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Daily Current Affairs: 30 April 2025

Current affairs of 30 April 2025: India-Canada Reset: Nuclear Pact, CEPA Push and Key Challenges; India on USTR 2025 Priority Watch List for IP Concerns; India’s Plastic Waste Crisis: World’s Largest Polluter at 9.3 Mt, and 23 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 26 topics

National Affairs

  1. Digha Jagannath Temple Inauguration: Mamata Government’s Big Event
  2. Justice B R Gavai Named Next Chief Justice of India

Banking & Finance

  1. Microfinance NPA Surge: Gross NPA Ratio Hits 16% in FY25
  2. Sebi Warns on Opinion Trading Platforms
  3. IndusInd Bank CEO Kathpalia Quits Over Derivatives Loss
  4. RBI Launches Surveys to Support Monetary Policy Decisions
  5. RBI Tells PAC It Is Optimistic on US Tariff Impact
  6. SEBI Plan for Orderly Wind-Down of KYC Registration Agencies
  7. RBI Bond Purchases to Lift Liquidity and Cut Lending Rates
  8. SEBI Defers Optional T+0 Settlement Deadline to Nov 2025
  9. IEPFA-Kotak Mahindra Bank MoU for Investor Awareness
  10. RBI PRAVAAH Portal Mandatory From May 1, 2025
  11. Airtel Payments Bank RuPay ON-THE-GO NCMC Card

Economy

  1. India Private Capex to Fall 25% in FY26: NSO Survey
  2. Finance Ministry Review: Global Uncertainty and Private Capex
  3. IIP Averages 4% in FY25: Four-Year Low in Industrial Output

International Affairs

  1. India-Canada Reset: Nuclear Pact, CEPA Push and Key Challenges
  2. India on USTR 2025 Priority Watch List for IP Concerns

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Maharashtra Ends Re 1 Crop Insurance Over Bogus Applicants
  2. NPOP 8th Edition: Spices Sensitisation Programme in Kochi

Science & Technology

  1. Pegasus Spyware: Supreme Court Hearing and Basics
  2. Amazon Kuiper: First 27 Satellites Launched on Atlas V

Environment & Ecology

  1. India’s Plastic Waste Crisis: World’s Largest Polluter at 9.3 Mt
  2. Tree Plantation and Carbon Sequestration: India’s Net-Zero Case
  3. Bay of Bengal Productivity and Monsoon: Nature Geoscience Study

Reports & Indexes

  1. India’s Public-Funded R&D Labs: Study Finds Gaps

National Affairs

Banking & Finance

Economy

10. SEBI Defers Optional T+0 Settlement Deadline to Nov 2025

  • SEBI extended the optional T+0 implementation deadline for qualified stock brokers to November 1, 2025 from May 1, 2025.
  • The extension followed feedback from QSBs and consultations with exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories.
  • India became the first country to adopt T+1 for all listed stocks, on January 27, 2023.
  • Optional T+0 began on March 28, 2024 for 25 scrips, with a plan to extend it to the top 500 stocks.
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Banking & Finance

13. Airtel Payments Bank RuPay ON-THE-GO NCMC Card

  • Airtel Payments Bank introduced the RuPay ON-THE-GO card with the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) feature.
  • NCMC allows contactless payments for metro, bus, suburban rail, toll, parking and retail on one card.
  • The card uses 99% recycled plastic and an EMV chip, and offers e-commerce benefits up to ₹15,000.
  • Validity is up to five years from issue.
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Economy

International Affairs

Economy

17. India-Canada Reset: Nuclear Pact, CEPA Push and Key Challenges

  • India and Canada signed a civil nuclear agreement and recommitted to concluding a CEPA after Modi-Carney talks.
  • In 2024 India was Canada's 7th largest trading partner, with bilateral trade of USD 30.9 billion.
  • CEPA aims to lift bilateral trade to USD 50 billion by 2030.
  • Canada supplies about 25% of India's Muriate of Potash; over 1.8 million people of Indian origin live there.
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Economy

18. India on USTR 2025 Priority Watch List for IP Concerns

  • India was again placed on the US Trade Representative's 2025 Priority Watch List over IP protection and enforcement.
  • Concerns include inconsistent enforcement, patent law interpretation, signal theft, file sharing and trade secrets.
  • China, Russia, Indonesia and Argentina also feature on the Priority Watch List.
  • India keeps high customs duties on IP-intensive goods such as ICT, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and solar equipment.
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Agriculture & Rural

Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

25. Bay of Bengal Productivity and Monsoon: Nature Geoscience Study

  • A Nature Geoscience study traced Indian Summer Monsoon changes over 22,000 years and their effect on Bay of Bengal marine productivity.
  • Both strong and weak monsoons disrupt ocean mixing, cutting surface food for marine life by about 50%.
  • The Bay covers under 1% of ocean area but yields nearly 8% of global fishery production.
  • Human-caused warming may disrupt the monsoon, threatening fish stocks and coastal food security.
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Reports & Indexes

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