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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released the Emissions Gap Report 2026, cautioning that keeping warming to 1.5°C without significant overshoot can no longer be achieved. Global greenhouse gas emission...
The Tuticorin International Container Terminal (TICT) at VOC Chidambaranar Port in Tamil Nadu earned green terminal status on 22 October 2026, after all of its operational equipment was converted to electric power. Earli...
Tamil Nadu has prolonged the tenure of special officers running rural local bodies in 28 districts and named special officers for 9 more districts, all until April 19, 2027. Elected members' terms ended on January 5, 202...
Under the IndiaAI Mission, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the World Bank Group's World Development Report (WDR) 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence. The report note...
ISRO has completed a series of tests on separating the Crew Module and Service Module (CM–SM) at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The trials were meant to confirm that the two module...
India's solar observatory Aditya-L1 has produced Doppler velocity images of the Sun's corona with its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC). These images let scientists follow how solar plasma moves and work out which...
The WWF-India EIACP Programme Centre started its countrywide Green Diwali Campaign on 20 October 2026; it will continue till 8 November 2026. Backed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC...
President Droupadi Murmu has issued the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDC) (Amendment) Regulation, 2026, clearing the path for hill council polls in all eight districts of Ladakh, including the newly for...
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...
Mérida in Mexico has been rated the friendliest city on the planet in the Friendliest Cities Index 2026, a ranking commissioned by travel platform Fernwayer, with a score of 95 out of 100. Second and third places went to...
The Sub-Commission for the Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO), which functions under UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), has elected Dr. T. M. Balakrishnan Nair as its Chair. Dr. Nair heads the Indian Nationa...
NASA has picked Bengaluru-born astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche as Principal Investigator for PUFFINS, a space telescope mission worth $20 million. The acronym PUFFINS expands to Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features...
