The Election Commission of India ordered changes in Tamil Nadu, appointing M. Sai Kumar as Chief Secretary and Sandeep Mittal as Director General of Police (Armed Police and Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC)).
The United Arab Emirates launched the world’s first 10G (10 Gigabit) U6GHz internet network.
The Indian Institute of Management Rohtak won the Hermes Dialogue 6.0 debate competition hosted by the Birla Institute of Management Technology.
Indian-origin scientist Deep Jariwala was appointed to the UT-ORNL (University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices in the United States.
Blanka Vlašić, an Olympic medalist, was appointed as Global Ambassador for the World 10K Bengaluru 2026.