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The 475-year-old Our Lady of Grace Cathedral at Vasai in Maharashtra received the Award of Merit at the 2025 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The award recognises well-executed conservation...
Kerala became the first State to classify tidal flooding, also called sunny-day or king-tide flooding, as a State-specific disaster, enabling relief from the State Disaster Response Fund. Such flooding occurs when high t...
In a public poll conducted by the Forest Department, the Indian Grey Hornbill was selected as the 'Bird of Tirupattur' district. The exercise aimed to make students and young people more aware of biodiversity and forest...
Every 15 February, International Childhood Cancer Day encourages early detection and fair access to treatment. The International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organizations first recognised the day in 2002. Mo...
Tamil Nadu used its Climate Summit 4.0 in Chennai to announce that climate action will be embedded in the budget of every government department. The State will also prepare State-level Determined Contributions, patterned...
Overview In February 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the addition of three new wetlands in Tamil Nadu to the list of Ramsar sites. This recognition highlights the state's succ...
Bangladesh held its 13th parliamentary election in February 2026, the first since the 2024 uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won by a landslide, and its chairman Tarique Rahman, son of...
Over two days, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department conducted a synchronised census of terrestrial birds in the central part of the State, spanning the districts of Tiruchi and Pudukottai. Apart from daytime species, the exe...
A 2026 census in Odisha recorded 765 dolphins in the State's marine and estuarine waters, its best tally in the past five years. Chilika Lake was home to 159 Irrawaddy dolphins, making it the single area with the densest...
The Centre amended the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, with effect from 20 February 2026. The rules define Synthetically Generated Information (SGI) as AI-made...
Migratory griffon vultures were sighted in Maharashtra's Melghat and Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserves after almost ten years: a Himalayan Griffon (Near Threatened) at Melghat and a Eurasian Griffon (Least Concern) at Tadoba...
ICAR's Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has succeeded in breeding the mangrove clam Geloina erosa in captivity. Known as mud clams and locally as 'Kandal Kakka' in northern Kerala, these burrowing bivalves inh...
