Daily Current Affairs – 26-01-2025

Tamil Nadu

App Launched

The Indian Railways has launched the ‘Sanraksha’ mobile app to enhance railway safety by training staff and improving capacity building.

The project was first implemented in the Nagpur division.

The app will be rolled out across 16 railway zones.

It is integrated with the Rail Madad portal and ERSS via helpline number ‘139’ for quick complaint redressal.

® PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ken-Betwa River linking project in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh .

® The Union Cabinet has approved ₹ 44,605 crore for this project.

® The project aims to transfer surplus water from both rivers in the Bundelkhand region, covering parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh .

® This project will generate capacity of 100MW of Hydropower and 27MW of solar energy. This will implement in 8 years.

® India will host the World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES) for the first time.

® Its main purpose is to showcase India’s creative talent and position it as a global hub for content creation.

® The summit will be held in February 2025 in New Delhi .

registration

The E-Shram portal , launched in 2021 , has recorded 30.48 crore

registrations of unorganised workers as of December 2024 .

® It was launched by Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E).

® It is the world’s largest database for unorganised workers.

® This portal creates National Database of Unorganized workers (NDUW) to deliver welfare schemes & Job opportunities.

® A total of ₹704.01 crores were allocated for NDUW for FY20 to FY25.