USD 206 Million loan agreement signed with ADB for Strengthening Urban Services in Tamil Nadu

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a USD 206 million loan deal on Monday, 2nd December 2019 for developing sewage infrastructure and water supply in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu. For improving the service delivery, the loan deal will further work on strengthening the capacities of the urban local ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Ambur • Asian Development Bank • Government of India • Madurai • sewage infrastructure development • Tamil Nadu • Tiruchirappalli • Tiruppur • Urban Local Bodies • Vellore

Tamil Nadu govt announces trifucation of Vellore district

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that Vellore district of state would be trifurcated into Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts. Vellore will be headquarters of these 2 new districts. With creation of two more districts the total number of districts in state would become 37. The Chief Minister also announced that starting ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Topics: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu • District in India • Edappadi K. Palaniswami • Ranipet • Tamil Nadu • Tamil Nadu Day • Tirupattur • trifucation of Vellore district • Vellore

Voting trends in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

India is the World’s largest democracy and the elections are the celebrations which uphold the democratic credentials of the country. The voting trends in the recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections reiterate the Indian credentials as the worlds largest democracy. Voting Trends in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections An estimated 67.11 per cent of the 91 crores ..

Topics: Democracy • Election Commission of India • Lok Sabha • NOTA • Vellore • Voter turnout • Voting

Madras High Court Upholds Decision to cancel Vellore Poll

Madras High Court has dismissed two writ petitions filed against the Presidential decision to rescind the Lok Sabha poll notification for the Vellore parliamentary constituency in the wake of complaints of large-scale distribution of cash to voters. Why the Lok Sabha Polls in the Vellore Constituency was cancelled? Lok Sabha election to the Vellore constituency ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019

Category: Places in News Current Affairs

Topics: article 324 • Election Commission • Lok Sabha Poll • Madras High Court • President • Representation of the People Act of 1951 • Union Ministry of Law and Justice • Vellore