Current Affairs — 18 October 2025

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

Lucknow facility se BrahMos missiles ka pehla batch flag-off, UP Defence Corridor ke tahat

18 Oct 2025, Lucknow: Rajnath Singh aur CM Yogi Adityanath ne BrahMos Integration & Testing Facility Centre mein bani missiles ka pehla batch flag-off kiya.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Important

Nafithromycin — India ki pehli indigenously discovered antibiotic; haemophilia gene therapy trial

18 Oct 2025: Dr Jitendra Singh ne bataya ki DBT + Wockhardt ne Nafithromycin develop ki, aur CMC Vellore mein pehla indigenous haemophilia gene therapy trial safal raha.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Bihar Important

ECI: Bihar polls mein voting day par Section 135B RP Act ke tahat paid holiday

ECI (18 Oct 2025): Bihar Assembly polls (6 aur 11 Nov 2025) aur 8 bye-elections (11 Nov) mein employees ko Section 135B, RPA 1951 ke tahat paid holiday.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

Rajnath Singh ne Lucknow mein PTC Industries ka Titanium & Superalloy plant nation ko dedicate kiya

18 Oct 2025, Lucknow: PTC Industries ke Strategic Materials Technology Complex mein aviation-grade titanium aur superalloy banane wala plant dedicate hua.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

GST Bachat Utsav: 54 monitored products par rate cut ka poora fayda pahuncha — FM

18 Oct 2025, New Delhi: Sitharaman, Goyal aur Vaishnaw ki joint press conference; 54 products par Next-Gen GST ka benefit fully pass on.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India

FASTag Annual Pass 25 lakh users paar; Rajmargyatra app se gift kar sakte hain

MoRTH (18 Oct 2025): 15 Aug 2025 ko launch hua FASTag Annual Pass 2 mahine mein 25 lakh users aur ~5.67 crore transactions paar.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India

CPI-AL/RL September 2025: AL 136.23, RL 136.42

PIB (18 Oct 2025): Labour Bureau ka CPI-AL 0.11 points gir kar 136.23 aur CPI-RL 0.18 gir kar 136.42 (base 2019=100).

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India

Lt Gen CG Muralidharan bane DGMS (Army)

PIB (18 Oct 2025): Lt Gen CG Muralidharan ne Lt Gen Sadhna S Nair (retired 30 Sep 2025) se DGMS (Army) ka charge liya.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

IndiaAI aur WHO ka Global South ke liye AI-in-health casebook, abstracts invite

PIB (18 Oct 2025): IndiaAI Mission (MeitY) + WHO ne AI in health par abstracts maange — last date 31 Oct 2025.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala

6th ASW Shallow Water Craft 'Magdala' Cochin Shipyard mein launch

18 Oct 2025, CSL Kochi (Kerala): BY 528 (Magdala), 8 ASW SWCs mein se 6th, launch hua.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Uttar Pradesh

Shivraj Singh Chouhan ki Dumri Khurd, Gorakhpur (UP) mein Gram Chaupal

18 Oct 2025: Shivraj Singh Chouhan ne Gorakhpur ke Dumri Khurd gaon mein Gram Chaupal ki; agri machinery par GST 12%/18% se 5%.

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🎓 Education 📍 Bihar

Kalmyk State University (Russia) aur Nalanda University ka Memorandum of Cooperation

PIB (18 Oct 2025): Elista (Kalmykia, Russia) ki Kalmyk State University ne Nalanda University ke saath MoC sign kiya.

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