i CONTENT TNPSC BITS ......................................................................................... 1 TAMILNADU ....................................................................................... 11 Swachhata Ranking Awards 2018 ................................................................................ 11 Dr. A Edwin Joe Committee Report ............................................................................... 12 TN signs MoU with ACT ................................................................................................ 13 Best State in Rural development ................................................................................... 13 World UAV Medical Express Challenge 2018 ................................................................ 13 Periyar University to offer courses in VR & AR .............................................................. 13 Sahyog HOP TAC -2018 ................................................................................................ 13 NBE Scroll of Honour for Teaching Institutions ............................................................ 14 Compensation scheme for sexual assault/acid attack victims ....................................... 14 Fingerprint Analysis and Criminal Tracing System ....................................................... 14 Puratchi Thalaivar Dr.MGR Bus Stand ......................................................................... 15 New buses – Tamilnadu ................................................................................................ 15 Thamirabarani Maha Pushkaram ................................................................................. 15 Smart identity cards ..................................................................................................... 16 Dr. Mohan Dharia Rashtranirman Puraskar award ...................................................... 16 IIT-Madras and TN E-Governance Agency - MoU .......................................................... 16 5th World Tamils Economic Conference ........................................................................ 17 Recital of Desika Prabandam banned ........................................................................... 17 Pneumatic Tube Systems – Tamilnadu ......................................................................... 17 Global Investors Meet – Tamilnadu and Australia ......................................................... 18 Solar Park - Trichy ....................................................................................................... 18 12th Century stone inscription ..................................................................................... 18 Praveen Chitravel ......................................................................................................... 19 e-Visa on arrival – Madurai Airport ............................................................................... 19 PBR – Tamilnadu .......................................................................................................... 19 C-FLOWS ..................................................................................................................... 20 ‘Tutor 365’ .................................................................................................................... 21 Tamil Nadu forms panel to pre-empt disaster ............................................................... 21 New WIM - Rakshitta Ravi ............................................................................................ 21 TN-SMART .................................................................................................................... 21 i Na Muthusamy passed away ........................................................................................ 22 NATIONAL .......................................................................................... 22 Air Safety Oversight Score ............................................................................................ 22 Largest pictorial warning on cigarette packs ................................................................. 23 Karnataka Good Samaritan Protection Bill, 2016 .......................................................... 23 Parakram Parv ............................................................................................................. 24 Disqualification of charge sheeted MPs/MLAs .............................................................. 24 4th India International Science Festival ........................................................................ 25 Quit-line number for tobacco users .............................................................................. 25 Economic Freedom Index .............................................................................................. 26 Operation Samudra Maitri ............................................................................................ 26 NAREDCO signs MoU with Housing Ministry ................................................................ 26 World’s largest dome inaugurated ................................................................................. 27 IBSAMAR – VI ............................................................................................................... 27 First Assembly of International Solar Alliance ............................................................... 27 Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 ................................................................. 27 2018 Government e-Payments Adoption Ranking (GEAR) ............................................. 28 Udyam Abhilasha ......................................................................................................... 28 Closing the Skills Gap Task Force................................................................................. 28 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit ................................................................. 29 ‘JIMEX 18’ .................................................................................................................... 29 Competition Law Review Committee ............................................................................. 29 BCCI brought under RTI ............................................................................................... 30 “Swachh Campus rankings” ......................................................................................... 30 'India Skills 2018' ......................................................................................................... 31 Water flow target – Ganga ............................................................................................. 31 India for Humanity ....................................................................................................... 31 2018 Oxfam world inequality index .............................................................................. 31 32nd world conference of WUWM ................................................................................. 32 4-member committee to examine #MeToo cases ............................................................ 32 First Indo-US tri-services exercise ................................................................................ 32 UN Human Rights Council ........................................................................................... 33 IND-INDO CORPAT ....................................................................................................... 33 Global RTI rating .......................................................................................................... 33 Swasth Bharat Yatra .................................................................................................... 34 Youth Road Safety Learners Licence Programme .......................................................... 34 Award scheme under 'Saubhagya' launched ................................................................. 35 ii National Health Profile 2018 ......................................................................................... 35 Restriction of foreign tourists ........................................................................................ 35 Deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) ..................................................................... 35 Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) 2018 ............................................................... 36 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit ................................................................... 36 Global Competitiveness Index 2018 .............................................................................. 36 Rural development ministry inks MoU with Lady Irwin College ..................................... 37 India - World’s most depressed country ........................................................................ 37 Dharma Guardian ........................................................................................................ 38 NCR Mobile Applications .............................................................................................. 38 75 years of 'Azad Hind Government' ............................................................................. 38 Nation Brands 2018 report ........................................................................................... 39 India’s longest river bridge ............................................................................................ 39 India's first