CONTENTS TNPSC BITS ........................................................................................................................................... 15 TAMIL NADU .......................................................................................................................................... 23 New and 30th Director General of Police - Tamil Nadu ..................................... 23 S.Peter Alphonse ............................................................................................ 24 Kudankulam - 5th power unit .......................................................................... 24 Mariyappan Thangavelu - flag bearer .............................................................. 25 DGP Selection Process (Tamilnadu) ................................................................ 25 TNAU identifies grasses & trees to improve Elephant Habitats ....................... 26 Tamil Nadu Athletes to Tokyo Olympics ......................................................... 26 Head of Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation ............. 26 Bionychiurus tamilensis ................................................................................. 27 New members to TNPSC ................................................................................. 27 Terracotta container - Keezhadi ..................................................................... 27 Doorstep care to cut deaths due to diabetes & BP – TN ................................... 28 AK Rajan committee report ............................................................................ 29 Bharathiar University gets two patents .......................................................... 29 Ola scooter factory at Krishnagiri .................................................................. 29 2,300-year-old step-well ................................................................................. 30 Fairtrade certification – Indcoserve, Nilgiris ................................................... 30 28 crore saplings ............................................................................................ 31 Dam across the Markandeya River.................................................................. 31 PSTM reservation ........................................................................................... 32 Tamilnadu state legal services authority ........................................................ 32 Hyundai 1 crore car production ...................................................................... 33 Tamil Chair at University of Cologne in Germany ........................................... 33 Stabilized Remote Control Gun ...................................................................... 34 Justice Murugesan commission ...................................................................... 34 Annamalai University ..................................................................................... 34 Muthaleetalarkalin Muthal Mugavari – Investment Conclave .......................... 35 Violinist Sikkil R Bhaskaran ........................................................................... 36 Perforated terracotta pipes in Korkai ............................................................. 36 1 Private Member Bill moved in RS to get TN exempted from NEET .................. 37 2,500-year-old sword and a clay pot ............................................................... 37 Government Jobs to Suba Venkatesh and Dhanalakshmi ................................ 37 Sundaradevan committee ............................................................................... 38 1892 Agreement between Mysore and Madras ................................................ 38 NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................... 39 New Definition of Small and medium companies ............................................ 39 Attorney General K.K. Venugopal tenure extended ......................................... 39 Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan ........................................................................... 40 New Special Director of CBI ............................................................................ 40 One Nation, One Ration Card Scheme ............................................................ 40 Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine .......................................................................... 40 Atlas of glacial lakes ....................................................................................... 41 Shibu Lal commitee ....................................................................................... 42 Anomalies in Law and Justice – book ............................................................. 42 Mumbai Samachar enters 200th year ............................................................. 43 NATRAX – Indore ............................................................................................ 43 Indrajaal ......................................................................................................... 44 First voyage of Green Freight Corridor-2 ........................................................ 44 National Convention on Prevention of Obesity – NITI Aayog ........................... 44 Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign ............................................................. 44 Fund for Industrial Research Engagement initiative ....................................... 45 Innovative Promotion Agency 2021 ................................................................ 45 Indian Ocean Naval Symposium ..................................................................... 46 UDISE+ report ................................................................................................ 46 First uncrewed mission – ISRO ....................................................................... 47 India and Hydropower projects by 2030 ......................................................... 47 Ambedkar Memorial and Cultural Centre ........................................................ 48 Miyazaki mango ............................................................................................. 48 NIPUN Bharat Initiative .................................................................................. 48 End of Darbar move ........................................................................................ 49 Coal production – India .................................................................................. 49 CoWin Global Conclave ................................................................................... 50 New Governors ............................................................................................... 50 2 Project BOLD .................................................................................................. 50 Open Network for Digital Commerce .............................................................. 51 Matsya Setu app ............................................................................................. 51 The Cabinet reshuffle ..................................................................................... 52 UPI based parking facility ............................................................................... 53 The Department of Public Enterprises under Finance Ministry ....................... 53 Firing Range - Vidya Balan ............................................................................. 54 mRNA vaccine technology .............................................................................. 54 New penalty slabs for fraud messages ............................................................. 54 Mango diplomacy ........................................................................................... 55 INS Tabar ....................................................................................................... 55 Bhalia wheat .................................................................................................. 56 GUAREX and SOYDEX .................................................................................... 56 Bryum Bharatiensis ........................................................................................ 57 Stoliczkia vanhnuailianai ............................................................................... 57 Black Leopard ................................................................................................ 58 Sanofi and GSK - receives approval ................................................................ 58 The Light of Asia book.................................................................................... 59 J&K tops NISHTHA programme ...................................................................... 59 Zika Virus....................................................................................................... 60 Integrated carbon black complex .................................................................... 60 Khadi - trademark registrations ..................................................................... 60 The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh book ............................................. 61 Export of apple to India .................................................................................. 61 Second annual Lightning Report .................................................................... 61 National Dolphin Research Centre .................................................................