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Daily Current Affairs: 16 April 2025

Current affairs of 16 April 2025: Sudan Civil War: Causes, Toll and Peace Needs; India’s Net-Zero Path: Nuclear Power and Low-Carbon Hydrogen; AI Governance in India: Policy Gaps and Way Forward, and 23 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 26 topics

National Affairs

  1. Kerala ASHA Workers’ Strike: Demands and Government Stand
  2. Paediatric TB in India: Notified Cases Up 38% Since 2020
  3. Dinesh Maheshwari Named Law Commission Chairperson
  4. Income Tax Bill 2025: Lok Sabha Select Committee Meeting

Banking & Finance

  1. SEBI Reviews Mutual Fund Regulation 24 for AMCs
  2. Bank Credit Growth in FY26: Crisil’s 12-13% Projection
  3. UPI Outages: NPCI Meets Banks and Payment Apps
  4. IndusInd Bank ₹1,979 Crore Derivatives Hit Confirmed by PwC
  5. Axis Bank Savings Rate Cut to 2.75%: Bank Comparison
  6. PMS Rules in India: SEBI Norms for Portfolio Managers
  7. Kalapi Shah Barred for Five Years by SEBI Over PMS Rules
  8. Gensol Engineering: Sebi Bars Jaggi Brothers Over Fund Diversion
  9. IFC Seeks Lenders for MSME First Loss Guarantee Facility
  10. Capitalmind Mutual Fund Gets SEBI Final Approval
  11. RBI On Tap Theme-Neutral Regulatory Sandbox: Key Points
  12. HDFC Bank Does India’s First Gold Forward Deal at GIFT City

Economy

  1. India’s Retail Inflation Eases to 3.34% in March 2025
  2. Morgan Stanley Trims India FY26 Growth Forecast to 6.1%
  3. Rupee Closes at 85.77 Per Dollar on Tariff Relief Hopes

International Affairs

  1. Sudan Civil War: Causes, Toll and Peace Needs
  2. WHO Pandemic Agreement Finalised After Three Years

Science & Technology

  1. AI Governance in India: Policy Gaps and Way Forward
  2. Mantis Shrimp Club: Phononic Shielding Explained

Environment & Ecology

  1. India’s Net-Zero Path: Nuclear Power and Low-Carbon Hydrogen
  2. Olive Ridley Turtle 03233: First Tagged Turtle Crosses Coasts

Reports & Indexes

  1. India Justice Report 2025: State Rankings and Capacity Gaps

National Affairs

Banking & Finance

Economy

International Affairs

International Relations

20. Sudan Civil War: Causes, Toll and Peace Needs

  • Civil war began in April 2023 between SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
  • Over 150,000 have been killed and nearly 13 million displaced, the largest internal displacement globally.
  • Sudan faces the first officially declared famine in the world in four years.
  • The army recaptured Khartoum; the RSF holds western Darfur and is besieging El Fasher.
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Science & Technology

Science & Technology

23. Mantis Shrimp Club: Phononic Shielding Explained

  • The mantis shrimp, about 10 cm long, strikes prey at 23 m/s with its dactyl club.
  • The club's microstructure works as a phononic bandgap that blocks high-frequency stress waves, cutting recoil.
  • Each strike gives a direct blow plus a second shockwave from collapsing cavitation bubbles.
  • The study suggests natural metamaterials exist; uses include blast-resistant gear and ear protection.
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Environment & Ecology

Reports & Indexes

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