Daily Current Affairs 18th May 2025

Q.1. Who recently announced retirement from Test cricket, ending a 14-year-long illustrious career?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
Q.2. Which organization is backing the Uttar Pradesh-based AI Pragya and UP AGREES initiatives?
Ans:- World Bank
Q.3. With effect from May 14, 2025, who has been named the National Legal Services Authority’s (NALSA) Executive Chairman?
Ans:- Justice Surya Kant 
Q.4. Who received the 72nd Miss World Festival’s Humanitarian Award for their charitable foundation contributions and philanthropic work during COVID-19?
Ans:- Sonu Sood
Q.5. Which day is designated as International Nurses Day each year to honor the contributions made by nurses around the globe?
Ans:- May 12
Q.6. In which state are Indian military personnel excused from paying property taxes on homes located inside gram panchayat boundaries?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh
Q.7. Which state and Madhya Pradesh inked a Memorandum of Understanding for the Tapti Basin Mega Recharge Project to enhance irrigation and alleviate water scarcity?
Ans:- Maharashtra
Q.8. Who defeated Kang Chaeyoung to win India’s first women’s recurve medal of the year at the Archery World Cup?
Ans:- Deepika Kumari
Q.9. Which business is working with C-DOT to create Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology based on drones?
Ans:- Synergy Quantum
Q.10. Which city saw the introduction of the police’s “Nayi Disha” program to reintegrate school dropouts into the educational system?
Ans:- New Delhi
Q.11. To support its efforts at fiscal reform, which nation received a $50 million Government Treasury Bill from India?
Ans:- Maldives
Q.12. In which nation has chess been prohibited recently because of legal concerns?
Ans:- Afghanistan
Q.13. In a new DBFOO model project, which state will get 1500 MW of thermal power from Adani Power?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh