Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 16th-22nd April 2025

RBI, Banking and Economy

• India’s retail inflation slips to over 5-year low, opens door to more rate cuts

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Signs MoU with New Development Bank to accelerate Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Projects in India

NATIONAL

• India Joins Elite Global Tech League with Breakthroughs in Defence, Space & Semiconductors

INTERNATIONAL

• WTO forecasts global merchandise trade to fall 0.2% amid tariff tensions

STATES

• Maharashtra signs MoU with IBM for administrative transformation through AI

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Katy Perry launches into space with all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket

DEFENCE

• INDIA- UZBEKISTAN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE DUSTLIK-VI COMMENCES

EVENTS

• India Steel 2025

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Bose Institute scientists receive Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics as part of ALICE collaboration at CERN

SPORTS

• Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Inaugurates Athlete Passport Management Unit (APMU) at National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), New Delhi