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The International Day of the Snow Leopard, marked on 23 October, seeks to build awareness about protecting the snow leopard and its mountain habitats. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared the day through a...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the Indian Army's Land Warfare Doctrine 2026 at the Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi. Drawing lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Iran-US conflict and Operation S...
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister congratulated athletes from the State who won medals at the 5th Asian Para Games held in Japan. Naveen Sivakumar took gold in men's singles SL4 badminton. Thulasimathi Murugesan won silver i...
The Tenkasi Forest Division has suggested widening its 'Golden Jackal Ambassadors' programme to cover conservation of the Madras hedgehog, known locally as mulleli. This nocturnal spiny mammal, Paraechinus nudiventris, l...
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, is preparing the country's first national-level assessment of the population, distribution and range of all four bear species in India, which belong to the family Ursidae....
The 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. India restated its commitment to cooperation in Asia that is inclusive and based on consensu...
On 20 October 2026, the Tamil Nadu government approved the Vetri 150 scheme to give extra work to vulnerable rural families. Under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), eligib...
India's first scientific trial on curbing leopard breeding through immunocontraception has started in the Junnar forest division of Pune district, Maharashtra, where two vaccinated female leopards were released into the...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), lifted its 2026 global growth projection by 0.1 percentage point to 3.1%, compared with 3.5% growth in 2025. The 2027 forecast stays at 3...
Western Tamil Nadu witnessed a massive butterfly migration once the Northeast monsoon set in, with swarms reported in Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur and Coimbatore districts. The species on the move were the Blue Tiger...
Southern Railway will attach Tamil Nadu's first Vistadome coach to the Madurai–Guruvayur Express starting 22 October 2026. This is the first time a Vistadome coach is being introduced in Tamil Nadu. It will run on a tria...
According to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2026, issued by Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Helvetas and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), the world's hunger score has worsened to 18.1 from 17...
