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Tolkappiyam audio format app - Published by Semmozhi Tamil Research Institute
- Tolkappiyam is the oldest book in Tamil. Some of the idioms, grammatical elements and traditions of life found in it predate the Sangha literary texts. Thus it is hailed as the 'first book in Tamil'. In 2021, the Central Institute of Classical Tamil Studies published the English translation of such a special Tolkappiyam.
- Professor Bhavalareu S. Balasundaram's Tolkappiyam writing research lecture is also attached. Also, text in English translation
- The 8th Women's T20 World Cup cricket tournament was held in South Africa. 10 teams participated in this tournament. Current champions Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are in 'A' category and England, India, Pakistan, West Indies and Ireland are in 'B' category.
- At the end of the league round of this competition, Australia (8 points) was the first in the 'A' group, South Africa (4 points) was the 2nd, England (8 points) was the first in the 'B' group and India (6 points) was the 2nd and advanced to the semi-finals.
- In the first semi-final, defending champions Australia defeated India by 5 runs and in the second semi-final, South Africa defeated former champions England by 6 runs to enter the final.
- Australia and South Africa clashed in the final in Cape Town. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.
- Australia team has scored 156 runs after losing 6 wickets at the end of 20 overs. The South African team could not reach the target in the last over and lost by scoring 137 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. With this, the Australian team won the champion title for the 6th time.
- The 74th 'Strandja' Memorial International Boxing Series was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. India's Anamika and China's Hu Meiyi square off in the women's 50kg final. Anamika, who cheated, lost 1-4 and won the silver medal. India's Anupama (81kg) and Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg) won silver in the other weight category finals.
- India's Kalaivani and Uzbekistan's Rakhmonova Saidakon square off in the women's 48kg semi-final. Kalaivani, who cheated, lost 0-5. India's Shruti Yadav (70 kg) and Monika (+81 kg) lost in the other weight category semifinals. In this series, India got 3 wins, 5 bronze medals and a total of 8 medals.
