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Clear filtersBotanists of the Botanical Survey of India have described a plant species new to science, named Ceropegia tamilnaduensis. It was found growing on the hill slopes of Nellai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. The sanctuary...
Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have confirmed the discovery of a new species of marine eel from the Bay of Bengal. The species has been given the scientific name Bathymyrus perplexus. The finding adds...
The Government of India has standardised the names of 28 geographical features in Ladakh on the official Survey of India map. They comprise 11 peaks, 5 mountains, 6 land areas, 2 glaciers, 2 passes, 1 valley, 1 river, 1...
The Archaeological Survey of India recorded a Chola inscription at the Vedapureeswarar Temple in Therazhundur, Mayiladuthurai district. Dated 1003 CE, the 18th regnal year of Rajaraja Chola I, it is in Tamil on a pillar...
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) plans to restore the 230-year-old Exchange Building inside Fort St. George, Chennai, and renovate the colonial-era museum it houses. Completed in 1795, the building first housed t...
IntroductionIn a dual heritage management milestone announced on 17 August 2026, the Ministry of Culture notified that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has delisted 18 monuments from the Centrally Protected Monum...
IntroductionFirmly countering repeated, unilateral attempts by China to rename geographic locations in India's northeastern frontier, the Survey of India officially updated its national cartographic maps on 16 August 202...
IntroductionIn a major archaeological discovery affirming the advanced hydraulic engineering of ancient Tamil civilization, archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on 14 August 2026 identified a rare...
IntroductionTamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, on 11 August 2026, laid the foundation stone for the ₹380 crore Keezhadi Phase 2 Site Museum and Research Centre at Keezhadi village, Sivaganga district. The museum...
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) under MoEFCC completed the National Catalogue of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), with the final volume published in Zootaxa.India has 13,703 Lepidoptera species in 3,705 genera,...
Palaeontologist Varsha Ashok Aglawe has taken charge as the 54th Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), succeeding Asit Saha.She is the first woman to head the GSI in its 176-year history. The GSI, und...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive aquatic biodiversity milestone, ichthyologists strictly and officially discovered a fierce absolute new freshwater catfish species, Pseudolaguvia khairii, forcefully...
