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46 stories for “RDS” · February 2026
Clear filtersA faunal survey in Kerala's Karimpuzha Wildlife Sanctuary recorded 171 bird, 177 butterfly and 42 odonate species, many of them new to the sanctuary. Its total species count now stands at 247 birds, 223 butterflies and 6...
The President approved Padma Awards 2026 for 13 people from Tamil Nadu: two Padma Bhushan and 11 Padma Shri. Padma Bhushan goes to S.K.M. Maeilanandhan, executive chairman of the Erode-based SKM Group, for social work, a...
Indian Railways brought 472.3 km of the Kavach Version 4.0 safety system into service in one day, the largest single-day commissioning so far. The stretches lie on the Western, Northern and East Central Railway zones, an...
The Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police carried out a joint exercise named 'Agni Pariksha' at Sigar in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. It trained personnel from non-artillery units in artillery proce...
Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district of Odisha has been declared free of Maoist presence and is witnessing a sharp rise in leopard numbers, with officials estimating over 70 leopards. It is a proposed tiger re...
India's pharmaceutical industry is shifting its focus towards complex generics, biosimilars and innovation. The country ranks 11th in pharmaceutical exports by value with a 3% global share and third by volume, meeting ar...
Tamil Nadu is building a network of heritage museums. Keeladi's open-air site museum at Kondagai (Sivagangai) displays a Sangam-age urban settlement dated from the 6th century BCE. The Porunai Museum at Reddiarpatti, Tir...
In a first, the Madras High Court will deploy an AI-assisted system named 'Superlaw Courts' to extract relevant information from case records and speed up hearings and disposal. The tool works only on documents filed in...
Under the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, often described as the 'mother of all deals', India will permit EU banks to open 15 branches over a four-year period, offering limited market access while protecting d...
The Tamil Nadu government declared its State Film Awards covering seven years, from 2016 to 2022. Best film honours went to Maanagaram, Aram, Pariyerum Perumal, Asuran, Koozhangal, Jai Bhim and Gargi for their respective...
