Tamil Nadu State PSC Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 08 Apr 2025

• On 8 April 2025, a Supreme Court bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan held the Governor's reservation of ten re-passed Tamil Nadu Bills for the President illegal, declared them deemed assented under Article 142, and prescribed timelines for Governors and the President.

Mon, 07 Apr 2025

• On 7 April 2025, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced in the Assembly livelihood schemes worth ₹216.73 crore and fishing harbours at Thangachimadam, Pamban and Kundukal for fishermen in districts around the Gulf of Mannar.

Sun, 06 Apr 2025

• On 6 April 2025 (Ram Navami), Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Pamban Rail Bridge, India's first vertical-lift railway sea bridge, flagged off the Rameswaram–Tambaram (Chennai) train service and launched rail and road projects worth over ₹8,300 crore in Tamil Nadu.

Thu, 03 Apr 2025

• Indian Railways manufactured a record 7,134 coaches in FY 2024-25, 9% more than the 6,541 of the previous year, with the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai rolling out 3,007, the Railway Ministry said on 3 April 2025.

Fri, 28 Mar 2025

• The 14th edition of the India–Russia naval exercise INDRA began at Chennai on 28 March 2025, with a harbour phase until 30 March and a sea phase in the Bay of Bengal from 31 March to 2 April.

Thu, 27 Mar 2025

• The Government of India and JICA signed six loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 under Japan's Official Development Assistance, covering projects in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Punjab.
• The second Khelo India Para Games closed in New Delhi on 27 March 2025, with Haryana topping the medal table again with 34 gold and 104 medals in all, ahead of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

Tue, 18 Mar 2025

• Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the Kamba Ramayana Parayanam at Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli, on 18 March 2025, launching a South Zone Cultural Centre initiative to revive the oral tradition of reciting the Tamil epic.

Sat, 15 Mar 2025

• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on 15 March 2025 that the electronics technology for the Hyperloop project will be developed at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, after he witnessed a demonstration at IIT Madras's 410-metre Hyperloop test facility, the longest in Asia.

Fri, 14 Mar 2025

• Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented the State Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 14 March 2025, with a fiscal deficit of ₹1,06,963 crore, or 3% of GSDP.

Wed, 12 Mar 2025

• The keel of the second of five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy was laid at L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu, on 12 March 2025.

Sat, 08 Mar 2025

• Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, won India's first Electronic Toy Hackathon (e-Toycathon 2025), organised by C-DAC under MeitY, at an award ceremony at C-DAC Noida on 8 March 2025.

Fri, 07 Mar 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the 56th Raising Day parade of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at its Regional Training Centre in Thakkolam, Tamil Nadu, on 7 March 2025, and announced that the centre would be named after Chola warrior Rajaditya Chola.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), with the Indian Coast Guard, seized 29.954 kg of hashish oil worth about ₹33 crore from a Maldives-bound tug-barge on 7 March 2025, after it was escorted back to Tuticorin.
• The Ministry of Defence signed a $248 million contract with Russia's Rosoboronexport on 7 March 2025 for 1,000 HP engines for the Army's T-72 tanks, with transfer of technology to Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited's Heavy Vehicle Factory, Avadi.

Wed, 05 Mar 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the second edition of 'Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav', showcasing the culture of South India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 5 March 2025.

Mon, 03 Mar 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 7th meeting of the National Board for Wildlife at Gir National Park, Gujarat, on World Wildlife Day, 3 March 2025, and announced the 16th Asiatic lion population estimation in 2025.
• The Indian Navy's Motor Car Rally Expedition on the East Coast was flagged off from INS Netaji, Kolkata, on 3 March 2025 and will end in Chennai on 21 March.

Fri, 28 Feb 2025

• The HIMASHIELD 2024 Grand Challenge on Glacial Lake Outburst Flood mitigation, organised by C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram, concluded on National Science Day, 28 February 2025.

Thu, 27 Feb 2025

• The National Human Rights Commission announced on 27 February 2025 the seven winners of its tenth annual short film competition on human rights, with J&K's 'Doodh Ganga - Valley's Dying Lifeline' winning the ₹2 lakh first prize.
• Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu inaugurated the UDAN Yatri Cafe at Chennai Airport on 27 February 2025, the second such low-cost cafe after Kolkata.

Wed, 26 Feb 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the Mahashivratri celebrations at the Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on 26 February 2025.

Fri, 21 Feb 2025

• India assumed the chairmanship of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) from Bangladesh at the 13th Governing Council meeting in the Maldives on 21 February 2025.

Sat, 15 Feb 2025

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and MoS L. Murugan inaugurated the third edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi on 15 February 2025.

Wed, 12 Feb 2025

• India's fourth-generation deep-ocean submersible Matsya-6000 completed wet tests at L&T's Kattupalli shipbuilding facility near Chennai, held from 27 January to 12 February 2025.

Mon, 10 Feb 2025

• The Tamil Nadu Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin decided in Chennai on 10 February 2025 to give pattas to about 86,000 people living on unobjectionable poromboke land, ending a ban dating to 1962.

Sat, 08 Feb 2025

• Results of two Assembly by-elections declared on 8 February 2025 saw the BJP's Chandrabhanu Paswan win Milkipur (Uttar Pradesh) and the DMK's V.C. Chandhirakumar win Erode East (Tamil Nadu).

Thu, 06 Feb 2025

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated TP Solar's 4.3 GW solar cell and module manufacturing plant, built for ₹3,800 crore, at Gangaikondan SIPCOT in Tirunelveli district on 6 February 2025.

Wed, 05 Feb 2025

• Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the North East Trade and Investment Roadshow hosted by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region in Chennai on 5 February 2025.

Fri, 31 Jan 2025

• On 31 January 2025, in New Delhi, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced four new Ramsar sites, Sakkarakottai and Therthangal (Tamil Nadu), Khecheopalri (Sikkim) and Udhwa Lake (Jharkhand), taking India's total to 89.