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15 stories for “BEE” · January 2026
Clear filtersThe Archaeological Survey of India has begun excavating an Iron Age burial site at Kamanur near Kodaikanal, as part of a three-year plan for the Palani Hills. Cist burials, dolmens, urn burials and pit burials have been...
Security forces carried out Operation Megaburu, a large anti-Maoist operation against CPI (Maoist) cadres in the Saranda forest of West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. Saranda's dense sal forest has long been a Maoist str...
A UPI-linked RuPay credit card has been introduced for street vendors under the revamped PM SVANidhi scheme. It offers interest-free revolving credit for daily business needs and encourages digital payments. Vendors who...
Music composer Ilaiyaraaja has been chosen for the Padmapani Award at the 11th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival in Maharashtra. The award honours his contribution to Indian music and cinema over five decades, in...
India and Germany are celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations in 2026, relations having been established in 1951; the two countries completed 25 years of their Strategic Partnership in 2025.
On January 9, 2026, comprehensive updates regarding the highly impactful Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam (Kalaignar Women's Rights Grant Scheme) were prominently highlighted by the Tamil Nadu government. This flagship w...
The 50th meeting of PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation), the PM's technology-enabled platform launched in 2015 to monitor infrastructure projects and public grievances, was held in New Delhi. Five c...
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...
Indian Railways completed the last high-speed trial of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train on the Kota-Nagda section, where it touched 180 km/h. Until now, Vande Bharat trains have been chair-car only. The sleeper version is...
Tamil Nadu's 2025 northeast monsoon (October-December) brought about 43 cm of rain against a normal of roughly 44 cm. That is slightly below normal and ends a six-year run of normal or surplus rainfall since 2019. Chenna...
A new Tamil edition of From Volga to Ganga by scholar Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) has been published. It is the seventh Tamil translation of the book. Theatre practitioner and teacher A. Mangai translated it, and Seer...
A site at Sorgapallam, also called Sembodai, near Gangaikonda Cholapuram in Ariyalur district has been identified as the memorial of Nathamunigal, the first Acharya of Sri Vaishnavism. His idol and an idol of Srinivasa P...
