Tamil Nadu's Anna Medal for Gallantry 2026 was awarded posthumously to Peter Johnson (who died saving two youths in the Thamirabharani river) and to firemen V. Sankar, S. Rameshkumar and P. Suresh for a flash-flood rescue in Dharmagiri. M. Kalimula received the Kottai Ameer Award, G. Veeramani the Narayanasamy Naidu Paddy Productivity Award, and five police personnel the Gandhi Adigal medals; Madurai, Tiruppur and Coimbatore topped the CM's Trophies for best police stations.