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Tamil Inscription Tiles at Dulukarpatti Excavation
- Archeology Minister Thangam Thennarasu shared on his Twitter page that excavations in Dulukarpatti village on the south bank of Nambiar, Tirunelveli District, Radhapuram Union, have again found potsherds inscribed with Tamil script. There is an archaeological mound in Dulukarpatti village on 36 acres.
- This year, the second phase of excavation work started there. In this, a black-red colored pot with the letters 'Puli' engraved on it was found. In this case, three potsherds have also been found to have Tamil inscriptions. It consists of discontinuous broken areas. The potsherds that have been found now have Tamil script inscriptions of 'Theeya, Disa, Kwira(n)'.
- India currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which has 9 members including India, Russia, China and Pakistan.
- In this case, the 23rd Shanghai Cooperation Summit under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi was held yesterday through video conferencing. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistani Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif and others joined through video conferencing.
- The 14th season of the South Asian Football Series took place in Bengaluru. 8 teams clashed. 4 teams including Pakistan and Nepal left the league round. Lebanon and Bangladesh return with semi-finals.
- India, ranked 100th in the world, faced off against Kuwait, ranked 141st in the final at Bangalore's Kanteerava Stadium. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. Due to this the game went to 'penalty shoot out'. The Indian team won the match 5-4 and retained the title.
- In the South Asian Football Series, the Indian team became the champion for the 9th time (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2023).
- Chetan Sharma was the chairman of the selection committee of the Indian cricket team. He lost the post by talking in a controversial manner. The Board of Cricket in India (BCCI) has embarked on the process of selecting a permanent president.
- In this case, former Indian fast bowler Akarkar was selected as the chairman of the selection committee. Agarkar has played 191 ODIs (288 wickets), 26 Tests (58), 4 T20Is (3).
