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Daily Current Affairs: 2 April 2025

Current affairs of 2 April 2025: Greenland: Why the US Wants the Arctic Island; India-China Ties Reset: Flights, Yatra, River Talks Revived; India-Chile CEPA Talks Launched During Boric Visit, and 18 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 21 topics

National Affairs

  1. NEP 2020 Reforms: Education Gains Since 2014
  2. Aircraft Objects Bill 2025: Cape Town Convention Alignment

Government Schemes

  1. Employment-Linked Incentive Schemes Sent Back for Safeguards

Banking & Finance

  1. RBI OMO Purchase of ₹80,000 Crore to Add Liquidity
  2. Microfinance Q3FY25: Loans, Portfolio and PAR Data
  3. RBI Vision for the Next Decade: Governor Malhotra’s Priorities
  4. RBI Master Direction on Deposit Interest Rates: Key Rules
  5. CRR Cut Demand: Treasury Heads Seek 4% and RBI OMO Plan
  6. Axis Bank and JP Morgan 24/7 USD Clearing on Blockchain
  7. RBI SLF Limit for Standalone Primary Dealers Raised to ₹15,000 Cr
  8. RBI Pension Rules: Family Pension in Same Joint Account

Economy

  1. US Trade Report on India Rattles Markets: Tariff Concerns
  2. GST Collections March 2025: ₹1.96 Lakh Crore
  3. GeM Hires Over 1 Million Manpower in FY 2024-25

International Affairs

  1. Greenland: Why the US Wants the Arctic Island
  2. India-China Ties Reset: Flights, Yatra, River Talks Revived
  3. India-Chile CEPA Talks Launched During Boric Visit

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Maharashtra Ends ₹1 Crop Insurance Model Over Fiscal Stress
  2. AI and IoT Tools for Farmers: Kisan e-Mitra and Pest System

Science & Technology

  1. Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Driven by Environment, Study Finds

Reports & Indexes

  1. Global Risks Report 2025: Disinformation Tops Short-Term Threats

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

International Affairs

International Relations

16. India-China Ties Reset: Flights, Yatra, River Talks Revived

  • India and China agreed to resume direct flights, visas, the Mansarovar Yatra and talks on trans-border rivers, three months after the LAC disengagement.
  • Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong led the talks, which followed the Modi-Xi meeting in Kazan.
  • The year marks 75 years of diplomatic ties; India backed China's SCO leadership and PM Modi was likely to attend the June summit.
  • China shut off hydrological data sharing in 2017; no water-sharing treaty exists for the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo).
  • The 3488 km LAC has seen standoffs since May 2020; China holds 38,000 sq km in Aksai Chin and claims 90,000 sq km of Arunachal.
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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

19. AI and IoT Tools for Farmers: Kisan e-Mitra and Pest System

  • Kisan e-Mitra is an AI chatbot answering PM Kisan Samman Nidhi queries in 11 regional languages.
  • The chatbot handles over 20,000 queries daily and has answered more than 92 lakh.
  • National Pest Surveillance System covers 61 crops and 400+ pests and is used by 10,000+ extension workers.
  • AI-based crop monitoring combines satellite imagery with field photographs for crop-weather mapping.
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Science & Technology

Reports & Indexes

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