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Tamil Nadu marked State Organ Donation Day on 23 September 2026 in memory of Hithendran, whose organ donation in 2008 became a landmark for the State's programme. The day spreads awareness and honours donors and their fa...
The International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South is marked every year on 16 September. It promotes science, technology and innovation (STI) for sustainable and inclusive development across the Gl...
Four years into the reintroduction programme, India's cheetah count has grown to 52, including 32 born in the country. Of these, 49 are in Kuno National Park and 3 in Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, both in Madhya Pradesh. By or...
The CAG report "State Finances for the year 2024-25" was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. GSDP grew 15.98% against 13.34% in 2023-24, and the State contributed 9.43% of India's GDP. Total debt touched ₹8.53 lakh crore,...
India's direct tax buoyancy has remained above 1 for the third consecutive financial year, standing at 1.39 in 2024-25. The ratio was 1.27 in 2022-23 and 1.48 in 2023-24. Tax buoyancy measures how fast direct tax revenue...
The United Nations has designated November 27 as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The date matters for India because the 'Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat' campaign was launched on Nove...
The Supreme Court invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to quash criminal cases filed against NEET protesters. Article 142 lets the Court pass any order needed to "do complete justice", enforceable across India, but it...
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) released its seventh Status of Coral Reefs of the World report, showing bleaching events are growing more frequent. Global hard coral cover has fallen about 9.5% against t...
The 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, marking 25 years of the grouping, with the theme 'Together for Sustainable Peace, Development and Prosperity'. PM Modi named 'Secur...
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that the global daily average sea surface temperature for the extra-polar ocean (60°S–60°N) reached a record 21.104°C on August 22, 2026, just above the earlier record...
National Space Day on 23 August marks India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, whose Vikram lander soft-landed in the Moon’s south polar region in 2023. With it India became the fourth country to achieve a lunar soft landing and t...
Maharashtra has declared snakebite a notifiable disease, making it mandatory to report every suspected, probable and confirmed case and death. Government and private hospitals, medical colleges and practitioners must rep...
