Tamil Nadu Current Affairs

Tamil Nadu government launches integrated agri-development scheme

Tamil Nadu CM, MK Stalin has launched the ‘Kalaignarin All Villages Integrated Agricultural Development Programme’. The programme has been proposed in all the 15,525 village panchayats through a convergence of Union and State government schemes. Aim: To bring 11.75 lakh hectares of land under net area cultivated in the next 10 years and increase the double-cropping area to 20 […]

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Tamil Nadu govt announced breakfast scheme for primary school students

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday, May 7 announced a breakfast scheme for students of government schools in the state to mark the completion of his government’s first anniversary. To commemorate the first year anniversary, the chief minister has also introduced a special nutritional scheme for children. Tamil Nadu is set to

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Tamil Nadu govt to observe Minorities Rights Day every year on 18 December

The Tamil Nadu government will observe December 18, every year, as Minorities Rights Day at the state level and about Rs 2.50 lakh will be earmarked for the purpose, Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Gingee K S Masthan told the Assembly on Friday. The government, being the saviour of minorities, is striving

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Tamil Nadu beat Punjab in National basketball championship final

Tamil Nadu defeated defending champion Punjab 87-69 in the final to win the men’s title in the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship. The formidable Indian Railways team won the women’s title, beating Telangana 131-82 in convincing fashion, riding on Poonam Chaturvedi’s 26 points. In the men’s summit clash, Tamil Nadu pulled ahead after a slow start when Punjab kept pace and never looked back.

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Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin’s autobiography Ungalil Oruvan (One Among You) launched

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated the 45th Chennai Book Fair on Wednesday and announced the release of his autobiography named ‘Ungalil Oruvan’ (One among you) by the end of this month. This is the first part of the autobiography that contains his early life experiences. Stalin is the president of the Dravida Munnetra

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Tamil Nadu’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Bardia National Park of Nepal jointly bags TX2 Award

The Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu was awarded the prestigious international TX2 Award for doubling its tiger population since 2010. Nepal’s Bardia National Park was also jointly conferred the award, for doubling its population of wild tigers. Sathyamangalam was designated a Tiger Reserve in 2013. The population of tigers increased from only 25 tigers

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ISRO Successfully Tests Vikas engine that would power India’s first human-carry rocket in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully fired the high thrust Vikas engine that would power India’s first rocket that would carry humans. This qualification test of the Vikas Engine for the Gaganyaan human space mission was conducted by ISRO at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. More such tests on Vikas Engine will be conducted in the future by ISRO.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 11 new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges and a new campus of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Tamil Nadu on January 12, 2022 via video conferencing. The 11 medical colleges are being established at an estimated cost of ₹4,000 crore with efforts from both the Centre and Tamil Nadu

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Tamil Nadu CM launched ‘Meendum Manjappai’ scheme

Tamil Nadu CM has launched the ‘Meendum Manjappai’ Scheme to promote the use of cloth bags by the public and discourage the use of plastic bags. This awareness campaign on using ‘yellow’ cloth bag or ‘manjapai’ as it is called in Tamil, is aimed at encouraging the people to return to the use of this eco-friendly bag

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Tamil Nadu announced ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ as state song

The Tamil Nadu government has declared Tamil Thai Vaazhthu, a prayer song sung in praise of Mother Tamil, as the State Song. Government Order to this effect has been issued, mandating that all barring the differently-abled persons should remain standing when the 55-second long song is sung. The 55-second song, which is familiar to almost everyone in

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