7th FEBRUARY 2023 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
39 lakh educational assistance to 120 students living in Urban Habitat Development Board flats - Chief Minister M.K.Stalin
- To encourage higher education students living in board housing, educational assistance is being received and provided with the help of private organizations. Last year 141 students were given Rs. 42 lakh 30 thousand educational assistance on behalf of HDFC Bank.
- Following this, Chief Minister M.K.Stalin gave orders for scholarships to 12 students as a symbol of providing educational assistance amounting to 39 lakh 20 thousand rupees to a total of 120 students in order to encourage the students of higher education such as medicine, engineering, bachelor's and master's.
- In this event, Higher Education Minister Ponmudi, Principal Secretary Public Housing and Department Secretary Ms. Apoorva, Department Director Govinda Rao, HDFC Bank Tamil Nadu President Kumar Sanjeev, Zonal President Ramesh Vanguri, Board Chief Community Development Officer Nirmalraj were present.
- Khelo India Youth Games are being held in the state of Madhya Pradesh. This series started on January 30 and will continue till February 11. More than 5,000 players from 28 states and 8 union territories of India have participated in it.
- Khelo India Youth Games 2018 was created by the Central Government to generate interest in sports among the youth. It has 27 sports competitions including athletics, kabaddi, hockey volleyball, cocoa, yogasana.
- At the end of the seventh day, Maharashtra state tops the medal list with 83 medals. The Tamil Nadu team is at the 9th position with a total of 23 medals including 7 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze. Medal Tally
- Varun Uri Manohar from Tamil Nadu won gold in 200 meters race. Earlier, he had won bronze for the Tamil Nadu team in the 100m hurdle race. Ratheesh Panditurai also won gold in men's 110m hurdles.
- Tamil Nadu's Abhinaya Sri won the gold in triple jump with a distance of 12.05 meters. So far Tamil Nadu team has won a total of seven medals including four gold, one silver and four bronze in athletics. Tamil Nadu got its first gold in Yogasana Games held on February 2.
- Tamil Nadu has got three medals in Yogasana namely one gold, one silver and one bronze. Tamil Nadu players also won one silver and one bronze in cycling. Also got a bronze in Boxing. They have won a silver medal each in Badminton and Basketball.
- The Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Investigation and the National Forensic Science University have signed an MoU for setting up a digital (electronic) forensic science laboratory. The agreement also provides for the exchange of related intellectual information, improved technical information and capacity building.
- The agreement was signed by Surjit Bhujapal, Principal Director General, Goods and Services Tax Investigation and Dr. JM Vyas, Vice-Chancellor, National University of Forensic Sciences.
- The agreement envisages improving technology in obtaining information on tax evaders and providing intelligence to law enforcement agencies to expedite action against them. As per this MoU, both the organizations have agreed to jointly carry out research and training programs related to forensic investigation and provide technical assistance to each other.
