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One Liners 13-01-2025
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Social Issues
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Chintan Shivir 2025
- It is a national review conference, a platform to foster dialogue and cooperation between different stakeholders.
- Hosted by – Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- Objective – To review the work of the Ministry and evolve an action plan to implement the “Vision 2047”.
- To discuss challenges hindering the development and welfare of women and children across the nation and devise optimal solutions.
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Environment
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Bharat Cleantech Manufacturing Platform
- Launched at – Bharat Climate Forum 2025 in New Delhi.
- Aim – To enhance India's cleantech value chains in the solar, wind, hydrogen, and battery storage sectors.
- Role – It will provide an opportunity for the Indian firms to collaborate, to co-innovate and will help provide a platform for financing, to share ideas, technologies and resources.
- Significance – It will help India become an attractive business case and a global leader in the sustainability and cleantech sector.
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Science
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UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science
(UN-CEBD)
- Aim - To further investigate the benefits and challenges of Big Data, including the potential for monitoring and reporting on the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
- India - It has joined the prestigious committee recently.
- It is a step toward revolutionizing statistical production and dissemination, ultimately contributing to a more resilient and data-informed world.
- It helps in aligning India’s domestic advancements in big data & data science with international goals.
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Miscellaneous
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100 years of Srinagar Meteorology Centre
- Functions under – Ministry of Earth Sciences.
- Recognition – It is recognized as a Centennial Centre by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
- Recently, Government announced about the establishment of a Regional Meteorological Centre in Jammu.
Places in News
- Rottnest Island – It is in Australia, where a seaplane crashed with 3 people getting seriously injured and 3 others remain missing.
- Ramree Island – It is located in Myanmar, an area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in western Rakhine state.
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