TAMILNADU CURRENT AFFAIRS IN AUGUST 2026

* Tamilnadu State Government Has Allocated Rs 5,462 Crores For Pensioners ( Budget), Rs 11,532 Crores For Revenue & Disaster Management, Rs 475 Crores For Stamps And Registration, Rs 438 Crores For Natural Resources 

* Latha Rajnikanth, Wife Of Actor Rajnikant Launched The MAKKAL MEDAI Citizen's Platform In Chennai 

 *The Tamilnadu Assembly On 10th August 2026 Unanimously Adopted The Resolution For Tamil Thai Vazhathu ( To Mandatory Sung First Before Commencement Of Programs in All Educational Institution, UNIVERSITY, Government Offices) 

* Tamilnadu Announced a 100% Waiver On Cooperative Crop Loans Upto Rs 75,000.

NEW SPECIES - 

* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE SPECIES OF FERN IN THE KOLI HILLS OF EASTERN GHATS ( TAMILNADU REGION) 

* SPECIES NAMED - PTERIS MADHUSOODANANII 

* RESEARCHERS FROM GOVERNMENT VICTORIA COLLEGE, AND SRI VYASA NSS COLLEGE IN KERALA DISCOVERD THIS SPECIES.

* SPECIES CATEGORISE AS - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* THE SPECIES FEATURES AS - 

STIFF, LEATHERY LEAVES, DEEP GREEN COLOUR 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO - PROFESSOR P V MADHUSOODANAN ( FORMER HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY AT UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT) 

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* * BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A SMALL HERB SPECIES IN COROMANDEL COAST, TAMILNADU.

* SPECIES NAMED - LEUCAS DROUPADIAE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER PRESIDENT OF INDIA DROUPADI MURMU 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY & GOVERNMENT SIDHHA MEDICAL COLLEGE 

* THE PLANT PRODUCES OBLONG FRUIT CALLED - NUTLETS ( GOLDEN YELLOW COLOUR AND COVERED IN IRREGULAR DARK BROWN SPOT ) 

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* AWARDS - 

The Tamilnadu GOVERNMENT Will Confer The Thagaisal Thamizhar Award On Former Tamilnadu Congress Committee President M Krishnasamy 

AWARDS - 

* Oru Thooku Kaithiyin Vaakumoolam ( Testimony Of a Death Warrant Prisoner) Penned By C Selvam Has Been Selected For The Iyal Award For Non - Fiction ( Canada Based Tamil Library Garden) 

* A Hero Stone Inscription, Dating Back To The Sangam Period Has Been Unearthed By Archaeologist At Malayadipatti Village, Tamilnadu 

* WRITTEN IN TAMIL-BRAHMI SCRIPT 

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* The Tamilnadu Legislative assembly Has Unanimously Adopted A Resolution Seeking An Amendment To Section 23 Of The Right Of Children To Free And Compulsory Education Act 2009 

* Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Has Appointed As The Governor Of Tamilnadu.