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DAILY DOSE 9th JAN – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Flamingo Festival is set to begin on 18 January in Tirupati district.
- Flamingo Festival will be organized after a gap of five years in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh from January 18 to 20.
- It will be spread over five locations including Nelapattu, B.V. Palem, Atakanithippa, Sri City and Sullurpeta.
- More than 200 varieties of birds are expected to fly to this region during this season.
- A three-day session will be conducted on eco-friendly biodiversity at Sri City, bird watching spots at Nelapattu and Atakanithippa.
2) World Hindi Day 2025: 10 January
- Every year on 10 January, World Hindi Day is celebrated.
- It is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference organized in Nagpur on 10 January 1975.
- In the year 1975, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi organized the first World Hindi Conference in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
- 122 representatives from 30 countries participated in this conference.
3) A digital e-Visa system for Indian travelers has been launched by the Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) from January 1, 2025.
- This new system simplifies the visa application process, and eliminates the need for physical paperwork.
- This reflects Israel’s efforts to make tourism more accessible and strengthen ties with India.
- Indian citizens can now apply for Visa to Israel completely online using the official government portal of Israel.
- The process is faster, more efficient, and requires less documentation, making it convenient for solo travelers.
4) First battery energy storage system of India will start in Kilokri, south Delhi in March this year.
- This will be India’s first commercial utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).
- This is the 20 MW (megawatt)/40 MWh (megawatt hour) cluster of batteries.
- This can supply power for four hours a day, two hours during the day and two hours at night.
- This is part of the BSES Rajdhani’s power sub-station in south Delhi’s Kilokri village.
5) John Mahama became President of Ghana for the third time.
- John Mahama won the presidential election last year after promising to tackle the economic crisis, corruption, and unemployment.
- He was previously Ghana’s president between July 2012 and January 2017.
- He will replace current President Nana Akufo-Addo. Mahama was first sworn in as president in July 2012.
- The ceremony was attended by several African leaders, including Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Kenya’s William Ruto, and Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi.
6) A $3 billion investment in India announced by Microsoft, along with plans to train 10 million individuals in AI skills.
- On January 7, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a $3 billion investment to enhance the company’s cloud and AI infrastructure in India.
- He said the company has made its biggest expansion ever by investing an additional $3 billion to expand its Azure capabilities in India.
- The efforts being made by Microsoft to expand its regional footprint across India were appreciated, and the company’s mission to empower individuals and organisations in the country was reiterated.
7) India and US to jointly build interoperable sonobuoys for Navy.
- India and the US announced cooperation on co-production of US sonobuoys for Undersea Domain Awareness (UDA) for the Indian Navy.
- This is a high-end technology that enables tracking of submarines in deep seas and oceans.
- This is the latest step in a series of cooperation measures between the two countries, as both countries are concerned by the rapid expansion of China’s naval presence in the Indian Ocean region.
8) IIT Madras launched Asia’s largest Shallow Wave Basin Research facility.
- Asia’s largest Shallow Wave Basin Research Facility has been launched by IIT Madras at its Thaiyur campus to meet both research and industrial needs.
- It will fulfil India’s growing technical and research needs in coastal and marine engineering.
- It has been developed under the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways, and Coasts (NTCPWC).
- This facility will resolve challenges related to Indian ports, waterways, and coastal engineering.
9) Banded Royal butterfly has been discovered in Tripura.
- The Banded Royal butterfly (Rachana jalindra indra), a rare butterfly species, has been discovered in Tripura.
- It has been found in the Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary in Sepahijala district.
- Animesh Das of the research team said that the butterfly was first sighted on May 5, 2021.
- The species have been protected under Schedule II of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
10) The Karnataka Forest Department launched the ‘Garudakshi’ online FIR system.
- To stop forest encroachments, illegal tree-felling, and poaching, the Karnataka Forest Department has launched the ‘Garudakshi’ online FIR system.
- It has been developed in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI).
- It will enable the online handling of forest crime cases under the Forest and Wildlife Protection Acts.
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