1. IIT Madras, in collaboration
with ISRO, has successfully developed a space-grade semiconductor chip to
support the Atma Nirbar Bharat project.
2. The world's oldest iron was
recovered from a tomb in Al-Kershevil in northern Egypt in 1911.
3. The Tamil Nadu Archaeological
Department has conducted a chronology study using samples found in Adichanallur
and Sivakala, which suggests that iron was used in Tamil Nadu 5,000 years ago.
4. When the isotope ratios of
organic materials found in two iron objects found in Mayiladumbarai,
Krishnagiri district were calculated, the average age of an organic material
was found to be 2122 BC.
5. An iron sword was found during
an archaeological survey at Mangadu in Mettur taluk of Salem district.
6. Some iron coffins were found
during an excavation in 2023 at Vandavasi, Kilnamandi, Tiruvannamalai district.
7. Union Minister for Women and
Child Development Annapurna Devi said that the central government is planning
to expand the Women's Court (Nari Adalat), which provides negotiated solutions
to issues against women such as domestic violence and dowry abuse, to all
states.
8. The Women's Courts project,
which is being run at the gram panchayat level under the Mission Shakti scheme,
is currently in the pilot phase in Assam and Jammu and Kashmir.
9. The 154th Thaipusam Jyothi
Darshan was held at the Vallalar Deivanilayam, Vadalur, Cuddalore district.