13th FEBRUARY 2025 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Portfolio change in Tamil Nadu Cabinet
- A minor change has been made in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet today, mainly because Higher Education Minister Ponmudi has been given additional responsibility.
- The Khadi and Village Industries Department, which was previously handled by Dairy Minister Raja Kannappan, has now been removed from his responsibility and transferred to Minister Ponmudi.
- Now, the Governor's Office has officially announced that Ponmudi will also look after the Forest Department and Khadi-Village Industries Department.
- The Higher Education Council was established to carry out important tasks including formulating new plans for the educational development of all colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu, providing training related to modern technology to professors, regulating the admission procedures in colleges, and formulating regulations for starting new colleges and universities.
- In this situation, the Tamil Nadu government has issued a government order appointing 4 people, including ISRO scientist Veera Vuthuvel, as members of the Tamil Nadu Higher Education Council.
- In it, Panneerselvam, Taramani, an associate professor at the World Tamil Research Centre, Veeramuthuvel, an ISRO scientist, Muralitharan, a private technology company CEO and Chandrashekhar, the vice-chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University have been appointed as members.
- Article 174(1) of the Constitution mandates that state legislatures shall convene within six months of their last meeting. In Manipur, the last legislative session was held on August 12, 2024, making Wednesday the deadline for its next meeting.
- However, following the resignation of Chief Minister N. Bren Singh on Sunday, Governor Ajay Bhalla cancelled the budget session scheduled to begin on Monday. Singh resigned a day before his government was set to face a no-confidence motion and a crucial trust vote.
- N. Three days after the resignation of Pravin Singh, the state has been placed under President's rule due to lack of consensus on who the new Chief Minister will be.
