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Current Affairs- April 25, 2023

 

INDIA

  • India launches ‘Operation Kaveri’ to bring back citizens stranded in Sudan.
  • DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conduct trial of BMD Interceptor from naval platform.
  • Supreme Court: ‘Governors should return Bills they do not agree to as soon as possible and not sit over them’.
  • Vibrant Villages plan to be merged with Prime Minister’s Gati Shakti mega project.
  • Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav launches new features on eShram portal.
  • PM Modi to flag off Vande Bharat Express and other development projects in Kerala.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • OPEC’s share of India’s oil imports fell in 2022-23 to the lowest in at least 22 years.
  • India is considering linking its power grid to those of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates through undersea cables.
  • LVMH becomes first European firm to cross market capitalization (m-cap) of USD 500 billion.

WORLD

  • Japan’s Health Ministry approves country’s first abortion pill.
  • Australia’s new Defence Strategic Review was launched by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
  • World Malaria Day: India registers over 85 per cent decline in malaria cases from 2015 to 2022.
  • Bangladesh officially unveiled its Indo-Pacific Outlook (IPO) outlining four guiding principles and 15 objectives.
  • Md. Sahabuddin takes oath as the 22nd President of Bangladesh.
  • International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace was observed on April 24.

SPORTS

  • Archery World Cup: India end campaign with two golds and one silver and bronze medal each at Turkiye’s Antalya.