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Daily Current Affairs: 13 April 2025

Current affairs of 13 April 2025: IMO Global Carbon Tax on Shipping: 63 Nations Back It; Article 200 and Tamil Nadu’s Bills Without Assent; Saras Mk2: 19-Seater Civil Aircraft Plan by 2027, and 10 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 13 topics

National Affairs

  1. Article 200 and Tamil Nadu’s Bills Without Assent
  2. Governor and Bill Assent: Supreme Court’s Article 200 Ruling

Banking & Finance

  1. Bank of India Ends 400-Day FD Scheme, Trims Deposit Rates
  2. UPI Outage Again: Third in Three Weeks and Its Causes

International Affairs

  1. IMO Global Carbon Tax on Shipping: 63 Nations Back It
  2. Argentina Gets $42 Billion Aid From IMF, World Bank, IDB
  3. Maharashtra-ROSATOM MoU for Thorium Small Modular Reactor

Science & Technology

  1. Saras Mk2: 19-Seater Civil Aircraft Plan by 2027
  2. India’s Rainfall Shifts 2011-2020: GRL Study Using GSMaP-ISRO Data
  3. Type 5 Diabetes Recognised by IDF With New Working Group
  4. SCTIMST rt-LAMP Test for Early Tuberculosis Detection

Defence & Security

  1. Siachen Day: Operation Meghdoot Anniversary on 13 April

Reports & Indexes

  1. NITI Aayog Report on Automotive Industry and Global Value Chains

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Article 200 and Tamil Nadu’s Bills Without Assent

  • Tamil Nadu notified 10 State Bills into law without Governor or President assent, relying on a Supreme Court ruling on deemed assent.
  • Most of the Acts move the power to appoint Vice-Chancellors from the Governor as Chancellor to the State Government.
  • Under Article 200 the Governor may assent, withhold assent, or reserve a Bill for the President.
  • If the legislature repasses a returned non-Money Bill, the Governor must give assent.
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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

4. UPI Outage Again: Third in Three Weeks and Its Causes

  • UPI suffered its third major outage in about three weeks on Saturday, April 12, hitting Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm and bank apps.
  • NPCI cited intermittent technical issues; Downdetector logged over 2,000 complaints around noon.
  • Daily transactions topped 600 million in April against the usual 500 million.
  • RBI's earlier plan for a National Umbrella Entity was shelved, leaving NPCI as sole operator.
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International Affairs

Science & Technology

7. Maharashtra-ROSATOM MoU for Thorium Small Modular Reactor

  • MAHAGENCO, Maharashtra's power generation company, signed an MoU with Russia's ROSATOM on a thorium-based small modular reactor (SMR).
  • MITRA, the state's policy body, gives strategic support; a joint working group will coordinate the work.
  • It is described as the first time an Indian state has entered nuclear energy development.
  • Central government approval and compliance with AERB guidelines are mandatory before the project can proceed.
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Science & Technology

Defence & Security

Reports & Indexes

Economy

13. NITI Aayog Report on Automotive Industry and Global Value Chains

  • NITI Aayog released the report 'Automotive Industry: Powering India's Participation in Global Value Chains' in April 2025, prepared with CRISIL.
  • India is the 4th largest automobile producer, making about 6 million vehicles a year.
  • India's auto component exports are about $20 billion, roughly 3% of global component trade.
  • The 2030 goals are $145 billion component output, $60 billion exports and an 8% share of global value chains.
  • The report expects 2-2.5 million additional jobs.
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