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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the indigenous Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) at 22,000 feet and about -15°C at the Nyoma-Mudh Drop Zone in Leh district, Ladakh, one...
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister presented the Nammazhvar Awards for excellence in organic farming for 2025-26 to C. Nallasivam (Namakkal), A. Subramanian (Pudukkottai) and Sadhana (Chengalpattu), each receiving ₹2 lakh and...
The Tamil Nadu Government has instituted the Inaiya Tamil Chemmal Award to honour Tamil scholars and activists who promote and develop the language through websites, digital platforms and online research. It recognises w...
The Centre has formed a committee to work out a "permanent political solution" to the Gorkha issue in the Darjeeling hills. It is headed by Pankaj Kumar Singh, former Deputy National Security Adviser, who was named inter...
The National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP), a Nagpur-based ICAR institute, has prepared India's first soil texture map, offering digitised soil classification at hectare level nationwide. Soil te...
A new global drought resilience architecture was unveiled at UNCCD COP17. It includes the world's first Drought Resilience Index (DRI), which measures a country's ability to anticipate, prepare for and withstand droughts...
A survey has recorded 165 butterfly species, 37 of them endangered, in Dehing Patkai National Park, Assam. The park spreads over 234.26 sq km in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts and is one of the surviving stretches of A...
India aims to set up its own space station by 2035, and ISRO has approved the first module of the proposed Bharatiya Antariksh Station, called BAS-01. The station is planned as a 52-tonne facility in low-Earth orbit at 4...
India received $30.7 billion in gross Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in April-June 2026, the highest in at least 15 years, nearly 46% above the previous quarter and about 15% above April-June 2025. Net FDI for the quart...
Ten days after both Houses were adjourned sine die on August 13 at the end of the Monsoon Session, the Lok Sabha had not yet been prorogued. The gap is usually two to four days, though the two sometimes happen on the sam...
Tamil Nadu has amended its law to safeguard government appointments made over the past 15 years under the Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) quota. The 2010 law reserves 20% of direct recruitment vacancies for candid...
Tamil Nadu announced new industrial parks and worker accommodation in the State Assembly. ₹130 crore will fund housing for over 2,500 workers at the SIPCOT Industrial Park, Gangaikondan. A 2,570-acre clean and renewable...
