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Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister released in Chennai the fourth volume of a comparative etymological dictionary of Tamil and Indo-European languages. Starting from 19 Tamil root words, this volume traces how related wo...
The Nilgiri Documentation Centre urged the Tamil Nadu government to commemorate the 200th death anniversary of Sir Thomas Munro, Governor of Madras from 1820 to 1827. Munro introduced the Ryotwari land revenue system and...
**Overview** On February 24, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the historic first Union Cabinet meeting at the newly inaugurated Prime Minister's Office, christened 'Seva Teerth'. During the session, the Cabinet...
Overview In 2026, Tamil Nadu significantly expanded its pioneering Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme, marking a major milestone in the state’s commitment to child welfare and education. Initially launched to address clas...
The US Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump's earlier tariffs went beyond presidential powers and struck them down. A temporary 10% ad valorem import duty was then imposed for 150 days from 24 February 2026 under Sectio...
Cricketer Smriti Mandhana won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025 award at a ceremony in New Delhi. Chess player Divya Deshmukh was named Emerging Player of the Year for winning the FIDE Women's World Cup, and Pr...
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh both became States on 20 February 1987. Mizoram, a Union Territory from 1972, gained statehood through the 53rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1986, after the Mizoram Accord between the Centr...
Kerala became the first State to classify tidal flooding, also called sunny-day or king-tide flooding, as a State-specific disaster, enabling relief from the State Disaster Response Fund. Such flooding occurs when high t...
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) launched the Global AI-for-Energy Mission at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Developed with India's Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, th...
During French President Emmanuel Macron's visit, India and France raised their relationship to a 'Special Global Strategic Partnership', and 21 agreements and documents were exchanged. The two had set up a Strategic Part...
Delegates at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi formally adopted the Delhi Declaration. The document sets out seven principles for governing AI, addressing accountability, trust, fairness, transparency, safety,...
The President inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script in New Delhi. Pandit Raghunath Murmu of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, created the script in 1925 to give the Santhali language its own writing system. It...
