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13 stories for “BEE” · September 2026
Clear filtersThe Tamil Nadu government is widening support for women entrepreneurs across the State through the Vetri Magalir Thozhilmunaivor Membattu Thittam. Eligible women can obtain loans ranging from ₹10 lakh to ₹5 crore through...
A pilot de-addiction and rehabilitation programme named PAYANAM has been launched at Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai. PAYANAM stands for Positive Awareness Yielding Against Narcotics Addiction Movement. It will help d...
Tamil Nadu extended the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme to students of Classes VI to VIII on 22 September 2026, launching it at Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. The expansion covers 15.3 lakh students in 15,454 governme...
Chennai-born scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan has been named the 2026 recipient of the IEEE Robert Bosch Bueche Award, becoming the first Indian-American to receive it. The Bueche Award honours outstanding contributions...
A rare philomela form of the Common Wanderer butterfly (Pareronia hippia) has been recorded for the first time at Poothurai in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district. Until now, the species has historically been linked more of...
Tamil Nadu has sanctioned 29,108 new police posts, the first such large expansion in 17 years, to ease manpower shortages and reduce the workload of personnel. The State's police-public ratio fell from 198.07 in 2013 to...
The Tamil Nadu government has given in-principle approval to build a new Assembly-Secretariat complex at Pattinapakkam (Foreshore Estate) in Chennai. It will come up on 25.55 acres of land belonging to the Tamil Nadu Hou...
A 13th-century Pandya copper coin and a Pallava-period Sivalingam have been discovered near Budalur in Thanjavur district. The 3.30 g coin belongs to Jatavarman Sundara Pandiyan I (1250-1284 CE) and was issued in his fir...
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution asking the Centre to scrap the 'Open-Column Method' for counting Backward Classes (BCs), Most Backward Classes (MBCs) and Denotified Communities (DNCs)...
A sustainable debt-to-GSDP ratio of 23% has been suggested for Tamil Nadu, against about 27% now. The 2017 FRBM Committee led by N.K. Singh set 20% as the prudent limit for States; three extra points are allowed for Tami...
Tamil Nadu will digitise historical property documents going back to 1865, along with birth and death records up to 2018. The Registration Department plans to scan 11.14 crore pages, including 7.06 crore old Encumbrance...
Singai G. Ramachandran has been named Chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission (TANSIM), the State's agency for supporting startups and innovation. The appointment places him at the head of the body t...
