1 CONTENT TNPSC BITS ...................................................................................................................................13 TAMILNADU..................................................................................................................................25 Athikadavu-Avinashi project ............................................................................ 25 Kalaimamani awards ....................................................................................... 25 Prime Minister visit to Tamil Nadu ................................................................... 26 Natyanjali fete world record ............................................................................. 27 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) ................................................ 27 Integrated Textile Policy ................................................................................... 28 GI tag for Erode turmeric ................................................................................. 29 Kalai Semmal Awards ...................................................................................... 29 e-Waste and Biomedical Waste Management .................................................... 30 GI Mark - Thirubuvanam silk saree ................................................................. 30 Information Commission recommendations ..................................................... 31 Separate Police Wing for Women ...................................................................... 31 African Catfish rearing banned ........................................................................ 32 Tamil Nadu Accident & Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) .................................. 32 Special Election Expenditure observer ............................................................. 32 Drought-hit 24 Districts .................................................................................. 33 Solar-powered Desalination plant .................................................................... 33 Vandalur Zoo - Zoo School ............................................................................... 33 Ancient port city Poompuhar ........................................................................... 33 GRAPES-3 muon telescope at Ooty .................................................................. 34 Exclusive Investigation Wing ............................................................................ 35 Hump-backed Mahseer Fish ............................................................................ 35 NATIONAL .....................................................................................................................................36 Mobile Applications for Lok Sabha election ...................................................... 36 New railway Zone ............................................................................................ 36 Aviation Conclave 2019 ................................................................................... 37 SHREYAS Portal .............................................................................................. 37 FAME India Phase II ........................................................................................ 37 Pradhan Mantri Jl-VAN yojana ........................................................................ 38 2 Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019 .................................................................... 38 STARS Scheme ................................................................................................ 39 2nd Indian Sign Language Dictionary .............................................................. 39 IAF Wing Commander Returns India ................................................................ 39 Anthem on ‘plastic-free India’ .......................................................................... 40 National Commission for Backward Classes ..................................................... 40 QS World University Rankings ......................................................................... 41 National Policy on Software Products – 2019 .................................................... 41 National Mineral Policy- 2019 .......................................................................... 41 Ranjana Desai search committee ..................................................................... 42 One Nation One Card ...................................................................................... 42 BOLD – QIT project .......................................................................................... 43 Yuva Vigyani Karyakram ................................................................................. 43 NALSA executive chairman .............................................................................. 44 National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey ......................................................... 44 Amendment of Form 26 ................................................................................... 44 Amendment in Hazardous Waste Rules-2016 ................................................... 45 PM-STIAC Nine Missions ................................................................................. 45 Three-member panel for mediation .................................................................. 46 Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP) .............................. 46 Dictionary of Martyrs ....................................................................................... 46 Model Code of Conduct .................................................................................... 47 Unlocking NATional Energy Efficiency potential (UNNATEE) ............................. 47 Nari Shakti awards- 2018 ................................................................................ 48 National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Storage ................................ 48 India Urban Observatory & Video Wall ............................................................. 48 Enemy Properties in India ................................................................................ 49 Pinaka ............................................................................................................. 50 Pulse Polio Program 2019 ................................................................................ 50 National Knowledge Network ............................................................................ 51 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana ....................................................................... 51 Ban on e-cigarettes .......................................................................................... 52 First TIR shipment .......................................................................................... 53 First Workshop on India Energy Modelling Forum ............................................ 53 India’s First Lokpal .......................................................................................... 53 3 Operation Sunrise ........................................................................................... 54 Country-by-country reports ............................................................................. 54 FSSAI Draft Regulations .................................................................................. 54 National Noise Pollution Map ........................................................................... 55 Indo-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction ........................................... 55 Parrot fish ....................................................................................................... 55 Amendments on Indian Forest Act- 1927 ......................................................... 56 Lokpal Members .............................................................................................. 56 33rd India- Indonesian Coordinated Patrol ........................................................ 57 Control over Election Manifestos ...................................................................... 57 Voluntary code of Ethics .................................................................................. 58 India’s first forest-certification scheme ............................................................. 58 JKLF banned under UAPA ............................................................................... 58 Tribunal to declaring unlawful association ....................................................... 59 New Subjects – CBSE ...................................................................................... 59 Chinook Helicopters ........................................................................................ 59 Young Scientist Programme (YUVIKA) .............................................................. 60 Sharada Temple Corridor ................................................................................. 60 Indian Navy’s ABHEDYA Centre ....................................................................... 61 Additional posts in NCLT ................................................................................. 61 Cruise service to Bangladesh ........................................................................... 62 India-Africa Health Sciences Platform (IAHSP) .................................................. 62 FB role in Election ........................................................................................... 62 Virtual SIM .....................................................................................................