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256 stories for “Red” · August 2026
Clear filtersISRO intends to launch GISAT-1A (Geo Imaging Satellite-1A) in September 2026, resuming launches after a recent pause. It replaces GISAT-1 (EOS-03), lost in the GSLV-F10 mission of August 2021, when the cryogenic upper st...
India and Japan held talks in New Delhi on deepening cooperation in critical mineral supply chains and e-waste recycling. The focus was on resource circulation to secure critical mineral supplies and lower reliance on sc...
Tamil Nadu will widen the Vettri Payanam Scheme from October 2, 2026 (Gandhi Jayanti), allowing women to travel free on express, Limited Stop Service (LSS), deluxe and mofussil buses. Until now, free rides were largely c...
Tamil Nadu unveiled the Annapoorani Super Six Scheme in the State Assembly on August 24, 2026, to be launched on Pongal Day in January 2027. Eligible households will be reimbursed for domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) informed the Madras High Court that it will hold off on by-elections in five Tamil Nadu Assembly seats until pending election petitions are disposed of. The seats are Tiruchi East,...
The Union Government has chosen two teachers from Tamil Nadu for the National Teachers' Award 2026. They are M Thangaraj of Tenkasi and J Amudha, Headmistress of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Madurai. Thangaraj was recognise...
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, released the Policy on Data Sharing, Interoperability and Stakeholder Access in New Delhi. It sets up a federated data-sharing framework linking th...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has authorised District Collectors in eight States/UTs to handle pending applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, West Bengal, Assam and...
National Space Day on 23 August marks India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, whose Vikram lander soft-landed in the Moon’s south polar region in 2023. With it India became the fourth country to achieve a lunar soft landing and t...
Tamil Nadu has unveiled Vision 2031, aiming to raise the State’s renewable energy share to 50% by 2031. The plan proposes 20,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with major city corridors given priority; as of Ap...
Gross loans of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) grew 10.3% year-on-year to ₹5.78 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, from ₹5.24 lakh crore. Their average Priority Sector Lending (PSL) achievement touched 91.7% of Adjusted Net Bank Cred...
Indian scientists from the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) and IIT-Guwahati have created RK-251, a “smart” anticancer drug meant to switch on mainly inside cancer cells, which could reduce h...
