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Early results from radio-tagging Olive Ridley turtles off Chennai suggest the animals come back to the same nesting sites. This is Tamil Nadu's first telemetry study of the species, which the Advanced Institute for Wildl...
Two new State Information Commissioners have joined the Tamil Nadu Information Commission: Atulya Misra, a retired IAS officer, and Abhay Kumar Singh, a retired IPS officer. The State government had, in December last yea...
After the Special Intensive Revision, the final electoral rolls of Tamil Nadu show over 5.67 crore electors: 2,89,60,838 women, 2,77,38,925 men and 7,617 third-gender voters. Sholinganallur in Chengalpattu has the most v...
The Nilgiri Documentation Centre urged the Tamil Nadu government to commemorate the 200th death anniversary of Sir Thomas Munro, Governor of Madras from 1820 to 1827. Munro introduced the Ryotwari land revenue system and...
Chennai is hosting a national conference titled 'Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities'. The event has been organised jointly by Madras Veterinary...
Tamil Nadu recorded India's highest per capita income growth, rising from 0.07% in 2020–21 to 11.19%; per capita income went up from ₹2,09,628 to ₹3,61,619, a gain of ₹1.76 lakh. GSDP grew from ₹17.89 lakh crore to ₹31.1...
Tamil Nadu will draft a State-level Public Sector Innovation Policy along with a State Innovation Index. A team from the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission (SPC) visited the UNICEF Office of Innovation and the OECD in...
Overview In 2026, the Chief Minister Thayumanavar Scheme of Tamil Nadu continues to function as a flagship welfare initiative focused on ensuring dignity and accessibility for the most vulnerable sections of society. Ope...
Nearly 30 Tamil Brahmi inscriptions dated to the 1st-3rd centuries CE have been identified in six tombs of the Theban Necropolis in Egypt's Valley of the Kings during studies in 2024 and 2025. Alongside Prakrit and Sansk...
Under the Green Tamil Nadu Mission, the State government released the Tamil Nadu Urban Greening Policy 2026 to build climate-resilient, sustainable and liveable cities by expanding urban green cover. It calls for weaving...
The Supreme Court stayed an interim order of the Madras High Court on the appointment of Vice-Chancellors to Tamil Nadu State universities. The High Court had earlier suspended an amended provision that let the State gov...
At the Tamil Nadu Global Tourism Summit 2026 in Chennai, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that a Tamil Biennale will be staged in January 2027. The State signed 127 memoranda of understanding valued at ₹22,794 crore,...
