttarakhand Important

Uttarakhand Assembly ne NeVA apnaya, bani Digital House

18 Feb 2025: CM Dhami aur Speaker Ritu Khanduri ne udghatan kiya.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

NAKSHA urban land survey pilot Raisen (MP) se shuru

18 Feb 2025: Shivraj Singh Chouhan ne launch kiya; 152 ULBs.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

PLFS Oct-Dec 2024: urban unemployment 6.4%

18 Feb 2025: 25th quarterly bulletin jaari.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Gujarat Important

ASI ki Underwater Archaeology Wing ne Dwarka me khoj shuru ki

18 Feb 2025: Prof. Alok Tripathi ki team; Gomati Creek ke paas.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 Rajasthan Important

2nd State Water Ministers' Conference Udaipur me

18 Feb 2025: C R Patil ne udghatan kiya; CM Bhajan Lal Sharma maujood.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Jammu and Kashmir

Amit Shah ne J&K me naye criminal laws ki samiksha ki

18 Feb 2025: April 2025 tak poora implementation ka lakshya.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Nepal

CSIR aur Nepal ki NAST ke beech MoU

18 Feb 2025, CSIR-NPL New Delhi.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

MeitY ne Digital Brand Identity Manual (DBIM) launch kiya

18 Feb 2025: sarkari websites ek jaisi dikhengi.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi

Mausam Bhawan me India ka pehla Open-Air Art Wall Museum

18 Feb 2025: IMD ke 150 saal; Jitendra Singh ne udghatan kiya.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India

INSV Tarini Port Stanley pahunchi

18 Feb 2025: Navika Sagar Parikrama II ka teesra padav.

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