Tamil Nadu Current Affairs One-liners — All time

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.

Wed, 07 May 2025

• The Election Commission of India on 7 May 2025 began training 293 field-level election functionaries from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the Tamil language at IIIDEM, Delhi, taking the number trained there in recent weeks to nearly 2,300.

Fri, 02 May 2025

• Coal Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt and Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam held a high-level meeting in Chennai on 2 May 2025 on strengthening the State's energy security.

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, 23 Jan 2025

• The Ministry of Mines on 23 January 2025 decided to annul the auction of the Nayakkarpatti tungsten mineral block in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, which includes the Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage Site.

Sun, 19 Jan 2025

• Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated a Calibration Laboratory at CIPET Ahmedabad and CIPET projects at Bhagalpur and Madurai on 19 January 2025.

Wed, 15 Jan 2025

• KTS 3.0 in Varanasi from 15 to 24 February 2025, themed on Sage Agasthyar.

Mon, 13 Jan 2025

• 106 m vessel built by a private Indian shipyard; contract signed on 25 March 2022.
• Projects in 10 best-performing states to cover about 2.8 lakh hectares.

Tue, 07 Jan 2025

• Both bye-elections are being held alongside the Delhi Assembly election, with polling on 5 February 2025.

Sat, 04 Jan 2025

• The ₹36.41 crore barrier-free campus at Y. Pudupatti will serve persons with disabilities in southern Tamil Nadu.

Sat, 30 Nov 2024

• On the night of 30 November 2024, Cyclonic Storm 'Fengal' crossed the north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts close to Puducherry with winds of 70–80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph, IMD reported.

Fri, 29 Nov 2024

• On 29 November 2024, the Ministry of Mines said the Nayakkarpatti Tungsten Block in Tamil Nadu, auctioned with Hindustan Zinc Ltd as preferred bidder, will follow all environmental and heritage safeguards.

Thu, 28 Nov 2024

• On 28 November 2024, President Droupadi Murmu visited the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu and addressed its student officers and faculty.

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

• On 26 November 2024, the Home Ministry said a High-Level Committee chaired by Amit Shah approved ₹1,115.67 crore for disaster mitigation and capacity-building projects, including a ₹1,000-crore National Landslide Risk Mitigation project in 15 States.