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The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has successfully tested an indigenously developed Floating LiDAR Buoy System off the Muttom coast in Tamil Nadu. The advanced ocean-based platform uses Light Detection an...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued fresh guidelines for post-mortem examinations in custodial death cases, following procedural lapses noticed in Tamil Nadu.Autopsies must be carried out by a board of...
Tamil Nadu has brought in a dedicated mental health policy for students in schools and colleges. It focuses on spotting stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns among students at an early stage. The p...
The schedule for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election was announced on March 15. Polling will be held on April 23 and votes will be counted on May 4, so the whole process takes 51 days, against 66 days in 2021. Parties...
Overview In 2026, the Tamil Nadu Government initiated the foundational steps for developing a massive 2,000-acre satellite mega city near Chennai. Announced in the 2025–26 State Budget, this ambitious project aims to cre...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched new schemes and opened several projects in Chennai. The MSME Department's Tamil Nadu Women Entrepreneur Empowerment Scheme (TWEES) aims to help 1 lakh women become entrepreneurs in fiv...
A total of 448 students from Tamil Nadu's Government Model Schools cleared JEE Main 2026. The State runs 38 Model Schools, one per district, following its 'Dravidian Model' of education, partly inspired by Delhi's school...
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...
Tamil Nadu constituted a 16-member State-level Steering Committee to prepare a Human Resources for Health strategy under the World Bank-backed Enhanced Health Service Delivery Program (EHSDP). It is chaired by the Additi...
In Nagercoil, the Chief Minister unveiled a statue of Ponnappa Nadar, a freedom fighter and Congress leader. The memorial recognises the part he played, together with Marshall Nesamani, in the movement that resulted in K...
Tamil Nadu's Committee on Union-State Relations met in New Delhi to discuss Part II of its report. Constituted in April 2025 as a non-partisan exercise, it started work on 1 June 2025. Part I, covering 10 topics includin...
The Tamil Nadu Assembly session ended on 20 February 2026. It was the last session of the present DMK government and began on 17 February. Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented the interim Budget, while Agricultu...
