Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 18th April 2024

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Indian economy projected to grow 6.5% in 2024: UNCTAD

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Adanis raise stake in Ambuja Cement to 70.3%

NATIONAL

• India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000: Global Forest Watch

INTERNATIONAL

• Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Appointed As New PM Of Kuwait

STATES

• Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Appointed As New PM Of Kuwait

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Dharamsala to get India’s first ‘hybrid pitch’

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Electronics rises up the ranks, now India´s 5th largest export

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Google-backed Cropin launches AI tool to boost climate-smart agriculture

DEFENCE

• SPACE, a premier testing & evaluation hub for sonar systems for Indian Navy, set up by DRDO, inaugurated in Kerala

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Ajay Banga, Alia Bhatt, Sakshi Malik on Time's 100 most influential list

SPORTS

• Tsitsipas sweeps aside Ruud to win Monte Carlo Masters for the third time, and then weeps