1. US President Donald Trump has
announced an additional 25 percent duty on steel and aluminum imported from all
countries of the world.
2. The T.N cabinet has approved the
issuance of land titles to residents of uncontested lands in Chennai and four
surrounding districts.
3. The Prime Minister's Schools for
Rising India (PM-SRI) scheme aims to improve 14,500 schools.
4. It is noteworthy that Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Delhi are the only states that have not signed
the PM-SRI with the Ministry of Education.
5. Emmanuel Macron and Prime
Minister Modi will chair an international conference on artificial intelligence
(AI) activities.
6. On the occasion of Thaipusam,
Hindu Religious and Endowments Minister P.K. Sekarbabu will inaugurate
annadhanam at the residence of Vallalar in Ezhukinaru area of Chennai.
7. Governor R.N. Ravi personally
called and felicitated Carrom World Champion Khazimam M. Basha.
8. Chennai Medical College (MMC)
has been selected at the 60th position in the list of the best colleges in the
world published by an international magazine from the United States.
9. There are a large number of
monuments related to Jains in the Thiuparankundram hill in Madurai.
10. The Unani system of medicine
was developed in Greece in the 4th and 5th centuries BC with the support of
Hippocrates (Borate).