Tamil Nadu Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 19 Sept 2025

• Twenty-seven maritime MoUs with investment potential of over ₹66,000 crore were exchanged at Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on 19 September 2025, on the eve of the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event, including an MDL–Guidance Tamil Nadu MoU for a greenfield shipyard.

Wed, 17 Sept 2025

• The Technology Development Board under DST announced on 17 September 2025 its support for developing and commercialising a 240-volt electric motorcycle platform by Raptee Energy Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, a first in India's two-wheeler segment.

Sun, 14 Sept 2025

• The President appointed Justice M. Sundar of the Madras High Court as Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur, the Law Ministry notified on 14 September 2025, on the retirement of Justice Kempaiah Somashekar.

Sat, 13 Sept 2025

• India will host the 5th Coast Guard Global Summit in Chennai in 2027, coinciding with the Indian Coast Guard's golden jubilee, the Ministry of Defence said on 13 September 2025 after the decision at the 4th summit in Rome.

Fri, 12 Sept 2025

• C.P. Radhakrishnan took oath as the 15th Vice President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 12 September 2025, administered by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Thu, 11 Sept 2025

• Home Minister Amit Shah virtually inaugurated the Fast Track Immigration–Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) at Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Kozhikode and Amritsar airports on 11 September 2025, taking the facility to 13 airports.

Fri, 05 Sept 2025

• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated a ₹3.87 crore, 10 Nm³/hr green hydrogen pilot at V.O. Chidambaranar Port, Tamil Nadu, on 5 September 2025 and laid the foundation for a 750 m³ green methanol bunkering facility.

Thu, 04 Sept 2025

• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the India Rankings 2025 under NIRF on 4 September 2025, with IIT Madras first overall for the seventh consecutive year and IISc Bengaluru topping universities.
• Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Lawrence Wong held talks in New Delhi on 4 September 2025 and issued a Joint Statement on the Roadmap for the India–Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, in the 60th year of diplomatic ties.

Wed, 03 Sept 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu attended the 10th convocation ceremony of the Central University of Tamil Nadu at Thiruvarur on 3 September 2025.

Tue, 02 Sept 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu attended the 120th foundation day celebrations of City Union Bank in Chennai on 2 September 2025, highlighting the banking industry's role in India's growth and financial inclusion.

Mon, 28 Jul 2025

• On 28 July 2025, the Ministry of Defence signed an MoU with TIDCO in New Delhi to set up a Mechanical & Material domain testing facility in Tiruchirappalli in the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor.

Sun, 27 Jul 2025

• On 27 July 2025 at Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Aadi Thiruvathirai Festival and released a commemorative coin honouring Rajendra Chola I.

Sat, 26 Jul 2025

• On 26 July 2025 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, dedicated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹4,800 crore.

Thu, 24 Jul 2025

• On 24 July 2025, Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told the Rajya Sabha that the lead archaeologist's Keezhadi report had been reviewed and experts' comments shared before ASI releases an official report.

Sat, 19 Jul 2025

• On 19 July 2025 at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Tamil Nadu), CDS General Anil Chauhan addressed the 81st Staff Course and spoke on Operation Sindoor.

Thu, 17 Jul 2025

• On 17 July 2025 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Larsen & Toubro handed over the first set of wing assemblies for the LCA Mk1A to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

Mon, 14 Jul 2025

• On 14 July 2025, the President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, appointed five Chief Justices of High Courts and transferred four sitting Chief Justices.

Sun, 13 Jul 2025

• On 13 July 2025 at Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, a goods train carrying diesel caught fire, gutting 18 wagons and disrupting the Chennai–Arakkonam rail route; no casualties were reported.

Fri, 11 Jul 2025

• On 11 July 2025 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the 'Maratha Military Landscapes of India' on the World Heritage List as India's 44th property.
• On 11 July 2025 at the ICAR–Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a meeting to boost cotton productivity.

Mon, 26 May 2025

• The Election Commission of India on 26 May 2025 announced biennial elections to eight Rajya Sabha seats — two from Assam and six from Tamil Nadu — with polling and counting on 19 June 2025.

Fri, 16 May 2025

• The Department of Posts released a commemorative postage stamp on 16 May 2025 at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, marking 125 years of the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, established on 1 April 1899.

Sun, 11 May 2025

• On National Technology Day, 11 May 2025, the Department of Science and Technology announced five Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) testbeds in the cement sector, set up in academia–industry partnership under a PPP model.

Thu, 08 May 2025

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated new buildings and hostels built at a cost of ₹57.47 crore for the Government Model School at Thuvakudi, Tiruchi, on 8 May 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.