National

ATCM 46 & CEP 26

• Ministry of Earth Sciences, through the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), will host the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM 46) and the 26th Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP 26) in Kochi, Kerala.
• India has been a Consultative Party to the Antarctic Treaty since 1983.

Sports

FIDE Grandmaster Title 

• Indian Chess Prodigy, Vaishali Ramesh Babu, has officially been awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, the International Chess Federation.

Thomas Cup

• In badminton, Indian men’s team lost 1-4 against Indonesia in the group stage of the Thomas Cup in Chengdu, China.

Asian Carrom Championship

• Rashmi Kumari clinched the women’s title in the 6th Asian carrom championship in Maldives.
• Mohd. Ghufran beat reigning National champion K. Srinivas in the men’s final.

Person in News

Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor

• Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command.

Maushumi Chakravarty

• Senior Indian Information Service officer, Maushumi Chakravarty assumed the charge of Director General of Akashvani News.

Uma Ramanan

• Distinguished playback singer, Uma Ramanan passed away in Chennai.

Paul Auster

• U.S. novelist Paul Auster, known for ‘The New York Trilogy’ passed away.

Awards & Honours

Padma Awards 2025

• Online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2025 have begun.
• Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards in the country.

Miscellaneous

‘People and Places of India – A Retrospect’

• Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts hosted an exhibition titled ‘People and Places of India – A Retrospect’ to celebrate International Labour Day.
• The exhibit featured Lithographs by famous German artist Karl Erich Muller from the IGNCA Archives.