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- As per the recent ranking, Tamil Nadu is ranked at 18th in implementing the self-employment programme under the Centre’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat occupy the top two places among the 27 states.
- Last year TN was ranked at 4th under the same category.
- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved indigenous construction of six submarines for the Indian Navy under Project 75(I). This is the second project under the Ministry of Defence’s ambitious Strategic Partnership (SP) model.
- Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra assumed the office of Director General of NCC (DGNCC).
- New Campus of the National Museum Institute was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development Praksh Javedkar at NOIDA in Delhi.
- 3rd International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, being organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, is all set to be inaugurated on February 10, 2019.
- High Level Committee chaired by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, approved the additional Central assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs 7214.03 crore to 6 States and one Union Territory.
- Assisted states are Himachal Pradesh (floods & landslides), Uttar Pradesh (floods), Andhra Pradesh (drought), Gujarat (drought), Karnataka (drought), Maharashtra (drought) and UT of Puducherry (cyclone).
- The Prime Minister dedicated the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi in Navsari district, Gujarat to the nation on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary day.
- He also unveiled statues of Gandhi and 80 Satyagrahis who had marched with him during the historic Dandi Salt March in 1930 at the memorial site.
- The celebration of ‘Bharat Parv’ concluded at Red Fort of Delhi in the presence of Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam which is held from 26th to 31st January, 2019.
- It is aimed to generate a patriotic fervour and promote the rich cultural diversity of the country.
- India received the Award of Excellence for ‘Best in Show’ at the recently concluded New York Times Travel Show 2019, the largest travel show in New York, USA.
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