Current Affairs — 18 April 2025

🔬 Space 📍 India Important

Shubhanshu Shukla Axiom Ax-4 se ISS jayenge

18 April 2025: Jitendra Singh ka announcement; tab mission May 2025 ke liye scheduled tha.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Chhattisgarh Important

Bijapur mein 22 Naxali arrest, Sukma mein 33 surrender

18 April 2025: Badesetti Panchayat (Sukma) pehli Naxal-free panchayat bani.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Chhattisgarh Important

SECL paste fill technology use karne wala pehla coal PSU banega

Singhali mine (Korba) ke liye TMC Mineral Resources ke saath ₹7,040 crore ka agreement.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 India Important

Finance Ministry: UPI par ₹2,000 se upar GST ke claims jhoothe

18 April 2025: UPI par MDR nahi, isliye GST nahi.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

Pralhad Joshi ne Pinnapuram (Kurnool) RE storage project dekha

18 April 2025: Greenko ka world's first aur largest integrated RE storage project.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India

PM Modi ne Elon Musk se baat ki

18 April 2025: technology aur innovation mein India–US collaboration.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India

CNG/PNG ke liye domestic gas allocation mein badlav

Q1 FY 2025-26 se 2 quarter advance allocation; New Well Gas pro-rata.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India

MoRTH: 1 May se satellite tolling ka koi decision nahi

18 April 2025 ka clarification; selected toll plazas par ANPR-FASTag barrier-less tolling.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India

ANRF PAIR: 7 hubs, 45 spokes select

18 April 2025 ko announcement; universities ko top institutions se mentorship.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

Radar speed guns ke liye Legal Metrology rules notify

1 July 2025 se verification aur stamping mandatory.

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📚 Books & Authors 📍 Delhi

World Heritage Day: 'Sanskriti ka Panchva Adhyay' IGNCA mein release

18 April 2025: PM Modi ke culture par speeches ka compilation.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Jharkhand

Mandaviya ne Dhanbad mein DGMS ki review ki

18 April 2025: Directorate General of Mines Safety HQ, Dhanbad.

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