One Minute Current Affairs 18 July 2025

Agreements & MOUs
Vimananu Ltd and CYGR- Signed MOU for Set up a cutting-edge drone manufacturing facility in Navi Mumbai.
- CYGR is French-American technology firm.
- Vimananu Ltd is a subsidiary of India’s RRP Defence
Banking & Business
HSBC Bank- Withdrawal from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance(NZBA).
- headquarters– London, UK.
- NZBA was launched in
- Target-net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Tesla- Launches its first showroom in India at Mumbai’s BKC.
Defence
32nd edition of SIMBEX Exercise- Between India & Singapore.
- Venue-Singapore
- SIMBEX (Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise).
Prithvi-II and Agni-I Ballistic Missiles- successfully test fire by India.
- Prithvi-II Range- 250–350 km, surface-to-surface.
- Agni-I Range- 700–900 km, road and rail mobile missile.
Awards
Dubai, UAE-57th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2025.
- India Wins two gold and two silver medals.
- India achieved the sixth position
National Geospatial Practitioner Award 2025- Confer to INCOIS.
- The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).
Vijayawada – ‘Super Swachh League City’ in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25.
Sports
Dehradun, Uttarakhand- 10th Junior National Rugby 7s Championship 2025
- U18 Boys’ title- Bihar
- U18 Girls’ title- Bihar
Obituaries
Felix Baumgartner- Austrian skydiver had passed away.