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Daily Current Affairs: 9 July 2025

Current affairs of 9 July 2025: Great Hornbill Spotted on Kannur Coast: Kerala State Bird Notes; Research Development and Innovation Scheme: ₹1 Lakh Crore Cabinet Nod; NSO Nutritional Intake Report: Calories, Protein and Fat in 2023-24, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

Government Schemes

Research Development and Innovation Scheme: ₹1 Lakh Crore Cabinet Nod
DFS Denies Closing Inactive Jan Dhan Accounts

Banking & Finance

RBI Pre-payment Charges Directions 2025: Who Pays What
SEBI F&O Study: Retail Traders Fall 20% After Curbs
SEBI Weekly Index Options Expiry May Turn Fortnightly

Economy

VRRR Auction: RBI’s ₹1 Trillion Liquidity Absorption Tool

International Affairs

ADB UHC PEERS Network for Universal Health Coverage
Bulgaria to Adopt Euro in 2026 as 21st Eurozone Member

Agriculture & Rural

DBT Portal 2.0 and NaMo Drone Didi Workshop in Delhi
Mustard Seen as Key to Cutting India’s Edible Oil Imports

Science & Technology

CRISPR Rice from NIPGR Takes Up More Phosphorus, Yields More

Environment & Ecology

Great Hornbill Spotted on Kannur Coast: Kerala State Bird Notes

Reports & Indexes

NSO Nutritional Intake Report: Calories, Protein and Fat in 2023-24
FATF 2025 Terrorist Financing Risk Update

Awards & Persons

Modi receives Namibia’s Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis

Government Schemes

Government Schemes

1. Research Development and Innovation Scheme: ₹1 Lakh Crore Cabinet Nod

The Cabinet approved the RDI Scheme with a ₹1 lakh crore corpus.
The corpus goes to ANRF as a 50-year interest-free loan; second-level fund managers lend or invest.
DST is the nodal department.
India's GERD was ₹1.27 lakh crore in 2021, just 0.64% of GDP.

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Banking & Finance

2. DFS Denies Closing Inactive Jan Dhan Accounts

DFS denied telling banks to close inactive PMJDY accounts.
A three-month awareness drive began July 1, 2025.
Banks will re-KYC all due accounts.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

3. RBI Pre-payment Charges Directions 2025: Who Pays What

RBI issued the Pre-payment Charges on Loans Directions, 2025, effective 1 January 2026, aimed at cheaper credit for MSEs.
Floating-rate personal loans to individuals carry no pre-payment charge.
No lock-in period applies.

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4. SEBI F&O Study: Retail Traders Fall 20% After Curbs

SEBI's study found unique retail F&O traders fell 20%, from 8.43 million to 6.77 million.
Individual turnover dropped 11%, from ₹62,700 crore to ₹56,000 crore.
The sharpest fall of 30% was among traders with turnover below ₹10,000.
Measures since November 2024 include larger contract sizes and upfront option premium collection.

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5. SEBI Weekly Index Options Expiry May Turn Fortnightly

SEBI may switch index options to one expiry per fortnight if its reforms fail to cool speculation.
Jane Street was accused in a 3 July interim order of ₹4,844 crore manipulation.
91% of retail traders had net losses in FY25.

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Economy

6. VRRR Auction: RBI’s ₹1 Trillion Liquidity Absorption Tool

On Friday, June 27, RBI was to hold a ₹1 trillion Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction with a seven-day tenor.
Surplus liquidity had pushed the Weighted Average Call Rate (WACR) below the 5.50% repo rate.
VRRR absorbs liquidity; Variable Rate Repo (VRR) injects it.

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International Affairs

International Relations

7. ADB UHC PEERS Network for Universal Health Coverage

ADB launched the UHC PEERS network at the INSPIRE Health Systems Forum in Manila.
ADB is led by President Masato Kanda; health officials from over 25 countries took part.
More than 1 billion people across Asia and the Pacific cannot get essential health services.
ADB estimates every $1 put into primary healthcare returns $10 in economic gains.

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8. Bulgaria to Adopt Euro in 2026 as 21st Eurozone Member

EU ministers gave the final approval for Bulgaria to adopt the euro on 1 January 2026.
Bulgaria will be the 21st member of the single currency area.
The conversion rate was fixed at 1.95583 Bulgarian lev per euro.
The switch comes nearly 19 years after Bulgaria entered the European Union.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

9. DBT Portal 2.0 and NaMo Drone Didi Workshop in Delhi

Agriculture Ministry held a one-day workshop in New Delhi on DBT Platform 2.0 and NaMo Drone Didi Yojana.
Crop-specific SOPs for drone nutrient application and a new Drone Portal were launched.
DBT 2.0 targets faster subsidy release under SMAM.

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10. Mustard Seen as Key to Cutting India’s Edible Oil Imports

Mustard, a Rabi oilseed, can help cut edible oil imports.
Industry views and 2024-25 data support the case.
Experts want more acreage, better seeds and assured prices.

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Science & Technology

Agriculture & Rural Development

11. CRISPR Rice from NIPGR Takes Up More Phosphorus, Yields More

NIPGR, New Delhi, used CRISPR-Cas9 to improve phosphorus uptake and yield in japonica rice.
Deleting a 30 base pair site on the OsPHO1;2 promoter freed it from OsWRKY6 repression.
Yield rose 20% at the recommended P dose and 40% at 10% of it.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

12. Great Hornbill Spotted on Kannur Coast: Kerala State Bird Notes

The Great Hornbill (Malamuzhakki Vezhambal) is Kerala's State Bird.
One was sighted at Kakkampara near Ezhimala, a coastal area of Kannur district.
It is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act.
Usual habitats: evergreen and moist deciduous forests such as Silent Valley and Parambikulam.

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Reports & Indexes

Health & Social Issues

13. NSO Nutritional Intake Report: Calories, Protein and Fat in 2023-24

NSO's nutrition report uses HCES data for 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Daily calories in 2023-24: rural 2212 Kcal, urban 2240 Kcal.
Cereals still give the largest share of protein.

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International Relations

14. FATF 2025 Terrorist Financing Risk Update

FATF's 2025 update on terrorist financing risks says emerging digital platforms are increasingly misused to fund terrorism.
India appears in case studies linked to the Pulwama and Gorakhnath attacks.
Tools flagged include e-commerce sites, cryptocurrencies, VPNs, third-party payment gateways, crowdfunding and gaming platforms.
High-risk regions named: India, South Asia, West Africa, the Sahel and the Middle East.

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Awards & Persons

International Relations

15. Modi receives Namibia’s Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis

PM Modi received Namibia's highest civilian honour, the Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis, during his state visit to Windhoek.
He is the first Indian leader to receive the distinction.
The order was founded on 17 March 1995 and has two classes: Grand Collar and Grand Commander.
It is named after the Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant native to the Namib Desert.

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15 questions from the news of 9 July 2025, with answers and explanations.