Daily Current Affairs – 10-01-2025

Tamil Nadu

iTNT - Foundation Fund

® iTNT Hub has launched its Foundation Fund (Financing Opportunities for the Unleashing Deeptech Advancements & Transformative Innovations). ® With the support from MeitY of GoI, the first tranche of Rs 2 crore will be invested in TN-based deep and emerging tech startups. ® Such startups would be supported by iTNT, up to Rs 40 lakh per venture.

Iron Age in Tamil Nadu

® TN Government has released a report titled, ‘Antiquity of Iron: Recent Radiometric Dates from Tamil Nadu’. ® The discovery was made through the radiometric dating of burial urn samples from Sivagalai in Thoothukudi district. ® The study has revealed that the Iron Age may have begun in present-day Tamil Nadu as early as 3,345 BCE. ® The new findings push the introduction of iron in the Tamil landscape back 5,300 years. ® The discovery suggests that a contemporary Iron Age civilization existed in the southern India at the same time as the Indus Valley Civilization in northern and northwestern India.

Share of rooftop solar systems - Tamilnadu

® The share of electricity generated from rooftop solar accounted for just 1% of Tamil Nadu’s total energy mix. ® Tamil Nadu’s total installed power capacity has stood at 41, 741.45 MW as on December 31, 2024. ® Out of this, the renewable energy capacity was 24, 323.42 MW. ® Roof top solar energy generation accounted for 5% of total energy mix for Gujarat, 2% in Maharashtra, 1% in Karnataka and 5% in Kerala.

TN Commission for the Protection of Child Rights’

® The Madras High Court has finally cleared the decks for the constitution of the Tamil Nadu Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (TNCPCR). ® The State government in February 2022 prematurely dissolved the commission. ® constituted in January 2021 for a period of three years. ® The panel has a term of three years, as per the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.