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V.O. Chidambaranar Port in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, has set a national record by handling 147 windmill blades from a single vessel. This is the highest such volume unloaded from one ship at any port in India. It beats th...
The Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission (SPC) has submitted 15 studies and reports on government schemes and emerging sectors to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. They were handed over by J. Jeyaranjan, Executive Vice-Chairma...
About 45% of the workforce at Berth 9 of V.O. Chidambaranar Port in Thoothukudi are women, serving in administrative and operational roles. Berth 9 is a container terminal run under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) m...
Among India's four largest State economies, namely Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat, Maharashtra recorded the slowest growth in Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) between 2021-22 and 2024-25, at about 43%....
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked authorities to reconsider a quarry proposal near the Vallanadu Blackbuck Sanctuary in Thoothukudi district, with protection for blackbucks in mind.Tamil Nadu's State Environmen...
Tamil Nadu registered 57 deceased organ donors in January and February 2026, confirming its place as India's leading state in organ donation.The programme is run by the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (Transtan), set...
About 8,000 fresh cases of oral cancer were recorded in Tamil Nadu in 2025, raising alarm over late diagnosis and growing use of smokeless tobacco.Data from the Tamil Nadu Cancer Registry Programme show a higher incidenc...
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari for appointment as the next Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. Under the collegium system, the Chief Justice of India and senior judge...
**Overview** On March 1, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for multiple infrastructure projects worth over ₹4,400 crore in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, marking a proud chapter in the s...
The Indian Navy is set to commission INS Anjadip at Chennai Port. It is the third vessel under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) programme. Nicknamed a 'Dolphin Hunter', the ship is designed to det...
The Gross State Domestic Product rankings for FY 2025 place Maharashtra first at ₹45.32 lakh crore, driven by finance, manufacturing and services. Tamil Nadu is second at ₹31.19 lakh crore, powered by automobiles, manufa...
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...
