Tamil Nadu Current Affairs

ADB Bank to provide a USD 484 million loan to improve transport connectivity

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide a USD 484 million loan to improve transport connectivity and facilitate industrial development in the Chennai–Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The CKIC is part of India’s East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), which stretches from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu and […]

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The last surviving member of Constituent Assembly Passed Away

The last surviving former member of the Indian Constituent Assembly, T.M. Kalliannan Gounder, passed away at the age of 101 at Thiruchengode in western Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He joined the Indian National Congress at the age of 19 and participated in the Quit India movement. He was elected to the Indian

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MK Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister

DMK president M K Stalin was sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu at a low-key ceremony on the lawns of Raj Bhavan in Chennai on 7th May 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He is the son of the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. He has also served as president of the Dravida

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Oxygen from Sterlite Copper

The Supreme Court allowed Vedanta Limited to operate its oxygen production units at the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Sterlite Copper plant has been shut for three years following public protests and police firing that killed 13 protesters in May 2018. The Supreme Court decision follows

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Political activities intensifies in Tamilnadu

Political parties are gearing up as nominations have begun in Tamilnadu. Mainstream political parties in Tamil Nadu are going the extra mile to accommodate Dalit icons, and are receptive to Dalit concerns. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 These parties are wary of an independent Dalit political identity, and would prefer to subsume them using a

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Come out with rule curve for Mullaperiyar

The Supreme Court said that the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary shall be “personally responsible” and “appropriate action” will be taken on failure to give information on the rule curve for Mullaperiyar dam to the Supreme Court-appointed Supervisory Committee. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The ‘rule curve’ in a dam decides the fluctuating storage levels in

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Tamil Nadu move to utilise excess Cauvery water ‘illegal’

Terming the Tamil Nadu government’s move to utilise the excess water in the Cauvery basin as ‘illegal,’ Home, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that Karnataka will challenge the new link scheme of Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The decision follows Tamil Nadu’s move to lay foundation

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PM inaugurated & laid foundation stone of various infra projects in Coimbatore

PM Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stone of various development projects in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He dedicated to the nation the 1000 MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Project and 709 MW Solar Power Project of NLC India Limited (NLCIL) (formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited). He laid the foundation stone for

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Prime Minister to inaugurate the Pugalur – Thrissur power transmission project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 320 KV Pugalur (Tamil Nadu) – Thrissur (Kerala) power transmission project. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It is a Voltage Source Convertor (VSC) based High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Project and has India’s first HVDC link featuring state-of-the-art VSC technology. Built at a cost of Rs 5070 crores,

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PM Modi to launch several key projects of oil & gas sector in Tamil Nadu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation of key projects of the oil and gas sector in Tamil Nadu through video conferencing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the Ramanathapuram – Thoothukudi natural gas pipeline. The Ramanathapuram – Thoothukudi section (143 km) of

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