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Tamil Nadu registered 33 deceased organ donors in January 2026, its best-ever monthly figure. Government Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital, a Non-Transplant Organ Retrieval Centre, led with five donors, followed by Gov...
Prepared by the State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu's second Economic Survey says the State can reach a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2031 if it maintains the 16% nominal growth of 2024-25. GSDP stood at ₹31.19 lakh c...
The historic tower clock of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Palayamkottai is being restored so that it can chime again. Made by London clockmakers John Moore & Sons, it bears the year 1854 and was installed in 1855, earlier th...
The committee on Union-State relations, formed by Tamil Nadu in 2025 and chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph, has submitted Part I of its report to the State government. It deals with decentralisation, S...
A history-sheeter was sent to judicial custody for breaching an externment order issued by the Greater Chennai City Police, which invoked Section 51A of the Madras City Police Act, 1888. It is the first time in about 25...
The Centre has begun assessing the viability of seven high-speed rail corridors announced in the Union Budget 2026–27, to be executed by NHSRCL. Covering about 4,000 km at an estimated ₹16 trillion, they are Mumbai–Pune,...
Kaushal Rath, a mobile vehicle designed to raise awareness of Artificial Intelligence, was rolled out by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in February 2026. The initiative falls under the 'Yu...
The Indian Army will organise the first-ever International Military Adventure Challenge Cup (IMACC) 2026 in the Eastern Himalayas, with teams from Bhutan, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia...
Holding the BRICS chair for 2026, India convened the grouping's first Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa Meeting of the year in New Delhi. Sherpas and Sous-Sherpas are the officials who prepare the ground for the bloc's work during...
Approval has been granted by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for a twin-tube tunnel under the Brahmaputra River in Assam that will carry both road and rail traffic. It will be the first underwater tunnel of thi...
Fresh findings from Bhirrana suggest that the Indus Valley Civilisation may be nearly 8,000 years old. Radiocarbon dating of pottery and animal remains recovered there points to settlements and farming communities emergi...
Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh is the pilot district for the World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector, with a 500 MT godown built at the PACS level in Parswada. The plan converges the Agriculture Infrastr...
