Coimbatore, June 26 -- The country's first Insect Museum at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), is set to be opened up to a global audience shortly through an online gateway.

Murugan Marimuthu, Incubant Head of the Department of Entomology at TNAU, told ANI that the online gateway is in its final stages of development. "Most likely in a month or so, sir. We are almost in the completion stage," he said.

Tracing the department's origins, Marimuthu explained that the institution has a history stretching back over a century. "Originally, the Madras Agricultural College was started during the imperial period, during the British rule. In 1906, the college was established in Coimbatore," he said, adding that the Department of Agricu...