Daily news
Daily news for TNPSC and other Tamil Nadu exams — short, exam-focused, in Tamil and English.
Global Hunger Crisis 2026: A Compounded Energy and Food Shock In May 2026, a joint warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and World Food Programme (WFP) alerted the international community to a r...
Borrowers’ Platform: A Collective Voice for Debt-Distressed Nations In a landmark move during the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings 2026, developing countries officially launched the first-ever Borrowers’ Platform. This ini...
Amaravati Project: Global Funding for India's New Green CapitalIn April 2026, the World Bank officially released $340 million for Phase I of the Amaravati Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh. This is part of a larger...
South Asia Economic Focus: India as the Regional Growth Engine The World Bank, in its latest regional update, has projected that India will continue to lead economic growth in South Asia. India's economy showed strong re...
Tamil Nadu constituted a 16-member State-level Steering Committee to prepare a Human Resources for Health strategy under the World Bank-backed Enhanced Health Service Delivery Program (EHSDP). It is chaired by the Additi...
The 1,856 MW Sawalkote run-of-the-river hydroelectric project on the Chenab in Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir, is being accelerated after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty following the 2025 Pahalgam terror att...
The World Bank held up Karnataka's 2014 fiscal reform as an example for other States. Karnataka began counting the borrowings of its Public Sector Undertakings and Special Purpose Vehicles as State liabilities, which imp...
India and the World Bank Group unveiled a New Country Partnership Framework for 2026-2031 aligned with the Viksit Bharat goal. It envisages annual financing of roughly $8-10 billion over five years. Priority sectors incl...
The foundation stone for the State's first Sea Turtle Conservation Centre was laid at Guindy, Chennai. The Centre of Excellence will cost Rs 14.50 crore and is being set up under the World Bank-supported TN-SHORE (Tamil...
The World Bank's 2025 report 'A Breath of Change' studies air pollution across the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills, covering 13 jurisdictions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Pollution there...
The Economic Survey cited Tamil Nadu's 'Thozhi' hostels as a model for raising women's workforce participation. Run by the Tamil Nadu Working Women's Hostels Corporation through public-private partnerships, they offer af...
The Union Economic Survey 2025-26 cited two Tamil Nadu initiatives as models: the 'Thozhi' hostels for working women and the Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission (TN-SHORE). Thozhi hostels are operated by the Tamil Nad...
