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Bihar has been declared free of Naxalism following the surrender of the last armed Maoist in the State. The Union government has fixed 31 March 2026 as the deadline for wiping out Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from India. LW...
Kerala has set out Vision 2031, a long-term policy framework to turn the State into a knowledge-driven, socially just and democratically vibrant society by its 75th year of statehood. It was unveiled at the 'Vision 2031:...
The United Nations Road Safety Fund has launched a Sustainable Road Safety Financing Project in Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Assam. The project is being carried out in partnership with the Ministry of Road Transport...
The Union Cabinet cleared the proposal to rename Kerala as 'Keralam', following a unanimous resolution of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The President will send the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, to the State...
Kerala became the first State to classify tidal flooding, also called sunny-day or king-tide flooding, as a State-specific disaster, enabling relief from the State Disaster Response Fund. Such flooding occurs when high t...
Even after being declared a protected monument in 2025, the roughly 2,300-year-old rock paintings at Kumittipathi village in Coimbatore district still lack any physical safeguards. The notification was issued under Secti...
The State Planning Commission's Economic Survey 2025–26, using NFHS-5 data, shows Tamil Nadu has the highest consanguineous marriage rate among peer States at 28% (India 10.8%). Child marriage stands at 12.8% against 23....
Kerala's Cabinet approved the draft Urban Policy prepared by the Local Self-Government Department, making it the first State with a comprehensive urban policy; it had been announced in the 2023–24 Budget. The Kerala Urba...
Under its newly launched Sthree Suraksha Scheme, Kerala will pay a monthly pension of ₹1,000 directly into the bank accounts of unemployed women and transwomen belonging to economically weaker sections. To be eligible, a...
A new flowering plant of the Acanthaceae family, Dicliptera pakhalica, was described from Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary, Telangana, named after Pakhal Lake and rated Data Deficient under IUCN guidelines; the genus has over 2...
ICAR's Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has succeeded in breeding the mangrove clam Geloina erosa in captivity. Known as mud clams and locally as 'Kandal Kakka' in northern Kerala, these burrowing bivalves inh...
A live rusty-spotted cat, one of the world's smallest wild cats, was recorded in Shergarh Sanctuary in Baran district, Rajasthan. The nocturnal, solitary species is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN. Other biodiversity r...
