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Daily Current Affairs: 19 March 2025

Current affairs of 19 March 2025: Israel’s Gaza Air Strikes End Ceasefire: Key Points; Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore Return After 286 Days in Space; Dollar Alternatives: mBridge, Brics Bridge, Brics Clear and the Unit, and 23 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 26 topics

National Affairs

  1. Lokpal and Judges: Supreme Court to Examine Jurisdiction
  2. Aadhaar-Voter ID Linkage: Election Commission’s Plan

Government Schemes

  1. AIIMS Delhi Treats 30,000 Patients Under PM-JAY

Banking & Finance

  1. S&P Rating Upgrades for Shriram Finance, Muthoot, Sammaan Capital
  2. Moody’s Reviews IndusInd Bank BCA for Possible Downgrade
  3. Paytm Money Gets SEBI Research Analyst Registration
  4. Income Tax Bill 2025: Wider AMT Reach for LLPs and Firms
  5. NARCL and McLeod Russel: Lenders Assign Tea Major’s Loans
  6. RBI Governor Urges Better Bank Customer Service as Complaints Surge
  7. SEBI Rethinks Gross Limit Plan for Index Options Traders
  8. SEBI Settlement Mechanism: Delays, Costs and Criticism
  9. Index Options Gross Limit: SEBI Proposal and Broker Pushback
  10. Canara Bank’s Digital Balance Confirmation for Auditors

Economy

  1. India’s Goods Trade Falls: Deficit Narrows to $14 Billion

International Affairs

  1. Israel’s Gaza Air Strikes End Ceasefire: Key Points
  2. Dollar Alternatives: mBridge, Brics Bridge, Brics Clear and the Unit
  3. Tulsi Gabbard on US-India Security Partnership
  4. India-New Zealand FTA Talks Revived: Sectors and Sticking Points

Agriculture & Rural

  1. PKVY and MOVCDNER: Government Support for Organic Farming
  2. Per Drop More Crop: Micro Irrigation Scheme Explained
  3. NMEO-Oilseeds: Mission for Edible Oil Self-Reliance
  4. Farmers’ Distress Index: Pilot for Early Warning on Farm Stress

Science & Technology

  1. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore Return After 286 Days in Space
  2. India AI Mission: Parliament Data MoU for Indigenous LLMs
  3. Chandrayaan-3 ChaSTE Data Hints at Wider Moon Water Ice

Reports & Indexes

  1. Free Speech Survey: India Ranks 24th of 33 Countries

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

Economy

14. India’s Goods Trade Falls: Deficit Narrows to $14 Billion

  • Merchandise exports fell 10.9% to $36.91 billion while imports fell 16.3% to $50.96 billion.
  • The $14 billion deficit was the narrowest in 42 months, but because both flows shrank.
  • The US is India's second-largest trading partner ($118.3 billion last fiscal year) and the only top-five partner where India runs a surplus.
  • Gold imports plunged 62% as domestic prices hit ₹87,886 per 10 grams.
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International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Science & Technology

Science & Technology

25. Chandrayaan-3 ChaSTE Data Hints at Wider Moon Water Ice

  • PRL Ahmedabad scientists found that larger lunar areas than thought may hold water ice, using Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander data.
  • ChaSTE measured surface and sub-surface temperature at Shiv Shakti Point (69.373° S, 32.319° E) with 10 platinum RTD sensors.
  • The peak recorded lunar-day temperature was 82ºC on a sun-facing slope.
  • It is the first in-situ temperature measurement at a high lunar latitude.
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Reports & Indexes

Polity & Governance

26. Free Speech Survey: India Ranks 24th of 33 Countries

  • The Future of Free Speech, a US think tank, ranked India 24th among 33 countries with a score of 62.6.
  • Report title: 'Who in the World Supports Free Speech?'; Norway (87.9) and Denmark (87.0) lead.
  • 37% of Indians back government power to prevent criticism of its policies, the highest among surveyed nations.
  • India, Hungary and Venezuela show high public support but weak actual protection of free speech.
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