Music composer Ilaiyaraaja has been chosen for the Padmapani Award at the 11th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival in Maharashtra. The award honours his contribution to Indian music and cinema over five decades, including more than a thousand films across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.
India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives concluded the 17th edition of the trilateral Coast Guard exercise DOSTI-17, which was hosted by the Maldives. The exercise strengthens maritime cooperation and interoperability among the three Indian Ocean neighbours.
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister announced a new spaceport at Hope Island, located off the coast of Kakinada in the Bay of Bengal near the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary. Part of the Space City initiative, it will mainly support private launch missions focused on small and medium-lift launch vehicles, complementing the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) and the Kulasekarapattinam SSLV complex.…
The 86th All India Presiding Officers' Conference was held in Lucknow on the theme 'Strong Legislature - Prosperous Nation'. About 36 presiding officers from 24 States and UTs took part, the largest such meeting so far. It passed six resolutions, including a minimum of 30 sittings a year for state legislatures.
In late January 2026, the Tamil Nadu State Government officially confirmed a truly historic and monumental operational milestone regarding its massive, globally recognized flagship educational initiative, the 'Illam Thedi Kalvi' (Education at Doorstep) scheme.
The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai confirmed the Northeast monsoon retreated from Tamil Nadu on 19 January 2026; Tamil Nadu recorded a winter rainfall surplus of 25.8 mm since 1 January, with Tiruttani at 15.2 C and Kodaikanal at 6 C.
The MoEFCC declared Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan's Aravalli range an Eco-Sensitive Zone covering 0-1 km around the sanctuary to control unplanned development, mining and industrial expansion.
India's coal-fired power generation declined year-on-year in 2025 (down nearly 3%) for the first time in about 50 years - only the second full-year decline in half a century after 2020 - driven by record clean-energy growth and milder weather.
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