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214 stories for “rat” · February 2026
Clear filtersSuryastra, a Universal Rocket Launcher System, made its first public appearance at the Republic Day parade. Described as the country's first indigenously developed universal multi-calibre rocket launcher, it is designed...
Sunetra Pawar, wife of the late NCP (AP) leader Ajit Pawar, took oath as Maharashtra's first woman Deputy Chief Minister; Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath in the presence of CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy...
Two more wetlands, the Patna Bird Sanctuary in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh and Chhari-Dhand in Gujarat's Kutch district, have been designated Ramsar sites, taking India's total to 98. India joined the Ramsar Conventio...
An RBI report on State finances found that Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry have steadily lowered their debt-to-GSDP ratios by up to 4 percentage points since 2021 without cutting development spendin...
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset its Doomsday Clock on 27 January 2026, placing the hands 85 seconds from midnight. This is the closest the clock has ever come to the hour that symbolises global catastrophe. E...
Urban tap water coverage has climbed from 49% in 2011 to about 77% in 2026 under AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0, an increase of 64%. The missions have delivered 228 lakh household tap connections and 20 lakh sewer connections, revi...
On 1 February 1976, exactly 50 years ago, Tamil Nadu's government was dismissed for the first time and President's Rule was imposed under Article 356. The DMK ministry of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was removed on a re...
The Tamil Nadu government has notified the Tamil Nadu Anand Marriage Registration Rules, 2026, providing for the registration of Anand marriages, which are performed according to the Sikh wedding ceremony known as Anand...
A statue honouring Omandur Ramasamy Reddiyar will be erected on the Government Medical College campus inside Chennai's Omandurar Government Estate, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has announced. Reddiyar, a follower of Vallal...
Overview In the Union Budget 2026–27, the Government of India placed strong emphasis on increasing capital expenditure (CapEx) to drive long-term economic growth. Investments were directed toward infrastructure sectors s...
The World Nuclear Association's World Nuclear Outlook Report 2026 estimates that global nuclear capacity could touch 1,446 GWe by 2050, surpassing the 1,200 GWe goal set under the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy. Ch...
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has included Odisha's Buddhist Diamond Triangle, comprising Lalitgiri, Udayagiri and Ratnagiri, in India's Tentative List. Together the sites record about 1,500 years of unbroken Buddhist...
