Weekly Current Affairs (19th January to 25th January 2025)

Weekly Current Affairs (19th January to 25th January 2025)

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Category : National Published on: January 26 2025

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  • 10th Anniversary of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: Scheme celebrates a decade of progress with significant advancements in gender equality.
  • The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has partnered with Apna to provide a hiring credit of ₹2,000 to registered startups.
  • Union Minister Shri Bhupendra Yadav chaired the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of MoEFCC in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
  • The central government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) of raw jute at ₹5,650 per quintal for the 2025-26 marketing season, which is ₹315 higher than the 2024-25 price.
  • Union Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh will inaugurate the "Dialogue for Holistic Development of Animal Husbandry Sector in North-East India" in Shillong on 23rd January 2025.
  • Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the 'Sanchar Saathi App', offering features like reporting mobile fraud, blocking lost mobiles, and identifying connections.
  • Union Minister Shri Manohar Lal Khattar launched the toolkit for the 9th edition of Swachh Survekshan, aimed at enhancing sanitation and cleanliness standards across India.
  • The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 11,440 crore package to rescue the debt-ridden public sector company, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) or Vizag Steel.
  • The National Science Drama Festival 2024-25 will be held on 18 January 2025 at the National Science Centre, Delhi, with over 40,000 students performing plays on topics like artificial intelligence, climate change, and water conservation.
  • The Union Cabinet approved the construction of a third launch pad at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, with an investment of ₹3,985 crore.
  • Government partially lifts sugar export ban, allowing the export of one million tonnes for the 2024-25 season.
  • The Indian government launched 'Entity Locker,' a secure cloud-based platform developed by NeGD under MeitY, to streamline business and organizational document management.
  • Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2025.
  • Union Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav addressed SIAM’s 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Circularity in New Delhi.
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