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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Haryana topped the Public Affairs Index 2022 in big states: According to the Public Affairs Index 2022, Haryana has emerged as the best-governed among 18 big states of the country, followed by Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Karnataka. October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz This ...

India’s first slender loris sanctuary in Tamil Nadu: The TN govt will set up the first Indian sanctuary for Slender Loris in Karur and Dindigul districts. The forest areas (11,806 hectares) of these two districts will be merged to create the Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary. ...

Tamil Nadu’s Mamallapuram beats Taj Mahal in number of foreign visitors: As per the report, Indian Tourism Statistics 2022, the Mamallapuram (Unesco world heritage site), a Tamil Nadu town has beaten the Taj Mahal in the number of foreign visitors. October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz As per ...

Govt grants ST status to several communities in 5 states: The Cabinet has cleared the proposal to notify several tribal communities under the ST category in Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh. September 2022 Current Affairs Quiz Narikoravan and ...

India adds 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Ramsar sites covering an area of 13,26,677 ha in the country in the 75th year of Independence.  75 Ramsar Sites in 75th Year of Independence India. The 11 new sites designated as Ramsar sites included: four ...