The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) secured the first prize at the 38th Kerala State Science Congress. In other State developments, the Chief Minister inaugurated Tamil Nadu's first glow garden at Mamallapuram, a tourism attraction featuring illuminated landscaping, and unveiled a statue of the late comedian-actor 'Kalaivanar' N.S. Krishnan in Chennai, honouring one of Tamil cinema's most celebrated performers known for socially reformist humour.