Daily Events January 7, 2025
‘Nari Shakti Vandana Adhinayam “:
- The Nari Shakti Vandana Act is a testament to India’s progressive vision for women leadership.
- It reflects the government’s commitment to legislative action, recognizing and empowering the strength and potential of women.
- The Institute for Research and Training in Democracy, Lok Sabha Secretariat, in collaboration with National Commission for Women and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, organized a programme titled ‘Panchayat se Parliament 2.0’.
- The event was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the presence of more than 500 tribal women representatives from Panchayati Raj Institutions from 22 States and Union Territories.
- Women have made invaluable contributions to India’s democratic and developmental journey.
- The contributions of the 15 women members of the Constituent Assembly have been a source of inspiration for the women empowerment movement in India.
Proposal to integrate Spadex spacecraft deferred:
- ISRO has postponed the integration of the Spadex spacecraft to January 9.
- Like the International Space Station, India is also planning to set up a separate space station.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has plans to launch a manned mission to the moon, land a rover on the lunar surface and set up an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to set up an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by 2035.
- As a prelude to the integration of the two satellites in space, SASA (STX-01) Target will be launched on 30th December 2024. The PSLV-C60 successfully injected the Spadex spacecraft with two payloads.
- A total of 24 samples were sent for testing.
- The two Spadex satellites, each weighing 220 kg, are placed in an orbit of 475 km from Earth.
The Prime Minister’s Plan:
- A recent report released by NITI Aayog, based on the results of the fifth phase of the National Family Planning Survey (NFR) for 2019-2021, states that only 2.2 per cent of Tamil Nadu’s population is poor under the multidimensional poverty index.
- This is much lower than the national average of 14.96 per cent, but the Tamil Nadu government will launch the ‘Chief Minister’s Thayumanavar Scheme’ as a final effort to eradicate poverty completely in the next two years.
- The scheme aims to empower 5 lakh extremely poor families in the first phase by providing integrated access to medical, housing and educational opportunities.
- The scheme will be implemented with a special focus on the upliftment of the most disadvantaged people including destitute individuals, elderly, destitute children, single parent families, persons with disabilities, mentally retarded persons and families with children in need of special care.
The Women’s Rights Project:
- The Kalaignar Womens Rights Programme has led to economic upliftment of women.
- The Tamil Nadu government is providing Rs 1,000 per month to 1.15 crore women.
- This scheme has reduced the poverty of the beneficiary families.
- At the same time, the status of women in the family has also improved with women getting their due rights and empowerment.
- The ‘Women’s Morning Travel Scheme’ was launched to provide free travel to women.
Drops of information:
- Namo Bharat train service has been launched in Delhi.
- The country’s first Shakti University has been established to promote various innovations and modern technology in railways.
- The highest railway over bridge has been built across the Chenab river, which plays an important role in connecting the Jammu and Kashmir region with the rest of the country.
- In 2014, there were 5 cities in the country, now metro services have been expanded to 21 cities.
- Currently, a total of 136 Vande Bharat trains are operational on more than 50 routes across the country.
- 40 km between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The trial run of the Vande Bharat sleeper train, which has a bed capacity of 180 km per hour, was conducted on the route. It achieved a speed of.
- Music composer A.R. Rahman will be presenting the ‘Bharat Maestro Awards’ in association with his KM Music Conservatory to honour those who have excelled in classical music in a way that celebrates the Indian tradition.
- A program to provide nutritious meals to school children has been launched in Indonesia.