S.S. Priyavadhana, a visually impaired woman has been appointed as odhuvar of the Pamban Swamy temple at Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai.
The first-ever Plantation Show was inaugurated as part of the final event of the annual summer festival in the Nilgiris at Kattery Park near Coonoor.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has announced the establishment of State-run arts and science colleges in four more districts -K.V. Kuppam in Vellore district, Thuraiyur in Tiruchi district, Ulundurpet in Kallakurichi district and Chengam in Tiruvannamalai district.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister unveiled the foundation stone for the construction of the Kalaignar Convention Centre in Muttukadu.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), the Government of Bihar, APEDA, and the Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), conducted the first-ever International Buyer-Seller Meet (IBSM) in Patna, Bihar.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) launched the country’s first cluster of five Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) testbeds specifically aimed at the cement sector.
A Joint Expedition Team comprising the instructors from the country’s premier mountaineering institutes successfully scaled Mount Everest (8,848.86 m).
The mountaineering institutes are Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports (JIM&WS) Pahalgam, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) Uttarkashi, and Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) Darjeeling.
The Ministry of Railways has approved the launch of a new train service between Agartala (Tripura) and Guwahati (Assam).
The Two Indian peacekeepers - Brigadier General Amitabh Jha andHavildar Sanjay Singh were posthumously awarded the prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld Medal of UNGA.
Kami Rita Sherpa, aged 55 and a Nepali mountain guide, completed his 31st climb of Mount Everest and broke his record for the most successful trips to the mountain's peak.
World Vape Day was observed on May 30th to raise awareness about the potential benefits of vaping as a harm-reduction tool for smokers.