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511 stories for “IT” · August 2026
Clear filtersIndia'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...
Tamil Nadu is set to launch the 'Thaimaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam' on September 15, 2026, giving a 1-gram gold ring, reported to be BIS-hallmarked, to eligible newborns delivered in Government health institutions. Babie...
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution seeking exemption from the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) for teachers appointed before August 23, 2010, the date from which the National Council for T...
The Madras High Court barred authorities from permitting the felling or removal of rosewood trees on private lands until the pending writ petition is decided. It kept in abeyance G.O. No. 88, which had accepted a proposa...
Tamil Nadu will roll out the TN-ARIVU (Analytical Thinking, Reasoning, Innovation, Venture and Entrepreneurship, Upskilling) curriculum, covering Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies, from the 2027-28 academ...
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced that the proposed airport at Parandur will not go ahead, mainly because of its likely impact on farmland and human settlements. The State will look for other locations for Chennai'...
