Daily Current Affairs: 18 September 2025

Current affairs of 18 September 2025: India’s Power Sector CO2 Emissions Fall 1% in H1 2025; India Plans Joint Military Stations and Tri-Services Education Corps; Bharat Innovates 2026: India’s Deeptech Showcase in France, and 11 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

Neeraj Chopra Reaches Tokyo Javelin Final With 84.85 m Opening Throw
Supreme Court Reaffirms Safeguards Against Section 498A Misuse

Banking & Finance

RBI Forms Regulatory Review Cell and Advisory Group on Regulation
SEBI Eyes Wider Non-Agri Commodity Derivatives Access
Bima Sugam India Federation: Insurance Marketplace Website Goes Live
CRED IndusInd Bank RuPay credit card launched

Agriculture & Rural

BASAI 2025: Biologicals for Sustainable Agriculture Meet
Regional GI Facilitation Centre: EDII and NABARD in Ahmedabad
Madurai Centre to Support Startups and FPOs in Agriculture

Science & Technology

Bharat Innovates 2026: India’s Deeptech Showcase in France
CAG’s AI-Based LLM and Connect Portal for Audits

Environment & Ecology

India’s Power Sector CO2 Emissions Fall 1% in H1 2025

Defence & Security

India Plans Joint Military Stations and Tri-Services Education Corps

Awards & Persons

Vaishali Retains Grand Swiss Chess Title

National Affairs

Awards & Persons

1. Neeraj Chopra Reaches Tokyo Javelin Final With 84.85 m Opening Throw

Neeraj Chopra reached the men's javelin final of the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo.
He qualified with an 84.85 m throw in his first attempt.
The final was scheduled for the afternoon, starting at 4 PM Indian time.
He is described as India's javelin star and a World Champion.

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Polity & Governance

2. Supreme Court Reaffirms Safeguards Against Section 498A Misuse

The Supreme Court reaffirmed safeguards against misuse of Section 498A in Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal.
The guidelines include a two-month cooling period before coercive action.
Complaints are to be referred to a Family Welfare Committee.
NCRB data showed 498A offences rising from 113,403 in 2015 to 140,019 in 2022.

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Banking & Finance

3. RBI Forms Regulatory Review Cell and Advisory Group on Regulation

RBI's Regulatory Review Cell starts 1 October 2025.
It will review every regulation once in 5-7 years.
SBI's MD Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh chairs the advisory group.

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Economy

4. SEBI Eyes Wider Non-Agri Commodity Derivatives Access

SEBI planned to consult the government on letting banks, insurers and pension funds trade non-agricultural commodity derivatives.
It also weighed allowing FPIs in non-cash settled non-agri contracts.
Commodity brokers would come under a unified reporting system by December.

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Banking & Finance

5. Bima Sugam India Federation: Insurance Marketplace Website Goes Live

Bima Sugam India Federation launched its official website.
BSIF is the nodal entity for the Bima Sugam electronic insurance marketplace.
IRDAI backs it as India's first digital public infrastructure for insurance.

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Banking & Finance

6. CRED IndusInd Bank RuPay credit card launched

CRED launched a credit card programme with rewards across all e-commerce platforms.
The first card is the CRED IndusInd Bank RuPay Credit Card.
Rewards can be redeemed instantly and flexibly on flights, hotels, merchants and products.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

7. BASAI 2025: Biologicals for Sustainable Agriculture Meet

BASAI is the Biological Agri Solutions Association of India; BASAI 2025 is a two-day conference.
It is held in New Delhi on 22-23 September, on biologicals for sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture.
Focus includes residue-free food, women's leadership, fertiliser use efficiency and climate mitigation.

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Government Schemes

8. Regional GI Facilitation Centre: EDII and NABARD in Ahmedabad

EDII and NABARD launched a regional GI facilitation centre at EDII, Ahmedabad, on 15 September 2025.
NABARD Chairman Shaji K V inaugurated it.
Twelve products are at an advanced stage of GI registration.

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Government Schemes

9. Madurai Centre to Support Startups and FPOs in Agriculture

A new Madurai centre in Tamil Nadu will support startups and FPOs in agriculture.
It offers incubation space, training, mentorship and market guidance.
FPOs are farmer-formed legal entities such as producer companies.

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Science & Technology

10. Bharat Innovates 2026: India’s Deeptech Showcase in France

Bharat Innovates 2026 will be held 17–19 June 2026 in Nice, France.
IIT Bombay is the nodal institution, under the Ministry of Education and the Principal Scientific Adviser.
Over 430 ventures applied; applications were open until 30 September 2025.

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Polity & Governance

11. CAG’s AI-Based LLM and Connect Portal for Audits

The CAG's first large language model is expected by November 2025.
The Connect Portal will serve 10 lakh audit entities from one interface.
Digitisation will enable remote or hybrid audits.

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Environment & Ecology

Economy

12. India’s Power Sector CO2 Emissions Fall 1% in H1 2025

India's power-sector CO2 fell 1% in H1 2025, the first such dip outside Covid years.
CREA analysis for Carbon Brief; electricity is about 40% of annual emissions.
25.1 GW of clean capacity added, about 70% above H1 2024.

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Defence & Security

13. India Plans Joint Military Stations and Tri-Services Education Corps

The Combined Commanders' Conference 2025 in Kolkata announced plans for three joint military stations.
Joint stations will place logistics, repair, maintenance, stores and supplies under a common lead service.
Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Pune and Secunderabad are among the locations under discussion.
Education branches of the Army, Navy and Air Force will merge into a Tri-Services Education Corps.

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Awards & Persons

14. Vaishali Retains Grand Swiss Chess Title

R. Vaishali defended her Grand Swiss Chess title.
No other player in the open or women's section had defended the title before her.
She is a 24-year-old from Chennai and had been reluctant to enter the event.

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Daily Current Affairs: 18 September 2025

In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

1. Neeraj Chopra Reaches Tokyo Javelin Final With 84.85 m Opening Throw

2. Supreme Court Reaffirms Safeguards Against Section 498A Misuse

Banking & Finance

3. RBI Forms Regulatory Review Cell and Advisory Group on Regulation

4. SEBI Eyes Wider Non-Agri Commodity Derivatives Access

5. Bima Sugam India Federation: Insurance Marketplace Website Goes Live

6. CRED IndusInd Bank RuPay credit card launched

Agriculture & Rural

7. BASAI 2025: Biologicals for Sustainable Agriculture Meet

8. Regional GI Facilitation Centre: EDII and NABARD in Ahmedabad

9. Madurai Centre to Support Startups and FPOs in Agriculture

Science & Technology

10. Bharat Innovates 2026: India’s Deeptech Showcase in France

11. CAG’s AI-Based LLM and Connect Portal for Audits

Environment & Ecology

12. India’s Power Sector CO2 Emissions Fall 1% in H1 2025

Defence & Security

13. India Plans Joint Military Stations and Tri-Services Education Corps

Awards & Persons

14. Vaishali Retains Grand Swiss Chess Title

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