Soyuz MS-29 (HT): A Russian spaceflight launched aboard Soyuz-2.1a rocket from Kazakhstan, carrying three crew members (two Russian cosmonauts and Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon) to the International Space Station (ISS)+ The crew joined Expeditions 74 and 75 for an eight-month mission to research microgravity biology, AI, and materials science for future Moon and Mars missions.+  Soyuz is a non-reusable spacecraft with three modules: Orbital Module, Descent Module (re-entry capsule), and Service Module (or Instrument-Service Module).

Begonia quadricornualata (RM): A new rhizomatous flowering herb discovered near the Itanagar WLS in Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh+  Its four-horned ovary develops into four fleshy wings as the fruit matures+ The fruit is densely covered in reddish-brown woolly hairs. While related species produce dense flower clusters, the female plant bears a single white-to-pink flower at a time.

Kutchi New Year (DDN): Kutchi New Year (Ashadhi Beej) marks the beginning of the Kutchi calendar and is celebrated on the second day (Beej) of the Shukla Paksha in the month of Ashadha+ It coincides with the onset of the monsoon and is considered an auspicious festival, especially for the agrarian communities of Kutch, Gujarat.