Madras High Court: Mobile Phones Banned in Tamil Nadu’s Temples- The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench has ruled that visitors to Tamil Nadu temples are not allowed to bring cell phones inside. The Division Bench of Justice R. Mahadevan and J Sathya Narayana Prasad held that the gadgets divert the attention of the devotees from […]
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Tamil Nadu Information Commission Lowest Performing in RTI Responsiveness: With just up to 14% of the information requested, the State Information Commission of Tamil Nadu has the worst performance of responsiveness under the RTI Act. Maharashtra was second lowest with sharing only 23% of the information asked for. The report was issued on the Performance
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The ‘Friends of Library’ programme: The ‘Friends of Library’ programme, under which books would be directly given to those who are unable to access state-run libraries, was introduced by the Tamil Nadu government. The project will benefit anyone who cannot visit a library, including those with disabilities, seniors, kids, and hospital in-patients. Volunteers will hand over the books
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Tamil Nadu government makes Aadhaar a must for all of its schemes: The Tamil Nadu government has made mandatory of Aadhaar number or Aadhaar identification for all those who are eligible for benefits (other than minor children) under various government schemes. December 2022 Current Affairs Quiz An order was issued by Finance Secretary N Muruganandam on December 15 stating that using Aadhaar
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Tamil Nadu Becomes First State To Launch Its Own Climate Change Mission: The first state to start its own climate change mission will be Tamil Nadu. It had launched the Green Tamil Nadu Mission last September and the Tamil Nadu Wetlands Mission this August. The State Climate Action Plan will be carried out by a Special Purpose Vehicle called the Tamil
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Tamil Nadu CM inaugurates SIPCOT industrial park: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated the SIPCOT Industrial Park at Eraiyur in Perambalur district, and laid the foundation stone for the Phoenix Kothari Footwear Park there on Monday. This is the first SIPCOT (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited) industrial park in the
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Tamil Nadu announced its first biodiversity heritage site : The state government on Tuesday notified 193.215 hectares of area spread across Arittapatti and Meenakshipuram villages in Madurai district as ‘Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage Site’ under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. This is the first Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) notified in Tamil Nadu. November 2022 Current Affairs
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Elephant Death Audit Framework (EDAF): In a first of its kind initiative in India, Tamil Nadu has brought out the ‘Tamil Nadu Elephant Death Audit Framework’ to document reasons for elephant deaths for better accountability. This was released by Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday at the meeting of the State Wildlife Board. Presently, identifying
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ISRO’s Cryogenic engine successfully passes hot test for LVM3 : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested the hot test on indigenously developed, cryogenic engine, at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. This engine will power the heaviest rocket of ISRO, the LVM-3 (Previously called as GSLV-Mk3). November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz Aim: To test that the engine can support a payload capability of
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Ministry of Education to organize ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ programme: Union Education Ministry will organise ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ – a month-long programme from 16th of next month – to rediscover the centuries-old bond of knowledge and ancient civilisational linakage between Varanasi and Tamilnadu. October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz Addressing media about this programme in New Delhi,
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