i CONTENT TNPSC BITS ......................................................................................... 1 TAMILNADU ....................................................................................... 11 All-Woman Metro Railway station ................................................................................. 11 GI Tag - Nagercoil temple jewellery ............................................................................... 11 T.N. Economy ............................................................................................................... 11 Valvil Ori festival .......................................................................................................... 11 Tamil Nadu’s first government-trained non-Brahmin priest .......................................... 12 Justice R Ragupathi Commission ................................................................................. 12 Chief Justice of Madras High Court .............................................................................. 13 5 New taluks of revenue department ............................................................................. 13 Enrollment of Suganya Samriddhi Yojana .................................................................... 13 Vishaka panel formed ................................................................................................... 14 iCRAFPT 2018 .............................................................................................................. 14 TN Launches plastic pollution-free Tamil Nadu’ Campaign ........................................... 14 Flag hoisted by Governor at Raj Bhavan for the 1st time .............................................. 15 Sorkuvai Scheme .......................................................................................................... 15 India’s tallest film studio .............................................................................................. 16 State Disaster Management Perspective Plan 2018–2030 .............................................. 16 NATIONAL .......................................................................................... 16 India Designated Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) ............................................. 16 Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018 .................................................. 17 Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 .......................................................................... 17 Strategic Partnership guidelines ................................................................................... 18 Swachhta Pakhwada .................................................................................................... 18 Startup India Yatra....................................................................................................... 19 Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Third Amendment) Bill, 2017 ......................... 19 Move Hack .................................................................................................................... 19 Logo and tagline for GI ................................................................................................. 20 Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill .................................................................................. 20 India’s first Blockchain District .................................................................................... 21 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – Target Achieved ........................................................ 21 National Sports University Bill, 2018 ............................................................................ 21 i Integrate to Innovate (i2i) Programme ........................................................................... 22 Three Women Judges – India ........................................................................................ 22 Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin – WHO ....................................................................... 23 TN's 69% quota in professional college seats ................................................................. 23 First Indian to get elected as ICANN ccNSO council member ......................................... 24 Highest gender gap in mobile phone ownership - India ................................................ 24 Restricted Area Permit eased ........................................................................................ 25 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana ...................................................................... 25 64th Foundation Day - Lalit Kala Akademi ................................................................... 26 Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Election ....................................................................... 26 MoU on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ........................................................... 26 Telangana signs MoU with ICRISAT .............................................................................. 27 Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2017 ......................................................... 27 4 additional battalions of NDRF .................................................................................... 27 Post Matric Scholarship for OBC Students ................................................................... 27 New HIV hotspots ......................................................................................................... 28 Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 .................................................... 28 Amendment bill for speedy disposal of commercial disputes ......................................... 28 All-Women SWAT team ................................................................................................. 29 Operation Madad and Operation Sahyog ...................................................................... 29 A.K.Bhutani - CEO of PMFPY ....................................................................................... 30 Appointment of Chairman to Marine Products Export Development Authority .............. 30 North India’s First Space Research Center .................................................................... 30 NITI Aayog - Pitch to MOVE competition ....................................................................... 31 Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal - Final verdict ........................................................ 31 “International Year of Millets” ....................................................................................... 31 Postal Highway Project ................................................................................................. 32 Swadesh Darshan Scheme ........................................................................................... 32 First manned space mission by 2022 ............................................................................ 33 Bhaskar Ramamurthy Committee ................................................................................ 33 B Sesikeran committee ................................................................................................. 34 Rural income from farming ........................................................................................... 34 Sahyadri on a good will visit to Fiji ............................................................................... 35 Coordination committee constituted ............................................................................. 35 Relaxation in Agreement on Repatriation of Bru ........................................................... 35 Barak 8 missile defence system .................................................................................... 36 National Nutrition Month .............................................................................................. 36 New sets of specified health warnings ........................................................................... 37 ii International Buddhist Conclave 2018 .......................................................................... 37 President appoints Governors of seven states ............................................................... 37 Online child pornography and sexual violence .............................................................. 38 Use of NOTA option scrapped in Rajya Sabha elections ................................................ 38 3 Member Committee formed - Sterlite ......................................................................... 38 BNHS to open its first regional center ........................................................................... 39 1st ‘Make in India’ project under ‘Strategic partnership’ policy ..................................... 39 National Electoral Transformation (NETA) mobile application ....................................... 39 NGT appoints S.J.Vazifdar Committee .......................................................................... 40 3rd Indian Ocean Conference ....................................................................................... 40 FAME India – II ............................................................................................................ 41 E21 campaign .............................................................................................................. 41 Government announces Regulations for Drones ........................................................... 41 Injeti Srinivas Committee ............................................................................................