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Chennai | Tirunelveli | Tenkasi Group I Current Affairs 2020 November 2019 to December 15, 2020 Our Achievments

Chennai | Tirunelveli | Tenkasi Group I Current Affairs 2020 November 2019 to December 15, 2020 Our Achievments

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Always enjoy the journey not Desination

One fine morning, a wealthy man sat in his balcony enjoying sunshine and his coffee when a little ant caught his eye which was going from one side to the other side of the balcony carrying a big leaf several times more than its size. The man watched it for more than an hour. He saw that the ant faced many impediments during its journey, paused, took a diversion and then continued towards destination.

At one point the tiny creature came across a crack in the floor. It paused for a little while, analyzed and then laid the huge leaf over the crack, walked over the leaf, picked the leaf on the other side then continued its journey.

The man was captivated by the cleverness of the ant, one of God’s tiniest creatures. The incident left the man in awe and forced him to contemplate over the miracle of Creation. It showed the greatness of the Creator. In front of his eyes there was this tiny creature of God, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to analyze, contemplate, reason, explore, discover and overcome. Along with all these capabilities, the man also noticed that this tiny creature shared some human shortcomings.

The man saw about an hour later the creature had reached its destination – a tiny hole in the floor which was entrance to its underground dwelling. And it was at this point that the ant’s shortcoming that it shared with the man was revealed. How could the ant carry into the tiny hole the large leaf that it had managed to carefully bring to the destination? It simply couldn't!

So the tiny creature, after all the painstaking and hard work and exercising great skills, overcoming all the difficulties along the way, just left behind the large leaf and went home empty-handed.

The ant had not thought about the end before it began its challenging journey and in the end the large leaf was nothing more than a burden to it. The creature had no option, but to leave it behind to reach its destination. The man learned a great lesson that day.

Isn't that the truth about our lives? We don’t realize in our life’s journey that these are just burdens that we are carrying with utmost care and fear of losing them, only to find that at the end they are useless and we can’t take them with us forever. It’s applicable to Competitive Examination also. So Always enjoy the journey not Desination.

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1 Important offices

2 International Organization Head

3 International Heads of Governments

4 Important Indexes ( International & National)

5 Important Summits

6 Tamilnadu Who is who?

7 Tamilnadu Governor Speech and Economic Survey Thirukural 8 Current Affairs July 2019 to March ,15,2020

9 Important Schemes Tamilnadu

10 Tamilnadu Reservation 11 Socio Relegious Reforms in Tamilnadu 12 Thirukural is a Secular Literature

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Current Affairs for GROUP 1

November 1, 2019 to December 15, 2020

IMPORTANT OFFICES

President Ramnath Kovind ( 14th president) ( 15th Election)

Prime Minister 17th loksabha , 16th Prime minister

Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as 13th Vice President of . He is the Ex officeo chairman of Rajya sabha

Speaker Om Birla , proterm speaker Virendra Kumar

(17th Lokabha) first GV. Mavlankar , ( no Deputy speaker in the 17th Loksabha

 No leader of opposition in lok sabha(Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the leader of congress party in loksabha) Leader of opposition  Leader of Opposition in Rajya sabha Ghulam nabi Asad

Deputy Chairman of Harivansh Narayan Singh Rajya sabha

CAG G.C. Murmu (14th). Article 148, watch dog, important office said by Ambedkar,

elected as the external auditor of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva for a three-year term

Election commission Shri Sunil Arora ( 23rd ) , Chief Election Commissioner and other two Election Commissioners are Sushil Chandra and Rajiv kumar , from 1993 it become multi member body, Election commission came into force on Janaury 25,1950

CVC CVC is 3 members body. CVC - Sanjay Kothari

1998, multi member body, established 1964. 2003 statutory

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status

LokPal Pinaki chandragose become the first chairperson + max 8 members (50% judicial members), 50% reservation to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women. Selection panel: PM, Speaker, Leader Opposition Lok Sabha, CJI + Eminent jurist (nominated by Prez, on recommendation of first four).

Motto (Do not be greedy for anyone‘s wealth)

CIC  Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

 , Selection panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law minister.

UPSC  Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi has been appointed as the chairman

Chief Justice of India 47th CJI of India Sharad Arvind Bobde, Justice Justice Ranjan Gogai 46th

Sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court from 30 to 33 besides the Chief Justice of India from august 10

Attorney General K K Venugopal , 15th Attorney General of India (Article 76)

Soliciter General Tushar Mehta

Children rights Priyank Kanoongo

Human rights Justice H.L. Dattu 7th chairman of NHRC. NHRC established In 1993. Justice Ranganath Mishra is the First chairman of NHRC.

National Minorities Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi.National Commission for minorities Established in 1978 got statutory status in 1992 Commission

Backward class Bhagwan Lal Sahni.123rd Amendment Bill, 102 Constitution Amendment Act has been passed on august 2018. It provides constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes(NCBC)

SC Ram Shankar Katheria. National Commission For Scheduled Caste Established under 338 Article of the Constitution

ST Nand Kumar Sai National Commission For Scheduled tribe Established under 338-A Article of the Constitution

Women Rekha Sharma (This commission established in 1992)

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba

Finance Ajay Bhushan Pandey 5 IYACHAMY ACADEMY | CHENNAI| TIRUNELVELI| TENKASI- 9952521550

NSA National security advisor Ajit Doval (term extended recently)

Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla

SEBI Ajay Tyagi, SEBI Established in 1988 , got Constitutional status in 1992 (term Extended to 6 months)

CBI Rishi Kumar Shukla

NITI Ayog Deputy Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chairman

NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kanth

7th Pay Commission Ashok kumar Mathur

15th Finance N.K. Singh. Article (280) (1 April 2020 till 31 March 2025) Commission

Chief Guest of 2020 Brazilian president republic day

Public Accounts Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from july 25th (21 memebrs, 15 Committee from loksabha , 7 from rajya sabha)

GST Council Nirmala Sitharaman

ISRO Dr.Sivan

International Organization Heads

United Nation António Guterres, 1945, New York, US

United Nation General Assembly Volkan Bozkir

World bank David R. Malpass ,July, 1944, Washington DC, US

International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva, 27 December, 1945, Washington DC, US

(Gita Gopinath, is a chief Economic Advisor)

UNESCO Audrey Azoulay from November ,

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16 November, 1945, Paris,

WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom, Founded on – 7 April, 1948, Geneva, Switzerland

(WHO Declares CoViD as Pandemic)

International Court Abdulqawi Yusuf

Food and Agriculture Organization Qu Dongyu, 16 October, 1945, Rome,

UNICEF Henrietta H. Fore, New York, US, December, 1946

UN High Commissioner For Refuges Filippo Grandi is the 11th Commissioner

Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa, established 1966, Philipins ,manila

ICC Greg Barclay

WTO Roberto Azevedo,ounded on – 1 January, 1995, Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Conference on Trade & MukhisaKituyi, Founded on – 1964, Development (UNCTAD) Geneva, Switzerland

Organization for Economic Cooperation Jose Angel Gurria, 30 September, 1961, & Development (OECD) Paris, France

International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi, July 29, 1957 , (IAEA) Vienna, Austria

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, 1961-62, Countries (OPEC) Vienna, Austria;

BRICS Bank K. V. Kamath, H.Q:headquarters in Shanghai

AIIB (2015) Beijing. Jin Liqun. VICE President Pandiyan

International Heads of Governments

Afghanistan  President Asraf Ghani.(recently elected second time)

 Parliament called shoora.

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 (Durand Line india Afkhanistan border)

Australia  from 2018

 Capital Melbourne

Bangladesh  President Abdul Hamid (Re-elected in Feb 2018)

 PM (Awami league). (Elected 4th Time in Janaury 2019)

 Opposition Khalida Zia (Nationalist party)

 Parliament called Jatiya parliament.

Bhutan  King Jigme Wangchuck

 PM Tshering Tobgay

 parliament called Tasongadu

China  Capital - Beijing; President - Xi Jinping; Prime Minister - Li , Currency - Yuan

 (The second 'informal' summit between India, China Held in Mamallapuram)

has a number of historical connections to China, including Tamil prince Bodhidharma, who is credited with bringing Zen Buddhism to China, the visit of 7th century traveller Hsuan-tsang to Kanchipuram, and trading expeditions from the Pallava kingdom to the South east coast of China.

France President ; PM Édouard Philipp. (Rafale deal)

Germany  President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

 Chancellor Angela Markel

 Lok Sabha: Bundestag

 Capital Berlin

Iran President Hussan Rouhani, , parliament called Majlis, (US issue)

Iraq Barham Salih

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi,

Israel  President Reuven Rivlin

 PM Benjamin Netanyahu

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 parliament called Knesset

 first Indian prime minister visited Israel Narendra Modi

Japan Emperor Naruhito, PM Yoshihide Suga. Parliament called DIET. ( in news)

Malaysia prime minister

Maldives President Parliament : Majilis

( The Commonwealth has welcomed its 54thfamilymember after Maldives)

Prime Minister Modi was conferred with the Maldives' highest honour 'Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen'

Mauritius Capital - Port Louis; President - ; Prime Minister - Pravind Kumar Jugnauth - Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was sworn in as the first female president of

Myanmar Myanmar's new president Win Myint, an aide to Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as the country's first elected civilian leader. (news because of rohingiyas)

Nepal Capital - Kathmandu; President - Bidhya Devi Bhandari; 41th Prime Minister: Communist Party of Nepal Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, - Parliament : Rahstriya Panchayat

North Korea Prime Minister Kim Jong, Capital : Pyongyang

South Korea President, Moon Jae-in,

Pakistan President Arif Alvi and PM . Parliament called ―Majlis-e- shoora‖.

Palestine Unity govt. under Moh. Abbas (Fatah) and Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas) . Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh

Philippines Rodrigo Duterte , Capital- Manila

S.Africa . Capital: Johannesburg. 2018 BRICS held in Johannesburg

South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit , Capital Juba , 193 member of UNO ( 2011)

Syria President Bashar al assad , Capital – Damascus – Frequently in news

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Indonesia Prime Minister : Joko Widodo

Capital : Jakarta

Italy Capital : Rome

Prime Minister :

(Corona Issues hit Italy lead to more Death)

Indexes

Ease of Doing Business Index 63rd Rank (world bank) 2019

Gender Gap (WEF) (2018) as 112th place on November

Global hunger index India ranked 94th position among 107 countries

Human Capital index 2020 116th position among 174 countries (World Bank)

Human development index  129th rank in the latest UNDP (UNDP)  India‘s human development index (HDI) value of 0.647

 top three countries in HDI are Norway (0.949), (0.939) and Switzerland (0.939)

Global Innovation Index 2020 48thposition, from 52th last year (published by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO))

World Press Freedom Index 142 2020

Global competitive index 2019 India was placed at 68th spot among 140 countries in World Economic Forum‘s (WEF)

Transparency International‘s  India at rank 80 corruption perception index (2019)

Cleanest city survey 2019 Indore, Madhya Pradesh

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Environmental Performance 168 Index 2020

Global Democracy Index 51

Rule of Law Index 2018-19 India ranked 68.

Composite Water Management Gujarat Tops ( Published by NITI AAyog) Index

National Disaster Risk Index Maharashtra is Vulnerable to Disaster

E-Government Development 100 (Published by UN) Index 2020

Ease of Living Index Andhra Pradesh topped

Gender inequality index 112th Rank by WEF

Inclusive development index India ranked 62

Good governance index Tamilnadu Tops

Important Summits

18th NAM Baku in Azerbaijan

ASEAN  2020 summit was held through video conferencing

Headed by Vietnam, Theme ―Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN"

BIMSTEC , (1997)  2018 Nepal ( 4th Summit)

 2020 Srilanka

BRICS  2019 ‘s capital Brasilia

 2020, held via video conference ( Russia host and chair )

G-20 Summit  14th , 2019,Osaka,

 2020 G20 Riyadh Saudi Arabia

G-7 summit G8 NOW –G7 _Summit

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Biarritz, France

 46th G7 summit, US (2020) ( not conducted till December 13)

 But after Ukraine issue, Russia withdrawn from membership G8 -> G7 + hosted in

UNFCC , CoP 25th – Santiago , Chile (December 2019)

 Originally scheduled for November 2020, it was delayed by a year due to Covid

WTO  Ministerial conference After every 2 years

 Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017

 Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) to be held in 2020 at Kazakhstan

Shanghai Cooperation . Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek ( June 2019) Organization summit . India is hosting the summit for the first time after it gained full membership of the influential grouping in 2017

23rd National Conference on . ‗Mumbai Declaration‘ on e-Governance e-Governance

DefExpo 2020 . , Uttarpradesh

107th Indian Science . Congress . The theme for ISC-2020 is 'Future India- Science and Technology' 'Science & Technology: Rural Development

. 108th Indian Science Congress from 3-7th January 2021, Pune

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TamilNadu Who is who?

Chief Minister K. Edappadi Palanisamy

(After Independence 13th chief minister of Tamil Nadu)

(29th chief Minister from 1921)

Governor Banwarilal Purohit

Speaker P. Danabal

Deputy Speaker Pollachi Jeyaraman

Opposition Leader M.K Stalin

Chief Secretary K.Shanmugam (46th)

Advocate General Vijay Narayan

Chief Election Officer Satyabrata Sahoo

Tamilnadu Election Commissioner R.Palaisamy

State Information Commission R. Rajagopal

Human Rights Commission D. Jayachandran (acting Chairperson

State women Commission Dr. Kannagi Bhagyanathan IAS

TNPSC Thiru K.Balachandran

Chief Justice of high court A.P Sahi

HC judges has gone up to 64, as against its sanctioned strength of 75

The only High Court in the country to have as many as 13 women judges.

Tamilnadu state child protection ------commission

TN Lokayukta chairman P.Devadoss.

RERA Chairman K.Gnanadesikan

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6th Finance Commission Mohan Pyare

Governor Speech

 Tamil Nadu has secured the first position among 18 big States in the Composite Ranking in the Good Governance Index released by the Government of India for the first time on Good Governance Day on 25th December 2019.

 Tamil Nadu was also adjudged ‗Overall Best Performing State‘ for the second consecutive year in the ‗State of the States‘ survey carried out by India Today magazine in November 2019.

 Grassroots democracy is an inalienable part of Tamil Nadu‘s heritage from times immemorial. Elections to Rural Local Bodies in 27 Districts have been successfully completed

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 Tamil Nadu is ranked the ‗Best Performing State‘ in maintenance of Law and Order in the ‗State of the States‘ survey.

 November 1st every year as ‗Tamil Nadu Day‘ to commemorate the formation of the State in its present form in 1956.

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 Tamil Nadu supported the Tenth International Tamil Research Conference held at Chicago in July 2019

 On 22nd September 1921 in Madurai, Mahatma Gandhi took the historic decision to wear only a loin cloth and shawl as a powerful message to the world about the abject poverty in India caused by British Rule.

 Tiruchengode Gandhi Ashram was founded by Bharat Ratna Rajaji on 6th February 1925. Mahatma Gandhi visited this Ashram twice

 Tamil Nadu has been awarded the ‗Overall Best State‘ for the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 by the Hon‘ble Prime Minister during the Swachh Bharat Diwas on 2nd October 2019.

 The Hon‘ble Chief Minister has announced the ‗Nadanthai Vazhi Cauvery‘ scheme in order to restore the River Cauvery to its pristine glory

 Tamil Nadu has secured the approval of the Government of India for the BharatNet project at an estimated cost of Rs.1,815.31 crore. This project will connect all the 12,524 village panchayats

 This year we have made a substantial and unprecedented leap in that direction, with the establishment of nine new medical colleges at Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Nilgiris, Dindigul, Namakkal, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Krishnagiri and Nagapattinam districts

 The Government‘s efforts in this direction have resulted in the highest Gross Enrolment Ratio in Higher Education amongst all States in India at 49.3 per cent

 Tamil Nadu, the first position in the ‗Overall Excellence in Implementation‘ and ‗Capacity Building‘ categories of the Poshan Abhiyan (National Nutrition Mission) Awards for 2018-2019

Thirukural in News

Wealth Creation:

―Wealth, the lamp unfailing, speeds to every land, dispensing darkness,

at its Lord‘s command‖.

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Ethical way of Acquiring Wealth:

―Make money - there is no weapon sharper than it to sever the pride of your foes.‖

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Padma Awards

Addressing troops during a surprise visit to Ladakh, PM Modi quoted saint poet Tiruvalluvar's couplet "Maramanam manda vazhichelavu thetram yena nangey yemam padaikku."

"That is, the tradition and credibility of valour, honour, dignified behavior, these four qualities are the reflection of the army of any country. Indian forces have always followed this path,"

The verses quoted by him today are from the 766th couplet under the chapter

In his Independence Day address last year, while speaking on ''Jal-Jeevan'' Mission, he had quoted another couplet "Neer indri Amayadhu" to underscore the importance of water.

Padma Vibhushan 1. Shri (Posthumous); 2. Shri (Posthumous); 3. Smt (Posthumous); 4. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK (Mauritius 5. Smt MC ( sports) Padma Bhusan 6. Ms Krishnammal Jagannathan ( social Work) 7. Shri Venu Srinivasan ( Trade & Industry)

Padma Shree 8. Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo) ( arts) 9. Shri Manohar Devadoss ( arts) 10. S.Ramakrishnan ( Social Work) 11. Shri PRadeep Thalappil ( science & engineering)

Tamilnadu Government Awards -2020

Thiruvalluvar Award Nithyananda Bharathi Periyar Award Senji S Ramachandran Ambedkar Award K Arjunan Peraringnar Anna Award K Samarasam Bharathiyar Award P Sivaraj Bharathidasan Award Thenisai Chellapa Thiru Vi Ka award S Sundararasan Muthamizh Kavalar Manimegalai Kannan Thamizhthai award 2019 Chicago Tamil sangam Kabilar award vetriazhakan u.ve.sa award v.mahadevan Kambar award Saraswathi ramanathan Ayothi Thasa pandithar award V. prabhakaran

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Nobel Prizes 2020

Medicine  Harvey Alter, For their discovery of Hepatitis  Michael Houghton C Virus  Charles Rice Chemistry  Emmanuelle For their work on the Charpentier, development of Crispr-Cas9, a  Jennifer A. method for genome editing. Physics  Roger Penrose, Discoveries that have improved  Reinhard Genzel understanding of the universe,  Andrea Ghez including work on black holes

Peace World Food Program For its efforts to combat a surge in global hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic Economic 1. Paul R. Milgrom and For improvements to auction Sciences Robert B. Wilson theory and inventions of new auction formats. Literature 2020 Louise Glück ( America) For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.‖

Farm bills

. Essential Commodities To remove commodities like cereals, (Amendment) Bill, 2020. pulses, oilseeds, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities. It will do away with the imposition of stockholding limits on such items except under "extraordinary circumstances" like war . The Farmers' Produce Trade and To create an ecosystem where farmers Commerce (Promotion and and traders enjoy the freedom to sell Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and purchase farm produce outide registered 'mandis' under states' APMCs. . The Farmers (Empowerment and Farmers can enter into a contract with Protection) Agreement of Price agribusiness firms, processors, Assurance and Farm Services wholesalers, exporters or large retailers Bill, 2020, for sale of future farming produce at a . pre-agreed price

COVID- 19 All that you need to know

 Coronavirus is not a single virus, but a family of at least 23 related viruses, further subdivided into four groups. Till date, just six of the coronaviruses are known to infect humans, including the MERSCoV and SARS-CoV.

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 COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease-2019) is the official name assigned to the novel coronavirus disease under commonly agreed guidelines between WHO, the World Organisation for Animal Health, and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN. It was earlier being called 2019-nCoV

 The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak came to light when on December 31, 2019, China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of an unknown cause in Wuhan City in Hubei province.

 Herd immunity — This is also known as community immunity, and constitutes the reduction in risk of infection within a population, often because of previous exposure to the virus or vaccination.

 Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) — An antimalarial oral drug that is being repurposed for treatment in COVID-19. It has also been used successfully in the treatment of some auto immune conditions. Its value in COVID-19 has not been resolved entirely.

 Convalescent plasma therapy — Researchers are examining the efficacy of using convalescent plasma, that is, using neutralising antibodies from the blood of people who have recovered from the COVID-19 infection to treat patients with COVID-19.

 RT- PCR (Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction) — It is the primary test to detect COVID-19 infection across the globe.

November Current Affairs

 Uddhav Thackeray swore in as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra

 Girish Chandra Murmu being sworn-in as the 1st Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

 Eden Gardens cricket stadium hosted India‘s first-ever pink ball day and night test match against Bangladesh

 1st ever ‗BIMSTEC Ports‘ Conclave held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from November 7-8, 2019

 Assam govt approved 1 tola gold to brides free of cost under Arundhati gold scheme

 Centre has extended the ban of Assam based National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) for another 5 years.

 IFFCO introduced India‘s 1st nanotechnology-based products for on-field trials in Gujarat

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 Singer S.P.Balasubrahmanyam of Andhra Pradesh Felicitated for Chetana Award 2019

 President's rule was imposed in Maharashtra after President Ram Nath Govind approves Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari‘s recommendation on the deadlock of government formation in the state

 Odisha govt. partnered with Abhijit Banerjee‘s Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J- PAL) to minimise poverty

 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has released the 1st of its kind 'Red Atlas Action Plan Map' & 'Coastal Flood Warning System App (CFLOWS-Chennai), to assist the Government of Tamil Nadu in effective control and reduction of floods

 The Chairman of Lokpal, Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose launched the lokpal‘s logo in New . On this day, the motto of the lokpal ―Ma Gridhah Kasyasvidhanam (Do not be greedy for anyone‘s wealth)‖

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Integrated Check Post and flagged off first batch of pilgrims at Kartarpur Sahib Corridor in Gurdaspur, Punjab today.

 Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) inaugurated in Hyderabad

 Supreme Court on November 9th settled the long-festering Ayodhya dispute by allowing Hindus to build a Ram temple on the disputed land while sanctioning Muslims five acres to build a mosque in the temple town. The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title case was awarded in favour of ―the deity of Lord Ram" who was held to be a ―juristic person".

 India started its $43 million worth project to boost climate resilience in three coastal states in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The project is funded by Green Climate Fund

 Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE) Prevention and Investigation Unit started by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

 AP CM launches ‗Nadu-Nedu‘ scheme to develop the Government Education sector which aims to transform government schools into vibrant and competitive institutions.

(US) secretary of state, Michael Richard Pompeo has formally submitted to the United Nations (UN) a declaration to withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement,

 Pakistan becomes the first country in the world to launch the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the new Typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV).

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 The Prime Minister (PM) of India Shri Narendra Modi paid a 3-day official visit to Thailand to attend India, East Asia- ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). 14th East Asia Summit (EAS) and RCEP was also held after the ASEAN summit in Bangkok.

Shri Narendra Modi, paid a two-day visit to Brazil from November 13-14, 2019 to attend the 11th annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit. The theme of the summit was ―Economic growth for an innovative future.‖

 RBI committee headed by Tapan Ray recommends tighter norms for Core Investment Companies

 According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Guyana is expected to be fastest growing country in the world at 86% in 2020

 The 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 was conferred on noted Hindi poet and writer Leeladhar Jagoori for his poetry collection ‗Jitne Log Utne Prem‘.

 Indian journalist Neha Dixit was one of several recipients of the 2019 International Press Freedom Awards

 Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, philosopher and poet, has been chosen for this year's 55th Jnanpith award. He is also the 6th Malayalam Poet to receive the Jnanpith award

was conferred the 'Icon of Golden Jubilee Award' for his contribution to Indian cinema. It's a first time award beginning with the 50th edition of IFFI. French actress Isabelle Huppert was given the Lifetime Achievement Award

 1st International Conference on ―Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience- 2019‖ held in New Delhi

 The Union Water Resources Ministry has finalised a committee to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP). It will be chaired by Mihir Shah

 China approves world‘s 1st carbohydrate-based drug GV-971 to cure Alzheimer‘s disease

 2 newly discovered spider species named after & St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara

 Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric (34) from Crotia became the 17th winner of the Golden Foot award in Monaco

 Sir David Attenborough natural historian who has been chosen to be awarded the 2019 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust

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 natural historian who has been chosen to be awarded the 2019 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust

 Gulab Kothari well-known author, journalist and editor-in-chief of Rajasthan Patrika who has been chosen for the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award Award by Press Council of India

 TIGER TRIUMPH The Indo-US joint tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise h

sworn as the new prime minister of srilanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksha The new President of Sri Lanka who succeeds President Maithripala Sirisena

 Virat Kohli has been named PETA India's Person of the Year 2019 for his animal advocacy efforts

 Afghanistan is most affected by terrorism as per Global Terrorism Index 2019 released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Sydney (India is 7th most affected)

 The Oxford Word of the Year 2019 – Climate Emergency

 The cyclone which hit West Bengal and Bangladesh causing substantial loss of lives and property was named – Bulbul

 On November 27 India‘s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47 has launched Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into Sun Synchronous orbit from Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. Cartosat-3 aims to address the increased demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover

 World Toilet Day: 19 November Theme: Leaving no one behind

 Shri TN Seshan 10th Chief election commissioner died. He was chief election commissioner from 1990 to 1996. Seshan had contested the 1997 presidential election against K.R. Narayanan, who eventually won. Books written: The Degeneration of India and A Heart full of Burden

 Saudi Arabia was recently elected to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO for first time

 Greta Thunberg has been awarded the International Children's Peace Prize for the year 2019 for her global campaign called 'School Strike

 Google has launched a new cloud-based game streaming service named Google Stadia

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 For the fifth consecutive year, Tamil Nadu received the Best State Award in cadaveric organ donation from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 In the 18th edition of the State of the States survey, Tamil Nadu emerged as our best-performing big state in Best performing and Most improved Big state in law and order given by India Today

 Chief Minister inaugurated the memorial of Thiru Ramasami Padayatchiyar at Cuddalore. He was the founder of the Tamil political party Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party

 V.Thiruppugazh, IAS, Additional Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority submitted the copy of the study report on the action taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu during Gaja Cyclone

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the Pedestrian Plaza at Pondy Bazaar in T Nagar, Chennai, the project under the Smart city Mission

 Hon‘ble Deputy Chief Minister was conferred with International Rising star of the year - Asia Award in the Global community Oscars 2019 of American Multi Ethnic Coalition Inc

 Honble Deputy Chief Minister was conferred with an award - Thanga Thamizh Magan by Chicago Tamizh Sangam in the Childrens Day Celebration

 Indian Institute of Technology Madras to collaborate with Tamil Nadu e- governance agency for enhancing data-driven governance in the areas including education, agriculture and healthcare.

 Hon‘ble Deputy Chief Minister launched Sustainable Development Goals - a monitoring Platform on November 7th

 Tamilnadu won World Agriculture Prize instituted by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA),

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the schemes of Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency in Connect-2019

 Facilities in Government Schools and seen the DIKSHA Champion Award received by Tamil Nadu

 World-class Livestock Park to be set up in Thalaivasal, Salem District

 R Rajagopal appointed chief information commissioner of Tamil Nadu

 Amreshwar Pratap Sahi appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High court

Creation of New District

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District 34th District , 26th November 2019 Kallakurichi, bifurcated from Vilupuram District 35th District , 28th November 2019 Thirupattoor bifurcated from vellore District 36th District , , 28th November 2019 Ranipet bifurcated from vellore District 37th District , 29th November 2019 Chengalpat , Bifurcated from Kanchipuram District

December Current Affairs

 Manoj Mukund Naravane has been appointed as Chief of the Indian Army

secured first position in the recently released ‗India State of Forest Report 2019‘ for the highest growth in forest area in the country

 Koneru Humpy Indian female chess player recently won the World Rapid Championship title

 SC orders judicial enquiry in Hyderabad Encounter; Panel to be headed by ex- judge VS Sirpurkar

 President approved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. This act amended Citizenship Act, 1955 by granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslims migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who came to India on or before December 31, 2014. . The act will also relax the requirement of residence in India for citizenship by naturalisation from 11 years to 5 years for these migrants.

 Andhra Pradesh cabinet approves Disha bill, 2019 to dispose of crimes against women in 21 days

 Ram Nath Kovind, President of India signed an order to extend the Inner Line Permit (ILP) regime to Manipur. Manipur is the fourth state to have the ILP after Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram

 Entire Nagaland declared ‗disturbed area‘ for six more months under AFSPA

 Madras Waste Exchange: Chennai Corporation of Tamil Nadu launches country‘s first waste exchange platform

 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned 1st Lignite based 500 MW thermal unit of 2x500 MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Project in Tamil Nadu (TN).

 India's 1st National maritime heritage museum to be built in Lothal, Gujarat with the help of Portugal

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 Rajya Sabha instituted panel head by Jairam Ramesh to study issues related to online pornographic content

 Nagpur Resolution to empower citizens adopted at conference organized by DARPG in Nagpur. The conference was organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)

 World‘s longest Strategic mountain tunnel under Rohtang Pass in HP named after Vajpayee

 India‘s 1st transgender university will open in Fazilnagar block in UP's (Uttar Pradesh) Kushinagar district

 Saudi Arabia became the first country in the Arab world to head G20 (Group of 20) after it took over from Japan.

 The South Pacific region of Bougainville got 98% votes to become the world‘s newest nation by gaining independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG).

 Conservative leader lands 'historic' election victory as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's

 Japan launches world's 1st liquid hydrogen transport ship, ‗Suiso frontier‘

 The 10th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masatsugu Asakawa

 Hemant Soren, working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), took oath as the 11th chief minister Jharkhand

 Tamil writer Cho. Dharman has won the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Sool, depicting the life of the ordinary people, traditional knowledge, agricultural practices and water management.

 Sashi Tharoor Won Sahitya Akademi award for his book ―An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India‖.

 Amitabha Bagchi wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his 2018 novel, Half the Night is Gone. 2019

to be honoured with the 50th Dada Saheb Phalke award

 Krishnamachari Srikkanth has been selected for CK Nayudu Lifetime Award for the year 2019.

 UN declares Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai as the most famous teenager of the decade

 The 2nd session of the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between India & United States (US) was held in Washington DC, US.

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 India inched up one spot to rank 129th out of 189 countries on the 2019 Human Development Index (HDI) released by the (UNDP). The HDI measures average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development — life expectancy, education and per capita income. Norway, Switzerland, Ireland occupied the top three positions in that order

 India has slipped to the 112th spot from its 108th position in 2018 in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2020

 The southern state of Tamil Nadu has bagged the top position in the composite ranking for good governance index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka

 Kerala tops states in progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goal Index. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu together ranked at the third position

 Portugal has announced launching of Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize to be given every year

 Deepika Padukone has been chosen for the 2020 Crystal Award for spreading awareness about mental health by the World Economic Forum

 Tony Joseph has been awarded the Shakti Bhatt First Book prize for his book Early Indians: The Story of our Ancestors and Where we came from

 General Bipin Rawat become The first Chief of Defence Staff

 Christina Koch US astronaut who has created a new record for the longest single space flight by a woman breaking the record of 288 days held by Peggy Whitson

 Afghanistan has become the first in the world to recognise Indian Pharmacopoeia

 Indian 8-year-old challenges world leaders to act on climate change at COP25 in Madrid

 13th edition of the South Asian Games 2019, held from December 1-10, 2019, was hosted by three different cities of Nepal- Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur. India ended its campaign with highest-ever medal

 RISAT-2BR1 was also successfully placed in its designated orbit by PSLV- C48. RISAT-2BR1 is a remote imaging satellite.

 25th December Good Governance Day' is observed in India every year

 Bharti Airtel mobile service provider recently introduced Wi-Fi calling facility in India

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 Rohtang tunnel tunnel was officially renamed as the Atal tunnel and dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

 Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been appointed as Foreign Secretary of India

 Constitution (126th Amendment) Bill 2019 extending reservation for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies by another 10 years.

 Zozibini Tunzi South African contestant who has been crowned Miss Universe 2019 in an event held in Atlanta, USA

 The Tamil Studies Chair (HTSC) has made a $ 2 million pledge to the University of Houston to establish an endowment supporting the study of Tamil heritage.

 Thiru Bhaskaran, Arjuna Award winner for his outstanding performance in Body building

 The National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities-2019 received by the Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank. for giving maximum loans to diffabled

 In Melpuram panchayat union in Kanyakumari district alone, on an experimental basis

 Isaignani Ilaiyaraja has been awarded Harivarasanam Award by Kerala Government

 ―Journey of a Civilization: Indus to Vaigai‖ Written By R Balakrishnan IAS.

January 2020 Current Affairs

 Vyommitra the name of human robot that is being developed by ISRO for its space mission Gaganyaan

 India's first Human Space Flight Infrastructure Centre will be established in Challakere (Karnataka)

 The central government in consultation with BEE had notified new energy performance standards for room air conditioners 24 Degree Celsius

 Rani Rampal becomes the first hockey player in the world to win 'World Games Athlete of the Year' award

 Uttarakhand State‘s Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre won the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020

 Kerala reported first confirmed case of Coronavirus

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 An ad hoc committee of the Rajya Sabha (RS) headed by Congress parliamentarian Jairam Ramesh submitted its report on child pornography to Vice President

 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (ARLA) adopted a new logo. he new logo consists of the National Emblem to signify the federal system of the Indian Constitution and the flower foxtail orchid (Rhynchostylis retusa) which represents the state, its people and culture, while the blue colour denotes the autonomy of the assembly secretariat

 Delhi airport gets a new women-only cab service namely "Women with Wheels"

 The Shiv Sena party led Maharashtra launched ‗Shiv Bhojan‘ scheme, with the aim of providing a meal to the poor for Rs.10, on the occasion of the 71st Republic Day

 Arjun Munda has been elected as the new President of Archery Association of India

 Andhra Pradesh introduced a draft bill that proposes the creation of three state capitals, Judicial capital, Kurnool , Legislative capital – Amaravati, Executive capital – Visakhapatnam

 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port is the new name of Kolkata Port Trust

 The govt of Madhya Pradesh has made it mandatory for schools to read the preamble of the constitution every Saturday under the name sovereignty of constitution.

 Odisha govt launches India's 1st e-Gazette portal for all gazette notifications

 TN‘s Fishery and Music universities named after the late CM J Jayalalithaa

 Telangana Information Technology (IT) minister Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao has declared 2020 as year of Artificial Intelligence

 Indian Navy launched 'Operation Vanilla' to aid the cyclone-hit Madagascar

 Kerala became 1st State to pass resolution against citizenship Amendment Act

 Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 1st state in India to initiate IUCN‘s red-listing of orchids

 Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan launched ‗Saksham‘ a month long Peoplecentric fuel conservation mega campaign

 Two villages namely Bahadurpur and Kheri Viran of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has set to become India‘s first ‗Model Sports villages‘

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 Government has formed a 7-member group of ministers (GoM) headed by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to review the crop insurance scheme ,―Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)‖

 Coronavirus declared as a global health emergency by WHO

 RBI appoints Janak Raj as member of the Monetary Policy Committee

 ICICI Bank launches first-of-its-kind 24x7 self-service delivery facility , 'iBox‘

 Bipul Behari Saha, a noted chemist has been elected as a bureau member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2020-23

 Eminent Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi will be conferred with 29th Saraswati Samman. He has been selected for this prestigious literary award for his short stories collection- Chequebook

 Eminent Agricultural Scientist Dr M S Swaminathan and well-known social worker, Dr. Gutta Muniratnam were respectively chosen as the first recipients of ‗Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence‘ and ‗Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service‘‘

 Environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev and Prof. Gretchen C. Daily won the Tyler Prize 2020 for Environmental Achievement

 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 107th Indian Science Congress (ISC) today at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru. The theme of the congress for 2020 is ―Science & Technology: Rural Development‖

 India drop 10 ranks to 51st position in Economist Intelligence Unit‘s Democracy Index

 India has been ranked at the 80th position among 180 countries and territories in the Corruption Perception Index

 Food delivery startup Zomato acquires Uber Eats in all-stocks deal for $350 mn

 ISRO to set its 2nd launch port in Thoothukodi district of Tamil Nadu

 Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu which has been chosen for induction of Sukhoi 30MKI aircraft in 222 Squadron

 3rd Global Potato Conclave held from 28 January to 31 January 2020 – Gandhinagar, Gujarat

 Andhra Pradesh passed a resolution in its Legislative Assembly to abolish its Legislative Council

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 Samvidhan Hindi word which has been declared the Hindi Word of the year 2019 by Oxford University Press

 Hydrochlorofluocarbon (HCFC)-141b ozone depleting chemical which has been successfully and completely been phased out by India

 2020 has been declared as Nurse and Midwife by World Health Organisation

 MANI (Mobile Aided Note Identifier) app launched by the Reserve Bank of India to help visually challenged persons in identifying currency notes

 Brazil's President Jair Messias Bolsonaroas the chief guest at the 71st Republic Day celebration

 ISRO has launched telecommunication satellite GSAT-30 into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Kourou launch base, French Guiana by European Ariane-5 VA-251

77th Golden Globe Awards

 Best Motion Picture (Drama): 1917

 Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Once upon a time Hollywood

 Actor: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Padma Vibhushan 12. Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous); 13. Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous); 14. Smt Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous); 15. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK (Mauritius 16. Smt MC Mary Kom ( sports) Padma Bhusan 17. Ms Krishnammal Jagannathan ( social Work) 18. Shri Venu Srinivasan ( Trade & Industry)

Padma Shree 19. Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo) ( arts) 20. Shri Manohar Devadoss ( arts) 21. S.Ramakrishnan ( Social Work) 22. Shri PRadeep Thalappil ( science & engineering)

 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru Edappadi Palaniswami laid the foundation stone of 'DLF Downtown' at Taramani in Chennai.

 Hon‘ble Thiru Justice S.Rajeswaran Commission of Inquiry appointed by the Government to inquire the law and order disturbances following the agitation for holding of Jallikattu

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be presenting Krishi Karman award for 2017-18 in Oilseeds category to Tamil Nadu.Tamil Nadu bags Krishi Karman award for the fifth time 29 IYACHAMY ACADEMY | CHENNAI| TIRUNELVELI| TENKASI- 9952521550

 The draft Tamil Nadu State Child Policy 2020 was released by the T.N. Commission for the Protection of Child Rights

 Justice Chandru appointed chairperson of fee-fixation committee for private agricultural colleges

 Riya, a transgender, became the first person from the community to get elected as Tiruchengode Panchayat Union member from Karuveppampetti ward.

February Current Affairs

 As per latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, India has been ranked at5th position in the list of world‘s largest economies overtaking France and the

 Union Government will be organizing India‘s maiden Artificial Intelligence summit- "RAISE 2020" from April 11-12, 2020 In Delhi. RAISE 2020 stands for Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020

 World Bank signed a loan agreement of USD 450 million with the Government of India to improve groundwater in the country

 Gully Boy has recently won the best film award in Filmfare Awards 2020

 Karnataka CM launches Janasevaka Scheme to Provide delivery of Govt Services at Doorstep

 Sarojini Naidu's birthday is celebrated as National Women's Day of India on February 13 every year.

 Jaipur recently received UNESCO World Heritage City Certificate

 Tadipatri railway station in Andhra Pradesh from where India's first fruit-train was flagged off with locally grown bananas

 Ashraf Ghani won a second term as the President of Afghanistan

 Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswamy announced that Cauvery delta regions in Tamil Nadu is going to declared as a protected Special Agricultural Zone(SAZ)

 state government will celebrate the birth anniversary of former CM Jayaram Jayalalithaa on February 24 as ‗State Girl Child Protection Day‘

 Facebook launched ―We Think Digital‖ Programme to provide digital literacy training to 1 lakh women across 7 states

 Union Minister of State for shipping Mansukh Mandaviya, inaugurated the India‘s first floating jetty on the banks of Mandovi river, Goa

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 UN(United Nations) health agency, the WHO(World Health Organization) has officially renamed Coronavirus as ‗COVID-19‘

 The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated Hindi, as the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019

 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay arrived in New Delhi, India on a three-day visit

 The President of Portugal Mr Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has paid a four days visit to India for the first time from 13-16 February 2020

 India‘s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to conduct the Financial Literacy Week (FLW) 2020 from February 10 – February 14, 2020

 The government appointed M Ajit Kumar as chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

 Supratim Bandyopadhyay was appointed as chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

 Sanjay Kothari, the Secretary to the President, has been selected as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner

 Bimal Julka was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)

 Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, was appointed as the Iraq‘s new Prime Minister

 15th Finance commission constitutes 8-member panel headed by ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri to boost agri exports

 Chairman of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Ajay Tyagi gets a 6 month extension from the government.

 K.V. Jeyasri, a Tamil teacher from Tiruvannamalai, has won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for her translation of the Malayalam novel Nilam Poothu Malarnna Naal (The day the land bloomed and blossomed) into Tamil as Nilam Poothu Malarntha Naal. Nilam Poothu Malarntha Naal traces the history of Paari, one of the seven philanthropist Tamil chieftains, and also explores the socio-cultural history of the Tamil land, the wars among kings and the lives of singers, poets and those practising various other professions in the Sangam period.

 23rd National Conference on e-Governance which was held at Mumbai

 International Judicial Conference 2020 was held from 21st-23rd February, 2020 in New Delhi. The theme of the Conference was ‗Judiciary and the Changing World

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 The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals from 17th to 22nd February 2020 at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

 DEFEXPO 2020 held from 05 to 09 February 2020 with the theme India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub – Lucknow

 Manpreet Singh Indian hockey player who has been named the Player of the Year 2019 by International Hockey Federation

 The theme of India's first National Protein Day observed on 27 February 2020 – #ProteinMeinKyaHai

 The motto of 2020 Olympic Games to be held in from 24 July to 09 August 2020 – United by Emotion

 Death-An Inside Story by

 World Day of Social Justice: 20 February 2020

Australian Open 2020

Title Winner Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women's Singles Sofia Kenin (USA)

Mens's Doubles Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (UK) Women's Doubles Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) Mixed Doubles Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and Rajeev Ram (USA)  Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the scheme of planting 72 Lakhs tree Saplings in connection with the 72nd birth anniversary of Late Hon‘ble Chief Minister Selvi J Jayalalithaa

 Bhavatharini with State Award in recognition of her contribution for the social upliftment of girl children on the occasion of State Girl Child Protection Day

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the Cricket Stadium of Salem Cricket Foundation at Vazhapadi, Salem District

 Akshaya Patra signs MoU with Chennai Corporation, to feed over 27k school children. The Kalai Unavu Thittam (Morning meal/Breakfast scheme)

 Retired district judge D. Jayachandran, one of the two members of State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) took over as the Commission‘s acting chairperson

Highlights of Union Budget 2020-21

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 Aspirational India - better standards of living with access to health, education and better jobs for all sections of the society

 Economic Development for all - ―Sabka Saath , Sabka Vikas , Sabka Vishwas‖.

 Caring Society - both humane and compassionate; Antyodaya as an article of faith.

March Current affairs

 Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday honoured R. Kannagi, 52, from Tiruvannamalai, with the Tamil Nadu government‘s Avvaiyar award for the current year, recognising her work for the uplift of rural women for over 18 years.

 The Tamil Nadu government appointed senior AIADMK leader and former Finance Minister C. Ponnaiyan as Vice Chairman of State Planning Commission. (The Tamil Nadu government had in March 2017 announced that it would replace the State Planning Commission with the State Development Policy Council).

 Mayiladuthurai becomes the 38th district in Tamil Nadu. TN government issues orders notifying the formation of the new district bifurcating Nagapattinam district.

 Chief minister Palaniswami announced the creation of an Information Centre Park over 150 acres in Nemili and Mannud villages in Sriperumpudur taluk, ―The park will be created by TIDCO (Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation

 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister launched the Rs 2,857 crore - Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme (TNHSRP), in Chennai. The five-year programme will focus on three key areas - improved quality of care, management of non- communicable diseases and injuries, and reduced equity gaps in reproductive and child health. TNHSRP is a World Bank supported project

 Andhra Pradesh ranked 1st in country for overall implementation of Poshan Abhiyan. Government is implementing Poshan Abhiyan earlier known as National Nutrition Mission

 The Finance Commission has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of NK Singh in order to create a road map for fiscal consolidation for the Center and the State

 Sir Creek is a 96-km strip of water disputed between India and Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch marshlands

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 The Union Territory of Ladakh will host the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games.

 The United Nations (UN) released its World Happiness Report and India was at a dismal 144 rank of a total 156 nations surveyed. India has been scored at 3.573 points nestled between Lesotho and Malawi nations

 India has joined the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) as an Observer State.

 CRISPR (CaS9)-The Gene Editing Tool used to treat blindness for the first time at the Oregon University, Portland, USA.

 The year 2020 which is also the ―SUPER YEAR FOR BIODIVERSITY‖, as the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity with 20 global Aichi targets adopted in 2010 ends in 2020

 As per the Key World Energy Statistics 2019, India is the 3rd largest producer of electricity in the world.

 Ministry of Tourism has launched ‗Stranded in India‘ portal for foreign tourists

 PM-CARES fund has been set up to provide relief to all those affected by COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister‘s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund

 FM Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for the poor amid coronavirus lockdown under which 80 crore poor people will be given 5 kg of wheat or 5 kg rice for 3 months

 Reliance Industries has set up India‘s first 100-bed COVID-19 dedicated hospital

 The Health Ministry has restricted Hydroxychloroquine drug‘s sale, export and distribution declaring it as an essential drug to combat COVID-19 pandemic. Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent or treat malaria caused by mosquito bites.

 Dr. V K Paul has been appointed to lead the 21-member high-level technical committee of health experts set up to tackle coronavirus in India

 Ranjan Gogoi former Chief Justice of India nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind

 On 22nd March Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all citizens to follow a ‗Janata Curfew‘ to stop the spread of novel coronavirus

 Swavalamban Express new train launched by SIDBI for new entrepreneurs

 Virus vs Vaayu, a corona tale for kids. to clear all queries related to Coronavirus and share healthy tips with kids

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 Hantavirus is the name of the new virus that has appeared in China amid the COVID-19 outbreak

 Luxembourg has become the first in the world that has announced a free public transport system for all

 Popularly referred to as perasiriyar (professor) anbalagan in the DMK camp has passed away

 Tamil Nadu government has announced setting up of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Park in Tiruvannmalai

April Current Affairs

 "Kerala is the first state to declare the internet as a fundamental right of the citizen. As part of this, the K-FON project was launched to provide quality internet free of cost to the poor and at affordable rates to others.

 India Ranked 142 in 'The World Press Freedom Index 2020‖, Norway is ranked first in the Index

 Operation Sanjeevani: IAF airlifts medical and hospital consumables for the Maldives

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 Chemical sector was India‘s top exporting sector for the first time during the 2019-2020 fiscal year

 April 24 National Panchayati Raj Day was observed in India

 Kerala becomes the first state to commence clinical trial plasma therapy treatment.

 T.N. tops in micro-irrigation coverage According to the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

 The famous Kovilpatti kadalai mittai has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Kovilpatti kadalai mittai is manufactured in Kovilpatti and adjacent towns and villages in Thoothukudi district.

 Tamil Nadu appoints J. Radhakrishnan as special nodal officer for Chennai Corporation, to coordinate COVID-19 efforts

 Tamil Nadu government has appointed senior IAS officer Ka. Balachandran as the chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Tamil Nadu government has appointed senior IAS officer Ka. Balachandran as the chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission

 Along with conventional methods of raising funds for this crisis, some unconventional tools such as ‗helicopter money‘. Simply put, Helicopter Money means extension of non-repayable money transfer from the central bank to the state and central governments, to infuse liquidity in the system

 Artemis program, NASA wishes to demonstrate new technologies, capabilities and business approaches that will ultimately be needed for the future exploration of Mars.

 China‘s first Mars probe is called Tianwen-1 (formerly Huoxing 1), which means ―Questions to Heaven‖

 Malini Shankar has been appointed as the new head of the National Shipping Board

 Karnataka has launched ―Apthamitra" helpline and App to fight COVID-19

 Uttar Pradesh has become the first in the country to geo-tag community kitchens

has been appointed as the Ambassador for World Wildlife Fund India's Environment Education programme

 Aarogya Setu android app has become the world‘s fastest app to reach 50 million users, within just 13 days

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 Dekho Apna Desh series of webinars that was launched by India's Ministry of Tourism that allows you to explore the length and breadth of the country highlighting its tourist attractions, history and culture

 Infosys COO Pravin Rao is the new chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies

 The President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Governors and Members of Parliament have voluntarily agreed to 30 percent salary cut for one year to deal with the COVID-19 crisis

 Justice Rajnesh Oswal has become the first judge of J&K High Court to take oath under the Indian Constitution

 Sanjay Kothari has been appointed as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner

 Jeevan low cost ventilator developed by Indian Railways at its Kapurthala coach factory

hosted the 11th session of "Petersberg Climate Dialogue" on April 28, 2020

 April 26 World Intellectual Property Day was observed to encourage creativity and innovation

 Hubble telescope celebrated 30 years of its launch on April 24, 2020

 Tianwen the name of China‘s first Mars exploration mission

 Oil prices in USA crashed below $0 mark on April 20, 2020

 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO)

 Jack Dorsey CEO of twitter who has pledged to donate $1 billion to fight COVID-19

 Tony Lewis co-inventor of Duckworth-Lewis method died

 Middle-east nation Lebanon has become the first Arab country to legalize cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes.

May Current Affairs

 Union Government has implemented Lt. General D B Shekatkar Committee's recommendations related to creating border infrastructure. The committee appointed in 2016 mandate to ‗suggest measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces‘.

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 Operation Samudra Setu, which was launched on 05 May 2020 as part of the national effort to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic has culminated after successfully bringing 3,992 Indian citizens back to their homeland by sea.

 Indian Railways has approved Alstom‘s WAG 12B e-locos to haul freight trains at a maximum speed of 120km/h.

 A committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal, headed by Justice B. Seshasayana Reddy, held a detailed inquiry at the LG Polymers gas leak in Vishak

 Tamilnadu Government Appointed A high-level committee headed by former Reserve Bank of India Governor C. Rangarajan, to assess the immediate and medium-term impact of the pandemic on various sectors of the State‘s economy

 Russia to launch first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring Arctic climate this year

 Karnataka has decided to maintain a 'State Health Register' of all citizens

 The foundation stone for a missile park called ―Agneeprastha‖ has been laid in naval ship INS Kalinga

 Four Indian cosmonauts, who have been selected for India‘s first manned space mission Gaganyaan, have resumed their training in Russia

 Nepal has included disputed territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura in its new map

 Kerala replanted Andaman‘s rare palm ―Pinanga andamanensis‖ to prevent its extinction

 Amphan cylone that hit the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal on May 20

 Union Government has announced Rs 5000 crore special credit facility for street vendors under Aatmanirbhar Economic Package

 Telangana become the first in the country to regulate cultivation of crops

 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved USD 500 million funds for India‘s ―COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project‖

 Jharkhand banned pan masala containing Magnesium Carbonate for 1 year

 The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has successfully developed India's first indigenous antibody testing kit -- ELISA -- to combat COVID-19.

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 Major Suman Gawani Indian military officer who has been chosen to be awarded the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019)

 Mission SAGAR India has despatched food items, COVID related Medicines including HCQ Tablets and special Ayurvedic medicines to countries like Maldives, Mauritius, , Madagascar and Comoros

 J.K. Rowling author of the book ―The Ickabog‖

 NASA's next-generation space telescope- WideField Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) which was named after the space agency‘s first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

 In an unprecedented move, the Head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo has decided to resign, a year before his term expires.

 WHO and UN Postal Agency released a commemorative stamp on May 9th to mark the 40th anniversary of the eradication of Small Pox

 Thangjam Dhabali Singh doctor from Manipur has been conferred the 'Order of Rising Sun' by the Japan government for promoting a better understanding of Japan in India and deepening ties between the two countries

 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that he has formed a Special Investment Promotion Task Force to fight the pandemic in the state. The force headed by Chief Secretary

June Current Affairs /

 India secured 168 rank in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020) — that measured the environmental performance of 180 countries — and was released by the Yale University

 India was elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term

 India has become a founding member of an Alliance for Poverty Eradication at the UN, launched by the President of the General Assembly

 On 21 June 2020,Indonesia‘s most active volcano, Mount Merapi has erupted fuming ash and smoke more than three miles into the sky

 India continues to remain ranked 43rd on an annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by Institute for Management Development

 According to the latest World Investment Report 2020 by UNCTAD, India jumped from 12th position in 2018 to 9th position in 2019 among the world's largest FDI recipient.

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 China has successfully launched the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System(BDS)

 Gold coin dating to 17th Century A.D. found in Agaram part of the Keeladi cluster. The coin, weighing 300 mg, used to be referred to as ‗Veerarayan‘ coin

 Tamil Nadu CM, union Petroleum Minister inaugurate compressed bio gas plant in namakkal

 Food safety index In the Large States category, Gujarat secured the first place, Tamil Nadu second and Maharashtra third.

 Covaxin vaccine candidate manufactured by Bharat Biotech that has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India

 59 Chinese mobile apps have been banned by India to protect its sovereignty and integrity

 Delhi decided to launch India's first Plasma Bank for the treatment of COVID-19 patients

 Maharashtra launched Project Platina, the world's largest convalescent plasma therapy trial to treat severe COVID-19 patients

 Indian government has declared as an International airport in uttar Pradesh

 On June 24 the International Transport Forum (ITF) and NITI Aayog jointly launched the "Decarbonising Transport in Emerging Economies" (DTEE) project in India

 India's ranked 43rd at the annual World Competitiveness Index

 COVID BEEP India‘s first cost-effective, indigenous, wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for COVID-19 patients

 Bhararisen declared as Uttarakhand‘s new summer capital

 Indian Railways launched AI enabled robot Captain Arjun (Always be Responsible and Just Use to be Nice) to intensify the screening and surveillance of railway passengers and railway staff

 Iran has issued an arrest warrant against

 On June 26th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed across the world

 world‘s first yoga university outside India has been launched in America

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 India joined the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on June 15, 2020 as a founding member

 Ramon Magsaysay awards has been cancelled for the year 2020 due to COVID-19

 New Zealand has declared itself COVID virus-free

 St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the smallest country to secure a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat

 Dr. Rattan Lal soil scientist from Ohio State University, who has been chosen for 2020 World Food Prize

 The Tamil Nadu Prison Department has changed its name to Tamil Nadu Prisons and Correctional Services with a DGP as head

 Madurai salon owner‘s mohan coronavirus lockdown charity wins PM Modi‘s praise in Mann ki Baat‘,

 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami laid the foundation stone for the construction of a TIDEL IT Park at Pattabiram

July current affairs

 On 29 July 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the National Education Policy 2020. The policy aims to make ―India a global knowledge superpower‖. This policy will replace the National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986.

 On 27 July 2020, first five out of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft took off from Dassault Aviation Facility, Merignac, France. On July 29, 2020, these aircrafts touch down at Air Force Station

 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart jointly e-inaugurated the new Supreme Court building in Port Louis,Mauritius.

 The Namami Gange project has been included in the prestigious ‗Prime Minister‘s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration‘.

 The 3 MW Solar Power Plant established at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala is the largest in the Indian Navy and has an estimated life of 25 years. Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (KELTRON) has executed the project.

 Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has recently been renamed as Ministry of Education

 The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 comes in to force from 20th July 2020. The Act seeks to replace the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

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 First edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter ―MATSYA SAMPADA‖.

 Turkmenistan has been granted Observer status by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council.

 Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh is a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Central Asia

 Iran drops India from Chabahar rail project,

 India Ranked 117th in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2020.

 Mausam, India's own app for weather forecasts

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 United Arab Emirates successfully launched its unmanned Mars mission named Hope Probe on July 19 2020.

Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd was granted permission to manufacture domestically developed first Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine

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 Election Commissioner, Ashok Lavasa has been appointed the vice-president Asian Development Bank

 A book titled ‗His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama‘ An Illustrated Biography written by Tenzin Geyche Tethong

 Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country where all households have LPG gas connections,

 Odisha becomes First State in India to Use Space Technology & Artificial Intelligence for Safeguarding Government Lands

 36th edition of the biannual ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit 2020 was held via video conferencing in Hanoi, Vietnam. The theme of the Summit was ―Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN‖.

 K Sivan Chairman of ISRO who has been chosen for the 2020 Von Karman Award by the International Academy of Astronautics, Sweden

 Japan and India conducted a day long joint naval exercise, PASSEX in the Strait of Malacca

 The ruling People's Action Party leader has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Singapore for the 4th term

 Jean Castex The new Prime Minister of France appointed by its President Emmanuel Macron

 Indra Mani Pandey appointed India‘s Permanent Representative to UN in Geneva

 Lessen the Mortality of COVID-19 The theme of National Doctors Day observed on 01 July 2020 to mark the birth and death anniversary of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy

 Google+ has been relaunched by Google for Android and iOS system as – Google Currents

 Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver: Urjit Patel (former RBI Governor)

 Indian Premier League 2020 will be held in United Arab Emirates

 Dom Sibley became the first cricketer to violate ICC's 'saliva ban' rule

 Tamil Nadu government gives Backward Class status to Thiyya and Ezhava communities A four-member panel, led by Revenue Secretary Atulya Misra,

 Rotary Foundation of Rotary International having its headquarters at Chicago, has honoured Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami with Paul Harris Fellow recognition

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 The newly reconstituted Backward Classes Commission of Tamil Nadu government will be headed by the retired Justice R Thanikachalam. The first Backward Classes Commission in Tamil Nadu was formed on November 13, 1969 when the DMK was in power. permanent Tamil Nadu Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of retired Justice K Shanmugam on March 15, 1993,

 Skeletal remains of two more children were excavated at Konthagai as part of the sixth phase of the excavations in the ancient site of Keeladi

 Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal takes charge as new Chennai Police Commissioner

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated a 750-bed facility exclusively for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the National Institute of Ageing in the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research campus, Guindy, Chennai

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister launched Mobile App ―TNPFCL of Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister laid foundation stone for the International Flower Auction Centre to be set up at Hosur

 Cho Iyer Appointed as Chairman Tamil Nadu Denotified Communities Welfare Board

August Current Affairs

 India‘s cleanest cities 2020 list: Madhya Pradesh‘s Indore emerges as cleanest city. Have grabbed the prestigious Swachh Survekshan award for four times in a row.

 India emerged joint winner of the International Chess Olympiad along with Russia

 Arunachal Pradesh assembly has passed a resolution to bring the state under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution

 Gujarat topped Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2020? Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu came at second and third place respectively

 Rajasthan launched the 'Indira Rasoi Yojana' in order to provide quality nutritious food to poor people at just Rs. 8

 Kozhikode in Kerala where a plane of Air India crashed resulting in death of hundreds of people

 Venkatraipur (Ganjam) and Noliasahi (Jagatsinghpur) two villages in Odisha which have been declared as Tsunami Ready by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESC

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 United States brokered a historic peace Abraham accord agreement between Israel and UAE on August 13, 2020

 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal to set up the National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The NRA will conduct a common preliminary examination for various recruitments in the central government.

 The 41st GST Council meeting took place via video conferencing and was chaired by Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman on 27th August 2020

 The Assam government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the state for six more months with effect from August 28.

 On 24 August 2020, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons. The Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment will be Chairperson (exofficio)

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first ever under sea Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair

 India‘s first Kisan Rail flagged off between Maharashtra‘s Devlali and ‘s Danapur Railway station

 United Arab Emirates became the first country in the Arab World to produce nuclear energy

 IIT Madras and Center for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC) have developed two microprocessors named SHAKTI (32 bit) and VEGA (64 bit) Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge- Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat‘

 Chandrayaan-2 captures image of crater on Moon; ISRO names it after

 India to host ICC Men‘s T-20 World Cup in 2021

 Skyroot Aerospace becomes India‘s first private company to test upper-stage rocket engine

 Apex Court has clarified that irrespective of a coparcener father being alive or not on or before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (―2005 Amendment‖)

 G.Satheesh Reddy has been given a two-year extension as the Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

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 On 7th August 2020, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi took oath as Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

 Dutch Author, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won the International Booker Prize 2020 for her debut novel ‗The Discomfort of Evening

 The city of Lebanon in which a blast of 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate killed over a 100 people and rendered 3 lakh homeless – Beirut

 The England cricketer James Anderson has become the first fast bowler to take 600 test wickets (and the 4th bowler after Muttaiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble

 India PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for Ayodhya Ram temple on august 5. Chandrakant Sompura, the Ahmedabad-based architect whose design has been adopted by Shri Ram Janmabhoomi

 Kormo Jobs app launched by Google for job seekers in India is named

 Former President Bharat Ratna has passed away. In 2012, he was elected President of India. Awards: Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Bharat Ratna (2019). Also awarded Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona in 2013 by Bangladesh Books written: Thoughts and Reflections; The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years; The Turbulent Years: 1980–1996; The Coalition Years: 1996–2012.

 Rio Paralympic Games gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu is excited to be nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,

 The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Gamaleya Research Institute and Russian Defence Ministry and launched by the Russian President is named - Sputnik V

 The theme of World Breastfeeding Week observed from 01 to 07 August 2020 - Support Breastfeeding for a Healthier Plane

 Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World: By Dalai Lama

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 Water technology major Va Tech Wabag bhas won the prestigious Global Water Award for its 45 million litres a day tertiary treatment reverse osmosis (TTRO) plant at Koyambedu in Chennai

 WHO Chief Scientist soumya swaminathan honoured with Tamil Nadu's CM's special award, in recognition of her advisory role in combating the COVID-19

 The Government of Tamil Nadu will present the Kalpana Chawla Award on Independence Day to three women Senthamizh Selvi (38), Muthamaal (34) and Ananthavalli (34) who rescued two youths who were about to drown in the waters of Kottarai dam in Perambalur district

 S Selvakumar, Founder of Anandam Youth Foundation got ABDUL KALAM AWARD

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister presented Jeevan Raksha Padak-2019 to Thiru R. Sridhar, Thanjavur District who rescued 3 women and 3 children from drowning in a lake

 In Indpendence day awards Best Corporation Vellore ,Best Municipality Viluppuram ,Best Town Panchayat Vanavasi (Salem)

September

 Kerala bags 'Top Performer' honour in States' Start-up Ranking 2019

 India slipped 26 places to 105 among 162 countries and territories on the index of global economic freedom, according to the Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 report released by the Fraser Institute in .

 Parliament passed a Bill for the inclusion of Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi in the list of official languages in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the existing Urdu and English.

 Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh will be the first women officers in the Indian Navy to operate from warship

 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020 was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI).

 The 4th edition of India – Japan Maritime bilateral exercise JIMEX held in North Arabian Sea from 26 to 28 September 2020

 Space start-up Pixxel has signed an agreement with State-run NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) to launch the country‘s first private remote-sensing satellite on an ISRO PSLV rocket in early 2021.

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 In a bid to promote renewable energy, CSIR-CMERI developed the world's largest solar tree which is installed in Durgapur, West Bengal

 On 25th September 2020, Iconic Indian singer SP Balasubrahmanyam died in Chennai; He was conferred Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.

 Yoshihide Suga took over as the new .

 The Fastest Human Calculator of the World, Neelakanta Bhanuprakash

 The landmark ruling in which the Supreme Court announced the basic structure doctrine was in the case of His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru and Ors v State of Kerala He is passed away

 Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi will be renamed as Arun Jaitley Stadium in honour of former DDCA President

 Renowned Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was conferred the 55th Jnanpith Award.

 Former Prime Minister conferred the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2019 on British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, whom he described as the ―human voice of nature‖.

 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020 Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) India was 62nd among 107 countries with an MPI score of 0.123

 well-known film actor Sonu Sood has been conferred with the prestigious SDG Special Humanatarian Action Award by United Nations Development Programme

 Kerala has been awarded the UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) Award 2020 for its outstanding contribution towards the non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals

 The well-known film personality Paresh Rawal has been appointed the Chairman of National School of Drama, Delhi for 4 years

 Italian Open 2020 Men's Singles and Women's Singles titles respectively – Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep

 PD Vaghela has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

 Shivangi Singh has been selected as the first woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale aircraft

 Tata Group has won the bid for the construction of India's new Parliament building

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 K.K Shailaja UK Magazine Names Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja as World‘s ‗Top Thinker‘ For COVID-19

 Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu selected as fully Digital Economy district.

 Tamil Nadu becomes 1st state to unveil ethical AI, blockchain, cybersecurity policies in country. (Tamil Nadu Safe and Ethical Artificial Intelligence Policy 2020) & (Tamil Nadu Blockchain Policy 2020) & (Tamilnadu Cyber Security Policy 2020)

 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami released the Tamil Nadu Electronics Hardware Manufacturing Policy 2020 on August 7,2020.To increase Tamil Nadu‘s electronics industry output to USD 100 billion by 2025 .To contribute 25% of India‘s total electronic exports to the world by 2025

 Honble Chief Minister inaugurated the Tamil Nadu State Data Centre-II and launched a website of CERT-TN of Information Technology

 SKOCH Award and National Water Innovation Award-2020 won by Tamilnadu

October Current Affairs /

 India's first Sand Dune Park is all set to come up on the beaches of Morjim in North Goa and Galgibaga in South Goa.

 ASEEM(Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping) is a skill management information system

 Tamil Nadu government is implementing the Smart Black Board scheme in 80,000 government schools to ensure better teaching environment

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 COVIRAP is a diagnostic machine evolved by the IIT Kharagpur researchers for COVID-19 detection.

 On 03 October 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Atal Tunnel, world‘s longest highway tunnel in Himachal Pradesh‘s Rohtang. The 9.02 Km long tunnel connects Solang Valley near Manali to Sissu in Lahaul and Spiti district throughout the year.

 Pakistan has been continued to be kept in Grey List by the Financial Action task Force (FATF)

 Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ( 247 zeptoseconds)

 On 19 October 2020; bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 has been started Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and India

 India origin Wavel Ramkalawan was elected as the President of Seychelles on 25 October, 2020

 The first woman officer Vijayalakshmi Ramanan passed away on 18 October 2020.She was 96.

 Every year World Polio Day is observed on 24 October

 India and France were re-elected as the president and co- president of the International Solar Alliance for a term of two years at the virtual meeting of the third ISA assembly.

 India‘s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) electric hybrid car successfully completed its maiden test run in Pune

 Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha appointed as new Chief Information Commissioner

 Bhanu Athaiya The first Indian to win Academy Award (for her costume design in film Gandhi (1982) Passed away

 Exercise Bongosagar The second edition of Indian Navy (IN) - Bangladesh Navy (BN) Bilateral exercise to be held in Northern Bay of Bengal

 Kerala has become the first in the country to fix MSP (Minimum Support Price) for vegetables

 The European nation Andorra has become the 190th member of the International Monetary Fund

 Asan Conservation Reserve The conservation site in Uttarakhand which has become the state's first Ramsar site, making it a Wetland of International Importance

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 Indian Railways has launched 'Meri Saheli' initiative for focused action on security of women across with an objective to provide safety

 Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on moon

 The name given to India's premium cotton in the world cotton trade on the occasion of 2nd World Cotton Day (07 Oct 2020) - Kasturi

 Amnesty International organisation which has halted its operations in India after its bank accounts were frozen for breaking rules on foreign funding laws

 The Global Hunger Index 2020 report has placed India 94th position among 107 countries, much behind Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.

 RAISE: Responsible AI for Social Empowerment

 Shashi Tharoor's latest book ―The Battle of Belonging‖ launched by Prabha Khaitan Foundation

 Gujarat will set up the world's biggest zinc smelter project

 For the first time in India Himachal Pradesh cultivated Heeng (Asafoetida)

 Ministry of AYUSH - launched Jan Andolan Campaign on COVID-19

 Rudram anti-radiation missile that was successfully test-fired by DRDO on October 9, 2020

 Japan has targeted to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050

 Tamil Nadu has been adjudged as the second best-governed State in the country, according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by the Public Affairs Centre. Four southern states, Kerala (1.388 PAI Index point), Tamil Nadu (0.912), Andhra Pradesh (0.531) and Karnataka (0.468) stood in the first four ranks in the ‗Large States‘ category in terms of governance, the report said. Former (ISRO) chairman K Kasturirangan, who heads the PAC,

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 Adnaan, Kesavan and Arun - college students from Karur in Tamil Nadu are elated. Their experimental satellite 'Indian Sat' is one among the 80 student- built satellites from across 73 countries that will be launched into 120km sub-orbit by a NASA sounding rocket.

 Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on 1/10/2020 launched the ‗One Nation, One Ration Card‘ scheme in 32 districts of Tamil Nadu. Under this scheme, families with Priority Household and Antodaya Anna Yojana ration cards from Tamil Nadu can receive their entitlements in other States, and those from elsewhere can receive them in Tamil Nadu.It will be implemented in Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruvannamalai and Virudhunagar districts from October 16.

 The United Nations Secretary General has called on the World to celebrate the 3rd World Statistical day on 20th October 2020. The Theme for the 3rd World Statistics day in ―Connecting the world with data we can trust‖.

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister declared open a bronze statue representing Jallikattu and seen the maintenance of Jallikattu bulls at Pudukkottai District

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister launched mygov Portal (http://tamilnadu.mygov.in) of Information Technology Department

November Current Affairs /

 Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar has been elected of the NDA legislative party of the Bihar. Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for 4th consecutive term. Renu Devi has been sworn in as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar

 ISRO successfully launched Earth Observation Satellite EOS-01 and nine other customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh‘s Sriharikota. The launch was carried out by India‘s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49)

 In lines with ‗Act East Policy‘ of the Government of India,a bridge connecting India and Bangladesh is being built over Feni river. The 1.8 kilometre long Feni bridge will connect Sabrum (Tripura) in India with Ramgarh(Chittagong Division) in Bangladesh.

 Telangana launched ‗Dharani‘ Portal a step ahead in revenue reforms by providing an easy land and property registrations.

 In an attempt to contain the Covid 19 spread,the Bangladesh government ordered no mask, no service policy.

 Luis Arce Catacora has been elected the President of Bolivia. His party, Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), has won the majority.

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 The Shukrayaan orbiter will be the first mission to Venus by the India Space Research Organization

 The second edition of the India, Thailand and Singapore trilateral naval exercise SITMEX-20 conducted in the Andaman sea

 Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech announced they are going to submit a request for Emergency Use of their COVID-19 vaccine

 Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has announced the setting up of an Innovation Hub under the chairmanship of Kris Gopala Krishnan

 The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has been accepted as a component of the World Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS

 The Scottish author Douglas Stuart has been awarded the Booker Prize 2020 for his debut novel Shuggie Bain

 Tamil Nadu awarded the Best State Award in the National Water Awards 2019, presented by the Vice-President Shri Venkaiah Naidu.

 S Hareesh Malayalam author has been chosen for the 2020 JCB Prize for Literature for his debut novel Moustache

 Nainital in Uttarakhand where India's first Moss Garden has been inaugurated with around 30 species of moss

 Keetham lake lake in Agra which has been chosen as a wetland site of international importance under the Ramsar conservation treaty

 United States has officially withdrawn from the Paris climate accord, one year after it had notified its decision

 India's first solar power driven miniature train was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan - Veli tourist village, Kerala

 Nivar severe cyclonic storm which formed in the Bay of Bengal and affected Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The name was suggested by Iran. As per reports, 'Nivar' means light in Persian.

 China's first domestically developed nuclear reactor with a capacity of generating 10 billion kilowatthours of electricty which was connected to the national grid is named - Hualong One

 DBS Bank India Ltd with which the amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank has been approved by Union Cabinet

 Bye Bye Corona The World's first scientoon book written by Dr Pradeep Srivastava

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 Mumbai Indians won fifth time in IP which was held in United Arab Emirates

 Faqir Chand Kohli also known as Father of the Indian IT Industry

 Dr. Gaurav Sharma created history on November 25, 2020 by becoming the first Indian-origin parliamentarian to take oath in Sanskrit language on foreign land (New Zealand)

 Jallikattu malayalam has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars in the foreign-language film category

 Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to form a 'Cow Cabinet' for the protection of cows in the state

 Ruskin Bond has been selected for TATA Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2020

 Kamala Harris become the first female Indian American Vice President-elect of the United States

 Tamil Nadu has announced a 100 percent tax exemption for e-vehicles

 Bangladesh has signed MoU with Serum Institute of India for 3 crore COVID 19 vaccine doses

 Diego Maradona football legend who passed away on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60

 Greg Barclay appointed as the new independent Chairman of the International Cricket Council

 USA formally withdrew itself from the Treaty of Open Skies on November 22, 2020

 National League for Democracy won Myanmar General Election 2020

 China successfully launched the world's first 6G experimental satellite

 Hon‘ble Chief Minister on the sad demise of Thiru R. Doraikkannu, Hon‘ble Minister for Agriculture

 Violin maestro TN Krishnan passes away he was honoured with many titles, including Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.

 Alexander Dubiansky, a Tamil professor at the Moscow State University, who passed

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 Tamil Nadu has been adjudged the best in organ donation in the country for the sixth consecutive year.

 Gaana singer Isaivani of The Casteless Collective on BBC's '100 Women 2020 list'

 Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on November 20 promulgated an ordinance that banned online gaming in the state , with a fine up to Rs 5,000 and imprisonment of up to six months

December Current Affairs /

 40 years with Abdul Kalam by Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai

 Narinder Singh Kappany Indian-American physicist also considered the Father of Fibre-Optics passed away

 The government school teacher from Solapur district in Maharashtra Ranjitsinh Disale has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Award by UK based Varkey Foundation

 Indian Council of Agricultural Research awarded the International King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award 2020

 Orchha and Gwalior historical fort cities in Madhya Pradesh which have been included in the list of World Heritage Cities by UNESCO

 digital platform and mobile app launched by Central Govt for COVID-19 vaccine delivery is named CO-WIN

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed the Ministry of Shipping as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

 Cambridge Dictionary has named ‗quarantine‘ as Word of the Year 2020.

 On 01 December 2020; Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) launched the nation‘s first 100 Octane petrol in the country.

 WPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu‘s Salem city district chosen best the second in country

 Britain has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer- BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on December 2, 2020.

 On December 4, 2020; The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it is hoping to have at least 500 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021 through the COVAX facility.

 Arunachal Pradesh became the first state in India to get the organic fruit certification for the Kiwis grown in Zero Valley.

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 Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on appointed A Kulasekaran, retired judge of the Madras High Court, as the head of the Commission that would carry out a caste-wise enumeration across the State

 Global Terrorism Index 2020 has been published. India with a GTI score of 7.353 is the 8th most impacted country by terrorism

 World Health Organisation has appointed Indian-origin Anil Soni as the Chief Executive Officer for the WHO Foundation.

 On 2 December 2020; The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) removed the cannabis from the most dangerous drug category.

 The virtual India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 on 8th of December 2020.The theme for IMC 2020 is ―Inclusive Innovation – Smart, Secure, Sustainable‖

 China successfully powered up its ―artificial sun‖ nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, The HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China‘s largest

 Chinese scientists claim to have created the world‘s first light-based quantum computer named Jiuzhang.

 Climate Change Performance Index(CCPI-2021) India ranked 10th Place

 Japan‘s Hayabusa2 carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australian outback

 Kaspersky (A multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider) has recently(November 2020) signed a MoU with the CERT-In.

 New Delhi - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 10 laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building in New Delhi

 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy December 14 launched the ―Mini Clinic‖ project to further strengthen the health infrastructure

IMPORTANT TAMILNADU SCHEMES

SCHEME YEAR FEATURES & OBJECTIVES

AMMA 2013  Assured Maximum Service to Marginal People in All Villages‘,

 Under the AMMA scheme, officials will go to the people to deliver government services.

 AMMA THITTAM WILL BE

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CONDUCTED EVERY FRIDAY

Amma pharmacy 2014  These fair price pharmacies sell both branded and generic drugs priced lower than the market rates.

―Cradle Baby Scheme 1992  Started in Salem December 5th

 The scheme allowed mothers to anonymously hand over their new- born children to the government

 To discourage female foeticide and gender-based abortions

M.G.R. Nutritious Meal 1982  To maximize enrollment and reduce Programme school dropout rates

 to improve the nutritional levels among children

 To encourage children from disadvantaged backgrounds to attend school regularly

 To empower women by offering employment opportunities

 Based on this model Mid Day Meal Scheme was started in India from 15th August 1995

Tamil Nadu Village Habitation 2011  To overcome the bottlenecks in the Improvement Scheme uneven distribution of resources and to provide minimum basic infrastructure facilities to all the habitations.

Amma Magapperu Sanjeevi 2016  Maternity care plan under which expectant mothers are provided a bouquet of 11 types of herbal medicines to improve their overall health.

Pudhu Vaazhvu project 2005  a poverty eradication and empowerment programme implemented in about 4,000 villages

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 launched with World Bank assistance in 2005

Chief Minister‟s Girl Child 1992  improving gender equality, Protection Scheme  child sex ratio

 Eradicating harmful practices such as child marriages and female infanticide.

 Encourage parents to adopt small family norms with two girl children.

Marriage Assistance Schemes  Financial assistance for the marriage of the girls and encouraging the girls to pursue higher education.

 These schemes have made a positive impact in improving the female literacy and reducing the school dropout rate

 In order to make ‗Thirumangalyam‘ for the marriage of poor girls, 8 gram gold coin and financial assistance is provided

Moovalur Ramamirtham 1989  poor parents who are below the Ammaiyar Ninaivu Marriage poverty line to solemnize the Assistance Scheme wedding of their daughter without facing financial hindrance along with gold coin for making ―Thirumangalyam‖

E.V.R Maniyammaiyar 1981  scheme which provides financial Ninaivu Widow‘s Daughter assistance and gold coin to help the Marriage Assistance Scheme widows to solemnize the marriage of their daughters

Annai Theresa Ninaivu  the scheme which assures the Orphan Girls Marriage marriages of orphan and helpless Assistance Scheme girls

Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar 1975  the scheme which paves a way for Ninaivu Widow Remarriage the remarriage of widows and to get Assistance Scheme a new life and status in the society

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Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy 1981  The scheme implemented to abolish Ninaivu Intercaste Marriage the caste and creed system in the Assistance Scheme society and promote social equality among communities.

TN NEET Reservation for GOVT School Students

Justice P. Kalaiyarasan Commission and TN NEET Reservation for GOVT School Students

The commission, headed by retired judge P. Kalaiyarasan, was to look into and analyse the reasons for government school students not being able to gain admission to medical colleges for MBBS.

The AIADMK government took a policy decision to implement 7.5% horizontal reservation for government school students who qualified NEET in medical admissions following a recommendation of a Commission headed by retired High Court judge P. Kalaiyarasan.

Though the committee had recommended up to 10 percent internal reservation, the State cabinet decided upon 7.5 per cent. ―The reservation will be applicable for students who had studied in private schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act till Class 8 and joined government schools from Class 9 to 12

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IMPORTANT DATE /

· The commission, headed by retired judge P. Kalaiyarasan appointed on 21.03.2020

· The Committee submitted the recommendation to the state govt on June 8

· The Tamil Nadu government on September 15 unanimously passed a bill in the state assembly

· Tamilnadu passed executive order on October 29th October

· TN Governor Approves Bill Granting Horizontal Quota in Medical Courses on October 30

Constitutional Provisions /

Article 15 (4), provides the ‗special protection‘ to ‗socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes‘. This clause (4) was inserted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act 1951. The amendment was made to enable the implementation of reservation in public employment guaranteed by Article 16 (4)

Cases related to Reservation

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Smt.Champakam Dorairajan (1951)

 case was the first major verdict of the Supreme Court on the issue of Reservation.The case led to the First amendment in the constitution.

 The Supreme Court in the case pointed out that while in the case of employment under the State, Article 16(4) provides for reservations in favour of backward class of citizens, no such provision was made in Article 15.

 Pursuant to the Supreme Court‘s order in the case the Parliament amended Article 15 by inserting Clause (4).

 In Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) case the court examined the scope and extent of Article 16(4).

 The Court has said that the creamy layer of OBCs should be excluded from the list of beneficiaries of reservation, there should not be reservation in promotions; and total reserved quota should not exceed 50%.

 The Parliament responded by enacting 77th Constitutional Amendment Act which introduced Article 16(4A).

OBC Reservation

Reservation for Other Backwards Classes (OBC) was introduced based on the Mandal Commission Report (1991). The quota for OBCs is 27% in government jobs and higher educational institutions.

Tamilnadu and Reservation

 First backward classes commission headed by Sattanathan of Tamilnadu appointed in 1970 by Chief Minister Karunanithi.

 The Commission recommended the identification of a separate ‗Most Backward Class‘ category and also an increase in quota to accommodate everyone

 Based on the recommendation the Backward class recommendation was increased from 25% to 31% and that of SC and ST from 16 to 18 % increased in 1971 by DMK Government

 To stop the reservation of seats growing into serving the interests of certain communities, the Commission recommended introducing economic criteria to stop the creamy layer from accumulating all benefits of reservation.

Second Backward Classes Commission

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 In 1979, the M.G. Ramachandran-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government attempted to introduce the creamy layer concept based on the Sattanathan Commission recommendations, but had to withdraw it later due to stiff political opposition.

 To overcome the political distress created by this introduction, the government further increased the reservation for backward classes from 31% to 50%. So the Total stood as 68%

 Thus the MGR government appointed the Second Backward Classes Commission, led by J.A. Ambasankar in 1982

Reservation for MBC

 The agitation by the Vanniyar community against such a concentration of reservation among a small section of backward class population forced the Karunanidhi-led DMK government to compartmentalise the reservation of 50% into 30% for backward classes and 20% for Most Backward Classes and de-notified communities, in 1989.

 And also DMK Government Provided 1% Reservation to Scheduled Tribes

Jeyalalitha and Reservation (76th Constitutional Amendment)

· Then came the Jayalalithaa government, which to protect the 69% reservation after the Indra Sawhney judgment restricting the reservations under 50%, passed the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993, the and got it under Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to escape from judicial scrutiny.

Reservation for Muslims /2011 |

In 2007 DMK government Implemented 3.5 reservation among the Backward Class quota

Janarthanam Commission

Janarthanam Commission in 2011 in its report ‗Justification of Reservation under the Tamil Nadu Act 45 of 1994 on Quantifiable Data‘ on the basis of data given by state government reiterated the Sattanathan and Ambasankar Backward Class Commission.

Arunthathiyar Special Reservation act 2009

· In 2009 3 % points out of the 18% reservation for the Scheduled castes

Social Reform Movements

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Formation of Madras native association 1852 /

 srinivasa pillai and Lakshmi narasu Chetti are the prominent members of after organisation

 Madras native association sharply critical of the company's rule

Hindu progressive improvement society 1852/ 1852

 After the break with Lakshmi narasu chetti pillai and his supporter formed the association

 Objectives of this body to promote widow remarriage encouragement of female education and uplifting of depressed caste

 In July 1853 Venkat rayalu Naidu started his own paper the rising sun mainly to focus discussion on the social problems affecting the Hindu community.

 Venkat rayalu Naidu assumed charge of Hindu progressive improvement society after the death of srinivasa pillai

Madras mahajana Sabha 1884

 In 1881 c v ranganathan shastri was elected as the President of the rMadras native association subsequently bhashyam iyengar assumed the presidentship

 In 1884 may 16 Madras mahajana Sabha was inaugurated. G subramania iyer Anand charlu rangaiya Naidu veeraghavachari where the source of formation of this organisation

Pandit iyothee thass

 Iyothee thasa to Ambedkar in conversion to Buddhism

 Forerunner to periyar

 He was born in Coimbatore (Chennai) he was a native physician of repute in siddha medicine

 He established at advaidananda sabha in 1870

 He launched a magazine called dravida pandiyan along with John ratnam in 1885

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 Iyotee thass established dravida mahajana sabhai in 1891

 He started a magazine oru paiza thamizhan in 1907. Later name changed to tamizhan

 The dravida mahajana sabha was formed in 1891 and organised first conference in ooty

Rettai malai Srinivasan

 Born in maduranthagam in chengalpattu district

 seenivasan started the journal parayan in 1893

 He started paraiyar mahajana sabha in madars 1891

 In 1923 he nominated as a member of the Madras legislative council

 He participated in the first round table conference

A.P periyasamy pulavar

 From thirupathur

 In 1916 periyasamy and anumandhu started a branch of gowthama budha sangam in tirupathur.

Swami sahajanandha /

 One among who worked for development of depressed class.

 He was active in temple entry agitation of harijans

 He was the founder of nandhanar educational society

 He started a news bulletin known as paranjothi

W.P.A soundra pandiyan

 Follower of E.V Ramasamy

 February 1929 first self respect conference held in chengalpat. He presided the conference.

Jhon rathnam

 He is one of the reforme

 Started a model school in thousand lights

 He started a magazine with pandit ayotee thass dravida pandiyan

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 He started association known as dravida kazhakam

L C gurusamy

 In 1920 started arundhathiyar mahajana sabha

P.V subramniyam./

 One of the leadera of depressed classes .

 He is the life time president of adi dravida mahajana sabha

M.C. Rajah

· M.C. Rajah was one of the greatest leaders of the depressed classes in Tamil Nadu

· He started a School at Nungambakkam and many Night Schools in Madras City.

 Two of his works were, 'The Oppressed Hindus' and 'King George'.

Muthulakshmi Reddy /

 One of the prominent leaders of tamilnadu who worked for the the emancipation of women

 Born in pudukkottai district

 She became one of the first women doctors in India in 1912, and the first woman house surgeon in the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras.

 She co-founded the Women's Indian Association in 1918,

 She became the first woman member of the Madras legislature

 The passing of the devadasi bill in 1929 is the best achievement of muthulakshmi as a legislator

 she helped raise the minimum age for marriage for girls ( Saratha Act) and pushed the Council to pass the Immoral Traffic Control Act, and the Devadasi system abolishment Bill.

 She resigned from the Council to support the Salt Satyagraha

 she established the Avvai Home to shelter and educate girls like them.

 In 1954, she opened the Cancer Institute in Chennai and in 1956 was awarded the Padma Bhushan.

 State will celebrate her birth anniversary as ‗Hospital Day' every year.

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 Sri Vaikunda Swamigal was born in 1803 A.D. at Sasthan koil vilai the present Samithoppu a village

 original name Mudichudum Perumal was changed to Muthukutty by his parents due to objection raised by the upper caste Hindus.

 The people irrespective of castes, creed and religion began to worship him as the real incarnation of Lord Narayana. They revered his as Vaikunda Swamigal.

 He took keen interest in the inculcation of the sense of selfrespect in his followers. He advised the people to wear turban

 He founded a society for the propagation of equality known as Samattuva Samajam

 In order to abolish the feeling of untouchability, he introduced interdining ( (samabandhi)among the various castes.

 There should be no idol worships or animal sacrifices in these thankals

 Thuvayal Banthi is inter dining with all peoples

 He adopted as flag for his movement which was popularly known a/s Anbukodi or love-flag

 His ideas are collected into a text called Akila Thirattu

Vallalar

 Ramalinga Adigal (1823-1874), was born in Marudhur, a village near Chidambaram

 He showed his compassion and mercy on all living beings including plants. This he called jeevakarunya.

 He established the Samarasa Vedha Sanmarga Sangam in 1865 and it was renamed ―Samarasa Suddha Sanmarga Satya Sangam

 Ramalinga also established a free feeding house for everyone irrespective of caste at Vadalur (1867)

 His voluminous songs were compiled and published under the title Thiruvarutpa (Songs of Grace)

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