- Veer Vikram Yadav has been appointed as the new Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
- Indian-origin expert Mangala Kuppa has been appointed as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the US Department of Labor.
- Willie Walsh has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IndiGo airline.
- Chanchal Kumar has taken charge as the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- Hindi writer Mamta Kalia won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 for her memoir titled ‘Jeete Ji Allahabad’.
- Eminent writer Dr. Pratibha Ray was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for her contribution to Odia literature.
- NASA’s Artemis II mission, scheduled for April 2026, aims to send humans back to the Moon after 53 years.
- Christina Koch is set to become the first woman to reach the Moon under NASA’s Artemis II mission.
- The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹1,950 crore deal with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for IAF Mountain Radars.
- The government launched se.census.gov.in as the official portal for the self-enumeration phase of Census 2027.
- US Vice President JD Vance authored the book titled ‘Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith’.
- The India Skills National Competition 2025-26 was organized in Greater Noida.
- Sunil Narine holds the record for playing the most matches as a foreign player in IPL history.
- A rare white female albino Himalayan Tahr was sighted in Himachal Pradesh’s Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary.
- The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the 33rd edition of the ‘Energy Statistics India 2026’ report.
- Under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, 1,338 railway stations across India have been identified for redevelopment.
- Adani Defense delivered the first batch of 2,000 ‘Prahar’ Light Machine Guns to the Indian Army ahead of schedule.
- Jammu & Kashmir’s Sheetal Devi was named the ‘Para Archer of the Year 2025’ by World Archery.
- Jannik Sinner completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ at the Miami Open 2026 by defeating Jiri Lehecka.
- India has assumed the chairmanship of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) for the 2026-2028 term.
- AIIMS New Delhi alumna Nisha Mehta was sworn in as the Health and Population Minister of Nepal.
- Former Raymond Group Chairman and Padma Bhushan awardee Vijaypat Singhania passed away at the age of 87.
- Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee died in a tragic accident near the coastal town of Digha.
- Mahavir Jayanti 2026 was celebrated on March 31 to mark the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir.
- India hosted a major maritime security exercise under the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in Kochi.
📅 April 2, 2026 · Thursday