DAILY GK 8-9 FEB 2025
1. ROMANIA’S
INTERIM PRESIDENT
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Ilie Bolojan has been appointed as Romania’s interim
President following the resignation of Klaus Iohannis on
February 12, 2025, ahead of a planned impeachment vote led by far-right
parties, which controlled 35% of the parliamentary seats.
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Klaus
Iohannis, who served as Romania’s President since 2014, announced his
resignation due to increasing political turmoil.
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Senate speaker Ilie Bolojan will serve as interim president until
May’s rerun election.
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Romania Capital: Bucharest,
Currency: Romanian Leu (RON)
2. NEW
PRIME MINISTER OF VANUATU
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Jotham Napat was
elected as Vanuatu’s Prime Minister (PM), receiving 50 votes in Parliament.
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He becomes the country’s fifth PM in four
years.
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Napat leads
a five-party coalition government, which includes his own
Leaders Party (which secured nine seats in the January snap election), along
with the Vanua’aku Party, Graon Mo Jastis Party, Reunification Movement for
Change, and Iauko Group.
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Vanuatu is a South Pacific
Ocean nation ,Capital: Port Vila.
3. IN
CHIEFS’ CONCLAVE 2025
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The Indian Navy (IN) Chiefs’
Conclave 2025 took place at Nausena Bhawan,
the IN headquarters in New Delhi.
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The
conclave gathers eight Former Chief of Naval Staffs
(CNS) alongside the current
CNS, Dinesh Kumar Tripathi.
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It took
place as the IN works towards full
self-reliance by 2047, focusing on strengthening its capabilities in the
Indian Ocean region (IOR).
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A book titled “Legacy of
Leadership: Naval Chiefs through Time” was released during the
Conclave, showcasing the inspiring journeys of former CNSs.
4. ‘FORT WILLIAM’ RENAMED AS
‘VIJAY DURG’
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The Indian
Army’s (IA) Eastern Headquarters, Fort
William in Kolkata, West Bengal was renamed as ‘Vijay Durg’ to
eliminate colonial influences.
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The fort was built by the British in 1781,
originally named after King William III
of England.
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The new name draws inspiration from an
ancient Vijaydurg fort in Maharashtra, that was a key
naval base for the Marathas under Chhatrapati Shivaji.
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Fort
William became the Eastern Army Command’s headquarters in 1963 after
the Sino(China)-India War.
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‘Kitchener
House’ within the fort was renamed as Manekshaw House,
and the South Gate, previously known
as St. George’s Gate was renamed
as Shivaji Gate.
5. ZOMATO
REBRANDS AS ‘ETERNAL’
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Leading
Indian food and grocery delivery giant Zomato announced
that it will rename its parent company to Eternal Limited.,
accompanied by a new logo.
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Eternal
will oversee four major divisions Zomato,Blinkit,
District (Live events),Hyperpure: Restaurant supply
chain services.
6. INDIA
ACHIEVED MILESTONE OF 100 GW SOLAR POWER CAPACITY
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Union
Minister Pralhad Joshi, Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced that India has achieved a historic milestone
of surpassing 100 Giga Watt (GW) installed solar energy capacity.
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This
achievement reflects India’s commitment to a cleaner, greener future and marks
a major step toward realizing its ambitious target of 500 GW of
non-fossil fuel-based energy capacity by 2030 set
by the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi.
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As per MNRE, India’s solar power sector has
witnessed an exponential increase of 3450% in
capacity over the last 10 years,
increasing from 2.82 GW (in 2014) to 100 GW (in 2025).
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Top 5 performing Indian states, contributing
significantly to India’s total utility-scale solar installations are: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu (TN),
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh (MP).
7. INDIA
INTRODUCES NEW HS CODE FOR GI-RECOGNISED RICE VARIETIES
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Union
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of
Finance (MoF) proposed an amendment to the Customs Tariff Act to
assign Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN)
codes to Geographical Indication (GI) recognized
rice varieties during the Union Budget for the financial year 2025-26 (FY26).
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The HSN code is a numerical
classification used in global trade.
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The HS is a globally recognized product
classification system developed by the
World Customs Organization (WCO).
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HS
assigns specific 6-digit codes to various
commodities, facilitating international trade.
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The HS is governed by “The International Convention on the Harmonized
Commodity Description and Coding System.”
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World Customs Organization
(WCO) Headquarters– Brussels, Belgium
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Established- 1952
8.
FIRST-EVER BIMSTEC YOUTH
SUMMIT IN GUJARAT
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Union
Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry of Youth Affairs
& Sports, (MoYA&S) inaugurated the first-ever Bay
of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Youth Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
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The
summit is jointly organized by the Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),
with New Delhi (Delhi) based-Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Young
Indians (YI) as the knowledge partner.
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India put forward a proposal for BIMSTEC to
function as a “Youth Bridge”, a multi-dimensional initiative aimed
at empowering young leaders.
9. PM
SURYA GHAR: MUFT BIJLI YOJANA COMPLETED ONE YEAR
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The Prime
Minister Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY), the
world’s largest domestic rooftop solar
initiative marked its 1st anniversary, celebrating
the year of empowering households with affordable solar energy and boosting
India’s transition to a sustainable future.
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The
scheme was launched by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on February
13, 2024.
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It is
being implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
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The scheme aims to provide free electricity of 300 units per month to 1 crore households
in India by March 2027.
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The
rooftop solar installations will be implemented in a phased manner, expected to cross 10 lakh by March 2025, 20 lakh by
October 2025, and reach 40 lakh by March 2026.
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Gujarat topped among all states in terms of
highest number households benefitted from the scheme, accounted 41.47% of
the total number of households, followed
by Maharashtra (22.79%), Uttar Pradesh (UP) (8.69%), Kerala (7.73%), and
Rajasthan (3.14%).
10. INDIA
& PANAMA SIGNS MOU TO IMPLEMENT QIP
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India
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Panama for the 1st
time to implement Quick
Impact Projects (QIP) in Panama. T
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He MoU
aims to provide tangible benefits to Panama’s local communities and improve socio-economic infrastructure.
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The QIP will be supported by grant assistance
from the Government of India (GoI) and these projects are designed to deliver
immediate and visible benefits to local communities in Panama.
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Panama Capital- Panama
City, Currency- Panamanian Balboa (PAB)
