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National Supercomputing Mission: 34 supercomputers with 35 petaflops deployed

Under the National Supercomputing Mission, 34 supercomputers with a combined capacity of 35 petaflops had been deployed as of March 2025, according to a MeitY backgrounder of 28 April 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Must know

IEPFA signs MoU with Kotak Mahindra Bank for investor education

The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) signed an MoU with Kotak Mahindra Bank on 28 April 2025 to display its investor education content on the bank's ATMs, kiosks, websites, apps and social media.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Must know

Defence Ministry flags misleading WhatsApp message on donations; points to Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund

The Ministry of Defence on 27 April 2025 cautioned against a misleading WhatsApp message seeking donations to a bank account for Army modernisation and directed donors to the official Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Mauritius Must know

IOS SAGAR makes port call at Port Louis, Mauritius

IOS SAGAR made a port call at Port Louis, Mauritius, from 26 to 28 April 2025 as part of its Indian Ocean deployment, before a joint EEZ surveillance with the Mauritius Coast Guard.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Must know

World Veterinary Day 2025 marked with national workshop; theme 'Animal Health Takes a Team'

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying marked World Veterinary Day 2025 with a national workshop in New Delhi on 26 April 2025, on the theme 'Animal Health Takes a Team'.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Must know

CCS decisions after Pahalgam attack: Indus Waters Treaty held in abeyance, ICP Attari closed

The Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the Prime Minister on 23 April 2025, decided to hold the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance, close the Integrated Check Post Attari, cancel SVES visas for Pakistani nationals, declare Pakistan's defence advisers persona non grata and cut High Commission strength to 30, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 India Must know

Bhagavadgītā and Nāṭyaśāstra manuscripts inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register

On 17 April 2025 UNESCO added 74 documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, including India's manuscript collection of the Bhagavadgītā and the manuscript of Bharatamuni's Nāṭyaśāstra, taking the total to 570.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Must know

Retail inflation at 4.6% in 2024-25, lowest since 2018-19; March 2025 CPI at 3.34%

CPI retail inflation fell to 4.6% in 2024-25, the lowest since 2018-19, and to 3.34% year-on-year in March 2025, the lowest monthly rate since August 2019, the Finance Ministry said on 16 April 2025.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 India Must know

IMD forecasts above-normal 2025 southwest monsoon at 105% of LPA

The India Meteorological Department's first-stage forecast, issued on 15 April 2025, says the June–September 2025 southwest monsoon rainfall is most likely to be above normal at 105% of the Long Period Average, with a model error of ±5%.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Must know

135th Ambedkar Jayanti: President, Vice-President and PM pay floral tributes at Prerna Sthal

On 14 April 2025, the 135th birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker paid floral tributes at his statue at Prerna Sthal in the Parliament House lawns, at an event organised by the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 India Must know

AIKEYME 2025: maiden Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement inaugurated at Dar-es-Salaam

The maiden Africa India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) exercise, co-hosted by India and Tanzania with eight other African nations, was inaugurated at Dar-es-Salaam on 13 April 2025 onboard INS Chennai.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Must know

DRDO conducts release trials of long-range glide bomb 'Gaurav' from Su-30 MKI

DRDO carried out successful release trials of the indigenously developed long-range glide bomb 'Gaurav' from a Su-30 MKI aircraft on 8–10 April 2025, striking a land target on an island at a range close to 100 km, the Defence Ministry said on 11 April.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Must know

India adds record 29.52 GW of renewable energy capacity in FY 2024-25; total reaches 220.10 GW

India added a record 29.52 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2024-25, taking total installed RE capacity to 220.10 GW as of 31 March 2025, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 10 April 2025.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 India Must know

Tahawwur Rana extradited from the US, arrested by NIA on arrival in Delhi

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case, was extradited from the United States and formally arrested by the National Investigation Agency on arriving in New Delhi on 10 April 2025.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Material cost under PM POSHAN raised by 9.50% from 1 May 2025

The Ministry of Education raised the 'material cost' under the PM POSHAN scheme by 9.50% with effect from 1 May 2025, at an additional cost of about ₹954 crore to the Centre in 2025-26.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 India Must know

RBI MPC cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6.00% and changes stance to 'accommodative'

At its 54th meeting (7-9 April 2025), the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee unanimously cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.00% and changed its stance from neutral to accommodative.

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🏛️ Parliament & Bills 📍 India Must know

Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 comes into force on 8 April 2025

The Ministry of Minority Affairs notified 8 April 2025 as the date on which the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 14 of 2025), which received Presidential assent on 5 April, came into force.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana completes 10 years: 52.37 crore loans worth ₹33.65 lakh crore

PMMY, launched on 8 April 2015, completed 10 years on 8 April 2025, having extended over ₹33.65 lakh crore through 52.37 crore collateral-free loans, with nearly 68% of accounts sanctioned to women.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 World Must know

PM's State visit to Sri Lanka: seven MoUs including defence cooperation, HVDC interconnection and Trincomalee energy hub with UAE

On 5 April 2025 in Colombo, India and Sri Lanka exchanged seven MoUs, including on defence cooperation, HVDC power interconnection and a trilateral MoU with the UAE on developing Trincomalee as an energy hub, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's State visit.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Cabinet approves Vibrant Villages Programme-II with Rs 6,839 crore outlay

The Union Cabinet approved the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) on 4 April 2025 as a fully Centre-funded scheme with an outlay of Rs 6,839 crore for villages along international land borders other than the Northern border.

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🏛️ Parliament & Bills 📍 India Must know

Parliament passes Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025

Parliament cleared the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 when the Rajya Sabha passed it in the early hours of 4 April 2025, after the Lok Sabha had passed it on 3 April.

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🌐 Summits & Conferences 📍 India Must know

6th BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok adopts Bangkok Vision 2030 and signs Maritime Transport Agreement

The 6th BIMSTEC Summit, hosted by Thailand in Bangkok on 4 April 2025, adopted the BIMSTEC Bangkok Vision 2030 and saw the signing of the BIMSTEC Maritime Transport Agreement.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Must know

India and Thailand elevate ties to a Strategic Partnership during PM Modi's Bangkok visit

India and Thailand elevated their relations to a Strategic Partnership on 3 April 2025, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra witnessed the exchange of the joint declaration in Bangkok.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Must know

US President signs reciprocal-tariff order; India says it is examining the implications

US President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14257 on 2 April 2025, imposing a 10% baseline tariff on imports from all trading partners from 5 April and higher country-specific rates from 9 April; India's Department of Commerce said on 3 April that it was carefully examining the implications.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Must know

India's defence exports hit a record ₹23,622 crore in FY 2024-25

India's defence exports rose 12.04% to a record ₹23,622 crore in the financial year 2024-25 that ended on 31 March 2025, the Defence Ministry said on 1 April 2025.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Must know

India's coal production crosses one billion tonnes in FY 2024-25

India's cumulative coal production crossed the one billion tonne mark in FY 2024-25, reaching a provisional 1,047.57 million tonnes, the Coal Ministry said on 1 April 2025.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Must know

India adds a record 25 GW of renewable energy capacity in FY 2024-25

India added an unprecedented 25 GW of renewable energy capacity in FY 2024-25, nearly 35% more than the 18.57 GW added a year earlier, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 1 April 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Must know

APM gas price ceiling raised 4% to $6.75 per mmBtu from 1 April 2025

The Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) notified on 31 March 2025 that the price of APM gas from old nomination fields would rise to $6.75 per mmBtu from $6.50, effective 1 April.

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🌐 International Relations 📍 Myanmar Must know

Operation Brahma: Indian Army field hospital and NDRF convoy reach Mandalay

An Indian Army field hospital team and NDRF personnel reached earthquake-hit Mandalay, Myanmar, by road on 31 March 2025 under Operation Brahma.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Must know

India–US trade talks in New Delhi conclude; sides aim for first tranche of BTA by fall 2025

Four days of India–US trade talks in New Delhi concluded on 29 March 2025, with both sides agreeing on next steps towards a multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement whose first tranche they aim to finalise by fall 2025.

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