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136 stories for “Act” · February 2026
Clear filtersAt 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...
The Tamil Nadu government told the Madras High Court that a Government Order dated 21 January 2026 has abolished the police orderly system. To enforce the ban, every district now has a monitoring committee chaired by the...
The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) secured the first prize at the 38th Kerala State Science Congress. In other State developments, the Chief Minister inaugurated Tamil Nadu's first glow gard...
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...
Overview: The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded its first meeting of 2026 by maintaining the Repo Rate at 6.5%. The decision reflects a balanced approach to managing inflation while suppor...
The World Bank's 2025 report 'A Breath of Change' studies air pollution across the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills, covering 13 jurisdictions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Pollution there...
Spain has announced a nationwide prohibition on social media use by children below 16 years of age. It is the first European country and the second in the world, after Australia, to bring in such a ban. Social media plat...
India has become part of the BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies (BCIC), which aims to build manufacturing skills and industrial cooperation among BRICS members. The initiative is carried out with the United Nations...
The Union Government published the first national dataset on waste-pickers under the NAMASTE (National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem) scheme. Urban Local Bodies in 35 States and Union Territories have profil...
A 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 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is set to inaugurate Ranipet district's first car manufacturing unit at the SIPCOT industrial complex in Panapakkam. It will be the first facility in India to make luxury Jaguar Land Rover (...
The Union Budget 2026-27 introduced a new scheme to create a Buddhist Circuit in the north-eastern States. It will conserve and develop Buddhist temples and monasteries in the region and upgrade tourism infrastructure an...
