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Thirteen Class XI students of Ariyakudi Government Higher Secondary School in Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, successfully launched a 600-gram mini satellite named Vikko Sat-1. The satellite was designed to detect funga...
Tamil Nadu has opened its first 'Dark Sky Park' in the Kolli Hills. The park is meant to promote astro-tourism and protect the visibility of the night sky. By cutting down light pollution, it also aims to spread scientif...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laid the foundation stone for the Neo Tidel Park in Tirunelveli, a project that brings a Tidel-brand technology park to the southern district. For exam purposes, note the three key f...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laid the foundation stone for a small dam across the Koilmalaiyar River at Melarasanpattu village in Vellore district. The dam on this Palar tributary will rise between the Melarasanpattu and K...
**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...
Senior CPI leader R. Nallakannu passed away in Chennai on 25 February 2026 at 101 and was given State honours. Born in 1925 at Srivaikundam, Thoothukudi, he joined the freedom struggle as a student. Arrested in the 1949...
An assessment by the Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Foundation and IIT Madras found a benefit-cost ratio of 2.34 for restoring Vaan Island. One of 21 uninhabited coral islands...
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...
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...
