India ranks second from lowest — 176 — in this year's Performance Index (EPI), a global index that rates countries on indicators of environmental health, ecosystem vitality, and climate change mitigation. India's overall EPI score is 22.46 out of 100. Laos ranked lowest.

At least 15 Indian tourists died after their speedboat capsized near Phu Quoc Island in . The vessel was carrying 32 Indian nationals and four Vietnamese crew members, and went down approximately 400 metres from the coast.

The former Emir of , Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has died at the age of 74. He ruled the country from 1995 until his abdication in favour of his son in 2013, overseeing its rise as the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas. The Indian government has declared a day of national mourning as a mark of respect.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged excess expenditure of over INR 3,500 crore and budgetary lapses in the government's Ladki Bahin scheme. Under the flagship scheme, eligible women aged between 21 and 65 receive ₹1,500 per month through direct benefit transfer.

Scientists at the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre (SGBC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have produced what they describe as the world's most detailed three-dimensional atlas of the human at cellular resolution. Called Anchor, the digital map lets researchers navigate seamlessly from MRI scans of the whole organ down to individual nerve cells.