i CONTENT TNPSC BITS ......................................................................................... 1 TAMILNADU ....................................................................................... 18 Coastal Zone Management plan .................................................................................. 18 Open air prison - Thirumalaisamudiram ..................................................................... 19 Tamil Nadu’s new ICT Policy ....................................................................................... 19 Tamil Nadu receives five awards from Centre............................................................... 19 Pakistan Dental Association's Humanitarian Award .................................................... 20 ‘TN-SMART’ app ......................................................................................................... 20 1st technology-aided livestock census – Tamil Nadu .................................................... 20 Customs Checking Centre .......................................................................................... 20 New Corporation to support water project funding ....................................................... 21 National Sport Awards 2018 - Winners from Tamil Nadu ............................................. 21 TN - Integrated version of CMCHIS and PMJAY ........................................................... 21 New corporation in the state ....................................................................................... 22 Integrated Financial and Human Resource Management System ................................. 22 New health programme - ‘Prevention of Haemoglobinopathies’ ..................................... 22 Adyar Head Constable - ‘Mr.Tamil Nadu’ Title ............................................................. 23 NATIONAL .......................................................................................... 23 NITI Aayog ‘s Mobility Week ........................................................................................ 23 Indian Railways sign MoU with GAIL ........................................................................... 23 National Mission on Government e-Marketplace .......................................................... 23 ICAR's Two-Day Conference ........................................................................................ 24 India post payments bank .......................................................................................... 24 National Nutrition Week – September 1 to 7 ................................................................. 24 NITI Aayog’s MOVE Cyclathon .................................................................................... 25 Draft rules on sale of drugs by e-pharmacies ............................................................... 25 First review meeting of Department of Official Language .............................................. 25 Proposal to increase wages of artisans......................................................................... 26 New IIM campus ......................................................................................................... 26 Swadesh Darshan Scheme .......................................................................................... 27 New Ganga clean-up law ............................................................................................. 27 IPC Section 377 Verdict .............................................................................................. 27 i Book on Mahatma Gandhi's 'Nai Talim' ....................................................................... 28 Atal Pension Yojana Extension .................................................................................... 28 First Global Mobility Summit 2018 ............................................................................. 28 Mobilise Your City – India and France ......................................................................... 29 World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) ......................................................................... 29 Sustainable Smart Cities India Conference .................................................................. 30 India's first railway university ..................................................................................... 30 Safe city project for women ......................................................................................... 31 Panel for e-Commerce issues ...................................................................................... 31 India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge ............................................................................ 31 Plan Bee ..................................................................................................................... 32 HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017 ........................................................ 32 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan- PM-AASHA................................ 32 Cabinet approves Various MoUs ................................................................................. 33 Selection Committee to pick up Dronacharya and Dhyanchand Awardees .................... 33 Chairman of Lok Sabha ethics panel ........................................................................... 33 NSP Mobile App .......................................................................................................... 34 National Water Awards 2018 ....................................................................................... 34 Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety Awards .................................... 34 First tribal circuit project ............................................................................................ 35 Capacity Development Scheme ................................................................................... 35 HIV Estimations report 2017 ...................................................................................... 35 Chiller Star Labelling Program .................................................................................... 36 Website for 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas .................................................................... 37 India’s 1st ‘Smart Fence’ Pilot Project .......................................................................... 37 Gold label distinction - Marathon ................................................................................ 37 Indian Green Building Council Certification ................................................................ 38 Jaipur Literature festival ............................................................................................ 38 Government and FAO - agriculture project .................................................................. 38 D.K.Jain committee – ISRO Spy Case .......................................................................... 39 Clear policy on shifting cultivation .............................................................................. 39 Cabinet Approval - Triple Talaq Ordinance .................................................................. 39 “Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2018” .................................................... 40 Logo, Web Portal launched - 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi ................... 41 Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna ................................................................................... 41 National Database on Sexual Offenders ....................................................................... 41 Aviaindra 18 ............................................................................................................... 42 MSME Insider............................................................................................................. 42 ii India’s first Coal-gasification fertilizer plant ................................................................. 42 Boundary survey work ................................................................................................ 43 PM inaugurates Jharsuguda airport ............................................................................ 44 Centenary celebrations of liberation of Israel’s Haifa .................................................... 44 Victims of Terror Attacks and Terror Groups ............................................................... 45 The Hindu - 140th anniversary ................................................................................... 46 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana ............................................................................. 47 National orientation workshop on National e-Vidhan Application ................................. 48 World Air Traffic Report of Airports Council International ............................................ 48 MahaBiz 2018 ............................................................................................................ 48 Committee to Look into Jail Reforms ........................................................................... 49 Supreme court ruling on Aadhaar ............................................................................... 49 Live Streaming of Cases of Constitutional Importance ................................................. 50 Conversion of GSTN into Government entity ................................................................ 50 National Digital Communications Policy-2018 ............................................................