Daily Current Affairs – 24-02-2025

Tamil Nadu

Promotion of Indian

art and culture globally

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The MoC implements the “ Global Engagement Scheme ” to promote India’s cultural heritage and its global image.

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It has empanelled 627 artists/groups for various art forms to perform in the Festivals of India abroad.

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The MoC also organises Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsavs (RSMs) in the country.

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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.

Conference on human

trafficking

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised a national conference on combating human trafficking in the digital era.

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The conference was held in collaboration with the Hidayatullah National Law University in Raipur, Chhattisgarh .

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Justice V Ramasubramanian , Chairperson of NHRC inaugurated the event.

Fort William

renamed Vijay Durg

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Fort William in Kolkata , the headquarters of the Eastern Army Command, has been renamed as Vijay Durg .

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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

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Ahmednagar : Renamed to Ahilyanagar in 2024

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Port Blair :Renamed to Sri Vijaya Puram in 2024

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Aurangabad : Renamed to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023

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Osmanabad : Renamed to Dharashiv in 2023

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Hoshangabad : Renamed to Narmadapuram in 2021

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Allahabad : Renamed to Prayagraj in 2018

MoU to Bring Job

Opportunities

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