D. Gnanasundaram, who served as Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil and contributed scholarly works on the Ramayana, Kamba Ramayanam and Divya Prabandham, passed away. He received the Ilakkiya Mamani Award (2024) from the Tamil Nadu Government.
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.
The Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) of the Indian Army made its debut at the Republic Day Parade 2026, and for the first time in its 247-year history the contingent was led by a woman officer, Captain Harshita Raghav (inducted 2023).
The National Statistics Office is preparing two first-ever national surveys: a National Household Income Survey and an Annual Survey of Incorporated Service Sector Enterprises. The second will use the GSTN database to cover companies in the services sector. Both surveys will be fully digital, with fieldwork from April 2026.
Maharashtra started India's first menopause clinics in government hospitals and urban health facilities.
A Bombardier Learjet 45 crash at Baramati, Maharashtra, on 28 January 2026 led to the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. First elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Baramati in 1991 (which he represented for eight terms), he split the NCP in 2023 to align with the BJP-led coalition and served as deputy CM six times.
India and the European Union signed their first comprehensive Security and Defence Partnership during the 77th Republic Day celebrations, covering maritime security, defence industry, cyber threats, counter-terrorism and defence technology. Both sides began negotiations on a Security of Information Agreement (SOIA) and set a strategic roadmap, 'Towards 2030: India-EU Joint Comprehensive Strategic Agenda'.
India is reaching half of its installed power capacity from non-fossil sources five years ahead of its 2030 climate (NDC) target. As of 30 June 2025, India had 484.82 GW of installed capacity, of which 242.8 GW was non-fossil.
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