Daily Current Affairs in Telugu | 8 February 2025

Corrected Summary of YouTube Video: Current Affairs - Harish Academy (Verified Acronyms & Names)

Video Title: Harish The Best Academy - Hello Friends Welcome To Harish Academy - Today's National, International & State Current Affairs

Channel: Harish Academy

Published Date: Feb 15, 2025 (Assumed based on context)

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This video covers important national and international current affairs, focusing on RBI monetary policy, advancements in science and technology, space programs, health, and environmental awareness.

RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meeting - February 2025

• Regulatory Bank: RBI - Reserve Bank of India.
• Meeting Date: February 7, 2025.
• First Meeting of 2025: RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held for the first time in 2025.
• Governor of RBI: Sanjay Malhotra (first Monetary Policy Committee meeting under his leadership).
• Key Decision: Repo rate reduced by 0.25%.
• New Repo Rate: 6.25%.
• Previous MPC Meeting: Last Monetary Policy Committee Meeting was held on December 6, 2024, under the leadership of then RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
• Reason for Change: This is the first time interest rates have been revised in two years.

IIT Bombay Develops Iron Coating Degradation Measurement Technique

• Institute: IIT - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
• Technology: A technique developed to measure the rate of iron coating degradation.
• Significance: An advanced technique to measure iron coating degradation rate.

ISRO Unveils Advanced FEAST 2025 Software

• Organization: ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation.
• Software Name: FEAST 2025 (Finite Element Analysis of Structures).
• Launched at: IIT Hyderabad.
• Event: 8th National Finite Element Developers Summit.
• Purpose: ISRO contributes to technology as well as space research.
• ISRO Chairman: V. Narayanan.

Updates on ISRO's Future Missions

• Minister of State for Science and Technology: Jitendra Singh.
• Chandrayaan-4 Mission: Chandrayaan-4 in 2027. To bring lunar surface samples back to Earth.
• Gaganyaan-Samudrayaan Missions: Gaganyaan (first human-crewed space mission) and Samudrayaan (deep sea mission) in next year (2026).
  • Vyommitra Robot: Vyommitra Robot (name) will be sent in Gaganyaan mission this year.
  • Samudrayaan Depth: To send scientists to a depth of 6000 meters in the ocean.
• Space Economy Growth: The size of the Indian space economy is estimated to grow to 4400 crore dollars in the next decade.

India's First Ferret Research Facility

• Facility Type: Ferret Research Facility.
• Location: Faridabad, Haryana.
• Institute: Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI).
• Purpose: For Vaccine Research & Development (R&D).
• Significance: India's first.

World's First Genetically Modified Horse

• Achievement: World's first genetically modified horse.
• Country: Argentina.
• Modification Technique: CRISPR-Cas9 method.
• Purpose of Modification: Modification to run faster.
• Source of Genes: Genes from a Polo Pureza horse.
• Reference Source: The Hindu - Argentine biotech firm breeds gene-edited polo super-ponies

Radio Collar Tracker for Elephant Movement

• Tracker Type: Radio Collar Tracker.
• Developed By: Karnataka Forest Department.
• Origin: Made with indigenous technology.
• Purpose: For continuous monitoring of elephant movements and prevention of human-wildlife conflict.
• Features: KP - Karnataka Patented Tracker. Tracks the direction of elephant herds.

US Exits UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

• Country: USA - United States of America.
• Organization Exited: UNHRC - United Nations Human Rights Council.
• Reason: Part of US President's decisions.
• UNHRC Establishment: Established on March 15, 2006.
• UNHRC Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
• UNHRC Membership: 47 member countries.

US Cuts Funding to UNRWA

• Country: USA - United States of America.
• Stops Funding To: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
• UNRWA Headquarters: Amman.
• Reason: Part of sensational decisions like exiting UNHRC.

Watershed Yatra Awareness Campaign

• Campaign Name: Watershed Yatra.
• Type: Awareness program.
• Launched by: Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Union Minister of Agriculture).
• Objective: To promote public participation and awareness in watershed development activities.
• Focus: Watershed development.

Hottest January on Record

• Reported By: Copernicus Climate Change Service (European weather organization).
• Finding: This year's January temperatures were the hottest on record.
• Reason: Unexpectedly high temperatures despite La Niña effect.

Bill Gates Autobiography - "Source Code: My Beginnings"

• Book Title: Source Code: My Beginnings.
• Type: Autobiography.
• Author: Bill Gates.
• Status: Recently released in the market.

This is a corrected and comprehensive summary of the current affairs discussed in the YouTube video by Harish Academy, with verified acronyms and names. For detailed information, please refer to the original video.