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DoT sets up 24x7 control room to keep telecom running during Cyclone Ditwah

On 30 November 2025 the Department of Telecommunications set up a 24x7 control room and ensured Intra Circle Roaming and Cell Broadcast readiness as Cyclone Ditwah over the Bay of Bengal threatened coastal Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

First train for Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 leaves Kanniyakumari; event in Varanasi 2–15 December

On 29 November 2025 the first special train for Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 left Kanniyakumari; the fourth edition runs in Varanasi from 2 to 15 December 2025, with the inauguration at NaMo Ghat.

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🏅 Hockey 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup opens in Tamil Nadu; India beat Chile 7-0

The FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025 (28 November–10 December, Chennai and Madurai) opened on 28 November 2025, with hosts India beating Chile 7-0 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, Chennai.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Karnataka

Indian Coast Guard hosts maiden Shipbuilding, Indigenisation & IT Conference at Madikeri

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) hosted its maiden Shipbuilding, Indigenisation & IT Conference at Madikeri, Karnataka, on 27 November 2025, and signed an MoU with the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association and Defence Innovation & Atal Incubation Centre.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 to begin on 2 December with theme 'Learn Tamil – Tamil Karkalam'

The Ministry of Education announced on 22 November 2025 that the fourth edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS 4.0), celebrating civilizational links between Tamil Nadu and Kashi, will begin on 2 December 2025.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

PM releases 21st PM-KISAN instalment of ₹18,000 crore from Coimbatore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 21st instalment of PM-KISAN, about ₹18,000 crore for around 9 crore farmers, from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 19 November 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

PM inaugurates South India Natural Farming Summit 2025 in Coimbatore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the South India Natural Farming Summit 2025 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 19 November 2025 and urged farmers to try 'One Acre, One Season' of natural farming.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Tamil Nadu

Century-old Kodaikanal Observatory images reveal Sun's past polar magnetic fields

Astronomers led by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) have reconstructed the Sun's polar magnetic fields over the past century using historical images from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, DST said on 19 November 2025.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

SIR Phase II: 95% of enumeration forms distributed across 12 States/UTs

The Election Commission's daily bulletin of 15 November 2025 showed that 95.44% of enumeration forms had been distributed under Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union Territories.

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🚄 Urban Development 📍 Haryana

18th Urban Mobility India conference ends in Gurugram; Chennai wins Best Public Transport System

The three-day 18th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Exhibition 2025 concluded in Gurugram, Haryana, on 9 November 2025, with Chennai winning the award for the Best Public Transport System.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Must know

Special Intensive Revision Phase II begins in 9 states and 3 UTs, covering nearly 51 crore electors

The enumeration phase of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Phase II, began on 4 November 2025 in 9 states and 3 Union Territories, covering nearly 51 crore electors.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Tamil Nadu

Vice-President pays homage to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar at Pasumpon on Guru Pooja

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid homage to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, on 30 October 2025, his Jayanthi and Guru Pooja.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

National Biodiversity Authority releases ₹55 lakh to Red Sanders farmers in Tamil Nadu under benefit sharing

The National Biodiversity Authority said on 28 October 2025 that it has released ₹55 lakh to 18 Red Sanders farmers in Tamil Nadu under the Access and Benefit Sharing framework, the first such payout to cultivators.

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🎭 GI Tags 📍 Karnataka Important

APEDA facilitates first-ever air shipment of GI-tagged Indi and Puliyankudi limes to the UK

APEDA facilitated the first-ever air shipment of GI-tagged Indi lime from Vijayapura, Karnataka, and Puliyankudi lime from Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, to the United Kingdom on 28 October 2025.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Tamil Nadu Must know

Government approves first seven projects worth ₹5,532 crore under Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme

Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced approval of the first seven projects, worth ₹5,532 crore, under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme on 27 October 2025.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 India Important

Cabinet Secretary chairs NCMC to review preparedness for Bay of Bengal cyclone

Cabinet Secretary Dr. T. V. Somanathan chaired the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on 25 October 2025 to review preparedness for a cyclone forming over the Bay of Bengal.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Shivraj Singh Chouhan visits Vellore KVK; four Tamil Nadu districts under PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited ICAR–Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vellore, on 25 October 2025 and held 'Chaupal' talks with farmers from Tamil Nadu districts covered by the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

ECI's two-day CEOs' conference on Special Intensive Revision preparedness concludes

The Election Commission of India's two-day conference of state Chief Electoral Officers on preparing for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls ended at IIIDEM, New Delhi, on 23 October 2025.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India Important

India begins 7 nm processor design at IIT Madras under SHAKTI: PIB backgrounder

A PIB backgrounder of 22 October 2025 says IIT Madras is developing India's first 7 nanometre processor under its SHAKTI initiative, as announced by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on 18 October 2025.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Tamil Nadu

Coal India and IIT Madras sign MoU to set up Centre for Sustainable Energy

On 22 October 2025, Coal India Limited signed an MoU with IIT Madras to establish a 'Centre for Sustainable Energy' at IIT Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Gujarat

Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2025 raise notary limits in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Nagaland

The Law Ministry notified the Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2025 on 17 October 2025, raising the maximum number of notaries that Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Nagaland may appoint (PIB, 19 October 2025).

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Tamil Nadu

DRI seizes 83,520 Chinese firecrackers worth ₹5.01 crore at Tuticorin port; four arrested

The DRI said on 19 October 2025 that under 'Operation Fire Trail' it seized 83,520 pieces of Chinese firecrackers worth ₹5.01 crore, mis-declared as engineering goods, at Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu and arrested four people.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Gujarat Must know

Deendayal, V.O. Chidambaranar and Paradip ports recognised as Green Hydrogen Hubs

On 10 October 2025 the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy recognised three major ports — Deendayal (Gujarat), V.O. Chidambaranar (Tamil Nadu) and Paradip (Odisha) — as Green Hydrogen Hubs under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

CMC Vellore completes India's first-in-human gene therapy trial for Hemophilia A; Jitendra Singh opens symposium

On 10 October 2025 Dr Jitendra Singh virtually inaugurated the 10th Cell and Gene Therapy Symposium at CMC Vellore, Tamil Nadu, and hailed its Centre for Stem Cell Research for completing India's first-in-human gene therapy trial for Hemophilia A.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Coast Guard's 10th national pollution response exercise NATPOLREX-X held off Chennai

On 5–6 October 2025 off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the Indian Coast Guard held the 10th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-X) with the 27th NOSDCP meeting, attended by 40 foreign observers from 32 countries.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Madhya Pradesh Must know

Health Ministry meets States on cough syrup safety after Chhindwara child deaths; 'Coldrif' found with DEG

On 5 October 2025 in New Delhi, Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava chaired a meeting with all States and UTs on cough syrup quality after child deaths in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh.

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