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316 stories for “Current” · August 2026
Clear filtersIndia's Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2026 is expected to gather separate data on digital and platform workers for the first time, covering food delivery executives, drivers and home-service providers. Their earnin...
The Tamil Nadu government is studying a ₹876.35-crore proposal to make a 7.2-km central stretch of the Buckingham Canal navigable, from Napier Bridge to the Adyar River via Greenways Road, with passenger boats, floating...
A 13th-century Tamil stone inscription found at the Thanthondreeswarar Temple, a Shiva shrine at Anandur near Pochampally in Krishnagiri district, records that four Jewish merchant guilds paid for the construction of a h...
The 16th Finance Commission has recommended more than ₹27,000 crore for Tamil Nadu's Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for 2026-31, besides special infrastructure and urbanisation grants. A basic grant of ₹20,054 crore will flow...
Somanath Sreedhara Panicker has been appointed and Anand Gopal Mahindra re-appointed as part-time Non-Official Directors on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Both will serve for a term of four years w...
India's 19-year-old Grandmaster Pranesh M won the Kanizsa Open 2026 chess tournament held in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. The title adds to the growing list of international successes by young Indian chess players.
The National Security Guard (NSG) has started India's first Mahila Commando Conversion Course (MCCC) at its Training Academy in Manesar, Haryana. The course is being conducted under the theme "She Who Dares, Leads." It m...
The ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has formally registered the Periyar cow, also called Periyar Kullan, as an indigenous cattle breed. It is the second breed from Kerala to gain national recogni...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has cleared about 1,800 km of LPG pipelines with an estimated investment of ₹7,000 crore, to be developed by state-owned GAIL (India) Limited. They will pass through...
For the first time, Census 2027 will not count beggars and vagrants as a separate category; they will be grouped under 'others' within non-economic activity. In Census 2011 only about 3.8 lakh people declared themselves...
India's solar photovoltaic module manufacturing capacity has reached 100 GW, up from 2.3 GW in 2014, while cell capacity stood at 25 GW and wafer capacity about 2 GW by March 2025. Import dependence is still close to 100...
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), completed 10 years on 25 August 2026. Annual transactions grew from 1.78 crore in FY 2016-17 to more than 24,16...
