1. The Union Cabinet has approved
the allocation of Rs 8,800 crore for the continuation of the national skill
development programme ‘Skill India’ till the end of next year.
2. The surplus river water project,
the Thamiravaruni-Karumeniyar-Nambiar Link Canal Project, was launched by Chief
Minister Karunanidhi on February 21, 2009 and was recently inaugurated by Chief
Minister Stalin in Tirunelveli.
3. After a gap of about 5 years,
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the interest rate (repo rate) for
banks by 0.25 percent to 6.25 percent.
4. The policy of deporting illegal
immigrants in the US by handcuffs has been in effect since 2012.
5. Forest Minister K. Ponmudi said
that the number of elephants in Tamil Nadu has increased to 2,961.
6. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin
announced at a government function in Tirunelveli that new SIPCOT industrial
parks would be set up at Marukaal Kurichi and Mookkaraipatti in Tirunelveli
district.
7. Lord Connemara, who was the
Governor of Madras, laid the foundation stone of the Connemara Public Library
in Egmore, Chennai in 1890.
8. ‘Thambiran Vanakam’, the first
Tamil book written and printed by Henriques Adikalar.
9. The Skilled India mission was
launched by the central government in 2015 with the aim of raising the
industrial skills of the country to international standards, with the aim of
providing skill development training to about 40 crore people by 2022.
10. ‘Dongy Route’, a dangerous
route used to enter the United States
11. ‘Schengen’ countries of the
European Union abolished border restrictions.
12. Americal illegal immigrants
crossing the Darien Gap, a forested area in the north of Colombia and Panama,
which is full of dangerous wildlife and drug trafficking gangs, on a 10-day
walk.
13. Experts have said that the
chance of an asteroid named YR 4 hitting Earth in 2032 has increased from 0.3
percent to 2.3 percent.
14. US President Donald Trump has
imposed economic sanctions on the International Criminal Court, the judicial
arm of the UN in The Hague, Netherlands.
15. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has
said that he will pay homage to Devaneya Bhavanar, who is revered as
‘Mozhignairu’.