01 MARCH 2025

TAMILNADU

• The Tamil Nadu government has announced 102 as the official helpline number for the rescue of homeless people with mental health problems.

India

• Duhin Pandey has been appointed as the Chairman of SEBI.

• turtles are carnivores and get their name from their olive-coloured carapace. 
• They are best known for their unique mass nesting called Arribada, where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs.
• Odisha’s Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary is known as the world’s largest rookery (a colony of breeding animals) of sea turtles

 World Turtle Day – May 23

• Turtle Species Found in India
•  Odisha -Olive Ridley Turtles
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands Leatherback Turtles
• Lakshadweep -Green Turtles

SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY /DEFENCE

• Amazon’s quantum chip – Ocelot
• Google’s quantum chip – Villa
• Microsoft’s quantum chip – Majorana

•  The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) has recently launched a ₹500-crore Technology Adoption Fund (TAF).
• This initiative aims to support space technology firms, particularly startups and MSMEs, in creating commercially viable product

About IN-SPACe:

• Established in: 2020, as part of India’s space sector reforms.
• Ministry: Department of Space (DOS), Government of India.
• Headquarters: Bopal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Aim:

• To promote, authorize, and supervise private sector participation in India’s space activities.
• To act as a single-window interface between ISRO and non-governmental entities (NGEs).

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