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71 stories for “VAT” · February 2026
Clear filtersHolding the BRICS chair for 2026, India convened the grouping's first Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa Meeting of the year in New Delhi. Sherpas and Sous-Sherpas are the officials who prepare the ground for the bloc's work during...
The Adani Group has entered nuclear power following the SHANTI (Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India) Act, 2025, with Adani Power forming a wholly owned subsidiary, Adani Atomic...
Overview In February 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the addition of three new wetlands in Tamil Nadu to the list of Ramsar sites. This recognition highlights the state's succ...
A Private Member Bill seeking a Right to Recall for elected representatives was discussed in Parliament as a way to improve democratic accountability. The right lets voters remove a representative before the term ends. M...
The Centre opened the first national call for the BIRAC–RDI (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council – Research, Development and Innovation) Fund. The ₹2,000 crore fund forms part of the ₹1 lakh crore RDI init...
The Union Cabinet cleared the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 with a ₹10,000 crore corpus to channel long-term domestic capital into startups and venture funds. It succeeds the 2016 Fund of Funds for Startups, under whic...
Over two days, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department conducted a synchronised census of terrestrial birds in the central part of the State, spanning the districts of Tiruchi and Pudukottai. Apart from daytime species, the exe...
Personnel of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) are now formally counted as ex-servicemen after the Centre amended the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 2026, using its powers under...
Tamil Nadu is rolling out a strategic roadmap to restore soil health and support sustainable agriculture. Soil fertility is being boosted through the Soil Health and Fertility Scheme, budgeted at about ₹206 crore. The pl...
India is hosting the India–AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, the first global Artificial Intelligence summit held in the Global South. It rests on three Sutras – People, Planet and Progress – and deliberations are orga...
Tamil Nadu will draft a State-level Public Sector Innovation Policy along with a State Innovation Index. A team from the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission (SPC) visited the UNICEF Office of Innovation and the OECD in...
World Unani Day on 11 February marks the birth anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan, a pioneer of Unani medicine in India; the 2026 theme is 'Innovation and Evidence in Unani Practice'. The same date is the International Day...
