CONTENTS TNPSC BITS ..................................................................................................................................... 10 TAMIL NADU .................................................................................................................................... 17 AL Somayaji .............................................................................................. 17 Thiyaa and Ezhava community ................................................................. 17 100th year of Bharathi speech .................................................................. 17 Renaming Chennai Metro stations ............................................................ 17 Sa Kandasamy ........................................................................................... 18 Amma Platinum plus health scheme .......................................................... 19 Economic Growth of Tamilnadu ................................................................ 19 Chief Minister’s Special Award .................................................................. 20 Amma Covid 19 home care scheme ........................................................... 22 Jal Jeevan Mission Review ........................................................................ 22 Turmeric under ‘one district, one product’ scheme ................................... 22 MUDRA loan scheme Rank ........................................................................ 23 NATIONAL ......................................................................................................................................... 23 National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 ....................................................... 23 Authorities/Curricular under NEP 2020 .................................................... 25 Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation .............................................................. 26 AIM iCREST .............................................................................................. 26 Mukundakam Sharma committee .............................................................. 26 Gramodyog Vikas Yojana ........................................................................... 26 SKOCH Gold Award ................................................................................... 27 Bharat Air Fibre Services ........................................................................... 27 Chinese Language...................................................................................... 27 100th Death Anniversary - Tilak ............................................................... 27 Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2020 ............................................................ 28 Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan ......................................................................... 28 Pradip Shah Committee ............................................................................ 29 Standardized Transport Vehicles Dimensions ............................................ 29 Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (Evin) ......................................... 29 Defense Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020 ............................. 30 First-ever Vyapar Mala express train ......................................................... 30 COVID19BWM App..................................................................................... 30 Foundation of Ram mandhir ...................................................................... 31 1 SIH 2020 ................................................................................................... 31 New CAG of India ...................................................................................... 31 New Version of the India Water Resources Information System ................. 31 Online Training Programme for PE (Physical education) Teachers & Principals .................................................................................................. 32 Envistats India 2020 report....................................................................... 32 Mobile App & Website for Handloom Scheme ............................................. 32 Submarine optical fibre cable .................................................................... 33 Tabletop airports and Kozhikode incident ................................................. 33 Ban on101 Defense items import .............................................................. 34 Air Suvidha portal ..................................................................................... 34 Gandagi Mukt Bharat ................................................................................ 34 Dashboard of the National Infrastructure Pipeline ..................................... 35 National portal of Project Elephant ........................................................... 35 Equal heirship rights to daughters ............................................................ 35 Tribal freedom fighters’ museums ............................................................. 36 Minimum Standards of Architectural Education Regulations, 2020 ........... 36 New Railway Museum ................................................................................ 36 Atma Nirbhar Week celebration - August 7 to 14 ....................................... 36 First e-Lok Adalat of India ......................................................................... 37 Cotton Advisory Board .............................................................................. 37 India@75 Summit – Mission 2022 .............................................................. 38 Foundation Day of TRIFED ........................................................................ 38 Foundation to Ram Mandhir construction ................................................. 38 Katra - Delhi Express Road Corridor .......................................................... 38 Swachh Bharat Mission Academy .............................................................. 39 New Platform of IT department ................................................................. 39 Online Accreditation System for Agricultural Institutions ......................... 39 Atma Nirbhar App Innovation Challenge winner ........................................ 40 National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration .................................... 40 National Digital Health Mission ................................................................. 40 Longest serving non-Congress PM ............................................................. 41 AMRUT scheme Ranking ........................................................................... 42 OPV Sarthak .............................................................................................. 42 Launch of 15 Defense Products ................................................................. 43 SWASTHYA Portal and ALEKH e-newsletter ............................................... 43 NCC deployment in Border areas ............................................................... 44 2 Atal Tunnel ............................................................................................... 44 Flood forecasting Initiative ....................................................................... 45 ATL AI Step Up Module .............................................................................. 45 Organic Farming Rank .............................................................................. 45 “SRIJAN” online portal .............................................................................. 45 National Public Procurement Conclave ...................................................... 46 New French Course.................................................................................... 46 Oracle Cloud engaged in Aspirational Districts .......................................... 46 PM’s 74th Independence Day Speech ........................................................ 46 E-pathshala - a Web Platform ..................................................................... 47 Biodegradable Face Mask and Body Suit .................................................... 47 Naval Innovation and Indigenization Organization .................................... 47 Price Monitoring and Resource Unit (PMRU) .............................................. 48 Google Assignments .................................................................................. 48 WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program report .................................. 48 Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) ............. 49 National Recruitment Agency .................................................................... 49 National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020 .................................... 50 Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana ............................................................... 51 Swachh Survekshan 2020 Ranking ............................................................ 51 National Teachers Award 2020 .................................................................. 53 Drone based Surveillance System .............................................................. 53 National Commission on Population .......................................................... 53 Trifood Project .......................................................................................... 54 Kormo Jobs App ........................................................................................ 54 Hallmarking of precious metals ................................................................