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Clear filtersA study by Kearney titled Tamil Nadu's Fiscal Crossroads has proposed steps to strengthen the State's finances. It estimates that improved revenue collection and more efficient spending could yield over ₹1.2 lakh crore e...
Chennai-born scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan has been named the 2026 recipient of the IEEE Robert Bosch Bueche Award, becoming the first Indian-American to receive it. The Bueche Award honours outstanding contributions...
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has asked the State government for clarifications on certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which remains under his consideration...
Tamil Nadu observed Social Justice Day on September 17, the birth anniversary of social reformer E.V. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, with the Social Justice Day pledge marking his 147th birth anniversary in 2026....
K. Allaudin, Chairman of Tamil Nadu's Seventh State Finance Commission (SSFC), urged greater authority, financial autonomy and resources for local bodies at a seminar in Chennai. Local bodies rely heavily on transfers fr...
A rare philomela form of the Common Wanderer butterfly (Pareronia hippia) has been recorded for the first time at Poothurai in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district. Until now, the species has historically been linked more of...
The Tamil Nadu government has formally notified the Tamil Nadu State Mental Healthcare Regulations, 2026. They lay down minimum standards for infrastructure, staffing, professional qualifications and patient care in ment...
Tamil Nadu has introduced five high-yielding teak clones to raise timber productivity and farmers' long-term income. The Green Tamil Nadu Mission (GTM), with the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Co...
Sir Thomas Munro's visit to Ootacamund (Ooty) on 29 September 1826 led to the creation of the British Raj's first hill station in the Nilgiris. Munro, Governor of the Madras Presidency from 1820 to 1827, came at the invi...
At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received BRICS leaders against a backdrop of the Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the temple is one of the Char D...
Stanzin Tsangyang has become the first woman officer from Kargil district to be commissioned into the Indian Army. She was commissioned at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai. She is also the first person from Z...
Tamil Nadu's first dedicated skate park built by the government was inaugurated on September 11, 2026, at Buttfire near Udhagamandalam (Ooty) in the Nilgiris district. The facility is the State's first government-constru...
