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Bihar Showcases AI-Powered Remote E-Voting System

Bihar displayed an AI-enabled remote e-voting system at the India AI Impact Summit. Built by C-DAC with the Bihar State Election Commission, the 'e-Voting SECBHR' Android app lets voters cast ballots remotely. Verification combines OTP, AI-based facial recognition and matching against the EPIC database, while security features include dual encryption, liveness detection, blockchain storage and VVPAT-like audit trails.

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Tamil Nadu Signs ₹5,980 Crore MoUs for Semiconductor and Aerospace Manufacturing

The Tamil Nadu government signed Memoranda of Understanding worth ₹5,980 crore to boost semiconductor and aerospace manufacturing in the State. Under one agreement, Japan's MinebeaMitsumi will put ₹1,980 crore into a manufacturing and R&D centre at Mahindra Origins Industrial Park in Tiruvallur district, producing Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT), integrated circuits, motors and sensors.

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Tamil Nadu Prisons (Release on Furlough) Rules, 2026 Notified

Tamil Nadu notified new rules for granting furlough to convicts. Those convicted of sedition or acts against India's sovereignty, rape, POCSO offences, specified NDPS Act offences, foreign convicts, and those involved in prison offences in the last five years are ineligible.

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Justice Kurian Joseph Committee Report (Part I) on Union-State Relations Tabled

Part I of the report of the High-Level Committee on Union-State Relations, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph, was placed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty and Dr. M. Naganathan were its other members.

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Greater Chennai Corporation Presents ₹9,319 Crore Budget for 2026-27

The Greater Chennai Corporation presented a budget of ₹9,319 crore for 2026-27. Capital expenditure fell to ₹2,754 crore from ₹3,191 crore in 2025-26, as major flood-mitigation works have been completed. Revenue expenditure is estimated at ₹6,146 crore and loan repayment at ₹111 crore. The deficit widened sharply from ₹378 crore to ₹1,602 crore.

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Foundation Stone Laid for ₹261 Crore Global Sports City in Chennai

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laid the foundation stone for a Global Sports City in Chennai, a project estimated to cost ₹261 crore. The facility is intended to give the State world-class sporting infrastructure for training athletes and hosting national and international competitions.

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First Case Registered under Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities Act, 2025

Villupuram district recorded the first case under the Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Act, 2025, which took effect on 9 June 2025 to curb forcible loan recovery. A recovery agent was booked for trying to seize a vehicle without following due legal process.

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2,300-Year-Old Kumittipathi Rock Paintings in Coimbatore Remain Unprotected

Even after being declared a protected monument in 2025, the roughly 2,300-year-old rock paintings at Kumittipathi village in Coimbatore district still lack any physical safeguards. The notification was issued under Section 3(1) of the Tamil Nadu Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1966.

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