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25 stories for “UK” · February 2026
Clear filtersOverview In February 2026, India co-hosted the 10th ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The tournament saw high-octane clashes across iconic venues like Wankhede, Narendra Modi Stadium, and Chepauk. India demonstrated a strong perf...
The 16th Tamiraparani water bird census recorded 21,091 birds of 69 species across 68 irrigation tanks in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi districts of southern Tamil Nadu. Migratory species, including those using th...
A live rusty-spotted cat, one of the world's smallest wild cats, was recorded in Shergarh Sanctuary in Baran district, Rajasthan. The nocturnal, solitary species is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN. Other biodiversity r...
Overview: The Tamil Nadu State Budget for 2026-27 was presented in the Legislative Assembly, prioritizing the 'One Trillion Dollar Economy' roadmap. Significant funds were allocated for digital transformation in the MSME...
The Assam government launched the Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat Scheme in Tinsukia district, providing a one-time grant of Rs 5,000 to more than six lakh tea garden workers. It covers workers in 836 tea gardens acros...
Goa has become the second Indian State, after Kerala, to bring out a state-level Bird Atlas, released at the 9th Bird Festival of Goa in Valpoi. Using grid-based surveys, the atlas maps bird distribution and allows chang...
The highly esteemed Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology is currently conducting vastly extensive, scientifically rigorous archaeological excavations across eight major historical sites throughout the ongoing 2025-...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin unveiled Tamil Nadu's first statue of German philosopher and communist thinker Karl Marx on the Egmore Museum premises in Chennai. In another State first, the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority...
More than 500 stone age implements have been recovered from Tiruchi, Pudukottai and Namakkal districts, pointing to human habitation during the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic periods. The finds, largely fashioned from qua...
Snow settled on the interior desert of Saudi Arabia's Al-Jawf region for the first time on record, around November-December 2025, following heavy rain and hail. A cold weather system moving in from the Mediterranean brou...
At the Tamil Nadu Global Tourism Summit 2026 in Chennai, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that a Tamil Biennale will be staged in January 2027. The State signed 127 memoranda of understanding valued at ₹22,794 crore,...
On 1 February 2026, Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth straight Union Budget, the first ever delivered on a Sunday, and also tabled the 16th Finance Commission report on tax devolution for 2026-2031. India's first fu...
