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DAILY GK DOSE 2nd JAN – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS

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DAILY DOSE 2nd JAN – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Uttarakhand forest department developed a garden based on Mahabharata.

  • The Uttarakhand forest department has developed the ethnobotanical garden at Haldwani to showcase ecological and environmental knowledge in Mahabharata.
  • More than 37 plant species have been grown in this ethnobotanical garden.
  • The plants include Khair (Acacia catechu), Kovidar (Bauhinia variegata), Bargad (Ficus benghalensis), Peepal (Ficus religiosa), Dhak (Butea monosperma), etc.
  • A portion of Mahabharata is called Vana Parva/Aranya Parva.

 

2) Wayanad landslide has been declared a disaster of ‘severe nature’.

  • The Union government has declared the Wayanad landslide a disaster of ‘severe nature’.
  • The state was putting pressure on the Centre to declare the landslide a disaster of ‘severe nature’.
  • The state government has also requested the central government to waive off loans for the disaster-affected people.
  • The estimated loss from the disaster is about Rs 1,202 crore and the state government requested Rs 2,262 crore for the rehabilitation package.

 

3) Defence Ministry declared 2025 as ‘Year Of Reforms’.

  • To encourage ongoing and upcoming reforms in the defence sector, the Ministry of Defence has designated 2025 as the Year of Reforms.
  • The goal of these reforms is to make sure that the Armed Forces become a combat-ready, technologically advanced force that can conduct integrated operations across multiple domains.
  • To realise this objective, several critical areas have been highlighted for focused intervention during 2025.

 

4) Indian Navy will commission three indigenously built warships at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.

  • On January 15, the Indian Navy will put the three locally constructed warships Nilgiri, Surat, and Vaghsheer into service at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
  • The warship Nilgiri is equipped with cutting-edge electronics and stealth features.
  • Significant design and functional advancements have been made in the Surat.
  • With their state-of-the-art aviation facilities, Nilgiri and Surat are able to fly a variety of helicopters both during the day and at night.

 

5) 40 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, toxic waste was lifted from the Union Carbide factory for safe disposal.

  • Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, about 377 tonnes of hazardous waste from the closed Union Carbide factory on January 1 began being shifted for disposal.
  • The toxic waste is being loaded into 12 sealed container trucks and transported to the Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district, 250 km from Bhopal.
  • Director of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Swatantra Kumar Singh said that a green corridor has been created for vehicles carrying hazardous waste.
  • Around 100 people worked in 30-minute shifts to pack the waste and load it into trucks.

 

6) ONOS launched by the government to provide seamless access to digital knowledge resources.

  • The “One Nation, One Subscription” scheme has been launched by the Government starting on 1 January.
  • The aim of the initiative is to provide seamless access to a wide range of digital knowledge resources including research papers, journals and academic content under a single subscription platform.
  • The scheme is expected to benefit students, researchers and institutions across the country as it will remove many memberships related barriers and ensure equal access to knowledge.
  • More than 1.8 crore students from government-funded higher education institutions, including universities and IITs, will have access to research papers published in top journals across the world.

 

7) Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra took over the command of the Indian Air Force’s Western Air Command on January 1, 2025.

  • In December 1986, he was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force.
  • The Air Marshal has held key command and staff positions during his 38 years of service.
  • Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha, who retired after more than 39 years of service, is replaced by Air Marshal Mishra.

 

8) Delhi government launched ‘Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana’.

  • Arvind Kejriwal announced the ‘Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana’.
  • Under this scheme, a monthly honorarium of ₹18000 will be given to Hindu and Sikh priests.
  • The registration for the Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana has started.
  • Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal launched the Mahila Samman scheme to provide a stipend of ₹2100 per month to unemployed women.

 

9) SAIL achieved the ‘Great Place to Work’ certification for the second consecutive year.

  • The ‘Great Place to Work’ certification has been granted to Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for the January 2025–January 2026 period.
  • After a comprehensive survey by the Great Place To Work Institute, SAIL obtained the certification.
  • Direct input from SAIL employees served as the basis for the survey.
  • The first certification period for SAIL was December 2023–December 2024.

 

10) China released a prototype of the world’s fastest train.

  • China has unveiled its next-generation high-speed train, the CR450 prototype. It can reach up to a speed of 450 km/h.
  • CR450 will replace CR400, which can operate at a speed of 350 Km/h.
  • This milestone has been achieved through extensive research and development.
  • The train’s braking system has been optimised to ensure stability and safety at these unprecedented speeds.

 

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