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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...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) published the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2024–25. Registered manufacturing units rose to 2.67 lakh and total employment grew 7.19% to 2.10 crore. Gro...
Tamil Nadu has earmarked ₹100.72 crore across five years, from 2026-27 to 2030-31, to bolster its forest force. Of this, a forest-fire management programme worth ₹60.58 crore will upgrade fire prevention and emergency re...
West Bengal wants to change its name to "Paschim Banga", and a Bill for this is expected in the State Assembly. Under Article 3 of the Constitution, renaming an existing state is Parliament's power, and the Bill may be i...
Tamil Nadu has relaxed the eligibility rules of the Thaimaaman Thanga Mothiram Scheme, under which babies born in government hospitals receive a 1-gram gold ring. Earlier, only mothers who were permanent residents of Tam...
The Madras High Court has ruled that defaulting on a bank loan is not, on its own, a ground to stop someone from going abroad when no criminal charge exists against that person. The Court said travel abroad is a fundamen...
During the June–September 2026 southwest monsoon, Tamil Nadu received its lowest Cauvery water share in 14 years. Only 44.208 tmc ft arrived against the normal 123.14 tmc ft, leaving a deficit of almost 79 tmc ft. As of...
The 2026 Physics Nobel has gone to Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen, honoured for his role in building the IceCube neutrino observatory and for the detection of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources....
Bird watchers in Chennai have reported a rare visitor: a Japanese Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza gularis) was spotted at the Adyar Estuary. According to records, this is only the third time the species has ever been documented...
On 6 October 2026, the Supreme Court closed a case pending for over two decades, noting that the Tamil Nadu Assembly had withdrawn the contested resolution back in 2004. A seven-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India...
The Tamil Nadu government has rolled out the 'Annan Seer' scheme to support eligible brides from low-income families. Each beneficiary receives a gold coin weighing 8 grams of 22-carat purity, along with a silk sari. Onl...
