Daily Current Affairs – 06-01-2025

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu government awards 2025

® Tamil Nadu government announced the State Awards for 2025. ® M. Padikkaramu has been selected for Ayyan Thiruvalluvar award. ® DMK leader L. Ganesan, who was at the forefront of the anti-Hindi agitation, selected for Anna Award. ® Poet Kabilan selected for Mahakavi Bharathiyar award ® Pon. Selvaganapathy chosen for Bharathidasan award. ® A Medical professional G.R. Ravindranath will get Tamil Thendral Thiru. Vi. Ka. Award. ® Ve. Mu. Pothiyaverpan has been chosen for KAP Viswanatham award. ® Journalist Viduthalai Rajendran, who propagates the ideas of Periyar, will receive the Thanthai Periyar award. ® MP Ravikumar will receive the Annal Ambedkar award. ® Muthu Vavasi will receive the Kalaignar Award that carries ₹10 lakh, a gold medaland a citation.

Excavation in Kodumbalur

® The Tiruchi Circle ASI has taken up an excavation at the habitation mounds at Kodumbalur in Viralimalai taluk of Pudukkottai district. ® Kodumbalur, about 40 km from Tiruchi, has several ASI-maintained monuments. ® It is including the Moovar temple, built by Bhuti Vikramakesari, the Irukkavel chieftain who was believed to have been a political ally of Parantaka II, also known as Sundara Chola (CE 956-973). ® Kodumbalur finds mention in the Sangam literature Silappadikaram. ® It is one of the 32 sites we had identified for taking up excavations in the Tiruchi Circle under the ASI’s Looking Beyond - Vision Statement for Excavations by 2035.

100 percent transition rate

® Tamil Nadu school education has achieved a 100% transition rate from primary to upper primary. ® This means that all students who join Class I are completing up to Class VIII in the state. ® The transition rate increased from primary to upper primary from 99% in 2019 to 100% in 2024. ® Among girls, the transition rate increased from 97.5% in 2019 to 100% in 2024.

Fifth Police Commission report

® The Fifth Police Commission headed by former Judge of the Madras High Court C.T. Selvam submitted its final report to CM. ® It is covering various aspects of policing from the stage of recruitment into the force till retirement has recommended major reforms in the Tamil Nadu police. ® It contained recommendations to address mutual interests and expectations of the police and public to strengthen their relationship. ® The Tamil Nadu police have a strength of about 1.3 lakh personnel.