18th JULY 2025 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates projects to the nation in Motihari, Bihar
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 7,000 crore in Motihari, Bihar today (18.07.2025) and dedicated the completed projects to the nation.
- He said that he would worship the feet of Baba Someshwar Nath in the month of Savan, which marks the month of sacrifice, and wish the people of Bihar to live happily and prosperously with his blessings.
- The Prime Minister released Rs 400 crore under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Scheme to 61,500 Self Help Groups in the state of Bihar.
- The Prime Minister provided financial assistance of over Rs 160 crore to 40,000 beneficiaries under the Prime Minister's Rural Housing Scheme.
- Indigenously designed and built INS Nistar was commissioned into the Indian Navy today in Visakhapatnam in the presence of Minister of State for Defence, Shri Sanjay Seth. It is the first of two deep sea search and rescue vessels to be built and manufactured by Hindustan Shipyard.
- INS Nistar is equipped with state-of-the-art diving equipment such as remotely operated vehicles, autonomous hyperbaric lifeboats, diving compression chambers, etc. The ship can undertake diving and rescue operations up to a depth of 300 metres.
- It will also act as a ‘mother ship’ for a deep submersible rescue vessel to rescue and extricate personnel from a submerged submarine in distress below the surface.
