1. The Employees' Provident Fund Authority (EPFO) has decided to continue the interest rate on the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) at 8.25 percent for the financial year 2024-25.
2. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in India on a two-day official visit along with various departmental commissioners.
3. The free trade agreement negotiations between the European Union, which includes 27 countries including France, Germany and Italy, and India were launched in 2008.
4. P. Amudha will take charge as the Southern Regional Head of the India Meteorological Department.
5. In the ranking list of power distribution companies published by the Central Power Department, Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation is at 48th place.
6. The struggle against the imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu began, in 1937.
7. After 1965, Official Language Act, provides for English as the official language of the state until non-Hindi speaking states accept it.
8. The old pension scheme has been reintroduced in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand.
9. The State Planning Commission report states that the enrolment of female students in colleges has increased by 34 percent due to the Innovative Women's Scheme.
10. ISRO has announced that the instrument on the Aditya spacecraft has visualized the light explosion that occurred in the outer space of the sun.
11. The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) on the Aditya spacecraft has been sent to study the ultraviolet rays emanating from the first two layers of the sun, the photosphere and the chromosphere, and the variations in radiation near the ultraviolet rays.
12. The World Bank said that India needs an average growth of 7.8 percent to emerge as the world's largest economy by 2047.
13. Those who have undertaken spiritual pilgrimages to Mansarovar in China and Muktinath in Nepal can apply for government subsidies, said Hindu Religious and Endowments Minister P.K. Shekarbabu.