TAMILNADU

• An ancient observatory is found at the State’s first astro-archaeological site in

Ellanthankarai, Sivagangai and this form of learning called Ainthiram, is also found in The
Tholkaappiyam.
• MMR is declining by over six points to reach 45.5 per one lakh live births. Norway had the
lowest MMR at 1.8 per one lakh live births.
• Connecting the Missing Dots’ to discuss measures needed to reduce maternal deaths.
• India`s first double-decker Metro in Chennai
• Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Reservation Act, 2009.
• 77-A of the Registration Act, 1908 as unconstitutional Section. It conferred excessive quasi-
judicial power on the District Registrars to cancel documents related to any immovable
property in the State for fraud or on submission of forged revenue records.
• Tamil Nadu has continued to rank second in renewable energy generation among southern
states, Karnataka took the top spot. But Tamil Nadu led in wind energy generation.
• School education helpline – 14417
• 385th Madras Day 2024 - August 22 Madraspatnam or Chennapatnam by the East India
Company from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, first recognition in 1939
• The Athikadavu-Avinashi project in Tamil Nadu, proposes to divert 1.5 thousand million
cubic feet (TMC) of surplus water from the downstream of Kalingarayan anicut of the
Bhavani River at Kalingarayanpalayam in Erode district. It initially named the Upper Bhavani
Project, a committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of A. Mohanakrishnan.
• Tamil Nadu’s New Chief Secretary 2024 - N. Muruganandam replacing Shiv Das Meena.
• Justice K. Chandru committee, on replacing the on-site cooking of noon-meal for school
• students with centralised kitchens and to prohibit students in schools from wearing
coloured wristbands, rings, or forehead marks
• Global Muthamizh Murugan Conference was held in Palani.
• new helpline number - 102 to monitor pregnant women.
NATIONAL

• K Kailashnathan, a retired IAS officer, has been appointed the Lt Governor of Puducherry.
• The highest number of disease outbreaks reported from Kerala. The Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare launched portal of Integrated Health Information Platform on April 5,2021.
• Mound-burial system of the Ahom dynasty in Assam - 'Moidams' was inscribed on the
UNESCO World Heritage List. As of now, 42 properties have been inscribed on the list.
• Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), released the report, titled “India’s Tiger Reserves:
Tribals Get Out, Tourists Welcome.”
• 78th Independence Day or Swatantrata Diwas.
• CCPWC stands for Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children.
• QCI Surajya Recognition & Ranking Framework. It is categorized under four pillars: Shiksha
(Education), Swasthya (Health), Samriddhi (Prosperity), and Sushasan (Governance). Shiksha
Rankings - Uttar Pradesh leads, Swasthya category – Chhattisgarh leads
• India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world after China. Clean
Plant Program (CPP). enhancing the quality of fruit crops, productivity of horticulture crops.
• India maintained its position as world’s eighth largest exporter of agriculture products.
• From Poland, Prime Minister has made 10-hour journey on a “Rail Force One” to Ukraine.
the Indian prime minister presented four BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita &
Maitri) Cubes to the Ukrainian government. Each Cube is a self-contained medical facility.
• India’s Moidams of Assam was inducted as India’s 43rd World Heritage Site.
• Sikkim has the largest land area (57.6%) that is landslide-prone.
• Finance Secretary T V Somanathan was named as the new Cabinet Secretary. He will
succeed incumbent Rajiv Gauba, the longest serving Cabinet Secretary of the country.
• The country's first sunken museum was inaugurated at the Humayun Tomb complex
• Kashmir City received the Certificate of World Craft City
• President Droupadi Murmu was conferred the Companion of the Order of Fiji.
• Nagaland has become the first state in India to start a disaster management insurance
scheme
• The Odisha government has introduced India's first round-the-clock grain ATM, also known
as the 'rice ATM,' to revolutionise the Public Distribution System
• The first BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation) Business Summit meeting was held in New Delhi
• first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit in Goa
• Raipur, Chhattisgarh hosted the 17th Divya Kala Mela for Divyang artists for PWD persons
• The South India's first Adivasi library, 'Kaanu' (means evergreen forest), was inaugurated at
BR Hills in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka.
• Preeti Sudan - UPSC chairperson, S.K. Prabakar – TNPSC chairperson
• Challa Sreenivasulu Setty – chairman of SBI
• Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) - Rahul Navin
• Parvathaneni Harish - Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of India
• Satya Prakash Sangwan as the Chef de Mission (CMD) - Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
• India-Sri Lanka - ‘Mitra Shakti’
• India – Malaysia - 'Udara Shakti’
• South Korea – USA - Ulchi Freedom Shield
• Modhera in Gujarat is India's first solar-powered village
• O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) is set to launch India's first Constitution Museum, The
museum is named "The Constitution Academy and The Rights & Freedoms Museum"
INTERNATIONAL

• South Africa is the world's most carbon-intensive major economy

• Sado gold mine – Japan
• Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf – China
• Mercosur - South American trade bloc
• Kakadu National Park – Australia, Jabiluka uranium site – Australia
• Dual-tower solar thermal plant – China
• The World Heritage Committee has included the Palestinian site of Tell Umm Amer in both
the UNESCO World Heritage Site List AKA ‘Monastery of Saint Hilarion’ lies in the Gaza Strip
• The Geneva Conventions are a set of international treaties that establish legal standards for
humanitarian treatment during war. four Conventions were adopted on 12 August 1949.
• The Clarion-Clipperton Zone is to be considered to have the world’s highest concentration of
polymetallic nodules.
• Qatar Airways - world’s best airline in 2024.
• Göbekli Tepe site – Turkey
• The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officially named Curaçao as the sixth Member
ENVIRONMENT

• Agarwood - Threatened under the IUCN, Appendix II of CITES

• In India, West Bengal holds the largest mangrove area followed by Gujarat, majorly located
in the Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat
• Jerdon’s Courser - critically endangered
• green peafowl - Near Threatened.
• Neelakurinji - Threatened Species
• The recent studies reported that more trees in open ecosystems like savannahs and
grasslands have substantially reduced the number of native grassland birds.
• Methane naturally counteracted by methanotrophs—methane-eating bacteria
(Methylocucumis oryzae), it also promotes rice plant growth
• Miombo forest Protection - Mozambique and Zimbabwe
• Nanjarayan bird sanctuary in Tirupur and Kazhuveli bird sanctuary in Villupuram, so the
number of Ramsar sites in Tamil Nadu has increased to 18, highest among the states,
 followed by Uttar Pradesh (10 sites). Tawa Reservoir in Madhya Pradesh is also included. The
United Kingdom (175) and Mexico (142) have the maximum Ramsar sites.
• Gastrodia indica - This orchid never opens its flower. – in Sikkim
• Gurmar is known as anti-diabetic herb – Bihar
• Slow lorises are the world’s only venomous primates.
• Mithun (Cow) is the state animal of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
• forever chemicals (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).) - are generally useful in
applications such as water-proofing, heat resistance, detergents, food packaging - known to
stay in the environment virtually forever and contribute to environmental degradation
• The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and the Odisha Forest Department have joined hands to
tag horseshoe crabs along the State’s coast.
• Macquarie Island exhibits the highest connectivity with Antarctica
SCHEMES

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on August 9, launched the Tamil Pudhalvan scheme in
Coimbatore.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), approved the PM-PRANAM(Prime
Minister Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Generation, Nourishment, and
Amelioration of Mother-Earth). For balanced use of Fertilizers, adopting alternate fertilizers,
promoting organic & natural farming, 50% of the fertilizer subsidy saved by a State/UT.
• The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has launched the “One DAE One Subscription”
(ODOS) initiative, access to scientific and academic resources for DAE employees.
• The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan has been launched by the Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare in July 2016. comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free of
cost, universally to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month.
• Kasturi Cotton Bharat program - Ministry of Textiles
• model solar village under the ‘PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’ on February 29, 2024.
• The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was launched on August 15, 2019. States achieving 100% Tap
Connectivity: Goa, Telangana and Haryana.
• Department of Posts has launched a philately scholarship scheme Deen Dayal SPARSH
Yojana. grants scholarship to those meritorious students of classes 6 to 9, whose have
adopted Philately as a hobby.
• The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM) is the
flagship program of MoRD for promoting poverty reduction through building strong
institutions for the poor, particularly women
• Mission Karmayogi - the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB)
• The DOPPW (Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare) introduced a pension
processing software called ‘Bhavishya’ for all central government Ministries/Departments.
• Centre launched the Jiyo Parsi Scheme portal, a Central Sector Scheme to arrest the
population decline of the Parsi community in India.
• Pradhan Mantri JI-Van Yojan focused on converting biomass to ethanol, forestry residues,
industrial waste, synthesis (syn) gas, algae.
• Union Ministry for Environment launched ‘Ideas4LiFE’
• Nandini Sahakar Yojana - assist women cooperatives on financial assistance, project
formulation, hand-holding
• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban - financial support to the middle class as well as
impoverished urban families for building, buying, or renting reasonably priced urban homes.
• Centre has launched a pilot project to rename and transform 60 Fair Price Shops (FPS)
across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh into "Jan Poshan Kendras." The
Centre also launched FPS Sahay application, Mera Ration app 2.0.
• The Union Ministry of Port Shipping and Waterways launched the Green Tug Transition
Program (GTTP). It is initiative under the ‘Panch Karma Sankalp’. The GTTP is designed to
phase out conventional fuel-based harbour tugs and replace them with green tugs
• Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to provide the health
coverage of ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.
• Independence Day announcements
• ‘Mudhalvar Marundhagam’ (Chief Minister’s Pharmacy) scheme.
• Mudhalvarin Kaakkum Karangal’ programme. extends loans to military personnel up to ₹1
crore to start a business.
POLITY

• soul of a healthy democracy lies in free speech.

• (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act of 1963
• Indian Treasure Trove Act 1878.
• MMDR Act, 1957
• Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, The Banking Regulation Act, 1949, The State Bank of India
Act, 1955.
• Boilers Act, 1923
• Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act (OAMDR), 2002.
• Disaster Management Act, 2005.
• Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 and Article 118 of the
constitution. headed by K.C. Venugopal. was introduced in 1921.
• ‘bail is the rule, jail is an exception’ came from the pen of Justice Krishna Iyer, in 1977.
• Cable TV Networks Act 1995 replace with Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2024.
• Waqf Act of 1995, The Waqf pertains to properties that are designated exclusively for
religious or charitable purposes in accordance with Islamic law. Waqf boards rank as the
third-largest landowners in India, following the Railways and the Defence Ministry.
• SC held that the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes would be permissible for granting
reservation. It overruled a 2004 in E.V Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh judgement.
• Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 Bill (Aircraft Bill) in Parliament, Aircraft Act of 1934.
• Article 253 lays that, the Parliament has power to make any law for implementing any treaty
with any other country or any decision made at any international conference, Article 293
provides territorial limits on borrowing power of the states
• The two-child policy was first introduced in united Andhra Pradesh in 1994.
• Gujarat topped in the all-India wind energy generation capacity, Karnataka secured second
place and Tamil Nadu ranked third.
• The Supreme Court held that the Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) has the power to
nominate ‘aldermen’ to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) without the aid and
advice of the Council of Ministers
• Nalganga-Wainganga River linking project in Maharashtra, The project entails lifting water
from the Gosikhurd dam on Wainganga River in Bhandara Then channels it into the
Nalganga river in Buldhana.
• The Juangs of Jajpur in Odisha have become the fifth Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group
(PVTG) in the country. They are the second in the state to get habitat rights under the Forest
Rights Act (FRA), 2006.
• Justice Hema Committee was formed by the Kerala Government in 2017 to study the
challenges faced by women in the film industry.
• The Dhangar community is a pastoral and nomadic tribal group in Maharashtra.
• The 46th World Heritage Committee Session held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
SCIENCE

• Tamil Nadu-based aero tech company Space Zone India has launched three cube Satellites in
hybrid rocket - Rhumi 1.
• INS Arighat - second nuclear-powered submarine.
• Long-Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV
• India is hosting its first multinational air exercise, ‘2024’ in Sulur, Tamil Nadu
• H5N1 Vaccines Using mRNA for Bird Flu
• Monkeypox outbreak began in Democratic Republic of Congo
• World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox as a “public health emergency of
international concern, Mpox is caused by an orthopox virus.
• GROWTH-India telescope – Hanle, Ladakh
• Indian gene-editor - FnCas9
• Late blight disease, a fungal infection, is caused by Phytophthora Infestans in potatoes
• pyrocumulonimbus’ clouds. They occur only when there is an extremely hot wildfire.
• BPaL (bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid) treatment for TB
• The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is a mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) to
study Jupiter and its moons.
• Nasa’s Mars Insight Lander - This is the first time liquid water has been found on the planet.
• Xerogel – silica + calcium, help the blood clot
• Ariel - moon of uranus
• a protein called ISDra2TnpB, derived from bacteria called Deinococcus radiodurans.
ISDra2TnpB is less than half the size of Cas9 and Cas12.
• SpaceX - Polaris Dawn mission - world’s first private spacewalk.
• BNT116 - world first mRNA-based lung cancer vaccine developed by BioNTech.
• Ram Narain Agarwal, regarded as the 'father of Agni missiles' in India.
• IIT – Guwahati - machine learning framework named 'LEAP' in the field of Electronic Design
Automation
ECONOMY

• India's internet penetration stands at 55.3 per cent, which is below the global average of
67.1 per cent. nuclear-powered submarine
• long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax rate is 12.5%.
• indexation is the process of adjusting the original purchase price of an asset or investment
in order to neutralise the impact of inflation on it.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an Expert Committee under the
chairmanship of deputy governor Michael Debabrata Patra. Provide guidance on the scope
for any further data refinement
• The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the introduction of the Diamond
Imprest Licence for Gems and Jewellery Sector. It allows import duty exemption on cut and
polished diamonds up to a specified limit.
• NITI Aayog has laid down a comprehensive roadmap to promote the seaweed cultivation in
India. report titled “Strategy for the development of Seaweed Value Chain”.
• The unemployment rate in urban areas for individuals aged 15 years and above was 6.6
percent, For males – 5.8, For females – 9.0
• "Multidimensional Vulnerability Index" (MVI) is set to act as a complement to GDP and
other development metrics.
• Net foreign direct investment (FDI) during the current financial year was $6.9 billion
SPORTS

• Lallianzuala Chhangte - AIFF Men’s Player of the Year, Indumathi Kathiresan(TN) – AIFF
Women’s Player of the Year
• India's Kush Maini achieved a milestone by winning his first Formula 2 Sprint Race at the
Hungarian Grand Prix.
Olympics
• Vinesh Phogat - women's 50kg freestyle disqualified based on United World
Wrestling's rule book’s Article 11
• Rankings - U.S. and China, India(71)
• Swapnil Kusale, Sarabjot Singh – shooting, Aman Sehrawat - wrestler
• Lt Col Kabilan Sai Ashok has made history as the youngest Olympic referee in boxing
from India at the Paris Olympics.
• Noah Lyles – USA - 100m race at Paris Olympic
MAINS

• The Nilgiris landscape has the largest tiger population in the world. The contiguous forests
spreads between Kerala and Tamil Nadu in Periyar – Meghamalai cluster and Anamalai –
Parambikulam complex.
• One ‘Vattezhuthu’ and eight Tamil inscriptions were found on the walls of Thaleekeeiswarar
Temple at Kovilpalayam near Koduvai in Tirupur. Around 300 years old granite Amman idol
was unearthed at Mathur village near Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai.
• A hollow terracotta pipeline resembling a drainage system has been unearthed in Keeladi.
• A Centre for Innovation in Governance has been set up at the Tamilnadu State Planning
Commission. The Centre will provide support to government departments and district
administrations in piloting innovative projects.
• Telangana topped the country in organ donation with 252 cadaver donors, followed by Tamil
Nadu and Karnataka with 178 cases each.
• The combined Scheduled Tribes population of the State, as per the 2011 Census, is 7.94
lakh, representing 1.10 per cent of the total population of the State (which is 721 lakh).
Toda, Kota, Kurumbas, Kattunayakan, Paniyan, and Irular are designated as ‘Primitive Tribes’.
• TN renewable energy installed capacity stood at 23,109.21 MW.
• The tree cover in the State from 2001 to 2021 to an extent of 1,630 sq. km.
• Tamil Nadu has formed a registry for type 1 diabetes. Patients in the registry would receive
treatment, including insulin therapy, at no cost.
• The Singapore-headquartered Sembcorp Involve in the establishment of a green
hydrogen/green ammonia manufacturing unit in Tuticorin district.
• India is ranked as the 2nd largest Aluminium producer, 3rd largest lime producer and 4th
largest iron ore producer in the world.
• SAFAL - Structured Assessment For Analyzing Learning by CBSE. students of Classes 5 and 8
on "core concepts" rather than rote learning.
• Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS). unique geospatial platform for Indian
agriculture. real-time information on soil moisture, crop conditions, and drought monitoring.
It includes a "One nation-one soil information system" with comprehensive soil data.
• United Nations Command (UNC) helps police the heavily fortified border with North Korea
and has committed to defend the South in the event of a war. It is not affiliated with the
United Nations.
• Mutated Kindlin used for cancer treatment.
• The Climate change has a negative impact on education indirectly through its displacement
of people and the effects on people’s livelihoods and health.
• One fourth of adolescent girls who have been in relationships have endured
• physical or sexual violence – WHO report
• the 'Middle Income Trap' is described as countries typically encounter a "trap" when they
reach 10 percent of the annual US GDP per capita, India could take as many as 75 years to
attain one-quarter of the United States income per capita.
• India lost 33.9 million hectares of crops due to excess rains and an additional 35 million
hectares due to drought between 2015 and 2021. Several Indian sectors including
agriculture suffered $159 billion in economic losses in 2021 due to lost working hours from
extreme climate impacts. The report “Income Protection and Early Warning Systems: How
India is Building Climate Resilience” was released by the WEF.
• social worker Shobhana Ranade played a role in setting up the Gandhi National Memorial
Society (GNMS) and a National Institute for Training Women at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune
AWARDS

• Tamil Nadu government has announced ‘Thagaisal Tamizhar’ (distinguished Tamilian) award
for veteran Congress leader Kumari Ananthan.
• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam award was presented to ISRO scientist P. Veeramuthuvel.
• Kalpana Chawla Award for Courage and Daring Enterprise was given to nurse A. Sabeena
• Dr K Rambabu, state coordinator for Andhra Pradesh’s Jeevandan programme,
• received the Jeevandan Award(Organ donation awards)
• The President’s Medal for gallantry was given to Telangana Police Chaduvu Yadaiah, Vannia
Perumal K and Abhin Dinesh Modak from Tamil Nadu were awarded President’s Medals for
Distinguished Service.
• Former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh books: The Legacy of Nehru: A Memorial Tribute'
and 'My China Diary 1956-88', His autobiography is titled 'One Life is Not Enough '.
• Muzafar Hussain from Jammu and Kashmir won the Lifetime Achievement Award for
Handicrafts
• Bhim Singh authored a book titled ’75 Great Revolutionaries of India’.
• Tarun Chugh’s book “Modi’s Governance Triumph: Reshaping India’s Path to Prosperity”
• Call of the Gir - book on Gir and Asiatic lions by Rajya Sabha Member, Parimal Nathwani
• The National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023 was bestowed upon Prof.
Dhiraj Mohan Banerjee, National Young Geoscientist Award 2023 was presented to Dr.
Ashutosh Pandey.
• V. Vedachalam, an eminent Tamil epigrapher and historian, has been conferred the V
Venkayya Epigraphy Award for 2024.
• Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2024 – contributions through impactful research, innovation
replacing the existing science awards, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
• Biochemist Govindarajan Padmanabhan - Tamil Nadu in Tiruvarur - ‘Vigyan Ratna’ award,
the topmost science award in the country.