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One fine morning, a wealthy man sat in his balcony enjoying sunshine and his

coffee when a little ant caught his eye which was going from one side to the other

side of the balcony carrying a big leaf several times more than its size. The man

watched it for more than an hour. He saw that the ant faced many impediments

during its journey, paused, took a diversion and then continued towards

destination.

At one point the tiny creature came across a crack in the floor. It paused for a

little while, analyzed and then laid the huge leaf over the crack, walked over the

leaf, picked the leaf on the other side then continued its journey.

The man was captivated by the cleverness of the ant, one of God’s tiniest

creatures. The incident left the man in awe and forced him to contemplate over the

miracle of Creation. It showed the greatness of the Creator. In front of his eyes

there was this tiny creature of God, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to

analyze, contemplate, reason, explore, discover and overcome. Along with all these

capabilities, the man also noticed that this tiny creature shared some human

shortcomings.

The man saw about an hour later the creature had reached its destination – a tiny

hole in the floor which was entrance to its underground dwelling. And it was at

this point that the ant’s shortcoming that it shared with the man was revealed.

How could the ant carry into the tiny hole the large leaf that it had managed to

carefully bring to the destination? It simply couldn't!

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skills, overcoming all the difficulties along the way, just left behind the large leaf

and went home empty-handed.

The ant had not thought about the end before it began its challenging journey and

in the end the large leaf was nothing more than a burden to it. The creature had

no option, but to leave it behind to reach its destination. The man learned a great

lesson that day.

Isn't that the truth about our lives? We don’t realize in our life’s journey that

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4 Important Indexes ( International & National)

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6 Tamilnadu Who is who?

7 Tamilnadu Governor Speech and Economic Survey Thirukural

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10 Tamilnadu Reservation

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Current Affairs for GROUP 1

November 1, 2019 to December 15, 2020

IMPORTANT OFFICES

President Ramnath Kovind ( 14th president) ( 15th Election)

Prime Minister 17th loksabha , 16th Prime minister Narendra modi

Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as 13th Vice President of

India. He is the Ex officeo chairman of Rajya sabha

Speaker

(17th Lokabha)

Om Birla , proterm speaker Virendra Kumar

first GV. Mavlankar , ( no Deputy speaker in the 17th

Loksabha

Leader of opposition

No leader of opposition in lok sabha(Adhir Ranjan

Chowdhury is the leader of congress party in loksabha)

Leader of Opposition in Rajya sabha Ghulam nabi Asad

Deputy Chairman of Rajya sabha

Harivansh Narayan Singh

CAG G.C. Murmu (14th). Article 148, watch dog, important office said by Ambedkar,

elected as the external auditor of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva for a three-year term

Election commission Shri Sunil Arora ( 23rd ) , Chief Election Commissioner and other two Election Commissioners are Sushil Chandra and Rajiv kumar , from 1993 it become multi

member body, Election commission came into force on Janaury 25,1950

CVC CVC is 3 members body. CVC - Sanjay Kothari

1998, multi member body, established 1964. 2003 statutory

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status

LokPal Pinaki chandragose become the first chairperson + max 8

members (50% judicial members), 50% reservation to

SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women. Selection panel: PM, Speaker, Leader Opposition Lok Sabha, CJI + Eminent jurist (nominated by Prez, on recommendation of first four).

Motto (Do not be greedy for anyone‘s wealth)

CIC Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

, Selection panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law minister.

UPSC Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi has been appointed as the chairman

Chief Justice of India 47th CJI of India Sharad Arvind Bobde, Justice Justice Ranjan Gogai 46th

Sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court from 30 to 33 besides the Chief Justice of India from august 10

Attorney General K K Venugopal , 15th Attorney General of India (Article 76)

Soliciter General Tushar Mehta

Children rights Priyank Kanoongo

Human rights Justice H.L. Dattu 7th chairman of NHRC. NHRC established

In 1993. Justice Ranganath Mishra is the First chairman of NHRC.

National Minorities

Commission

Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi.National Commission for minorities Established in 1978 got statutory status in 1992

Backward class Bhagwan Lal Sahni.123rd Amendment Bill, 102 Constitution Amendment Act has been passed on august 2018. It provides constitutional status to the National Commission

for Backward Classes(NCBC)

SC Ram Shankar Katheria. National Commission For Scheduled Caste Established under 338 Article of the Constitution

ST Nand Kumar Sai National Commission For Scheduled tribe Established under 338-A Article of the Constitution

Women Rekha Sharma (This commission established in 1992)

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba

Finance Ajay Bhushan Pandey


NSA National security advisor Ajit Doval (term extended recently)

Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla

SEBI Ajay Tyagi, SEBI Established in 1988 , got Constitutional status in 1992 (term Extended to 6 months)

CBI Rishi Kumar Shukla

NITI Ayog Deputy

Chairman

Dr. Rajiv Kumar

NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kanth

7th Pay Commission Ashok kumar Mathur

15th Finance Commission

N.K. Singh. Article (280) (1 April 2020 till 31 March 2025)

Chief Guest of 2020 republic day

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro

Public Accounts Committee

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from july 25th (21 memebrs, 15 from loksabha , 7 from rajya sabha)

GST Council Nirmala Sitharaman

ISRO Dr.Sivan

International Organization Heads

United Nation António Guterres, 1945, New York, US

United Nation General Assembly Volkan Bozkir

World bank David R. Malpass ,July, 1944, Washington DC, US

International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva, 27 December, 1945, Washington DC, US

(Gita Gopinath, is a chief Economic Advisor)

UNESCO Audrey Azoulay from November ,


16 November, 1945, Paris, France

WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom, Founded on – 7

April, 1948, Geneva, Switzerland

(WHO Declares CoViD as Pandemic)

International Court Abdulqawi Yusuf

Food and Agriculture Organization Qu Dongyu, 16 October, 1945, Rome, Italy

UNICEF Henrietta H. Fore, New York, US, December, 1946

UN High Commissioner For Refuges Filippo Grandi is the 11th Commissioner

Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa, established 1966, Philipins ,manila

ICC Greg Barclay

WTO Roberto Azevedo,ounded on – 1 January, 1995, Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)

MukhisaKituyi, Founded on – 1964, Geneva, Switzerland

Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)

Jose Angel Gurria, 30 September, 1961, Paris, France

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Rafael Mariano Grossi, July 29, 1957 , Vienna, Austria

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, 1961-62, Vienna, Austria;

BRICS Bank K. V. Kamath, H.Q:headquarters in Shanghai

AIIB (2015) Beijing. Jin Liqun. VICE President Pandiyan

International Heads of Governments

Afghanistan President Asraf Ghani.(recently elected second time)

Parliament called shoora.


(Durand Line india Afkhanistan border)

Australia Scott Morrison from 2018

Capital Melbourne

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid (Re-elected in Feb 2018)

PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami league). (Elected 4th Time in

Janaury 2019)

Opposition Khalida Zia (Nationalist party)

Parliament called Jatiya parliament.

Bhutan King Jigme Wangchuck

PM Tshering Tobgay

parliament called Tasongadu

China Capital - Beijing; President - Xi Jinping; Prime Minister - Li ,

Currency - Yuan

(The second 'informal' summit between India, China Held in

Mamallapuram)

Tamil Nadu has a number of historical connections to China, including Tamil prince Bodhidharma, who is credited with

bringing Zen Buddhism to China, the visit of 7th century traveller Hsuan-tsang to Kanchipuram, and trading expeditions from the Pallava kingdom to the South east coast of China.

France President Emmanuel Macron; PM Édouard Philipp. (Rafale deal)

Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Chancellor Angela Markel

Lok Sabha: Bundestag

Capital Berlin

Iran President Hussan Rouhani, , parliament called Majlis, (US issue)

Iraq Barham Salih

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi,

Israel President Reuven Rivlin

PM Benjamin Netanyahu


parliament called Knesset

first Indian prime minister visited Israel Narendra Modi

Japan Emperor Naruhito, PM Yoshihide Suga. Parliament called DIET. ( in news)

Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin prime minister

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Parliament : Majilis

( The Commonwealth has welcomed its 54thfamilymember after Maldives)

Prime Minister Modi was conferred with the Maldives' highest

honour 'Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen'

Mauritius Capital - Port Louis; President - Prithvirajsing Roopun; Prime Minister - Pravind Kumar Jugnauth - Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was

sworn in as the first female president of Mauritius

Myanmar Myanmar's new president Win Myint, an aide to Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as the country's first elected civilian leader. (news

because of rohingiyas)

Nepal Capital - Kathmandu; President - Bidhya Devi Bhandari; 41th Prime Minister: Communist Party of Nepal Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, - Parliament : Rahstriya Panchayat

North Korea Prime Minister Kim Jong, Capital : Pyongyang

South Korea President, Moon Jae-in,

Pakistan President Arif Alvi and PM Imran Khan. Parliament called ―Majlis-e-

shoora‖.

Palestine Unity govt. under Moh. Abbas (Fatah) and Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas) . Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh

Philippines Rodrigo Duterte , Capital- Manila

S.Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. Capital: Johannesburg. 2018 BRICS held in

Johannesburg

South Sudan ( 2011)

Salva Kiir Mayardit , Capital Juba , 193 member of UNO

Syria President Bashar al assad , Capital – Damascus – Frequently in news

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Capital – Ankara


Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Indonesia

Prime Minister : Joko Widodo

Capital : Jakarta

Italy Capital : Rome

Prime Minister :Giuseppe Conte

(Corona Issues hit Italy lead to more Death)

Indexes

Ease of Doing Business Index (world bank) 2019

63rd Rank

Gender Gap (WEF) (2018) as on November

112th place

Global hunger index India ranked 94th position among 107 countries

Human Capital index 2020

(World Bank)

116th position among 174 countries

Human development index (UNDP)

129th rank in the latest UNDP

India‘s human development index (HDI) value of 0.647

top three countries in HDI are Norway (0.949), Australia (0.939) and Switzerland

(0.939)

Global Innovation Index 2020 48thposition, from 52th last year (published by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO))

World Press Freedom Index 2020

142

Global competitive index 2019 India was placed at 68th spot among 140 countries in World Economic Forum‘s (WEF)

Transparency International‘s corruption perception index (2019)

India at rank 80

Cleanest city survey 2019 Indore, Madhya Pradesh


Environmental Performance Index 2020

168

Global Democracy Index

51

Rule of Law Index 2018-19 India ranked 68.

Composite Water Management Index

Gujarat Tops ( Published by NITI AAyog)

National Disaster Risk Index Maharashtra is Vulnerable to Disaster

E-Government Development Index 2020

100 (Published by UN)

Ease of Living Index Andhra Pradesh topped

Gender inequality index 112th Rank by WEF

Inclusive development index India ranked 62

Good governance index Tamilnadu Tops

Important Summits

18th NAM Baku in Azerbaijan

ASEAN 2020 summit was held through video conferencing

Headed by Vietnam, Theme ―Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN"

BIMSTEC , (1997) 2018 Nepal ( 4th Summit)

2020 Srilanka

BRICS 2019 Brazil‘s capital Brasilia

2020, held via video conference ( Russia host

and chair )

G-20 Summit 14th , 2019,Osaka, Japan

2020 G20 Riyadh Saudi Arabia

G-7 summit G8 NOW –G7 _Summit


45th G7 summit Biarritz, France

46th G7 summit, US (2020) ( not conducted till

December 13)

But after Ukraine issue, Russia withdrawn

from membership G8 -> G7 + hosted in Brussels

UNFCC , CoP 25th – Santiago , Chile (December 2019)

Originally scheduled for November 2020, it was delayed by a year due to Covid

WTO Ministerial conference After every 2 years

Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017

Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) to be held in 2020 at Kazakhstan

Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit

Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek ( June 2019)

India is hosting the summit for the first time

after it gained full membership of the influential grouping in 2017

23rd National Conference on

e-Governance

‗Mumbai Declaration‘ on e-Governance

DefExpo 2020

Lucknow, Uttarpradesh

107th Indian Science Congress

Bangalore

The theme for ISC-2020 is 'Future India-Science and Technology' 'Science &

Technology: Rural Development

108th Indian Science Congress from 3-7th January 2021, Pune


TamilNadu Who is who?

Chief Minister K. Edappadi Palanisamy

(After Independence 13th chief minister of Tamil Nadu)

(29th chief Minister from 1921)

Governor Banwarilal Purohit

Speaker P. Danabal

Deputy Speaker Pollachi Jeyaraman

Opposition Leader M.K Stalin

Chief Secretary K.Shanmugam (46th)

Advocate General Vijay Narayan

Chief Election Officer Satyabrata Sahoo

Tamilnadu Election Commissioner R.Palaisamy

State Information Commission R. Rajagopal

Human Rights Commission D. Jayachandran (acting Chairperson

State women Commission Dr. Kannagi Bhagyanathan IAS

TNPSC Thiru K.Balachandran

Chief Justice of high court A.P Sahi

HC judges has gone up to 64, as against its sanctioned strength of 75

The only High Court in the country to have as many as 13 women

judges.

Tamilnadu state child protection commission

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TN Lokayukta chairman P.Devadoss.

RERA Chairman K.Gnanadesikan


6th Finance Commission Mohan Pyare

Governor Speech

Tamil Nadu has secured the first position among 18 big States in the Composite

Ranking in the Good Governance Index released by the Government of India for

the first time on Good Governance Day on 25th December 2019.

Tamil Nadu was also adjudged ‗Overall Best Performing State‘ for the second

consecutive year in the ‗State of the States‘ survey carried out by India Today

magazine in November 2019.

Grassroots democracy is an inalienable part of Tamil Nadu‘s heritage from times

immemorial. Elections to Rural Local Bodies in 27 Districts have been

successfully completed

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Tamil Nadu is ranked the ‗Best Performing State‘ in maintenance of Law and

Order in the ‗State of the States‘ survey.

November 1st every year as ‗Tamil Nadu Day‘ to commemorate the formation of

the State in its present form in 1956.

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Tamil Nadu supported the Tenth International Tamil Research Conference held

at Chicago in July 2019

On 22nd September 1921 in Madurai, Mahatma Gandhi took the historic

decision to wear only a loin cloth and shawl as a powerful message to the world

about the abject poverty in India caused by British Rule.

Tiruchengode Gandhi Ashram was founded by Bharat Ratna Rajaji on 6th

February 1925. Mahatma Gandhi visited this Ashram twice

Tamil Nadu has been awarded the ‗Overall Best State‘ for the Swachh

Survekshan Grameen 2019 by the Hon‘ble Prime Minister during the Swachh

Bharat Diwas on 2nd October 2019.

The Hon‘ble Chief Minister has announced the ‗Nadanthai Vazhi Cauvery‘

scheme in order to restore the River Cauvery to its pristine glory

Tamil Nadu has secured the approval of the Government of India for the

BharatNet project at an estimated cost of Rs.1,815.31 crore. This project will

connect all the 12,524 village panchayats

This year we have made a substantial and unprecedented leap in that direction,

with the establishment of nine new medical colleges at Ramanathapuram,

Virudhunagar, Nilgiris, Dindigul, Namakkal, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Krishnagiri

and Nagapattinam districts

The Government‘s efforts in this direction have resulted in the highest Gross

Enrolment Ratio in Higher Education amongst all States in India at 49.3 per

cent

Tamil Nadu, the first position in the ‗Overall Excellence in Implementation‘ and

‗Capacity Building‘ categories of the Poshan Abhiyan (National Nutrition

Mission) Awards for 2018-2019

Thirukural in News

Wealth Creation:

―Wealth, the lamp unfailing, speeds to every land, dispensing darkness,

at its Lord‘s command‖.

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Ethical way of Acquiring Wealth:

―Make money - there is no weapon sharper than it

to sever the pride of your foes.‖


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Padma Awards

Addressing troops during a surprise visit to Ladakh, PM Modi quoted saint

poet Tiruvalluvar's couplet "Maramanam manda vazhichelavu thetram yena

nangey yemam padaikku."

"That is, the tradition and credibility of valour, honour, dignified behavior,

these four qualities are the reflection of the army of any country. Indian

forces have always followed this path,"

The verses quoted by him today are from the 766th couplet under the chapter

In his Independence Day address last year, while speaking on ''Jal-Jeevan''

Mission, he had quoted another couplet "Neer indri Amayadhu" to underscore

the importance of water.

Padma Vibhushan 1. Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous); 2. Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous); 3. Smt Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous);

4. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK (Mauritius 5. Smt MC Mary Kom ( sports)

Padma Bhusan 6. Ms Krishnammal Jagannathan ( social Work)

7. Shri Venu Srinivasan ( Trade & Industry)

Padma Shree 8. Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo) ( arts) 9. Shri Manohar Devadoss ( arts)

10. S.Ramakrishnan ( Social Work) 11. Shri PRadeep Thalappil ( science & engineering)

Tamilnadu Government Awards -2020

Thiruvalluvar Award Nithyananda Bharathi

Periyar Award Senji S Ramachandran

Ambedkar Award K Arjunan

Peraringnar Anna Award K Samarasam

Bharathiyar Award P Sivaraj

Bharathidasan Award Thenisai Chellapa

Thiru Vi Ka award S Sundararasan

Muthamizh Kavalar Manimegalai Kannan

Thamizhthai award 2019 Chicago Tamil sangam

Kabilar award vetriazhakan

u.ve.sa award v.mahadevan

Kambar award Saraswathi ramanathan

Ayothi Thasa pandithar award V. prabhakaran


Nobel Prizes 2020

Medicine Harvey Alter,

Michael Houghton

Charles Rice

For their discovery of Hepatitis C Virus

Chemistry Emmanuelle

Charpentier,

Jennifer A.

For their work on the development of Crispr-Cas9, a

method for genome editing.

Physics Roger Penrose,

Reinhard Genzel

Andrea Ghez

Discoveries that have improved understanding of the universe,

including work on black holes

Peace World Food Program For its efforts to combat a surge in global hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic

Economic Sciences

1. Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson

For improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.

Literature 2020 Louise Glück ( America) For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.‖

Farm bills

Essential Commodities

(Amendment) Bill, 2020.

To remove commodities like cereals,

pulses, oilseeds, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities. It will do away with the imposition of stockholding limits on such items except under "extraordinary circumstances"

like war

The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020,

To create an ecosystem where farmers and traders enjoy the freedom to sell and purchase farm produce outide

registered 'mandis' under states' APMCs.

The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price

Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020,

Farmers can enter into a contract with agribusiness firms, processors,

wholesalers, exporters or large retailers for sale of future farming produce at a pre-agreed price

COVID- 19 All that you need to know

Coronavirus is not a single virus, but a family of at least 23 related viruses,

further subdivided into four groups. Till date, just six of the coronaviruses

are known to infect humans, including the MERSCoV and SARS-CoV.

The new 2019-nCov is a new form of the coronavirus capable of infecting

humans.


COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease-2019) is the official name assigned to the

novel coronavirus disease under commonly agreed guidelines between WHO,

the World Organisation for Animal Health, and the Food and Agricultural

Organisation of the UN. It was earlier being called 2019-nCoV

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak came to light when on December

31, 2019, China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a cluster

of cases of pneumonia of an unknown cause in Wuhan City in Hubei

province.

Herd immunity — This is also known as community immunity, and

constitutes the reduction in risk of infection within a population, often

because of previous exposure to the virus or vaccination.

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) — An antimalarial oral drug that is being

repurposed for treatment in COVID-19. It has also been used successfully in

the treatment of some auto immune conditions. Its value in COVID-19 has

not been resolved entirely.

Convalescent plasma therapy — Researchers are examining the efficacy of

using convalescent plasma, that is, using neutralising antibodies from the

blood of people who have recovered from the COVID-19 infection to treat

patients with COVID-19.

RT- PCR (Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction) — It is the

primary test to detect COVID-19 infection across the globe.

November Current Affairs

Uddhav Thackeray swore in as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra

Girish Chandra Murmu being sworn-in as the 1st Lt. Governor of Jammu and

Kashmir

Eden Gardens cricket stadium hosted India‘s first-ever pink ball day and night

test match against Bangladesh

1st ever ‗BIMSTEC Ports‘ Conclave held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

from November 7-8, 2019

Assam govt approved 1 tola gold to brides free of cost under Arundhati gold

scheme

Centre has extended the ban of Assam based National Democratic Front of

Bodoland (NDFB) for another 5 years.

IFFCO introduced India‘s 1st nanotechnology-based products for on-field trials

in Gujarat


Singer S.P.Balasubrahmanyam of Andhra Pradesh Felicitated for Chetana

Award 2019

President's rule was imposed in Maharashtra after President Ram Nath Govind

approves Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari‘s recommendation on the deadlock of

government formation in the state

Odisha govt. partnered with Abhijit Banerjee‘s Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-

PAL) to minimise poverty

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has released the 1st of its kind 'Red Atlas

Action Plan Map' & 'Coastal Flood Warning System App (CFLOWS-Chennai), to

assist the Government of Tamil Nadu in effective control and reduction of floods

The Chairman of Lokpal, Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose launched the

lokpal‘s logo in New Delhi. On this day, the motto of the lokpal ―Ma Gridhah

Kasyasvidhanam (Do not be greedy for anyone‘s wealth)‖

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Integrated Check Post and flagged

off first batch of pilgrims at Kartarpur Sahib Corridor in Gurdaspur,

Punjab today.

Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) inaugurated in

Hyderabad

Supreme Court on November 9th settled the long-festering Ayodhya dispute by

allowing Hindus to build a Ram temple on the disputed land while sanctioning

Muslims five acres to build a mosque in the temple town. The Ram

Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title case was awarded in favour of ―the deity

of Lord Ram" who was held to be a ―juristic person".

India started its $43 million worth project to boost climate resilience in three

coastal states in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme

(UNDP). The project is funded by Green Climate Fund

Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE) Prevention and

Investigation Unit started by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

AP CM launches ‗Nadu-Nedu‘ scheme to develop the Government Education

sector which aims to transform government schools into vibrant and competitive

institutions.

United States(US) secretary of state, Michael Richard Pompeo has formally

submitted to the United Nations (UN) a declaration to withdraw from the

historic Paris Agreement,

Pakistan becomes the first country in the world to launch the World Health

Organization (WHO) approved the new Typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV).


The Prime Minister (PM) of India Shri Narendra Modi paid a 3-day official visit to

Thailand to attend India, East Asia- ASEAN (Association of South East Asian

Nations) and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). 14th East

Asia Summit (EAS) and RCEP was also held after the ASEAN summit in

Bangkok.

Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, paid a two-day visit to Brazil from

November 13-14, 2019 to attend the 11th annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,

China and South Africa) summit. The theme of the summit was ―Economic

growth for an innovative future.‖

RBI committee headed by Tapan Ray recommends tighter norms for Core

Investment Companies

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Guyana is expected to be

fastest growing country in the world at 86% in 2020

The 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 was conferred on noted Hindi poet

and writer Leeladhar Jagoori for his poetry collection ‗Jitne Log Utne Prem‘.

Indian journalist Neha Dixit was one of several recipients of the 2019

International Press Freedom Awards

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, philosopher and poet, has been chosen for

this year's 55th Jnanpith award. He is also the 6th Malayalam Poet to receive

the Jnanpith award

Rajinikanth was conferred the 'Icon of Golden Jubilee Award' for his

contribution to Indian cinema. It's a first time award beginning with the 50th

edition of IFFI. French actress Isabelle Huppert was given the Lifetime

Achievement Award

1st International Conference on ―Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience-

2019‖ held in New Delhi

The Union Water Resources Ministry has finalised a committee to draft a new

National Water Policy (NWP). It will be chaired by Mihir Shah

China approves world‘s 1st carbohydrate-based drug GV-971 to cure

Alzheimer‘s disease

2 newly discovered spider species named after Sachin Tendulkar & St.

Kuriakose Elias Chavara

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric (34) from Crotia became the 17th winner of

the Golden Foot award in Monaco

Sir David Attenborough natural historian who has been chosen to be awarded

the 2019 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust


natural historian who has been chosen to be awarded the 2019 Indira Gandhi

Peace Prize by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust

Gulab Kothari well-known author, journalist and editor-in-chief of Rajasthan

Patrika who has been chosen for the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award Award by

Press Council of India

TIGER TRIUMPH The Indo-US joint tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and

Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise h

Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn as the new prime minister of srilanka, Gotabaya

Rajapaksha The new President of Sri Lanka who succeeds President Maithripala

Sirisena

Virat Kohli has been named PETA India's Person of the Year 2019 for his animal

advocacy efforts

Afghanistan is most affected by terrorism as per Global Terrorism Index 2019

released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Sydney (India is 7th most

affected)

The Oxford Word of the Year 2019 – Climate Emergency

The cyclone which hit West Bengal and Bangladesh causing substantial loss of

lives and property was named – Bulbul

On November 27 India‘s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47 has launched

Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into Sun Synchronous orbit from

Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. Cartosat-3 aims to

address the increased demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource

and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover

World Toilet Day: 19 November Theme: Leaving no one behind

Shri TN Seshan 10th Chief election commissioner died. He was chief election

commissioner from 1990 to 1996. Seshan had contested the 1997 presidential

election against K.R. Narayanan, who eventually won. Books written: The

Degeneration of India and A Heart full of Burden

Saudi Arabia was recently elected to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO

for first time

Greta Thunberg has been awarded the International Children's Peace Prize for

the year 2019 for her global campaign called 'School Strike

Google has launched a new cloud-based game streaming service named Google

Stadia


For the fifth consecutive year, Tamil Nadu received the Best State Award in

cadaveric organ donation from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant

Organisation, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

In the 18th edition of the State of the States survey, Tamil Nadu emerged as our

best-performing big state in Best performing and Most improved Big state in

law and order given by India Today

Chief Minister inaugurated the memorial of Thiru Ramasami Padayatchiyar at

Cuddalore. He was the founder of the Tamil political party Tamil Nadu Toilers'

Party

V.Thiruppugazh, IAS, Additional Secretary, National Disaster Management

Authority submitted the copy of the study report on the action taken by the

Government of Tamil Nadu during Gaja Cyclone

Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the Pedestrian Plaza at Pondy Bazaar in T

Nagar, Chennai, the project under the Smart city Mission

Hon‘ble Deputy Chief Minister was conferred with International Rising star of

the year - Asia Award in the Global community Oscars 2019 of American Multi

Ethnic Coalition Inc

Honble Deputy Chief Minister was conferred with an award - Thanga Thamizh

Magan by Chicago Tamizh Sangam in the Childrens Day Celebration

Indian Institute of Technology Madras to collaborate with Tamil Nadu e-

governance agency for enhancing data-driven governance in the areas including

education, agriculture and healthcare.

Hon‘ble Deputy Chief Minister launched Sustainable Development Goals - a

monitoring Platform on November 7th

Tamilnadu won World Agriculture Prize instituted by the Indian Council of Food

and Agriculture (ICFA),

Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the schemes of Tamil Nadu e-Governance

Agency in Connect-2019

Facilities in Government Schools and seen the DIKSHA Champion Award

received by Tamil Nadu

World-class Livestock Park to be set up in Thalaivasal, Salem District

R Rajagopal appointed chief information commissioner of Tamil Nadu

Amreshwar Pratap Sahi appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High court

Creation of New District

33rd District , 22nd November 2019 Tenkasi Carved out of Tirunelveli


District

34th District , 26th November 2019 Kallakurichi, bifurcated from

Vilupuram District

35th District , 28th November 2019 Thirupattoor bifurcated from vellore

District

36th District , , 28th November 2019 Ranipet bifurcated from vellore District

37th District , 29th November 2019 Chengalpat , Bifurcated from Kanchipuram District

December Current Affairs

Manoj Mukund Naravane has been appointed as Chief of the Indian Army

Karnataka secured first position in the recently released ‗India State of Forest

Report 2019‘ for the highest growth in forest area in the country

Koneru Humpy Indian female chess player recently won the World Rapid

Championship title

SC orders judicial enquiry in Hyderabad Encounter; Panel to be headed by ex-

judge VS Sirpurkar

President approved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. This act amended

Citizenship Act, 1955 by granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslims

migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who came to India on or

before December 31, 2014. . The act will also relax the requirement of residence

in India for citizenship by naturalisation from 11 years to 5 years for these

migrants.

Andhra Pradesh cabinet approves Disha bill, 2019 to dispose of crimes against

women in 21 days

Ram Nath Kovind, President of India signed an order to extend the Inner Line

Permit (ILP) regime to Manipur. Manipur is the fourth state to have the ILP after

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram

Entire Nagaland declared ‗disturbed area‘ for six more months under AFSPA

Madras Waste Exchange: Chennai Corporation of Tamil Nadu launches

country‘s first waste exchange platform

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned 1st

Lignite based 500 MW thermal unit of 2x500 MW Neyveli New Thermal Power

Project in Tamil Nadu (TN).

India's 1st National maritime heritage museum to be built in Lothal, Gujarat

with the help of Portugal


Rajya Sabha instituted panel head by Jairam Ramesh to study issues related to

online pornographic content

Nagpur Resolution to empower citizens adopted at conference organized by

DARPG in Nagpur. The conference was organised by the Department of

Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)

World‘s longest Strategic mountain tunnel under Rohtang Pass in HP named

after Vajpayee

India‘s 1st transgender university will open in Fazilnagar block in UP's (Uttar

Pradesh) Kushinagar district

Saudi Arabia became the first country in the Arab world to head G20 (Group of

20) after it took over from Japan.

The South Pacific region of Bougainville got 98% votes to become the world‘s

newest nation by gaining independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Conservative leader Boris Johnson lands 'historic' election victory as British

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's

Japan launches world's 1st liquid hydrogen transport ship, ‗Suiso frontier‘

The 10th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masatsugu Asakawa

Hemant Soren, working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), took oath

as the 11th chief minister Jharkhand

Tamil writer Cho. Dharman has won the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award for his

novel Sool, depicting the life of the ordinary people, traditional knowledge,

agricultural practices and water management.

Sashi Tharoor Won Sahitya Akademi award for his book ―An Era of Darkness:

The British Empire in India‖.

Amitabha Bagchi wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his 2018

novel, Half the Night is Gone. 2019

Amitabh Bachchan to be honoured with the 50th Dada Saheb Phalke award

Krishnamachari Srikkanth has been selected for CK Nayudu Lifetime Award for

the year 2019.

UN declares Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai as the most famous teenager of

the decade

The 2nd session of the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between India & United States

(US) was held in Washington DC, US.


India inched up one spot to rank 129th out of 189 countries on the 2019

Human Development Index (HDI) released by the (UNDP). The HDI measures

average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development — life

expectancy, education and per capita income. Norway, Switzerland, Ireland

occupied the top three positions in that order

India has slipped to the 112th spot from its 108th position in 2018 in the World

Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2020

The southern state of Tamil Nadu has bagged the top position in the composite

ranking for good governance index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and

Karnataka

Kerala tops states in progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goal Index.

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu together ranked at the third

position

Portugal has announced launching of Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize to be

given every year

Deepika Padukone has been chosen for the 2020 Crystal Award for spreading

awareness about mental health by the World Economic Forum

Tony Joseph has been awarded the Shakti Bhatt First Book prize for his book

Early Indians: The Story of our Ancestors and Where we came from

General Bipin Rawat become The first Chief of Defence Staff

Christina Koch US astronaut who has created a new record for the longest

single space flight by a woman breaking the record of 288 days held by Peggy

Whitson

Afghanistan has become the first in the world to recognise Indian

Pharmacopoeia

Indian 8-year-old challenges world leaders to act on climate change at COP25

in Madrid

13th edition of the South Asian Games 2019, held from December 1-10, 2019,

was hosted by three different cities of Nepal- Kathmandu, Pokhara and

Janakpur. India ended its campaign with highest-ever medal

RISAT-2BR1 was also successfully placed in its designated orbit by PSLV-

C48. RISAT-2BR1 is a remote imaging satellite.

25th December Good Governance Day' is observed in India every year

Bharti Airtel mobile service provider recently introduced Wi-Fi calling facility in

India


Rohtang tunnel tunnel was officially renamed as the Atal tunnel and dedicated

to the nation by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been appointed as Foreign Secretary of India

Constitution (126th Amendment) Bill 2019 extending reservation for Scheduled

Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies by

another 10 years.

Zozibini Tunzi South African contestant who has been crowned Miss Universe

2019 in an event held in Atlanta, USA

The Houston Tamil Studies Chair (HTSC) has made a $ 2 million pledge to the

University of Houston to establish an endowment supporting the study of Tamil

heritage.

Thiru Bhaskaran, Arjuna Award winner for his outstanding performance in

Body building

The National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities-2019

received by the Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank. for giving maximum

loans to diffabled

In Melpuram panchayat union in Kanyakumari district alone, on an

experimental basis

Isaignani Ilaiyaraja has been awarded Harivarasanam Award by Kerala

Government

―Journey of a Civilization: Indus to Vaigai‖ Written By R Balakrishnan IAS.

January 2020 Current Affairs

Vyommitra the name of human robot that is being developed by ISRO for its

space mission Gaganyaan

India's first Human Space Flight Infrastructure Centre will be established in

Challakere (Karnataka)

The central government in consultation with BEE had notified new energy

performance standards for room air conditioners 24 Degree Celsius

Rani Rampal becomes the first hockey player in the world to win 'World Games

Athlete of the Year' award

Uttarakhand State‘s Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre won the

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020

Kerala reported first confirmed case of Coronavirus

Union Government has offered to sell its 100 percent stake in Air India


An ad hoc committee of the Rajya Sabha (RS) headed by Congress

parliamentarian Jairam Ramesh submitted its report on child pornography to

Vice President

Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (ARLA) adopted a new logo. he new

logo consists of the National Emblem to signify the federal system of the Indian

Constitution and the flower foxtail orchid (Rhynchostylis retusa) which

represents the state, its people and culture, while the blue colour denotes the

autonomy of the assembly secretariat

Delhi airport gets a new women-only cab service namely "Women with Wheels"

The Shiv Sena party led Maharashtra launched ‗Shiv Bhojan‘ scheme, with the

aim of providing a meal to the poor for Rs.10, on the occasion of the 71st

Republic Day

Arjun Munda has been elected as the new President of Archery Association of

India

Andhra Pradesh introduced a draft bill that proposes the creation of three state

capitals, Judicial capital, Kurnool , Legislative capital – Amaravati, Executive

capital – Visakhapatnam

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port is the new name of Kolkata Port Trust

The govt of Madhya Pradesh has made it mandatory for schools to read the

preamble of the constitution every Saturday under the name sovereignty of

constitution.

Odisha govt launches India's 1st e-Gazette portal for all gazette notifications

TN‘s Fishery and Music universities named after the late CM J Jayalalithaa

Telangana Information Technology (IT) minister Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao

has declared 2020 as year of Artificial Intelligence

Indian Navy launched 'Operation Vanilla' to aid the cyclone-hit Madagascar

Kerala became 1st State to pass resolution against citizenship Amendment Act

Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 1st state in India to initiate IUCN‘s red-listing

of orchids

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan launched

‗Saksham‘ a month long Peoplecentric fuel conservation mega campaign

Two villages namely Bahadurpur and Kheri Viran of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has set

to become India‘s first ‗Model Sports villages‘


Government has formed a 7-member group of ministers (GoM) headed by

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to review the crop insurance scheme ,―Pradhan

Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)‖

Coronavirus declared as a global health emergency by WHO

RBI appoints Janak Raj as member of the Monetary Policy Committee

ICICI Bank launches first-of-its-kind 24x7 self-service delivery facility , 'iBox‘

Bipul Behari Saha, a noted chemist has been elected as a bureau member of

the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period

2020-23

Eminent Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi will be conferred with 29th Saraswati

Samman. He has been selected for this prestigious literary award for his short

stories collection- Chequebook

Eminent Agricultural Scientist Dr M S Swaminathan and well-known social

worker, Dr. Gutta Muniratnam were respectively chosen as the first recipients

of ‗Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence‘ and

‗Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service‘‘

Environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev and Prof. Gretchen C. Daily won the Tyler

Prize 2020 for Environmental Achievement

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 107th Indian Science

Congress (ISC) today at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru. The

theme of the congress for 2020 is ―Science & Technology: Rural Development‖

India drop 10 ranks to 51st position in Economist Intelligence Unit‘s Democracy

Index

India has been ranked at the 80th position among 180 countries and territories

in the Corruption Perception Index

Food delivery startup Zomato acquires Uber Eats in all-stocks deal for $350 mn

ISRO to set its 2nd launch port in Thoothukodi district of Tamil Nadu

Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu which has been chosen for induction of Sukhoi 30MKI

aircraft in 222 Squadron

3rd Global Potato Conclave held from 28 January to 31 January 2020 –

Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Andhra Pradesh passed a resolution in its Legislative Assembly to abolish its

Legislative Council

The theme of National Voters Day observed on 25 January 2020 – Electoral

Literacy for Stronger Democracy


Samvidhan Hindi word which has been declared the Hindi Word of the year

2019 by Oxford University Press

Hydrochlorofluocarbon (HCFC)-141b ozone depleting chemical which has been

successfully and completely been phased out by India

2020 has been declared as Nurse and Midwife by World Health Organisation

MANI (Mobile Aided Note Identifier) app launched by the Reserve Bank of India

to help visually challenged persons in identifying currency notes

Brazil's President Jair Messias Bolsonaroas the chief guest at the 71st Republic

Day celebration

ISRO has launched telecommunication satellite GSAT-30 into

a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Kourou launch base, French

Guiana by European Ariane-5 VA-251

77th Golden Globe Awards

Best Motion Picture (Drama): 1917

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Once upon a time Hollywood

Actor: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Padma Vibhushan 12. Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous);

13. Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous); 14. Smt Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous); 15. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK (Mauritius 16. Smt MC Mary Kom ( sports)

Padma Bhusan 17. Ms Krishnammal Jagannathan ( social Work) 18. Shri Venu Srinivasan ( Trade & Industry)

Padma Shree 19. Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo) ( arts) 20. Shri Manohar Devadoss ( arts) 21. S.Ramakrishnan ( Social Work) 22. Shri PRadeep Thalappil ( science & engineering)

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru Edappadi Palaniswami laid the foundation

stone of 'DLF Downtown' at Taramani in Chennai.

Hon‘ble Thiru Justice S.Rajeswaran Commission of Inquiry appointed by the

Government to inquire the law and order disturbances following the agitation

for holding of Jallikattu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be presenting Krishi Karman award for

2017-18 in Oilseeds category to Tamil Nadu.Tamil Nadu bags Krishi Karman

award for the fifth time


The draft Tamil Nadu State Child Policy 2020 was released by the T.N.

Commission for the Protection of Child Rights

Justice Chandru appointed chairperson of fee-fixation committee for private

agricultural colleges

Riya, a transgender, became the first person from the community to get elected

as Tiruchengode Panchayat Union member from Karuveppampetti ward.

February Current Affairs

As per latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, India has been ranked

at5th position in the list of world‘s largest economies overtaking France and the

United Kingdom

Union Government will be organizing India‘s maiden Artificial Intelligence

summit- "RAISE 2020" from April 11-12, 2020 In Delhi. RAISE 2020 stands for

Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020

World Bank signed a loan agreement of USD 450 million with the Government

of India to improve groundwater in the country

Gully Boy has recently won the best film award in Filmfare Awards 2020

Karnataka CM launches Janasevaka Scheme to Provide delivery of Govt

Services at Doorstep

Sarojini Naidu's birthday is celebrated as National Women's Day of India on

February 13 every year.

Jaipur recently received UNESCO World Heritage City Certificate

Tadipatri railway station in Andhra Pradesh from where India's first fruit-train

was flagged off with locally grown bananas

Ashraf Ghani won a second term as the President of Afghanistan

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswamy announced that

Cauvery delta regions in Tamil Nadu is going to declared as a protected Special

Agricultural Zone(SAZ)

state government will celebrate the birth anniversary of former CM Jayaram

Jayalalithaa on February 24 as ‗State Girl Child Protection Day‘

Facebook launched ―We Think Digital‖ Programme to provide digital literacy

training to 1 lakh women across 7 states

Union Minister of State for shipping Mansukh Mandaviya, inaugurated the

India‘s first floating jetty on the banks of Mandovi river, Goa

Maldives readmitted and becomes 54th member of Commonwealth family


UN(United Nations) health agency, the WHO(World Health Organization) has

officially renamed Coronavirus as ‗COVID-19‘

The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated Hindi, as

the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Director-General Audrey Azoulay arrived in New Delhi, India on a three-day visit

The President of Portugal Mr Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has paid a four days visit

to India for the first time from 13-16 February 2020

India‘s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to conduct the

Financial Literacy Week (FLW) 2020 from February 10 – February 14, 2020

The government appointed M Ajit Kumar as chairman of the Central Board of

Indirect Taxes and Customs

Supratim Bandyopadhyay was appointed as chairman of the Pension Fund

Regulatory and Development Authority

Sanjay Kothari, the Secretary to the President, has been selected as the new

Central Vigilance Commissioner

Bimal Julka was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)

Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, was appointed as the Iraq‘s new Prime Minister

15th Finance commission constitutes 8-member panel headed by ITC chairman

Sanjiv Puri to boost agri exports

Chairman of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Ajay Tyagi gets a 6

month extension from the government.

K.V. Jeyasri, a Tamil teacher from Tiruvannamalai, has won the Sahitya

Akademi Award 2019 for her translation of the Malayalam novel Nilam Poothu

Malarnna Naal (The day the land bloomed and blossomed) into Tamil as Nilam

Poothu Malarntha Naal. Nilam Poothu Malarntha Naal traces the history of

Paari, one of the seven philanthropist Tamil chieftains, and also explores the

socio-cultural history of the Tamil land, the wars among kings and the lives of

singers, poets and those practising various other professions in the Sangam

period.

23rd National Conference on e-Governance which was held at Mumbai

International Judicial Conference 2020 was held from 21st-23rd February, 2020

in New Delhi. The theme of the Conference was ‗Judiciary and the Changing

World


The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the conservation of

migratory species of wild animals from 17th to 22nd February 2020 at

Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

DEFEXPO 2020 held from 05 to 09 February 2020 with the theme India: The

Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub – Lucknow

Manpreet Singh Indian hockey player who has been named the Player of the

Year 2019 by International Hockey Federation

The theme of India's first National Protein Day observed on 27 February 2020 –

#ProteinMeinKyaHai

The motto of 2020 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo from 24 July to 09

August 2020 – United by Emotion

Death-An Inside Story by Jaggi Vasudev

World Day of Social Justice: 20 February 2020

Australian Open 2020

Title Winner

Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women's Singles Sofia Kenin (USA)

Mens's Doubles Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (UK)

Women's Doubles Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina

Mladenovic (France)

Mixed Doubles Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and Rajeev Ram (USA)

Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the scheme of planting 72 Lakhs tree

Saplings in connection with the 72nd birth anniversary of Late Hon‘ble Chief

Minister Selvi J Jayalalithaa

Bhavatharini with State Award in recognition of her contribution for the social

upliftment of girl children on the occasion of State Girl Child Protection Day

Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated the Cricket Stadium of Salem Cricket

Foundation at Vazhapadi, Salem District

Akshaya Patra signs MoU with Chennai Corporation, to feed over 27k school

children. The Kalai Unavu Thittam (Morning meal/Breakfast scheme)

Retired district judge D. Jayachandran, one of the two members of State Human

Rights Commission (SHRC) took over as the Commission‘s acting chairperson

Highlights of Union Budget 2020-21


Aspirational India - better standards of living with access to health, education

and better jobs for all sections of the society

Economic Development for all - ―Sabka Saath , Sabka Vikas , Sabka Vishwas‖.

Caring Society - both humane and compassionate; Antyodaya as an article of

faith.

March Current affairs

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday honoured R. Kannagi, 52,

from Tiruvannamalai, with the Tamil Nadu government‘s Avvaiyar award for the

current year, recognising her work for the uplift of rural women for over 18

years.

The Tamil Nadu government appointed senior AIADMK leader and former

Finance Minister C. Ponnaiyan as Vice Chairman of State Planning

Commission. (The Tamil Nadu government had in March 2017 announced that

it would replace the State Planning Commission with the State Development

Policy Council).

Mayiladuthurai becomes the 38th district in Tamil Nadu. TN government issues

orders notifying the formation of the new district bifurcating Nagapattinam

district.

Chief minister Palaniswami announced the creation of an Information Centre

Park over 150 acres in Nemili and Mannud villages in Sriperumpudur taluk,

―The park will be created by TIDCO (Tamil Nadu

Industrial Development Corporation

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister launched the Rs 2,857 crore - Tamil Nadu Health

System Reform Programme (TNHSRP), in Chennai. The five-year programme will

focus on three key areas - improved quality of care, management of non-

communicable diseases and injuries, and reduced equity gaps in reproductive

and child health. TNHSRP is a World Bank supported project

Andhra Pradesh ranked 1st in country for overall implementation of Poshan

Abhiyan. Government is implementing Poshan Abhiyan earlier known as

National Nutrition Mission

The Finance Commission has constituted a committee under the chairmanship

of NK Singh in order to create a road map for fiscal consolidation for the Center

and the State

Sir Creek is a 96-km strip of water disputed between India and Pakistan in the

Rann of Kutch marshlands

Government of India nominated 2 sites namely Dholavira: A Harappan City and

Monuments and Forts of Deccan Sultanate to be included in the World Heritage

Sites List for the year 2020.


The Union Territory of Ladakh will host the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games.

The United Nations (UN) released its World Happiness Report and India was at a

dismal 144 rank of a total 156 nations surveyed. India has been scored at 3.573

points nestled between Lesotho and Malawi nations

India has joined the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) as an Observer State.

CRISPR (CaS9)-The Gene Editing Tool used to treat blindness for the first time

at the Oregon University, Portland, USA.

The year 2020 which is also the ―SUPER YEAR FOR BIODIVERSITY‖, as the

Strategic Plan for Biodiversity with 20 global Aichi targets adopted in 2010 ends

in 2020

As per the Key World Energy Statistics 2019, India is the 3rd largest producer of

electricity in the world.

Ministry of Tourism has launched ‗Stranded in India‘ portal for foreign tourists

PM-CARES fund has been set up to provide relief to all those affected by

COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister‘s Citizen Assistance and Relief in

Emergency Situations Fund

FM Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for the

poor amid coronavirus lockdown under which 80 crore poor people will be given

5 kg of wheat or 5 kg rice for 3 months

Reliance Industries has set up India‘s first 100-bed COVID-19 dedicated

hospital

The Health Ministry has restricted Hydroxychloroquine drug‘s sale, export and

distribution declaring it as an essential drug to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent or treat malaria caused by mosquito

bites.

Dr. V K Paul has been appointed to lead the 21-member high-level technical

committee of health experts set up to tackle coronavirus in India

Ranjan Gogoi former Chief Justice of India nominated to the Rajya Sabha by

President Ram Nath Kovind

On 22nd March Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all citizens to follow a

‗Janata Curfew‘ to stop the spread of novel coronavirus

Swavalamban Express new train launched by SIDBI for new entrepreneurs

Virus vs Vaayu, a corona tale for kids. to clear all queries related to Coronavirus

and share healthy tips with kids

Pragati the name of Facebook‘s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative

in India


Hantavirus is the name of the new virus that has appeared in China amid the

COVID-19 outbreak

Luxembourg has become the first in the world that has announced a free public

transport system for all

Popularly referred to as perasiriyar (professor) anbalagan in the DMK camp has

passed away

Tamil Nadu government has announced setting up of an Active Pharmaceutical

Ingredients (API) Park in Tiruvannmalai

April Current Affairs

"Kerala is the first state to declare the internet as a fundamental right of the

citizen. As part of this, the K-FON project was launched to provide

quality internet free of cost to the poor and at affordable rates to others.

India Ranked 142 in 'The World Press Freedom Index 2020‖, Norway is

ranked first in the Index

Operation Sanjeevani: IAF airlifts medical and hospital consumables for

the Maldives


Chemical sector was India‘s top exporting sector for the first time during the

2019-2020 fiscal year

April 24 National Panchayati Raj Day was observed in India

Kerala becomes the first state to commence clinical trial plasma therapy

treatment.

T.N. tops in micro-irrigation coverage According to the Pradhan Mantri

Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

The famous Kovilpatti kadalai mittai has been granted the Geographical

Indication (GI) tag. Kovilpatti kadalai mittai is manufactured in Kovilpatti

and adjacent towns and villages in Thoothukudi district.

Tamil Nadu appoints J. Radhakrishnan as special nodal officer for Chennai

Corporation, to coordinate COVID-19 efforts

Tamil Nadu government has appointed senior IAS officer

Ka. Balachandran as the chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Public Service

Commission Tamil Nadu government has appointed senior IAS officer

Ka. Balachandran as the chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Public Service

Commission

Along with conventional methods of raising funds for this crisis, some

unconventional tools such as ‗helicopter money‘. Simply put, Helicopter

Money means extension of non-repayable money transfer from the central

bank to the state and central governments, to infuse liquidity in the system

Artemis program, NASA wishes to demonstrate new technologies,

capabilities and business approaches that will ultimately be needed for the

future exploration of Mars.

China‘s first Mars probe is called Tianwen-1 (formerly Huoxing 1), which

means ―Questions to Heaven‖

Malini Shankar has been appointed as the new head of the National

Shipping Board

Karnataka has launched ―Apthamitra" helpline and App to fight COVID-19

Uttar Pradesh has become the first in the country to geo-tag community

kitchens

Viswanathan Anand has been appointed as the Ambassador for World

Wildlife Fund India's Environment Education programme

Aarogya Setu android app has become the world‘s fastest app to reach 50

million users, within just 13 days


Dekho Apna Desh series of webinars that was launched by India's Ministry

of Tourism that allows you to explore the length and breadth of the country

highlighting its tourist attractions, history and culture

Infosys COO Pravin Rao is the new chairman of National Association of

Software and Services Companies

The President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Governors and Members of

Parliament have voluntarily agreed to 30 percent salary cut for one year to

deal with the COVID-19 crisis

Justice Rajnesh Oswal has become the first judge of J&K High Court to take

oath under the Indian Constitution

Sanjay Kothari has been appointed as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner

Jeevan low cost ventilator developed by Indian Railways at its Kapurthala

coach factory

Germany hosted the 11th session of "Petersberg Climate Dialogue" on April

28, 2020

April 26 World Intellectual Property Day was observed to encourage

creativity and innovation

Hubble telescope celebrated 30 years of its launch on April 24, 2020

Tianwen the name of China‘s first Mars exploration mission

Oil prices in USA crashed below $0 mark on April 20, 2020

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General of the World Health

Organisation (WHO)

Jack Dorsey CEO of twitter who has pledged to donate $1 billion to fight

COVID-19

Tony Lewis co-inventor of Duckworth-Lewis method died

Middle-east nation Lebanon has become the first Arab country to legalize

cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes.

May Current Affairs

Union Government has implemented Lt. General D B Shekatkar Committee's

recommendations related to creating border infrastructure. The committee

appointed in 2016 mandate to ‗suggest measures to enhance combat

capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces‘.

The Central government had started the Vande Bharat mission on May 6 to

help stranded people reach their destinations through special international

flights


Operation Samudra Setu, which was launched on 05 May 2020 as part of

the national effort to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas during the

COVID-19 pandemic has culminated after successfully bringing 3,992

Indian citizens back to their homeland by sea.

Indian Railways has approved Alstom‘s WAG 12B e-locos to haul freight

trains at a maximum speed of 120km/h.

A committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal, headed by Justice

B. Seshasayana Reddy, held a detailed inquiry at the LG Polymers gas leak

in Vishak

Tamilnadu Government Appointed A high-level committee headed by former

Reserve Bank of India Governor C. Rangarajan, to assess the immediate and

medium-term impact of the pandemic on various sectors of the State‘s

economy

Russia to launch first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring Arctic climate this

year

Karnataka has decided to maintain a 'State Health Register' of all citizens

The foundation stone for a missile park called ―Agneeprastha‖ has been laid

in naval ship INS Kalinga

Four Indian cosmonauts, who have been selected for India‘s first manned

space mission Gaganyaan, have resumed their training in Russia

Nepal has included disputed territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh, and

Limpiyadhura in its new map

Kerala replanted Andaman‘s rare palm ―Pinanga andamanensis‖ to prevent

its extinction

Amphan cylone that hit the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal on May 20

Union Government has announced Rs 5000 crore special credit facility for

street vendors under Aatmanirbhar Economic Package

Telangana become the first in the country to regulate cultivation of crops

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved USD 500 million

funds for India‘s ―COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems

Preparedness Project‖

Jharkhand banned pan masala containing Magnesium Carbonate for 1 year

The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has successfully

developed India's first indigenous antibody testing kit -- ELISA -- to combat

COVID-19.


Major Suman Gawani Indian military officer who has been chosen to be

awarded the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award

(2019)

Mission SAGAR India has despatched food items, COVID related Medicines

including HCQ Tablets and special Ayurvedic medicines to countries like

Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros

J.K. Rowling author of the book ―The Ickabog‖

NASA's next-generation space telescope- WideField Infrared Survey

Telescope (WFIRST) which was named after the space agency‘s first chief

astronomer Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

In an unprecedented move, the Head of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Roberto Azevedo has decided to resign, a year before his term expires.

WHO and UN Postal Agency released a commemorative stamp on May 9th to

mark the 40th anniversary of the eradication of Small Pox

Thangjam Dhabali Singh doctor from Manipur has been conferred the 'Order

of Rising Sun' by the Japan government for promoting a better

understanding of Japan in India and deepening ties between the two

countries

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that he has

formed a Special Investment Promotion Task Force to fight the pandemic in

the state. The force headed by Chief Secretary

June Current Affairs /

India secured 168 rank in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment

Performance Index (EPI Index 2020) — that measured the environmental

performance of 180 countries — and was released by the Yale University

India was elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security

Council for a two-year term

India has become a founding member of an Alliance for Poverty

Eradication at the UN, launched by the President of the General Assembly

On 21 June 2020,Indonesia‘s most active volcano, Mount Merapi has

erupted fuming ash and smoke more than three miles into the sky

India continues to remain ranked 43rd on an annual World Competitiveness

Index compiled by Institute for Management Development

According to the latest World Investment Report 2020 by UNCTAD, India

jumped from 12th position in 2018 to 9th position in 2019 among the

world's largest FDI recipient.


China has successfully launched the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation

Satellite System(BDS)

Gold coin dating to 17th Century A.D. found in Agaram part of the Keeladi

cluster. The coin, weighing 300 mg, used to be referred to as ‗Veerarayan‘

coin

Tamil Nadu CM, union Petroleum Minister inaugurate compressed bio gas

plant in namakkal

Food safety index In the Large States category, Gujarat secured the first

place, Tamil Nadu second and Maharashtra third.

Covaxin vaccine candidate manufactured by Bharat Biotech that has been

approved by the Drug Controller General of India

59 Chinese mobile apps have been banned by India to protect its sovereignty

and integrity

Delhi decided to launch India's first Plasma Bank for the treatment of

COVID-19 patients

Maharashtra launched Project Platina, the world's largest convalescent

plasma therapy trial to treat severe COVID-19 patients

Indian government has declared Kushinagar airport as an International

airport in uttar Pradesh

On June 24 the International Transport Forum (ITF) and NITI Aayog jointly

launched the "Decarbonising Transport in Emerging Economies" (DTEE)

project in India

India's ranked 43rd at the annual World Competitiveness Index

COVID BEEP India‘s first cost-effective, indigenous, wireless physiological

parameters monitoring system for COVID-19 patients

Bhararisen declared as Uttarakhand‘s new summer capital

Indian Railways launched AI enabled robot Captain Arjun (Always be

Responsible and Just Use to be Nice) to intensify the screening and

surveillance of railway passengers and railway staff

Iran has issued an arrest warrant against Donald Trump

On June 26th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

was observed across the world

world‘s first yoga university outside India has been launched in America

The newly elected President of the 75th UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir

belongs to Turkey


India joined the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on June 15,

2020 as a founding member

Ramon Magsaysay awards has been cancelled for the year 2020 due to

COVID-19

New Zealand has declared itself COVID virus-free

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the smallest country to secure a United

Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat

Dr. Rattan Lal soil scientist from Ohio State University, who has been

chosen for 2020 World Food Prize

The Tamil Nadu Prison Department has changed its name to Tamil Nadu

Prisons and Correctional Services with a DGP as head

Madurai salon owner‘s mohan coronavirus lockdown charity wins PM

Modi‘s praise in Mann ki Baat‘,

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami laid the foundation stone for the

construction of a TIDEL IT Park at Pattabiram

July current affairs

On 29 July 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra

Modi approved the National Education Policy 2020. The policy aims to make

―India a global knowledge superpower‖. This policy will replace the National

Policy on Education (NPE), 1986.

On 27 July 2020, first five out of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft took off from

Dassault Aviation Facility, Merignac, France. On July 29, 2020, these

aircrafts touch down at Ambala Air Force Station

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind

Jugnauth jointly e-inaugurated the new Supreme Court building in Port

Louis,Mauritius.

The Namami Gange project has been included in the prestigious ‗Prime

Minister‘s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration‘.

The 3 MW Solar Power Plant established at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala

is the largest in the Indian Navy and has an estimated life of 25 years.

Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (KELTRON) has

executed the project.

Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has recently been

renamed as Ministry of Education

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 comes in to force from 20th July 2020.

The Act seeks to replace the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.


First edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter ―MATSYA

SAMPADA‖.

Turkmenistan has been granted Observer status by the World Trade

Organization (WTO) General Council.

Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh is a disputed region between

Armenia and Azerbaijan in Central Asia

Iran drops India from Chabahar rail project,

India Ranked 117th in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2020.

Mausam, India's own app for weather forecasts

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United Arab Emirates successfully launched its unmanned Mars mission

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Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd was granted permission to manufacture

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Election Commissioner, Ashok Lavasa has been appointed the vice-president

Asian Development Bank

A book titled ‗His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama‘ An Illustrated

Biography written by Tenzin Geyche Tethong

Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country where all

households have LPG gas connections,

Odisha becomes First State in India to Use Space Technology & Artificial

Intelligence for Safeguarding Government Lands

36th edition of the biannual ASEAN (Association of

Southeast Asian Nations) Summit 2020 was held via video conferencing in

Hanoi, Vietnam. The theme of the Summit was ―Cohesive and

Responsive ASEAN‖.

K Sivan Chairman of ISRO who has been chosen for the 2020 Von Karman

Award by the International Academy of Astronautics, Sweden

Japan and India conducted a day long joint naval exercise, PASSEX in the

Strait of Malacca

The ruling People's Action Party leader Lee Hsien Loong has been re-elected

as the Prime Minister of Singapore for the 4th term

Jean Castex The new Prime Minister of France appointed by its President

Emmanuel Macron

Indra Mani Pandey appointed India‘s Permanent Representative to UN in

Geneva

Lessen the Mortality of COVID-19 The theme of National Doctors Day

observed on 01 July 2020 to mark the birth and death anniversary of Dr.

Bidhan Chandra Roy

Google+ has been relaunched by Google for Android and iOS system as –

Google Currents

Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver: Urjit Patel (former RBI Governor)

Indian Premier League 2020 will be held in United Arab Emirates

Dom Sibley became the first cricketer to violate ICC's 'saliva ban' rule

Tamil Nadu government gives Backward Class status to Thiyya and Ezhava

communities A four-member panel, led by Revenue Secretary Atulya Misra,

Rotary Foundation of Rotary International having its headquarters at

Chicago, has honoured Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami with Paul

Harris Fellow recognition


The newly reconstituted Backward Classes Commission of Tamil Nadu

government will be headed by the retired Justice R Thanikachalam. The first

Backward Classes Commission in Tamil Nadu was formed on November 13,

1969 when the DMK was in power. permanent Tamil Nadu Backward

Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of retired Justice K

Shanmugam on March 15, 1993,

Skeletal remains of two more children were excavated at Konthagai as part

of the sixth phase of the excavations in the ancient site of Keeladi

Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal takes charge as new Chennai Police Commissioner

Hon‘ble Chief Minister inaugurated a 750-bed facility exclusively for the

treatment of COVID-19 patients at the National Institute of Ageing in the

King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research campus, Guindy,

Chennai

Hon‘ble Chief Minister launched Mobile App ―TNPFCL of Tamil Nadu Power

Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd

Hon‘ble Chief Minister laid foundation stone for the International Flower

Auction Centre to be set up at Hosur

Cho Iyer Appointed as Chairman Tamil Nadu Denotified Communities

Welfare Board

August Current Affairs

India‘s cleanest cities 2020 list: Madhya Pradesh‘s Indore emerges as

cleanest city. Have grabbed the prestigious Swachh Survekshan award for

four times in a row.

India emerged joint winner of the International Chess Olympiad along with

Russia

Arunachal Pradesh assembly has passed a resolution to bring the state

under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution

Gujarat topped Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2020? Maharashtra

and Tamil Nadu came at second and third place respectively

Rajasthan launched the 'Indira Rasoi Yojana' in order to provide quality

nutritious food to poor people at just Rs. 8

Kozhikode in Kerala where a plane of Air India crashed resulting in death of

hundreds of people

Venkatraipur (Ganjam) and Noliasahi (Jagatsinghpur) two villages in Odisha

which have been declared as Tsunami Ready by Intergovernmental

Oceanographic Commission of UNESC


United States brokered a historic peace Abraham accord agreement between

Israel and UAE on August 13, 2020

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the

proposal to set up the National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The NRA will

conduct a common preliminary examination for various recruitments in the

central government.

The 41st GST Council meeting took place via video conferencing and was

chaired by Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman on 27th August 2020

The Assam government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act,

1958 (AFSPA) in the state for six more months with effect from August 28.

On 24 August 2020, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has

constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons. The Union

Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment will be Chairperson (exofficio)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first ever under sea Optical

Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair

India‘s first Kisan Rail flagged off between Maharashtra‘s Devlali and Bihar‘s

Danapur Railway station

United Arab Emirates became the first country in the Arab World to produce

nuclear energy

IIT Madras and Center for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC) have

developed two microprocessors named SHAKTI (32 bit) and VEGA (64 bit)

Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge- Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar

Bharat‘

Chandrayaan-2 captures image of crater on Moon; ISRO names it after

Vikram Sarabhai

India to host ICC Men‘s T-20 World Cup in 2021

Skyroot Aerospace becomes India‘s first private company to test upper-stage

rocket engine

Apex Court has clarified that irrespective of a coparcener father being alive

or not on or before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (―2005

Amendment‖)

G.Satheesh Reddy has been given a two-year extension as the Chairman of

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

With a focus on indigenous development of futuristic defence technologies, a

five member expert committee Headed by V Ramgopal Raohas been

constituted to review the charter of duties for all laboratories of the Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).


On 7th August 2020, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi took oath as Chairman of

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Dutch Author, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won the International Booker Prize

2020 for her debut novel ‗The Discomfort of Evening

The city of Lebanon in which a blast of 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate

killed over a 100 people and rendered 3 lakh homeless – Beirut

The England cricketer James Anderson has become the first fast bowler to

take 600 test wickets (and the 4th bowler after Muttaiah Muralitharan,

Shane Warne and Anil Kumble

India PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for Ayodhya Ram temple on

august 5. Chandrakant Sompura, the Ahmedabad-based architect whose

design has been adopted by Shri Ram Janmabhoomi

Kormo Jobs app launched by Google for job seekers in India is named

Former President Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee has passed away. In

2012, he was elected President of India. Awards: Padma Vibhushan (2008)

and Bharat Ratna (2019). Also awarded Bangladesh Muktijuddho

Sanmanona in 2013 by Bangladesh Books written: Thoughts and

Reflections; The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years; The Turbulent

Years: 1980–1996; The Coalition Years: 1996–2012.

Rio Paralympic Games gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu is excited to

be nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Gamaleya Research Institute and

Russian Defence Ministry and launched by the Russian President Vladimir

Putin is named - Sputnik V

The theme of World Breastfeeding Week observed from 01 to 07 August 2020

- Support Breastfeeding for a Healthier Plane

Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World: By Dalai Lama


Water technology major Va Tech Wabag bhas won the prestigious Global Water

Award for its 45 million litres a day tertiary treatment reverse osmosis (TTRO)

plant at Koyambedu in Chennai

WHO Chief Scientist soumya swaminathan honoured with Tamil Nadu's CM's

special award, in recognition of her advisory role in combating the COVID-19

The Government of Tamil Nadu will present the Kalpana Chawla Award on

Independence Day to three women Senthamizh Selvi (38), Muthamaal (34) and

Ananthavalli (34) who rescued two youths who were about to drown in the

waters of Kottarai dam in Perambalur district

S Selvakumar, Founder of Anandam Youth Foundation got ABDUL KALAM

AWARD

Hon‘ble Chief Minister presented Jeevan Raksha Padak-2019 to Thiru R.

Sridhar, Thanjavur District who rescued 3 women and 3 children from

drowning in a lake

In Indpendence day awards Best Corporation Vellore ,Best Municipality

Viluppuram ,Best Town Panchayat Vanavasi (Salem)

September

Kerala bags 'Top Performer' honour in States' Start-up Ranking 2019

India slipped 26 places to 105 among 162 countries and territories on the

index of global economic freedom, according to the Economic Freedom of the

World: 2020 report released by the Fraser Institute in Canada.

Parliament passed a Bill for the inclusion of Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi in

the list of official languages in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,

in addition to the existing Urdu and English.

Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh will be the

first women officers in the Indian Navy to operate from warship

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020 was released by the United

Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty & Human

Development Initiative (OPHI).

The 4th edition of India – Japan Maritime bilateral exercise JIMEX held in

North Arabian Sea from 26 to 28 September 2020

Space start-up Pixxel has signed an agreement with State-run NewSpace

India Limited (NSIL) to launch the country‘s first private remote-sensing

satellite on an ISRO PSLV rocket in early 2021.


In a bid to promote renewable energy, CSIR-CMERI developed the world's

largest solar tree which is installed in Durgapur, West Bengal

On 25th September 2020, Iconic Indian singer SP Balasubrahmanyam died

in Chennai; He was conferred Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan

(2011) from the Government of India.

Yoshihide Suga took over as the new Prime Minister of Japan.

The Fastest Human Calculator of the World, Neelakanta Bhanuprakash

The landmark ruling in which the Supreme Court announced the basic

structure doctrine was in the case of His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati

Sripadagalvaru and Ors v State of Kerala He is passed away

Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi will be renamed as Arun Jaitley Stadium

in honour of former DDCA President

Renowned Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was conferred

the 55th Jnanpith Award.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred the Indira Gandhi Peace

Prize for 2019 on British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, whom he

described as the ―human voice of nature‖.

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020 Oxford Poverty & Human

Development Initiative (OPHI) India was 62nd among 107 countries with an

MPI score of 0.123

well-known film actor Sonu Sood has been conferred with the prestigious

SDG Special Humanatarian Action Award by United Nations Development

Programme

Kerala has been awarded the UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) Award

2020 for its outstanding contribution towards the non-communicable

diseases-related sustainable development goals

The well-known film personality Paresh Rawal has been appointed the

Chairman of National School of Drama, Delhi for 4 years

Italian Open 2020 Men's Singles and Women's Singles titles respectively –

Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep

PD Vaghela has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Telecom

Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Shivangi Singh has been selected as the first woman fighter pilot to fly

Rafale aircraft

Tata Group has won the bid for the construction of India's new Parliament

building


K.K Shailaja UK Magazine Names Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja as

World‘s ‗Top Thinker‘ For COVID-19

Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu selected as fully Digital Economy

district.

Tamil Nadu becomes 1st state to unveil ethical AI, blockchain, cybersecurity

policies in country. (Tamil Nadu Safe and Ethical Artificial Intelligence Policy

2020) & (Tamil Nadu Blockchain Policy 2020) & (Tamilnadu Cyber Security

Policy 2020)

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami released the Tamil

Nadu Electronics Hardware Manufacturing Policy 2020 on August 7,2020.To

increase Tamil Nadu‘s electronics industry output to USD 100 billion by

2025 .To contribute 25% of India‘s total electronic exports to the world by

2025

Honble Chief Minister inaugurated the Tamil Nadu State Data Centre-II and

launched a website of CERT-TN of Information Technology

SKOCH Award and National Water Innovation Award-2020 won by

Tamilnadu

October Current Affairs /

India's first Sand Dune Park is all set to come up on the beaches of Morjim

in North Goa and Galgibaga in South Goa.

ASEEM(Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping) is a skill

management information system

Tamil Nadu government is implementing the Smart Black Board scheme in

80,000 government schools to ensure better teaching environment

Labour Secretary Apurva Chandra will assume charge of the governing body

of the International Labour Organization (ILO)


COVIRAP is a diagnostic machine evolved by the IIT Kharagpur researchers

for COVID-19 detection.

On 03 October 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Atal

Tunnel, world‘s longest highway tunnel in Himachal Pradesh‘s Rohtang. The

9.02 Km long tunnel connects Solang Valley near Manali to Sissu in Lahaul

and Spiti district throughout the year.

Pakistan has been continued to be kept in Grey List by the Financial Action

task Force (FATF)

Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ( 247 zeptoseconds)

On 19 October 2020; bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 has been

started Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and India

India origin Wavel Ramkalawan was elected as the President of Seychelles on

25 October, 2020

The first woman Indian Air Force officer Vijayalakshmi Ramanan passed

away on 18 October 2020.She was 96.

Every year World Polio Day is observed on 24 October

India and France were re-elected as the president and co- president of the

International Solar Alliance for a term of two years at the virtual meeting of

the third ISA assembly.

India‘s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) electric hybrid car successfully

completed its maiden test run in Pune

Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha appointed as new Chief Information

Commissioner

Bhanu Athaiya The first Indian to win Academy Award (for her costume

design in film Gandhi (1982) Passed away

Exercise Bongosagar The second edition of Indian Navy (IN) - Bangladesh

Navy (BN) Bilateral exercise to be held in Northern Bay of Bengal

Kerala has become the first in the country to fix MSP (Minimum Support

Price) for vegetables

The European nation Andorra has become the 190th member of the

International Monetary Fund

Asan Conservation Reserve The conservation site in Uttarakhand which has

become the state's first Ramsar site, making it a Wetland of International

Importance

The theme of Vigilance Awareness Week observed by Govt of India from

27.10.2020 to 02.11.2020 - Vigilant India, Prosperous India


Indian Railways has launched 'Meri Saheli' initiative for focused action on

security of women across with an objective to provide safety

Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on moon

The name given to India's premium cotton in the world cotton trade on the

occasion of 2nd World Cotton Day (07 Oct 2020) - Kasturi

Amnesty International organisation which has halted its operations in India

after its bank accounts were frozen for breaking rules on foreign funding

laws

The Global Hunger Index 2020 report has placed India 94th position among

107 countries, much behind Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.

RAISE: Responsible AI for Social Empowerment

Shashi Tharoor's latest book ―The Battle of Belonging‖ launched by Prabha

Khaitan Foundation

Gujarat will set up the world's biggest zinc smelter project

For the first time in India Himachal Pradesh cultivated Heeng (Asafoetida)

Ministry of AYUSH - launched Jan Andolan Campaign on COVID-19

Rudram anti-radiation missile that was successfully test-fired by DRDO on

October 9, 2020

Japan has targeted to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050

Tamil Nadu has been adjudged as the second best-governed State in the

country, according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by the Public

Affairs Centre. Four southern states, Kerala (1.388 PAI Index point), Tamil

Nadu (0.912), Andhra Pradesh (0.531) and Karnataka (0.468) stood in the

first four ranks in the ‗Large States‘ category in terms of governance, the

report said. Former (ISRO) chairman K Kasturirangan, who heads the PAC,


Adnaan, Kesavan and Arun - college students from Karur in Tamil Nadu are

elated. Their experimental satellite 'Indian Sat' is one among the 80 student-

built satellites from across 73 countries that will be launched into 120km

sub-orbit by a NASA sounding rocket.

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on 1/10/2020 launched the ‗One

Nation, One Ration Card‘ scheme in 32 districts of Tamil Nadu. Under this

scheme, families with Priority Household and Antodaya Anna Yojana ration

cards from Tamil Nadu can receive their entitlements in other States, and

those from elsewhere can receive them in Tamil Nadu.It will be implemented

in Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruvannamalai

and Virudhunagar districts from October 16.

The United Nations Secretary General has called on the World to celebrate

the 3rd World Statistical day on 20th October 2020. The Theme for the 3rd

World Statistics day in ―Connecting the world with data we can trust‖.

Hon‘ble Chief Minister declared open a bronze statue representing Jallikattu

and seen the maintenance of Jallikattu bulls at Pudukkottai District

Hon‘ble Chief Minister launched mygov Portal

(http://tamilnadu.mygov.in) of Information Technology Department

November Current Affairs /

Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar has been elected of the NDA

legislative party of the Bihar. Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for 4th

consecutive term. Renu Devi has been sworn in as the first woman Deputy

Chief Minister of Bihar

ISRO successfully launched Earth Observation Satellite EOS-01 and nine

other customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra

Pradesh‘s Sriharikota. The launch was carried out by India‘s Polar Satellite

Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49)

In lines with ‗Act East Policy‘ of the Government of India,a bridge connecting

India and Bangladesh is being built over Feni river. The 1.8 kilometre long

Feni bridge will connect Sabrum (Tripura) in India with Ramgarh(Chittagong

Division) in Bangladesh.

Telangana launched ‗Dharani‘ Portal a step ahead in revenue reforms by

providing an easy land and property registrations.

In an attempt to contain the Covid 19 spread,the Bangladesh government

ordered no mask, no service policy.

Luis Arce Catacora has been elected the President of Bolivia. His party,

Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), has won the majority.


The Shukrayaan orbiter will be the first mission to Venus by the India Space

Research Organization

The second edition of the India, Thailand and Singapore trilateral naval

exercise SITMEX-20 conducted in the Andaman sea

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech announced they are going to submit a request for

Emergency Use of their COVID-19 vaccine

Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has announced the setting up of an Innovation

Hub under the chairmanship of Kris Gopala Krishnan

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has been accepted

as a component of the World Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS

The Scottish author Douglas Stuart has been awarded the Booker Prize

2020 for his debut novel Shuggie Bain

Tamil Nadu awarded the Best State Award in the National Water Awards

2019, presented by the Vice-President Shri Venkaiah Naidu.

S Hareesh Malayalam author has been chosen for the 2020 JCB Prize for

Literature for his debut novel Moustache

Nainital in Uttarakhand where India's first Moss Garden has been

inaugurated with around 30 species of moss

Keetham lake lake in Agra which has been chosen as a wetland site of

international importance under the Ramsar conservation treaty

United States has officially withdrawn from the Paris climate accord, one

year after it had notified its decision

India's first solar power driven miniature train was inaugurated by Chief

Minister Pinarayi Vijayan - Veli tourist village, Kerala

Nivar severe cyclonic storm which formed in the Bay of Bengal and affected

Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The name was suggested by

Iran. As per reports, 'Nivar' means light in Persian.

China's first domestically developed nuclear reactor with a capacity of

generating 10 billion kilowatthours of electricty which was connected to the

national grid is named - Hualong One

DBS Bank India Ltd with which the amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank

has been approved by Union Cabinet

Bye Bye Corona The World's first scientoon book written by Dr Pradeep

Srivastava

Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh which has been declared a

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve by the international organisation


Mumbai Indians won fifth time in IP which was held in United Arab

Emirates

Faqir Chand Kohli also known as Father of the Indian IT Industry

Dr. Gaurav Sharma created history on November 25, 2020 by becoming the

first Indian-origin parliamentarian to take oath in Sanskrit language on

foreign land (New Zealand)

Jallikattu malayalam has been selected as India's official entry for the

Oscars in the foreign-language film category

Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to form a 'Cow Cabinet' for the

protection of cows in the state

Ruskin Bond has been selected for TATA Literature Live! Lifetime

Achievement Award 2020

Kamala Harris become the first female Indian American Vice President-elect

of the United States

Tamil Nadu has announced a 100 percent tax exemption for e-vehicles

Bangladesh has signed MoU with Serum Institute of India for 3 crore COVID

19 vaccine doses

Diego Maradona football legend who passed away on November 25, 2020 at

the age of 60

Greg Barclay appointed as the new independent Chairman of the

International Cricket Council

USA formally withdrew itself from the Treaty of Open Skies on November 22,

2020

National League for Democracy won Myanmar General Election 2020

China successfully launched the world's first 6G experimental satellite

Hon‘ble Chief Minister on the sad demise of Thiru R. Doraikkannu, Hon‘ble

Minister for Agriculture

Violin maestro TN Krishnan passes away he was honoured with many titles,

including Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.

Alexander Dubiansky, a Tamil professor at the Moscow State University, who

passed

Tamil Nadu has been adjudged the best performing big State for the third

consecutive year conducted by India Today, Tamil Nadu has topped in as

many as 11 categories from a total of 12. Tamil Nadu secured the top spot,

scoring a total of 1,263.1


Tamil Nadu has been adjudged the best in organ donation in the country for

the sixth consecutive year.

Gaana singer Isaivani of The Casteless Collective on BBC's '100 Women

2020 list'

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on November 20 promulgated

an ordinance that banned online gaming in the state , with a fine up to Rs

5,000 and imprisonment of up to six months

December Current Affairs /

40 years with Abdul Kalam by Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai

Narinder Singh Kappany Indian-American physicist also considered the

Father of Fibre-Optics passed away

The government school teacher from Solapur district in Maharashtra

Ranjitsinh Disale has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Award by UK

based Varkey Foundation

Indian Council of Agricultural Research awarded the International King

Bhumibol World Soil Day Award 2020

Orchha and Gwalior historical fort cities in Madhya Pradesh which have

been included in the list of World Heritage Cities by UNESCO

digital platform and mobile app launched by Central Govt for COVID-19

vaccine delivery is named CO-WIN

Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed the Ministry of Shipping as the

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

Cambridge Dictionary has named ‗quarantine‘ as Word of the Year 2020.

On 01 December 2020; Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) launched the nation‘s

first 100 Octane petrol in the country.

WPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu‘s Salem city district chosen best the

second in country

Britain has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-

BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on December 2, 2020.

On December 4, 2020; The World Health Organization (WHO) announced

that it is hoping to have at least 500 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

in the first quarter of 2021 through the COVAX facility.

Arunachal Pradesh became the first state in India to get the organic fruit

certification for the Kiwis grown in Zero Valley.


Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on appointed A Kulasekaran, retired

judge of the Madras High Court, as the head of the Commission that would

carry out a caste-wise enumeration across the State

Global Terrorism Index 2020 has been published. India with a GTI score of

7.353 is the 8th most impacted country by terrorism

World Health Organisation has appointed Indian-origin Anil Soni as the

Chief Executive Officer for the WHO Foundation.

On 2 December 2020; The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)

removed the cannabis from the most dangerous drug category.

The virtual India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 on 8th of December 2020.The

theme for IMC 2020 is ―Inclusive Innovation – Smart, Secure, Sustainable‖

China successfully powered up its ―artificial sun‖ nuclear fusion reactor for

the first time, The HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China‘s largest

Chinese scientists claim to have created the world‘s first light-based

quantum computer named Jiuzhang.

Climate Change Performance Index(CCPI-2021) India ranked 10th Place

Japan‘s Hayabusa2 carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australian outback

Kaspersky (A multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider) has

recently(November 2020) signed a MoU with the CERT-In.

New Delhi - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 10 laid

the foundation stone of the new Parliament building in New Delhi

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy December 14 launched

the ―Mini Clinic‖ project to further strengthen the health infrastructure

IMPORTANT TAMILNADU SCHEMES

SCHEME YEAR

FEATURES & OBJECTIVES

AMMA

2013 Assured Maximum Service to

Marginal People in All Villages‘,

Under the AMMA scheme, officials

will go to the people to deliver

government services.

AMMA THITTAM WILL BE


CONDUCTED EVERY FRIDAY

Amma pharmacy

2014 These fair price pharmacies sell

both branded and generic drugs

priced lower than the market rates.

―Cradle Baby Scheme

1992 Started in Salem December 5th

The scheme allowed mothers to

anonymously hand over their new-

born children to the government

To discourage female foeticide and

gender-based abortions

M.G.R. Nutritious Meal

Programme

1982 To maximize enrollment and reduce

school dropout rates

to improve the nutritional levels

among children

To encourage children from

disadvantaged backgrounds to

attend school regularly

To empower women by offering

employment opportunities

Based on this model Mid Day Meal

Scheme was started in India from

15th August 1995

Tamil Nadu Village Habitation

Improvement Scheme

2011 To overcome the bottlenecks in the

uneven distribution of resources

and to provide minimum basic

infrastructure facilities to all the

habitations.

Amma Magapperu Sanjeevi 2016 Maternity care plan under which

expectant mothers are provided a

bouquet of 11 types of herbal

medicines to improve their overall

health.

Pudhu Vaazhvu project

2005 a poverty eradication and

empowerment programme

implemented in about 4,000 villages


launched with World Bank

assistance in 2005

Chief Minister‟s Girl Child

Protection Scheme

1992 improving gender equality,

child sex ratio

Eradicating harmful practices such

as child marriages and female

infanticide.

Encourage parents to adopt small

family norms with two girl children.

Marriage Assistance Schemes

Financial assistance for the

marriage of the girls and

encouraging the girls to pursue

higher education.

These schemes have made a positive

impact in improving the female

literacy and reducing the school

dropout rate

In order to make ‗Thirumangalyam‘

for the marriage of poor girls, 8

gram gold coin and financial

assistance is provided

Moovalur Ramamirtham

Ammaiyar Ninaivu Marriage

Assistance Scheme

1989 poor parents who are below the

poverty line to solemnize the

wedding of their daughter without

facing financial hindrance along

with gold coin for making

―Thirumangalyam‖

E.V.R Maniyammaiyar

Ninaivu Widow‘s Daughter

Marriage Assistance Scheme

1981 scheme which provides financial

assistance and gold coin to help the

widows to solemnize the marriage of

their daughters

Annai Theresa Ninaivu

Orphan Girls Marriage

Assistance Scheme

the scheme which assures the

marriages of orphan and helpless

girls

Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar

Ninaivu Widow Remarriage

Assistance Scheme

1975 the scheme which paves a way for

the remarriage of widows and to get

a new life and status in the society


Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy

Ninaivu Intercaste Marriage

Assistance Scheme

1981 The scheme implemented to abolish

the caste and creed system in the

society and promote social equality

among communities.

TN NEET Reservation for GOVT School Students

Justice P. Kalaiyarasan Commission and TN NEET Reservation for GOVT School

Students

The commission, headed by retired judge P. Kalaiyarasan, was to look into and

analyse the reasons for government school students not being able to gain

admission to medical colleges for MBBS.

The AIADMK government took a policy decision to implement 7.5% horizontal

reservation for government school students who qualified NEET in medical

admissions following a recommendation of a Commission headed by retired High

Court judge P. Kalaiyarasan.

Though the committee had recommended up to 10 percent internal reservation,

the State cabinet decided upon 7.5 per cent. ―The reservation will be applicable for

students who had studied in private schools under the Right to Education (RTE)

Act till Class 8 and joined government schools from Class 9 to 12


IMPORTANT DATE /

· The commission, headed by retired judge P. Kalaiyarasan appointed on

21.03.2020

· The Committee submitted the recommendation to the state govt on

June 8

· The Tamil Nadu government on September 15 unanimously passed a

bill in the state assembly

· Tamilnadu passed executive order on October 29th October

· TN Governor Approves Bill Granting Horizontal Quota in Medical

Courses on October 30

Constitutional Provisions /

Article 15 (4), provides the ‗special protection‘ to ‗socially and educationally

backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes‘.

This clause (4) was inserted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act 1951. The

amendment was made to enable the implementation of reservation in public

employment guaranteed by Article 16 (4)

Cases related to Reservation


Smt.Champakam Dorairajan (1951)

case was the first major verdict of the Supreme Court on the issue of

Reservation.The case led to the First amendment in the constitution.

The Supreme Court in the case pointed out that while in the case of

employment under the State, Article 16(4) provides for reservations in favour

of backward class of citizens, no such provision was made in Article 15.

Pursuant to the Supreme Court‘s order in the case the Parliament amended

Article 15 by inserting Clause (4).

In Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) case the court examined the scope

and extent of Article 16(4).

The Court has said that the creamy layer of OBCs should be excluded from

the list of beneficiaries of reservation, there should not be reservation in

promotions; and total reserved quota should not exceed 50%.

The Parliament responded by enacting 77th Constitutional Amendment Act

which introduced Article 16(4A).

OBC Reservation

Reservation for Other Backwards Classes (OBC) was introduced based on the

Mandal Commission Report (1991). The quota for OBCs is 27% in government jobs

and higher educational institutions.

Tamilnadu and Reservation

First backward classes commission headed by Sattanathan of Tamilnadu

appointed in 1970 by Chief Minister Karunanithi.

The Commission recommended the identification of a separate ‗Most

Backward Class‘ category and also an increase in quota to accommodate

everyone

Based on the recommendation the Backward class recommendation was

increased from 25% to 31% and that of SC and ST from 16 to 18 %

increased in 1971 by DMK Government

To stop the reservation of seats growing into serving the interests of certain

communities, the Commission recommended introducing economic criteria

to stop the creamy layer from accumulating all benefits of reservation.

Second Backward Classes Commission


In 1979, the M.G. Ramachandran-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra

Kazhagam government attempted to introduce the creamy layer concept

based on the Sattanathan Commission recommendations, but had to

withdraw it later due to stiff political opposition.

To overcome the political distress created by this introduction, the

government further increased the reservation for backward classes from 31%

to 50%. So the Total stood as 68%

Thus the MGR government appointed the Second Backward Classes

Commission, led by J.A. Ambasankar in 1982

Reservation for MBC

The agitation by the Vanniyar community against such a concentration of

reservation among a small section of backward class population forced the

Karunanidhi-led DMK government to compartmentalise the reservation of

50% into 30% for backward classes and 20% for Most Backward Classes and

de-notified communities, in 1989.

And also DMK Government Provided 1% Reservation to Scheduled Tribes

Jeyalalitha and Reservation (76th Constitutional Amendment)

· Then came the Jayalalithaa government, which to protect the 69%

reservation after the Indra Sawhney judgment restricting the reservations under

50%, passed the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or

Posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993, the and got it under Ninth

Schedule of the Constitution to escape from judicial scrutiny.

Reservation for Muslims /2011 |

In 2007 DMK government Implemented 3.5 reservation among the Backward Class

quota

Janarthanam Commission

Janarthanam Commission in 2011 in its report ‗Justification of Reservation under

the Tamil Nadu Act 45 of 1994 on Quantifiable Data‘ on the basis of data given by

state government reiterated the Sattanathan and Ambasankar Backward Class

Commission.

Arunthathiyar Special Reservation act 2009

· In 2009 3 % points out of the 18% reservation for the Scheduled castes

Social Reform Movements

Hindu literary society founded during 1830. Lakshmi narasimha chetti and

srinivasa pillai


Formation of Madras native association 1852 /

srinivasa pillai and Lakshmi narasu Chetti are the prominent members

of after organisation

Madras native association sharply critical of the company's rule

Hindu progressive improvement society 1852/

1852

After the break with Lakshmi narasu chetti pillai and his supporter

formed the association

Objectives of this body to promote widow remarriage encouragement of

female education and uplifting of depressed caste

In July 1853 Venkat rayalu Naidu started his own paper the rising sun

mainly to focus discussion on the social problems affecting the Hindu

community.

Venkat rayalu Naidu assumed charge of Hindu progressive

improvement society after the death of srinivasa pillai

Madras mahajana Sabha 1884

In 1881 c v ranganathan shastri was elected as the President of the

rMadras native association subsequently bhashyam iyengar assumed

the presidentship

In 1884 may 16 Madras mahajana Sabha was inaugurated. G

subramania iyer Anand charlu rangaiya Naidu veeraghavachari where

the source of formation of this organisation

Pandit iyothee thass

Iyothee thasa to Ambedkar in conversion to Buddhism

Forerunner to periyar

He was born in Coimbatore (Chennai) he was a native physician of repute

in siddha medicine

He established at advaidananda sabha in 1870

He launched a magazine called dravida pandiyan along with John ratnam

in 1885

He urged so called untouchables to register themselves as casteless

tamizhar in the very first census


Iyotee thass established dravida mahajana sabhai in 1891

He started a magazine oru paiza thamizhan in 1907. Later name changed

to tamizhan

The dravida mahajana sabha was formed in 1891 and organised first

conference in ooty

Rettai malai Srinivasan

Born in maduranthagam in chengalpattu district

seenivasan started the journal parayan in 1893

He started paraiyar mahajana sabha in madars 1891

In 1923 he nominated as a member of the Madras legislative council

He participated in the first round table conference

A.P periyasamy pulavar

From thirupathur

In 1916 periyasamy and anumandhu started a branch of gowthama budha

sangam in tirupathur.

Swami sahajanandha /

One among who worked for development of depressed class.

He was active in temple entry agitation of harijans

He was the founder of nandhanar educational society

He started a news bulletin known as paranjothi

W.P.A soundra pandiyan

Follower of E.V Ramasamy

February 1929 first self respect conference held in chengalpat. He presided

the conference.

Jhon rathnam

He is one of the reforme

Started a model school in thousand lights

He started a magazine with pandit ayotee thass dravida pandiyan


He started association known as dravida kazhakam

L C gurusamy

In 1920 started arundhathiyar mahajana sabha

P.V subramniyam./

One of the leadera of depressed classes .

He is the life time president of adi dravida mahajana sabha

M.C. Rajah

· M.C. Rajah was one of the greatest leaders of the depressed classes in

Tamil Nadu

· He started a School at Nungambakkam and many Night Schools in

Madras City.

Two of his works were, 'The Oppressed Hindus' and 'King George'.

Muthulakshmi Reddy /

One of the prominent leaders of tamilnadu who worked for the the

emancipation of women

Born in pudukkottai district

She became one of the first women doctors in India in 1912, and the first

woman house surgeon in the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras.

She co-founded the Women's Indian Association in 1918,

She became the first woman member of the Madras legislature

The passing of the devadasi bill in 1929 is the best achievement of

muthulakshmi as a legislator

she helped raise the minimum age for marriage for girls ( Saratha

Act) and pushed the Council to pass the Immoral Traffic Control Act,

and the Devadasi system abolishment Bill.

She resigned from the Council to support the Salt Satyagraha

she established the Avvai Home to shelter and educate girls like them.

In 1954, she opened the Cancer Institute in Chennai and in 1956 was

awarded the Padma Bhushan.

State will celebrate her birth anniversary as ‗Hospital Day' every year.

Vaikunda swamigal /


Sri Vaikunda Swamigal was born in 1803 A.D. at Sasthan koil vilai the

present Samithoppu a village

original name Mudichudum Perumal was changed to Muthukutty by his

parents due to objection raised by the upper caste Hindus.

The people irrespective of castes, creed and religion began to worship him

as the real incarnation of Lord Narayana. They revered his as Vaikunda

Swamigal.

He took keen interest in the inculcation of the sense of selfrespect in his

followers. He advised the people to wear turban

He founded a society for the propagation of equality known as Samattuva

Samajam

In order to abolish the feeling of untouchability, he introduced

interdining ( (samabandhi)among the various castes.

There should be no idol worships or animal sacrifices in these thankals

Thuvayal Banthi is inter dining with all peoples

He adopted as flag for his movement which was popularly known a/s

Anbukodi or love-flag

His ideas are collected into a text called Akila Thirattu

Vallalar

Ramalinga Adigal (1823-1874), was born in Marudhur, a village near

Chidambaram

He showed his compassion and mercy on all living beings including plants.

This he called jeevakarunya.

He established the Samarasa Vedha Sanmarga Sangam in 1865 and it was

renamed ―Samarasa Suddha Sanmarga Satya Sangam

Ramalinga also established a free feeding house for everyone irrespective of

caste at Vadalur (1867)

His voluminous songs were compiled and published under the title

Thiruvarutpa (Songs of Grace)

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