Daily Current Affairs – 09-01-2025

Tamil Nadu

Kalaignar Porkizhi Award 2025

® The Tamil scholars and artistes who won M Karunanidhi Golden Award winners received a purse of Rs 1 lakh each ® Arunan bagged the award for prose/research, Nellai Jayantha for poetry, Suresh Kumar Indrajith for novel, N Sriram for short stories, Kalai Rani for drama, and Nirmalya for translation. ® Semmal K Kanathi’s Karpagam bookstore bagged the BAPASI award for the best publisher. ® The best librarian award went to R Kothandaraman and publisher Semmal S Meiyappan won the award for best book seller.

Governor’s Awards 2024

® The Raj Bhavan announced the winners of the Tamilnadu Governor’s Awards 2024 under the ‘Social Service’ and ‘Environmental Protection’ categories. ® Idhayangal (Coimbatore district) and the Hope Public Charitable Trust (Chennai district) were named for the award in the ‘Social Service’ category for institutions. ® S. Ramalingam (Chennai district), Swarnalatha J. (Coimbatore district), and A. Rajkumar (Madurai district) would receive the award in the same category for the individuals. ® Chitlapakkam Rising Charitable Trust (Chennai district) would receive the award under the ‘Environmental Protection’ category for institutions.

Arunthathiyars’ special quota benefits

® The Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Reservation Act, 2009 provides the preferential treatment to Arunthathiyars among the Scheduled Castes (SCs). ® For the purpose of the law, seven castes - Arunthathiyar, Chakkiliyan, Madari, Madiga, Pagadi, Thoti, and Adi Andhra in the list of 76 SCs notified by the Indian President under Article 341 of the Constitution have been generically called the Arunthathiyars. ® It envisaging the provision of 3% reservation for Arunthathiyars within the 18% quota of Scheduled Caste. ® In MBBS, the total number of seats went up by about 82% between 2018-19 and 2023-24. ® In Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course, from 2018-19 their figure rose to 3% five years later. ® Admission to engineering courses, the strength of SC(A) students increased from 1,193 in 2009-10 to 3,944 in 2023-24.

Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0

® The third edition of Kashi Tamil Sangaman (KTS) celebrates the timeless bonds between Tamil Nadu and Kashi. ® The programme much aims to celebrate, reaffirm and rediscover the age-old links between Tamil Nadu and Kashi. ® 3.0 will be a celebration of one of India’s most revered sages Agasthyar’s legacy.