Daily Current Affairs – 30 January, 2025

The Supreme Court passed directions banning manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six metropolitan cities in a writ petition seeking the eradication of manual scavenging in India.

The Government of India has introduced the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs (MCGS-MSME), aiming to ease credit constraints and propel growth in the manufacturing sector.

The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) with an expenditure of Rs.16,300 crore.

Recently, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy announced that the PM Surya Ghar scheme has achieved a milestone with 8.5 lakh households (about 8.5%) installing rooftop solar connections.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in China maintained plasma in a steady state for over 1,000 seconds (17 minutes), setting a new record in fusion research.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

The third section of the Mundaka Upanishad is important because the phrase “Satyameva Jayate”, India’s national motto, occurs in verse 6.