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14 stories for “COAS” · February 2026
Clear filtersThe Indian Navy is set to commission INS Anjadip at Chennai Port. It is the third vessel under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) programme. Nicknamed a 'Dolphin Hunter', the ship is designed to det...
An assessment by the Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Foundation and IIT Madras found a benefit-cost ratio of 2.34 for restoring Vaan Island. One of 21 uninhabited coral islands...
Early results from radio-tagging Olive Ridley turtles off Chennai suggest the animals come back to the same nesting sites. This is Tamil Nadu's first telemetry study of the species, which the Advanced Institute for Wildl...
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 National Green Tribunal approved the Great Nicobar Island infrastructure project subject to strict environmental compliance. The project comprises an International Container Transshipment Terminal, a township and a 4...
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...
The Mumbai Coastal Road is now home to India's first musical road. The stretch has been laid on the northbound carriageway, which runs between Nariman Point and Worli, making it the first of its kind in the country. In a...
Cochin International Airport (CIAL) in Kerala will be the first airport in India to deploy hydrogen-powered buses for passenger movement, cutting emissions from airside transport. Also reported: two new marine worm speci...
The Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully conducted a test launch of the Agni-3, a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile, off the Odisha coast. The test validates the operational readi...
The foundation stone for the State's first Sea Turtle Conservation Centre was laid at Guindy, Chennai. The Centre of Excellence will cost Rs 14.50 crore and is being set up under the World Bank-supported TN-SHORE (Tamil...
The Economic Survey cited Tamil Nadu's 'Thozhi' hostels as a model for raising women's workforce participation. Run by the Tamil Nadu Working Women's Hostels Corporation through public-private partnerships, they offer af...
Overview: In February 2026, India hit a milestone by achieving 200GW of non-fossil fuel capacity, marking a significant step toward the 2030 targets. The government introduced the 'Green Energy Corridor Phase-III' to int...
