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Daily Current Affairs: 9 April 2025

Current affairs of 9 April 2025: US-China Trade War Escalation: Tariffs and Countermeasures; India-Sri Lanka Ties: Modi’s Visit and Key Pacts; Dubai Crown Prince’s India Visit: Key Agreements, and 22 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 25 topics

National Affairs

  1. Governor’s Delay on Bills Unconstitutional: SC and Article 200
  2. Lodhi Garden History: From Bagh-e-Jud to Stein’s Landscape

Government Schemes

  1. Niveshak Didi Phase 2: IEPFA and IPPB Financial Literacy Drive
  2. Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme: ₹22,919 Crore

Banking & Finance

  1. CoC Code of Conduct: IBC Oversight Panel Proposal
  2. Shriram Finance Seeks RBI Primary Dealer Licence
  3. Jio Finance Digital Loan Against Securities Launched
  4. UPI Outages of March-April 2025: Causes and Growth Data
  5. Rupee Trade Settlement Push Through SRVA Amid US Tariffs
  6. Bank of Baroda bob Square Drive FD: 444-Day Deposit Rates
  7. Piramal Finance Exits Housing Finance, Becomes NBFC-ICC

Economy

  1. Form ITRB Notified for Undisclosed Income After Searches
  2. RBI OMO Bids Hit ₹70,144 Crore, 3.5x Notified Size
  3. Rupee Slides Past 86 per Dollar on Yuan Slump

International Affairs

  1. US-China Trade War Escalation: Tariffs and Countermeasures
  2. India-Sri Lanka Ties: Modi’s Visit and Key Pacts
  3. Dubai Crown Prince’s India Visit: Key Agreements

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Amalsad Chikoo GI Tag: Gujarat’s Third GI Fruit
  2. Agri Founders Retreat 2025: Chilika Edition for Agri Startups

Science & Technology

  1. Genome India Project: 10,000 Genomes Compiled
  2. Quantum Supremacy Shown with the Odd-Cycle Game
  3. Colossal’s Dire Wolf Pups: De-Extinction Claim Explained
  4. Globalstar Applies to IN-SPACe for Satellite SOS in India

Reports & Indexes

  1. UNESCAP 2025 Report: Asia-Pacific Climate Risk to GDP
  2. Police Attitudes Survey: Lokniti-CSDS and Common Cause 2025

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Governor’s Delay on Bills Unconstitutional: SC and Article 200

  • The Supreme Court called Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi's long inaction on ten Bills unconstitutional under Article 200.
  • All ten re-passed Bills were deemed to have received valid assent; the President's later actions on them were void.
  • Governors must act within 1 to 3 months on a Bill presented for assent.
  • A Bill passed again by the legislature cannot be referred to the President; assent is mandatory.
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Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Science & Technology

Science & Technology

20. Genome India Project: 10,000 Genomes Compiled

  • The Genome India Project began in January 2020 under the Department of Biotechnology, inspired by the Human Genome Project (mapped in 2003).
  • India compiled 10,000 human genomes from 83 population groups, about 2% of its 4,600 groups.
  • The Genome India database is hosted at the Indian Biological Data Centre, Faridabad, Haryana.
  • Aims: understand disease, enable targeted clinical care and precision medicine.
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Reports & Indexes

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