Daily Current Affairs – 24-02-2025

Tamil Nadu

MoU to Bring Job Opportunities

® The Ministry of Labour & Employment has signed an MoU with FoundIt to bring 10 lakh jobs annually to the National Career Service (NCS) portal .

Conference on human trafficking

® The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised a national conference on combating human trafficking in the digital era. ® The conference was held in collaboration with the Hidayatullah National Law University in Raipur, Chhattisgarh . ® Justice V Ramasubramanian , Chairperson of NHRC inaugurated the event.

Promotion of Indian art and culture globally

® The MoC implements the “ Global Engagement Scheme ” to promote India’s cultural heritage and its global image. ® It has empanelled 627 artists/groups for various art forms to perform in the Festivals of India abroad. ® The MoC also organises Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsavs (RSMs) in the country. ® The government has set up 7 Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) to organise cultural programmes at the national level and protect, preserve, and promote various folk art forms and culture.

Fort William renamed Vijay Durg

® Fort William in Kolkata , the headquarters of the Eastern Army Command, has been renamed as Vijay Durg . ® PM Narendra Modi described the initiative to remove colonial vestiges as “ gulami ki mansikta se mukti (freedom from the mentality of slavery)”. Recent name changes ® Ahmednagar : Renamed to Ahilyanagar in 2024 ® Port Blair :Renamed to Sri Vijaya Puram in 2024 ® Aurangabad : Renamed to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023 ® Osmanabad : Renamed to Dharashiv in 2023 ® Hoshangabad : Renamed to Narmadapuram in 2021 ® Allahabad : Renamed to Prayagraj in 2018