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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched ‘RISA: Timeless Tribal’ to promote tribal crafts and textiles.It is a premium national brand implemented by TRIFED to showcase tribal products.It promotes tribal weaves, embroi...
The Sahitya Akademi has announced its awards for outstanding literary works in 24 Indian languages, covering poetry, novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and criticism. In Tamil, Sa. Tamilselvan won for Thamiz Sirukath...
The Election Commission of India announced that Assembly elections in Assam, Keralam, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu will be conducted in a single phase, whereas West Bengal will vote in two phases. Chief Election Commissione...
Vairamuthu has been conferred the Jnanpith Award 2026, becoming the third Tamil writer to receive it and the first in 24 years. The earlier Tamil laureates were Akilan and Jayakanthan. Vairamuthu had won the Sahitya Akad...
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology has found Iron Age cultural material during an exploration along the banks of the Pambai river. The survey covered several villages in Villupuram district, and remains were...
The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has handed back to India a 16th-century bronze idol of Saint Thirumankai Alvar.The idol originally belonged to the Shri Soundararaja Perumal Temple at Thadikombu in Tamil...
**Overview** Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan released 16 significant publications celebrating Tamil heritage, culture, architecture, and civilizational thought at Uparashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, strongly emphasizin...
By the first operational quarter of 2026, the Tamil Nadu government officially achieved highly significant construction and completion milestones under the remarkably ambitious Professor Anbazhagan School Development Sch...
A multilingual Hoysala inscription from the 12th century, during the reign of Narasimha I, was found at the Sri Mahalakshmi Temple in K. Bettahalli village, Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, Karnataka. Carved in nine l...
The Indian Navy launched 'Krishna', its first Cadet Training Ship designed and built in India, at the L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli near Chennai. The vessel will be used to train officer cadets at sea. Its construction in T...
Overview The 2026 edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) concluded in February with a spectacular closing ceremony. Featuring thousands of athletes from over 200 universities, the games successfully identifie...
The Assam Rifles plans to add the indigenous Tangkhul Hui and Kombai breeds to its dog squad and phase out foreign breeds by 2050, following a 2025 Home Ministry directive to promote Indian breeds. The Kombai, native to...
