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Tamil Nadu's 2025 northeast monsoon (October-December) brought about 43 cm of rain against a normal of roughly 44 cm. That is slightly below normal and ends a six-year run of normal or surplus rainfall since 2019. Chenna...
A new Tamil edition of From Volga to Ganga by scholar Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) has been published. It is the seventh Tamil translation of the book. Theatre practitioner and teacher A. Mangai translated it, and Seer...
Venture Intelligence data shows that private equity and venture capital firms put about $3,513 million into Tamil Nadu-based companies in 2025, across 61 deals. That is 20% more by value than in 2024. Funding fell sharpl...
A site at Sorgapallam, also called Sembodai, near Gangaikonda Cholapuram in Ariyalur district has been identified as the memorial of Nathamunigal, the first Acharya of Sri Vaishnavism. His idol and an idol of Srinivasa P...
The Theosophical Society held its 150th international convention at its headquarters in Adyar, Chennai, on the theme 'One World, One Life: The Spirit of New Humanity'. Helena Blavatsky and Colonel H.S. Olcott founded the...
Madurai is set to become a twin city of Camberley, a town in the United Kingdom. Twinning is a long-term partnership between cities in different countries. This one covers education and research, culture and heritage, to...
The University of Madras (Amendment) Bill, which the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed in April 2022, came back without the President's assent. It wanted the State government, rather than the Governor as ex officio Chancellor,...
A three-member committee chaired by Gagandeep Singh Bedi, with K.R. Shanmugam and Pratik Tayal as members, gave its final report on employee pensions to the Tamil Nadu government. It compared the Old Pension Scheme (for...
A rare Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) was seen in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu during the winter migration season. This large eagle breeds in Central Asia and Eastern Europe...
Divya Arul from Puducherry reached the summit of Mount Elbrus in Russia. At 5,642 metres, Elbrus is the highest peak in Europe and one of the Seven Summits, the tallest mountains on each continent. The climb is a notable...
The Ministry of Jal Shakti released the Dynamic Groundwater Resource Assessment Report 2025. Annual recharge is about 448.52 billion cubic metres (BCM) and extraction about 247.22 BCM, so the stage of extraction is 60.63...
The Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS), implemented on January 1, 2026, is a significant reform in the state’s social security framework aimed at ensuring financial stability for government employees after retireme...
