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DAILY GK DOSE 19th APR – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS
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DAILY DOSE 19th APR – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. UNCTAD Economic Growth Projections (2025)
- Indiaprojected to be fastest-growing major economy: 5%
- China: 4.4%, US & EU: 1%, Japan: 0.5%
- Report: Trade and Development Foresights 2025
- Highlights India’s growth due to expenditure& monetary stimulus
2. RBI Penalties on Banks
- Kotak Mahindra Bank: ₹61.4 lakh – loan-related violations
- IDFC First Bank: ₹38.6 lakh – KYC non-compliance
- Punjab National Bank: ₹29.6 lakh – customer service guideline violations
- Penalties for regulatory non-compliance, not transactional legality
3. New Secretaries Appointed
- Arvind Shrivastava– Revenue, Finance
- Anuradha Thakur– OSD, Economic Affairs
- Samir Kumar Sinha– Civil Aviation
- Santosh K. Sarangi– New & Renewable Energy
- Nikunja Bihari Dhal– Parliamentary Affairs
- Vandana Gurnani– Labour & Employment
- Secretary: Top administrative post; advisor to the minister
4. Book Launch: “Sanskriti Ka Paanchva Adhyay”
- Compilation of PM Modi’s speeches on culture
- Launched by Swami Avdheshanand Giriin New Delhi
- Foreword by Ram Bahadur Rai, compiled by Prabhat Ojha
- Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
5. New Radar Speed Rules (Effective: 1 July 2025)
- Mandatory verification/stamping of radar speed devices under Legal Metrology Rules 2011
- Aligns with OIML R 91standards
- Aims to increase road safetyand enforcement integrity
6. Gita & Natyashastra in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
- Recognized for their global significance
- Gita: Dialogue between Arjuna & Krishnain Mahabharata
- Natyashastra: Treatise by Bharataon performing arts
- Programme launched in 1992; Register now has 570 entries
7. CRPF’s 11th CoBRA Battalion in J&K
- Anti-terroroperations in forested areas
- CoBRA: Elite force for guerrilla warfare(originally for Naxalites)
- Announced by DG Gyanendra Pratap Singhon 86th Raising Day
- Approved by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
8. Maharashtra’s New School Language Policy
- Hindicompulsory from Class I to V in all schools
- Applies to Marathi & English medium
- In line with NEP 2020– promotes multilingual learning
9. US-India WTO Steel Tariff Dispute
- US: Tariffs based on national security, not safeguards
- Invoked Section 232& GATT 1994 security exception
- India demands WTO consultations, cites safeguard agreement violations
10. SECL to Use Paste Fill Technology
- First coal PSU to use in Singhali Mine, Chhattisgarh
- ₹7040 crore project with TMC Mineral Resources Pvt Ltd
- Uses industrial wastefor environmental benefits
- Prevents land subsidence, allows mining under infrastructure
- Mine has 45 MT G-7 grade coalremaining
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