Vedamurti Devavrat Mahesh Rekhe, a 19-year-old Vedic scholar from Varanasi, has successfully completed the Dandakrama Parayanam, a challenging recitation of 2000 mantras in Shukla Yajurveda in 50 days without interruption. PM Modi praised him for his remarkable achievement.

The DGCA has launched an investigation into Air India after the airline was reported to have operated aircraft in eight revenue sectors with an expired Airworthiness Review Certificate ARC. The DGCA was tasked with conducting the first ARC renewal for all 70 former Vistara aircraft.

The DRDO successfully carried out a high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system which reached a controlled velocity of 800 km/h. This test put India among the nations with advanced in-house escape system testing capability.