- Rani velu nachiyar also known as veeramangai, was the princess of the ramad kingdom of ramanathapuram , tamil nadu.
- she is revered as the first queen to fight aganist the british colonial power in india.
- nachiyar became queen of the sivaganga estate tamil nadu in 1780 after her husband’s death she rule unit 1790
- she went on to produce the first human bomb as well as established the first army of trained soldiers in the late 1700s.
- she was a scholar in languages like french , english and urdu.
- India’s first woman teacher ,ADalit woman from the mail community , savitribai was born on january 3 , 1831 in maharashtra’s naigaon village .
- married off at the age of 10 her husband jyotirao phule said to have educated her at home.
- The couple went on to open a school for girls in Bhidewada , pune , in 1848 . this became the country’ s first girl’s school.
- telangana government has issued orders to celebrate the birth anniversary of savitribai phule , on january 3 , as women’s teacher’ day. it will be celebrated throughout the sate as a state function .
- veteran director writer sai paranjpye will receive the pasmapani lifetime achievement award at the ajanta-ellora international film festival
- the 10th edition of the film gala is scheduled to be held in chhatrapati sambhajinagar from january 15 to january 19.
- Zomato-owned quick commerce Platform blinkit has announced a 10 minute ambulance delivery service, as the firm looks to print out deliveries.
- The indian institute of technology kanpur has filled 152 intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2024.
- This milestone of the highest number of IPRs filled in a single year sees the institute sustain the increasing momentum for the fourth consecutive year , with a total of 1200 IPRs filed to date.
- As india’s reserach station maitri in antarctica is ageing, india is set to establish a new research station matri-2.
- The new station , which will be built near the existing maitri station in east antarctica, will have a capacity of around 90 scientists.
- china has unvelied the CR450 , a next-generation high-speed train prototype capable of reaching speeds of 450 km/h , making it the fastest train in the world.
- Syria’s new relers have appointed maysaa sabrine , formerly a deputy governor of the syrian central bank , to lead the institution as the first woman to do so in its more than 70-year history
- the kho kho federation of india (KKFI) Unvieled the trophies for the first-ever kho kho world cup, scheduled for january 13-19, 2025.
- under the aegis of the sports authority of india , the tournament will showcase 21 men’s and 20 women’s teams from 24 countries across six continents at the indira gandhi indoor stadium in new delhi.
- the world cup will feature two trophies-a blue trophy foe the men’s championship and a green trophy for the women’s event.
- the world cup’s official tagline,#Theworldgoeskho.
- world braille day January 4
- Lokpal day to be observed on January 16