Tamil Nadu

Infrastructure & Civil Aviation

• Proposed Rameswaram Airport at Manikaneri:
  • The Tamil Nadu government submitted an official application to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation for site clearance to construct a greenfield airport serving Rameswaram at Manikaneri (near Keelakarai) in Ramanathapuram district.
• TNPSC.Academy’s Bitz – Airports in Tamil Nadu:
  • International Airports: Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai
  • Domestic Airports: Salem, Tuticorin
  • Upcoming: Neyveli, Vellore, Chennai (Second), Hosur, Ramanathapuram

Art, Culture & Obituaries

• Demise of Music Composer Deva (‘Thenisai Thendral’):
  • Prominent Tamil cinema music director Deva (born Devanesan Chokkalingam) passed away at the age of 75.
  • Started his career as an employee in Government of Tamil Nadu before entering the film industry in 1986 (Mattukkara Mannaru). Won his first Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director for Vaikasi Poranthachu (1990).
  • Pioneered and popularized the indigenous gaana genre in mainstream cinema while composing classical and soft melodies across films like Annamalai, Baashha, Arunachalam, and Kadhal Kottai.
  • Conferred the title Thenisai Thendral by former CM M. Karunanidhi and accorded full State Honours during his funeral.

National

Constitutional Law & Fundamental Rights

• Supreme Court Benchmark Ruling on Internet Access for Children:
  • Declared that children, regardless of age, possess a Fundamental Right to access and use the Internet under Article 21 (Right to Life and Personal Liberty) read with Article 19(1)(a) (Freedom of Speech and Expression).
  • Held that total bans or blanket prohibitions on children using the internet are “unproven measures of proven disproportionality” that risk driving children to unmonitored, unsafe web platforms.
  • Mandated intelligent restraints, age-appropriate safeguards, parental supervision/consent, and dedicated “child mode” controls rather than outright restrictions.
• TNPSC.Academy’s Bitz:
  • Article 19 of Indian Constitution: 19 (1)(a) Freedom of Speech and Expression, 19(1)(b) Freedom of Assembly, 19(1)(c) Freedom of Association, 19(1)(d) Freedom of Movement, 19(1)(e) Freedom of Residence, 19(1)(g) Freedom of Profession
  • Article 21: No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law