Daily Current Affairs and GK | 12 and 13 January 2025
Main Headlines:
- 1. The Bharat Cleantech Manufacturing Platform launched by Union Minister Piyush Goyal at the Bharat Climate Forum 2025 in New Delhi.
- 2. National Youth Day 2025: 12 January
- 3. South India’s first Infectious Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory will be established by BMCRI.
- 4. India joined the UN committee on big data for official statistics.
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Topic: Government Schemes and Initiatives
1. The Bharat Cleantech Manufacturing Platform launched by Union Minister Piyush Goyal at the Bharat Climate Forum 2025 in New Delhi.
- The platform is an initiative designed to enhance India's clean technology value chains across solar, wind, hydrogen, and battery storage sectors.
- This platform will promote innovation and help India become a global leader in sustainability.
- The Minister also pointed out that product-linked incentives (PLI) and subsidies are detrimental to the long-term growth and development of the clean energy sector.
- The PLI scheme can only help accelerate the sector, but the clean energy sector should strive to become self-reliant.
- The Minister expressed hope that the participants of the Forum will be successful in achieving the target set by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of installing 500 GW of clean energy sources in the country by 2030.
- India has been one of the best performing countries in meeting its Nationally Determined Contributions (NCDs) presented in 2015 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement.
Topic: Important Days
2. National Youth Day 2025: 12 January
- Every year on 12th January, National Youth Day is celebrated in India, which is also known as Rashtriya Yuva Diwas.
- The birth anniversary of India's greatest philosopher and spiritual leader, Swami Vivekananda, is celebrated every year as National Youth Day since 1985.
- In 1984, the government announced 12th January as National Youth Day.
- Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was his guru.
- Swami Vivekananda was born in Kolkata on January 12, 1863, as Narendranath Datta. He died in 1902.
- On January 11, 2025, the Viksit Bharat Young Leader’s Dialogue and the National Youth Festival were inaugurated by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
- The event, held at Bharat Mandapam, brought together over 3,000 young leaders from across India for thematic discussions and creative competitions.
Topic: Biotechnology and Diseases
3. South India’s first Infectious Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory will be established by BMCRI.
- Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) will establish South India’s first Infectious Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (IRDL).
- This laboratory will allow infectious disease research to be conducted within Bengaluru.
- This facility will focus on diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
- It will enable quicker diagnostics and improved management of such conditions.
- This facility has been established as part of the government initiative to establish specialized laboratories in medical colleges nationwide.
- Under this project, focus will be given to capacity building in areas like – bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology.
Topic: Committees/ Commissions/Taskforces
4. India joined the UN committee on big data for official statistics.
- India joined the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UN-CEBD).
- The UN-CEBD was formed to investigate the benefits and challenges of Big Data including the potential for monitoring and reporting on sustainable development goals.
- India will contribute to shaping global standards and practices in harnessing Big Data and data science for official statistical purposes.
- Big Data and advanced data science techniques will revolutionize the production and dissemination of official statistics.
- India aims to modernize its statistical processes by integrating non-traditional data sources such as IoT, satellite imagery, and private sector data streams.
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