Daily Current Affairs – 14-02-2025
Tamil Nadu
Nigeria joins BRICS
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Nigeria becomes the ninth BRICS partner country.
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The other partner countries are Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
Seven GI tags for
A&N Islands
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Seven products from the Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) Islands
have received Geographical Indication (GI) tags .
The products include:
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Nicobari Mat (Chatrai-hileuoi)
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Nicobari Hut (Chanvi Pati – Nyi hupul)
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Nicobari Hodi craft
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Padauk Wood Craft
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Andaman & Nicobar Coconut
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Nicobari Tavi-i-Ngaich (Virgin Coconut Oil)
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Andaman Karen Musley Rice
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This is the first time a single Union Territory (UT) has received GI tags for seven products at once .
Uniform Civil Code
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Uttarakhand became the first state in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) .
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Article 44 of the Indian Constitution advocates for a UCC, which is part of the Directive Principles of State Policy
(DPSP) in Part IV (Articles 36–51) of the Indian Constitution .
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Goa is the only other state in India with an existing civil code.
Minerals Mission
launched
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The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of the National Critical Minerals Mission (NCMM) with an outlay of ₹16,300 crore .
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Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are expected to invest ₹18,000 crore in the project.
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The mission will cover all stages of the value chain: exploration, mining, beneficiation, processing, and recovery from end-of-life products.
Gaganyaan mission
assembly begins
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ISRO has started assembling the Human Rated Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (HLVM3)
for the first uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan mission at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota .
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The assembling process began with the stacking of the nozzle end segment with a full flex seal nozzle of the S200 motor.
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This marks the official commencement of the HLVM3-G1/OM-1 mission.
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The event coincides with the 10th anniversary of the LVM3-X/CARE mission launched in December 2014.
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Its main purpose is for safety of Astronauts during Space travel.
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HLVM3 is a large, three-stage launch vehicle with a weight of 640 Tonnes and height of 53 meters .
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Its payload capacity is up to 10 tonnes into Low Earth Orbit.
Earth observation
satellites launched
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China launched four Earth-observation radar satellites named ‘PIESAT-2’ .
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Developed by Galaxy Space, the satellites will be used to monitor land resources, monitor natural disasters and conduct geological mapping.
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This were equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology
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China launched 5 experimental satellites into orbit.
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The launch used the Long March-2D carrier rocket.
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The launch took place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
India unveils
genomic data set
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The Indian Genomic Data
Set , the ‘Framework for Exchange of Data Protocols (FeED)’, and the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) Portals were unveiled at the Genome India Data Conclave.
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India has developed a genomic data set with 10,000 whole genome samples, available to researchers globally.
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India is now the 12th largest country in biotech globally and 3rd largest in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dr Manmohan Singh
® Dr Manmohan Singh , former Prime Minister of India, passed away at the age of 92.
® He was India’s 13th PM and the 15th Governor of the RBI.
® The Right to Information Act 2005, and the Right to Education Act 2009 were implemented during his tenure.
® During his tenure as Finance Minister , the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was launched in 1992 .
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His time saw liberalization of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
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India’s GDP growth touched 9% annually during his premiership.
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He was a Rajya Sabha member, representing Assam (1991-2019) and Rajasthan (2019-2024).
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He received the Padma Vibhushan in 1987 , and the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development in 2009.
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He authored the book “ India’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth”.