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For Republic Day 2026, 131 Padma awards were announced: 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri. They include 19 women, 6 foreigners or overseas Indians and 16 posthumous honours. N. Rajam and the late Dha...
As of January 2026, the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (TNCCM), meticulously executed under the specialized aegis of the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC), has rapidly accelerated its aggressive environmental a...
The first deck was launched on India's first-ever road bridge built over an active Chennai Metro Rail Limited underground tunnel. The Teynampet-Saidapet flyover in Chennai is described as the world's first road bridge co...
Tamil Nadu signed an MoU with Sarvam AI to build India's first Sovereign AI Park, a ₹10,000 crore project. It will be a complete AI hub with computing infrastructure, secure data systems, research labs and innovation clu...
iTNT Hub signed a Letter of Intent with Germany-based XeedQ GmbH at UmagineTN 2026 to start quantum-computing programmes in Tamil Nadu. In phase one, students and startups get remote access to a 4-qubit quantum computer...
Tamil Nadu released the State Indicator Framework (SIF) 2.0 to track SDG progress to 2030, reducing indicators from 314 to 244 across 17 SDGs, monitored by 28 State departments. The State's multidimensional poverty rate...
A first-of-its-kind initiative began satellite-tagging Olive Ridley sea turtles on Chennai beaches. Two nesting turtles were satellite-tagged and released. The 2025-2027 project by the Wildlife Institute of India and the...
Tamil Nadu unveiled India's first dedicated Deep Tech Startup Policy - the Tamil Nadu Deep Tech Startup Policy 2025-2026 (TNDTSP) - at UmagineTN 2026 in Chennai. The iTNT Hub is the nodal implementing agency. The policy...
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, in an order dated 3 January 2026, appointed water conservationist Rajendra Singh - a Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient known as the 'Waterman of India' - as Commissioner to study...
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department announced the first phase of the All-India Tiger Estimation (AITE) 2026, part of the world's largest wildlife monitoring exercise conducted every four years by the National Tiger Conserva...
The Theosophical Society held its 150th international convention at its headquarters in Adyar, Chennai, on the theme 'One World, One Life: The Spirit of New Humanity'. Helena Blavatsky and Colonel H.S. Olcott founded the...
