Top Current Affairs of the day for 18th July 2025
- Maharashtra Government on Friday announced that Islampur in Sangli district is being renamed as Ishwarpur. The announcement was made in the state legislature on the last day of the monsoon session.
- Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis jointly inaugurated the first campus of the Indian Institute of Creative Technology (IICT) at the NFDC Complex in Mumbai.
- The Tata Group on Friday announced setting up a Rs 500-crore welfare trust for the victims of the Air India plane crash that killed 260 persons in Ahmedabad last month.
- Tesla inaugurated its first showroom in India at Maker Maxity Mall, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) of Mumbai.
- The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held today at NFDC headquarters in Mumbai. Chaired by Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the meeting was attended by Secretary, Ministry of I&B, Sanjay Jaju, festival director Shekhar Kapur, and other key industry figures. The 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is scheduled to take place in Goa from November 20-28, 2025.
- India successfully test-fired the Prithvi-II and Agni-I short-range ballistic missiles from the integrated test range in Chandipur, Odisha, on 17 July 2025.
- The Aeronautical Development Establishment announced that the Archer-NG UAV has successfully completed taxi trials, scheduling its maiden flight for early August 2025.
- India hails United States’ decision to designate Pakistan based ‘TRF’, a proxy of LeT, as Foreign Terrorist Organization. US Terms it as strong affirmation of India-US counter-terrorism cooperation.
- Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) received the National Geospatial Practitioner Award 2025.
- In Chess, Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi becomes first player to secure semifinal spot at Freestyle Grand Slam in Las Vegas.