1. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy have tested a new anti-ship missile in the Chandipur coast of Odisha.
2. US President Trump decided to cancel the investor visa scheme in the US and introduce ‘golden card’ visas worth $5 million (about Rs. 43 crore) instead.
3. Retired IAS officer R. Balakrishnan has been appointed as the chairman of the World Tamil Research Institute.
4. In 1974, it was decided to cede Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka, and in return, a small mineral-rich island near Kanyakumari, which was in Sri Lanka’s possession, to India.
5. There are 22 languages in the 8th Schedule.
6. The Tamil Nadu Online Games Regulation Act, 2022 was brought in to regulate online games in Tamil Nadu.
7. The state government has ordered to make Telugu language compulsory from classes 1 to 10 in all schools including CBSE and ICSE from the coming academic year in Telangana.
8. The central government has decided to increase the blending of ethanol in petrol to more than 20 percent.