APRIL 25 CURRENT AFFAIRS – One Liner
World Malaria Day 2018– April 25 Theme – “Ready to beat malaria”
- The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, released a commemorative postage stamp on former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Late Shri Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna.
- UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize – Egyptian photo journalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, popularly known as Shawkan
- ‘Sagar Kavach’ two-day coastal security exercise was held in Kerala to strengthen and evaluate the coastal security mechanism.
- Indo-Malaysian defence cooperation, a joint training exercise HARIMAU SHAKTI in Malaysia
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM Modi, has given its approval for the increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Raw Jute for 2018-19 seasons.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on April 25, 2018 approved the centrally sponsored scheme ‘National Bamboo Mission’ (NBM) under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
- MoU between India and Sao Tome and Principe for Cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy.
- The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) will be tying up with the United States and Finland to develop new pollution-forecast system to anticipate particulate matter (PM) levels at least two days in advance and at greater resolution.
- A Loan Agreement for IBRD credit of US$ 125 (equivalent) for the “Innovate in India for Inclusiveness Project” was signed with the World Bank on 24thApril, 2018 in New Delhi.
- The population of critically endangered dolphins in Cambodia’s Mekong River has increased for the first time after years of constant decline that pushed the species almost to the brink of extinction
- Scientists have discovered a giant mosquito with a wingspan of 15 centimetres in China.
- Liverpool beat Roma 5-2.Mohamed Salah scored two and assisted three goals before Roma pulled back two in the dying minutes of the match.