Daily Current Affairs – 04-02-2025

Tamil Nadu

Women Teacher’s Day

® The Telangana government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule ( January 3 ) as ‘ Women Teacher’s Day’ annually. ® She opened India’s first school for girls in 1848 in Pune and became India’s first woman teacher.

International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

® Day - December 27 ® Observed by – UN ® Observed since – 2020

National Farmer’s Day (Kisan Diwas)

® Day - December 23 ® Theme- Empowering ‘Annadatas’ for a Prosperous Nation ® Observed since – 2001 ® Commemorating – The birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th Prime Minister of India

Good Governance Day (Sushasan Diwas)

® Day- December 25 ® Theme- “India’s Path to a Viksit Bharat: Empowering Citizens through Good Governance and Digitalisation” ® Observed since – 2014 ® Commemorating – Birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Iron Age starts first in Tamil Nadu

® The TN Government released a report titled, ‘Antiquity of Iron: Recent Radiometric Dates from Tamil Nadu’. ® The discovery made through radiometric dating of burial urn samples from Sivagalai in Thoothukudi district. ® The study reveals that the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu may have begun as early as 3,345 BCE. ® The findings push the introduction of iron in Tamil Nadu back 5,300 years. ® This suggests that a contemporary Iron Age civilization existed in southern India alongside the Indus Valley Civilization in northern and northwestern India. ® Prior to these findings, the earliest iron objects in Tamil Nadu dated to around 2,172 BCE from Mayiladumparai in Krishnagiri district. ® Additional at Adichanallur another site in Thoothukudi district, charcoal samples linked with iron objects dated to 2,517 BCE. ® Comparison with Other Regions Iron objects in Karnataka (Brahmagiri) and Hyderabad (Gachibowli) dated to around 2,140 BCE and 2,200 BCE, respectively. ® The Hittite Empire in modern-day Turkey previously believed to be the first civilization to use iron, with evidence dating to 1,380 BCE.

Share of Rooftop Solar Systems - Tamil Nadu

® Rooftop solar contributes to just 1% of Tamil Nadu’s total energy mix and 5 th in India. ® As of December 31, 2024, Tamil Nadu’s total installed power capacity stands at 41,741.45 MW. ® Out of the total capacity, 24,323.42 MW is from renewable energy.

Two new open air museum in TN

® Tamil Nadu Chief Minister laid foundation stone for a new open-air museum in Keezhadi and museum in Gangaikonda Cholapuram

Road Accidents in Tamil Nadu (2024)

® Fatalities decreased by 273 in 2024 compared to 2023. ® 2023: 18,347 deaths in 17,526 accidents. ® 2024: 18,074 deaths in 17,282 accidents. ® 80, 558 driving licences were suspended for violating motor vehicle rules. ® Highway patrol vehicles shifted 12,629 critically injured individuals to hospitals within the Golden Hour. ® Tamilnadu stands 2 nd in road accidents followed by uttarpradesh.