Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 18th April 2025

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Fitch cuts India´s FY26 growth forecast by 10 bps to 6.4%

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• FIU-IND and RBI sign MoU for enhanced coordination and information exchange

NATIONAL

• India to provide budgetary support to IBCA for infrastructure & other expenditures

INTERNATIONAL

• Russia scraps Taliban’s ‘terror’ label as ties warm

STATES

• T.N. govt. clears space industrial policy

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• C-DOT and Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (STL) achieve India's First Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over Multi-Core Fibre

DEFENCE

• CDS confers MacGregor Memorial Medal Award on five

EVENTS

• India Steel 2025

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Bose Institute scientists receive Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics as part of ALICE collaboration at CERN

SPORTS

• Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Inaugurates Athlete Passport Management Unit (APMU) at National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), New Delhi