Dhanendra Kumar, former Chairman of the Competition Commission of India, died on 28 May 2026 after a fire at his residence in Hauz Khas Enclave, South Delhi. He...
Harsh Malhotra was appointed president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi unit on 28 May 2026. He replaced Virendra Sachdeva in the organisational post, and the appointment formed...
The President’s Police Colour, also called Nishaan, is the highest ceremonial honour for a police force in India. On 28 May 2026, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the award...
Hari Babu Kambhampati was sworn in as the 27th Governor of Odisha on 3 January 2025 at Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh of the...
Neelam Meena, an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1998 batch from the West Bengal cadre, was appointed Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal on 25 May 2026....
N Rajam, a violinist associated with Hindustani classical music, has been named for the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award. The award is conferred by the President of...
Indian Army officer Major Abhilasha Barak received the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for 2025 on 22-23 May 2026. She serves with the United...
S. “Soma” Somasegar, an Indian-origin technology executive and former Microsoft leader, died at the age of 59. He worked at Microsoft for 27 years after joining the company...
Manindra Agrawal, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 20 May 2026. The Royal Society is a scientific...
