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125 stories for “ICA” · February 2026
Clear filtersThroughout the early months of 2026, the Tamil Nadu School Education Department's highly dedicated, specialized reading initiative, widely known as 'Vasippu Iyakkam' (The Reading Movement), recorded truly phenomenal, unp...
Kerala announced a separate Elderly Budget for FY27, the first Indian State to do so. It earmarks Rs 46,236.52 crore, roughly 19.07% of the State Budget, bringing together spending on pensions, healthcare, social securit...
In the QS Best Student Cities 2026 ranking, Delhi emerged as the most affordable city in the world for international students, with Mumbai 11th and Bengaluru 15th on the affordability measure. The ranking assessed 150 ci...
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...
**Overview** The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officially accepted the offer of the Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) amounting to ₹9,500 crores for the asset monetization of five crucial highway secti...
The UPSC notification for the Civil Services Examination 2026 introduces 14 significant changes. Applications now follow a four-stage online process covering account creation, a Universal Registration Number (URN), a Com...
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty lapsed on 5 February 2026, removing the last bilateral pact restricting American and Russian nuclear forces. Signed in Prague in April 2010 by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, it...
The National Disaster Management Authority unveiled the country's first Standard Operating Procedure, 'Comprehensive Disaster Victim Identification and Management', on Republic Day 2026 for mass-fatality events. It draws...
At the Critical Minerals Ministerial in Washington DC, India extended support to FORGE (Forum on Resource, Geostrategic Engagement), the successor to the US-led Mineral Security Partnership. The grouping seeks to secure...
At the Mega Handicrafts Exhibition-cum-Conference in Chennai, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister presented the Living Craft Treasure Award to veteran artisans. Instituted by the State government in 2013-14, the award recognis...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin presented the Poompuhar State Awards 2025-26 to ten artisans in Chennai for excellence in Tamil Nadu's traditional crafts. Every recipient gets Rs 50,000 in cash, a 4-gram gold medal, a Thamira...
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...
