Latest current affairs of the Day for 23April2025
1. The Cabinet Committee on Security, CCS, reviewed the overall security situation in its meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence and directed all forces to maintain high vigil.
2. Five key decisions taken at CSS meet
(a) The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.
(b) The integrated checkpost Attari will be closed with immediate effect. Those who have crossed over with valid endorsements may return through that route before 1st May 2025.
(c) Pakistani nationals will not be permitted to travel to India under the SAARC visa Exemption scheme. Any SPES visas issued in the past to Pakistani nationals are deemed cancelled. Any Pakistani national currently in India under SPES visa has 48 hours to leave India.
(d) The Defence, Military, Naval, and Air Advisors in the Pakistani high commission in New Delhi are declared persona non grata. They have a week to leave India.
(e) India will be withdrawing its own Defence, Navy and Air advisors from the Indian high commission in Islamabad. These posts in the respective High Commissions are deemed annulled.
3. Four special flights from Srinagar to Delhi and Mumbai have been arranged in view of the Pahalgam Terror Attack.
4. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has exhorted the youth of the Nation to become active stakeholders in building a strong and self-reliant Bharat. He called upon the youth to engage themselves proactively in nation building, innovation and global leadership and contribute to the country’s growth story.
5. A tribal organisation catering to Kuki-Zo aspirations has called for observing May 3 as ‘Separation Day’ to mark “two years of total separation from the Meitei community” in Manipur.
6. Pahalgam attack: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi cuts short US visit. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet on Thursday to discuss the terror attack in which at least 26 people were killed.
7. To promote gender diversity in the technology space, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in partnership with Microsoft, has unveiled the ‘AI Careers for Women’ program. This initiative aims to train 20,000 women from less urbanized areas.
8. TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH actor Lalit Manchanda was tragically found dead at his home in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, April 21. The 36-year-old reportedly died by suicide, with police confirming that his body was discovered hanging inside the residence.
9. Starting April 22, 2025, the Income Tax Department has rolled out a new mandate under Section 206C, imposing a 1% TCS on purchases of luxury goods priced above ₹10 lakh. This regulation, aimed at increasing financial transparency and tracking extravagant expenditures.
10. The Indian government has re-appointed T. Rabi Sankar as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a period of one year, effective from May 3, 2025. This marks his second term extension.
11. India’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system has significantly improved the country’s welfare delivery by reducing inefficiencies and ensuring that public funds are more effectively used. According to the BlueKraft Digital Foundation, the DBT system has resulted in savings of ₹3.48 lakh crore.
12. Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has condemned the terror attack in Pahalgam. In a social media post.
13. India finished their campaign of the Peru leg of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in third place in the overall standings with a total of seven medals with 02 gold, 04 silver and 01 bronze.