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The Supreme Court reaffirmed that the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, does not apply to Scheduled Tribes unless Parliament passes a law extending it to them. The ruling came in the Nawang vs Bahadur case (October 2025). The...
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has begun celebrating its 75th Foundation Year in 2026. ESIC is a statutory body under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, set up under the Employees' State Insurance...
**Overview** On National Science Day, March 1, 2026, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the state-of-the-art "Central Facility for Recombinant Cells and Sensors" at the BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnolo...
Senior CPI leader R. Nallakannu passed away in Chennai on 25 February 2026 at 101 and was given State honours. Born in 1925 at Srivaikundam, Thoothukudi, he joined the freedom struggle as a student. Arrested in the 1949...
**Overview** The National Arogya Fair 2026 was organized by the Ministry of Ayush in collaboration with the All India Ayurvedic Congress from February 25 to 28, 2026, in Shegaon, Maharashtra. Inaugurated by President Dro...
Two new State Information Commissioners have joined the Tamil Nadu Information Commission: Atulya Misra, a retired IAS officer, and Abhay Kumar Singh, a retired IPS officer. The State government had, in December last yea...
Eighty-eight countries and international bodies endorsed the New Delhi Declaration at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The voluntary, non-binding declaration backs democratic diffusion of AI and proposes a Global AI Impa...
The 1,750 MW Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project on the Lohit River in Arunachal Pradesh received an 11-year extension of its environmental clearance, now valid until 2037. The project was first cleared in 2010. Separately...
Rajya Sabha MP P. Wilson introduced a private member's Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing reservation in appointments to the Supreme Court and High Courts. It seeks representation for SCs, STs, OBCs, religiou...
Several home-grown AI models were presented at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Bengaluru start-up Sarvam AI released two language models for multilingual and voice use across 22 Indian languages, one demonstrated as 'Vi...
Bihar displayed an AI-enabled remote e-voting system at the India AI Impact Summit. Built by C-DAC with the Bihar State Election Commission, the 'e-Voting SECBHR' Android app lets voters cast ballots remotely. Verificati...
Part I of the report of the High-Level Committee on Union-State Relations, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph, was placed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty and Dr. M. Naganathan...
