1. On the occasion of International
Women's Day, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin flagged off the inauguration by
distributing pink autos to 100 women beneficiaries.
2. The districts of Kanchipuram,
Erode, Dharmapuri, Sivaganga, Theni, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Ranipet and
Karur, where Thozhi hostels will be established.
3. External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar inaugurated the Indian Consulate General in Manchester, UK.
4. There is a large-scale secret
partnership between China and Pakistan, and for me, the reality is a
two-pronged threat, said Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi.
5. State Irrigation Minister Uttam
Kumar Reddy has ordered the use of robots in the rescue operations of those
trapped in a mine in Telangana.
6. South Korea's President Yun
Suk-yeol, who was arrested in connection with the declaration of a military
emergency, was released from prison on a court order.
7. Myanmar, where military rule is
in effect, will hold democratic elections within 10 months, military ruler Min
Aung Hlaing has said.
8. Chief Minister Stalin presented
the 2025 Avaiyar Award to Dr. Yashoda Shanmugasundaram, former Vice-Chancellor
of Mother Teresa Women's University, who has been doing excellent service for
the advancement of women.
9. The Chief Minister presented the
2025 State Award for the Advancement of Girls to K. Soumya from
Kattumannarkovil in Cuddalore district.
10. State Girl Child Protection Day
awards and medals were presented to Kanyakumari District Collector Azhagu Meena
and Kanchipuram District Collector Kalaichelvi Mohan.
11. ISRO Chairman Narayanan said
that the rocket will be launched from the Kulasekaranpattinam launch pad in
Tuticorin district in the next 2 years.
12. At the 2024 awards ceremony
held in Delhi by the Sahitya Akademi, the Academy President Madhav Kaushik
honored Professor A.R. Venkatachalapathy with the Sahitya Akademi Award for his
book ‘Tirunelveli Ezhuchiyum, V.O.C.yum 1908’ in the Tamil language category.