Prime Minister Narendra Modi commended India's para-athletics team for their outstanding performance in the recently concluded World Para Athletics Championship held in Kobe, Japan. The team showcased remarkable prowess, securing a total of 17 medals, including six gold medals.

Indian chess ace R Vaishali joined younger sibling R Praggnanandhaa to become the world's first-ever brother-sister Grandmasters duo and only the third woman from the country to earn the GM title, at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain.