Union Health Minister JP Nadda held a review meeting with Rajasthan and Maharashtra health ministers, focusing on strengthening public health infrastructure, drug regulation, diagnostics, Jan Aushadhi Kendras, and India’s TB elimination goals

E Sreedharan opened an office in Ponnani to start work on a proposed Thiruvananthapuram–Kannur high-speed rail project, despite Kerala being excluded from the Union Budget 2026 rail corridors. He said DPR and survey work will begin soon, expressing confidence of central approval