CONTENTS TNPSC BITS ..................................................................................................................................... 13 TAMIL NADU .................................................................................................................................... 17 New offshore patrol vessel launched .......................................................... 17 6th Phase of Keezhadi Excavation .............................................................. 18 Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme ......................................... 18 All Women Bench ...................................................................................... 18 War Medal ................................................................................................. 18 Buddhist tower near Sankarankoil ............................................................. 19 Export of Organic Mangoes ........................................................................ 19 Eco-restoration of waterbodies .................................................................. 19 Nammakal Medical college ........................................................................ 20 Eight food processing projects - sanctioned .............................................. 20 Sarbanga lift irrigation project .................................................................. 20 New projects inaugrated in TamilNadu ...................................................... 20 Katchatheevu Festival ............................................................................... 20 Food Museum at Thanjavur ....................................................................... 21 Co-generation Plant at Perambalur ............................................................ 21 Nagapatnam Government Medical College ................................................. 21 Hero Stone found in Javadi Hills. .............................................................. 21 Kannagi Nagar Art District ........................................................................ 22 Wind energy power generation .................................................................. 22 Vice Chairman of State Planning Commission appointed ........................... 23 Digital water meters .................................................................................. 23 50 Years of Tamizh State song .................................................................. 23 Tracking MTC buses .................................................................................. 24 Name boards in Tamil ................................................................................ 24 Testing Labs .............................................................................................. 24 Memorial hall for Irattai Malai Srinivasan ................................................. 24 Wildlife Safari at Vandalur Zoo .................................................................. 24 Decrease in deaths due to road accidents .................................................. 25 Thooya Thamizh Patralar Award ................................................................ 25 Amendment in PSTM act ........................................................................... 25 Goat research centre ................................................................................. 25 Veterinary college at Theni ....................................................................... 26 Amma mini marts ..................................................................................... 26 1 Corona Testing center in Tamilnadu ......................................................... 26 38th District of Tamilnadu ......................................................................... 26 NATIONAL ......................................................................................................................................... 27 National importance status ....................................................................... 27 Cabinet approves National Technical Textiles Mission ............................... 27 24th Eastern Zonal Council ........................................................................ 27 Central Consumer Protection Authority .................................................... 27 Assistive Aids and Devices to senior citizens - PM Narendra Modi ............. 28 Exercise Indra Dhanush - 5th edition ......................................................... 28 Delimitation in NE States .......................................................................... 29 Farmer Producer Organizations ................................................................. 29 11th National Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference ......................................... 29 Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs) ...................................... 29 RaIDer-X ................................................................................................... 30 Unemployment rate ................................................................................... 30 WiFi on flights services ............................................................................. 30 India and Armenia defense deal ................................................................. 31 World Heritage Sites .................................................................................. 31 Suposhit Maa Abhiyan ............................................................................... 32 Kaushal Bharath ........................................................................................ 32 Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan-dhan Yojana ..................................... 32 River linking projects ................................................................................ 33 QS World Ranking ..................................................................................... 33 Janaushadhi week ..................................................................................... 33 MoUs to implement Agro Export Policy ..................................................... 33 Cryptocurrencies ....................................................................................... 34 Security Ink .............................................................................................. 34 Cabinet approves merger of PSBs .............................................................. 35 Mac binding process .................................................................................. 35 International Conference on Nano Science and Technology ....................... 35 Integrated Local Energy Systems .............................................................. 35 Census 2021 ............................................................................................. 36 Jammu Airport comes under CISF ............................................................. 36 Goa’s Khola Chilli Gets GI Tag ................................................................... 36 Agreement for e-marketing of products ..................................................... 37 Boeing-777 VVIP Planes to be upgraded ..................................................... 37 Nari Shakthi Puraskar ............................................................................... 37 2 Self Help Groups (SHGs) ............................................................................ 39 BJP and JVM ............................................................................................. 39 Net metering connections approved .......................................................... 39 Women Empowerment in India .................................................................. 40 Delimitation of Constituencies .................................................................. 40 Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon ........................................................................ 40 Helpline for women scientists, students, researchers ................................ 41 Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards .................................................. 41 Sanitary napkin disposal bags ................................................................... 42 HAL to set up logistics bases in four countries .......................................... 42 Women scientists receive international exposure ...................................... 43 Congress members suspended ................................................................... 43 7 women who 'handled' PM Modi's social media ......................................... 43 Startup India ............................................................................................. 44 2021 Census questions .............................................................................. 44 High court verdict on Lieutenant Governor’s power .................................. 45 Top private institution in India ................................................................. 45 Pragyan Conclave 2020 ............................................................................. 45 INDIA Nano 2020 ....................................................................................... 45 Right to Property ...................................................................................... 46 Rise in Coal imports .................................................................................. 46 Revoking the suspension ........................................................................... 46 Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 ....................................................................