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The 2026 migratory season around Chennai opened with a grey-headed lapwing, a long-distance traveller from East Asia, reaching the Pallikaranai marsh on 20 September, nearly two weeks ahead of its usual first-week-of-Oct...
While a strong El Niño expected in 2026 usually weakens rainfall across much of India, Tamil Nadu could see the opposite: heavy northeast monsoon rain and cyclones, fed by moist Bay of Bengal winds and warmer seas. El Ni...
The Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology has unearthed the complete skeletal remains of two Iron Age individuals at Thelunganur, close to Mettur Dam in Salem district. Among the iron objects recovered are a 1.9-metre spe...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month runs every year through October, from the 1st to the 31st. Its purpose is to increase public understanding of breast cancer and to widen access to early diagnosis and good-quality treatment...
World Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day is marked on 8 October to spread awareness of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. For the 2026 observance, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) held an event in New Delhi on h...
Anne Carson, the Canadian writer, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The honour recognises her inventive writing, which shapes fresh forms of contemporary literature by engaging in a conversation with c...
The Ramanujan Prize 2026 has been conferred on Professor Mahesh Kakde, who works at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, honouring his contributions to algebraic number theory. The prize has been presented...
Assam's Nameri Tiger Reserve has been granted Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) Approved status in recognition of how it protects tigers and manages its protected area. CA|TS is an internationally accepted fra...
Ladakh's Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has launched India's first high-altitude wildlife safari built around snow leopard trails. It is run by the Snow Leopard and High-Altitude Nature Conservation (SHAN) Societ...
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is staging SAREX-2026, the 12th edition of the National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise. This year the drill is being held in the waters off the Paradip coast in Odisha. SAREX is the nati...
New Delhi is hosting the 10th India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2026, and this edition has been given the theme "Scale Without Boundaries." The event's agenda spans a wide range of next-generation technologies: 6G and 5G netwo...
Andhra Pradesh is the launch site of India's first national-level pilot for building rural homes with 3D printing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G). The pilot brings 3D-printing construction into the g...
