1. Chief Minister M. K. Stalin
announced that special Courts will be set up in seven places including Chennai,
Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy and Tirunelveli to investigate cases of sexual
crimes against women.
2. Article 176 of the Constitution
requires the Governor to address the Legislative Assembly at the beginning of
the year.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
inaugurated the Sonmark Tunnel on the Srinagar-Kargil National Highway in the
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on January 13.
4. Sri Lanka's Krishna Kanthan
Sandeep received the Best Cultural Ambassador Award of the year.
5. The National Commission on
Farmers constituted by the Central Government in 2004 under the chairmanship of
late MS Swaminathan made important recommendations including minimum support
price for agricultural produce.
6. There are six categories of GST
Taxation In India namely 0%, 3%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.
7. The average rainfall of Tamil
Nadu is 914 mm.
8. In 2008, the then Chief Minister
Karunanidhi started the 'Okenakkal Joint Drinking Water Project' and started
functioning from 2015, thus solving the water problem of Vellore district.
9. The integration of the Spadex
twin spacecraft, which was sent for a preliminary study to send humans into
space, has reached its final stage.
10. The 12-yearly Maha Kumbh Mela
at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, began with a bang on January 13 on the occasion of
Pausha Poornami.
11. Swami Vivekananda's birthday
January 12 is celebrated as National Youth Day.
12. CBI Director Praveen Chute said
that the new procedure of 'Silver' Notice, recently introduced by Interpol to
detect those who stash domestically illegally earned money abroad, is India's
proposal.