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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...
The Tamil Nadu government withdrew the Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which had proposed turning existing private or government-aided colleges into 'Brownfield Universities' and cutting the minim...
Tamil Nadu used its Climate Summit 4.0 in Chennai to announce that climate action will be embedded in the budget of every government department. The State will also prepare State-level Determined Contributions, patterned...
Overview In February 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the addition of three new wetlands in Tamil Nadu to the list of Ramsar sites. This recognition highlights the state's succ...
Tamil Nadu is rolling out a strategic roadmap to restore soil health and support sustainable agriculture. Soil fertility is being boosted through the Soil Health and Fertility Scheme, budgeted at about ₹206 crore. The pl...
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: The Tamil Nadu State Budget for 2026-27 was presented in the Legislative Assembly, prioritizing the 'One Trillion Dollar Economy' roadmap. Significant funds were allocated for digital transformation in the MSME...
The highly esteemed Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology is currently conducting vastly extensive, scientifically rigorous archaeological excavations across eight major historical sites throughout the ongoing 2025-...
The foundation stone for the State's first Sea Turtle Conservation Centre was laid at Guindy, Chennai. The Centre of Excellence will cost Rs 14.50 crore and is being set up under the World Bank-supported TN-SHORE (Tamil...
A UAV-based survey by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the Tamil Nadu Forest Department has estimated 270 dugongs in Tamil Nadu waters: 158 in Palk Bay and 112 in the Gulf of Mannar, now India's largest viable d...
The President approved Padma Awards 2026 for 13 people from Tamil Nadu: two Padma Bhushan and 11 Padma Shri. Padma Bhushan goes to S.K.M. Maeilanandhan, executive chairman of the Erode-based SKM Group, for social work, a...
The Economic Survey cited Tamil Nadu's 'Thozhi' hostels as a model for raising women's workforce participation. Run by the Tamil Nadu Working Women's Hostels Corporation through public-private partnerships, they offer af...
