11-12.02.18 Tamilnadu(TNPSC) Current Affairs

TAMILNADU Three Tamil Nadu varsities enter elite UGC category   Three TN universities have been granted Category-I status by the UGC, giving them powers to launch new departments, courses, programmes, schools, centres, off-campus facilities and distance education programmes without the regulator’s approval, as per a notification by the Union ministry of human resource development.   With … Read more

Scheduled tribes in Tamilnadu

The total population of Tamil Nadu, as per the 2001 Census is 62,405,679. Of this, 651,321 (1 per cent) are Scheduled Tribes (STs). Thirty six (36) STs have been notified in Tamil Nadu by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976. Of the STs, six have been notified with area restriction. These … Read more