Agnivesh Agarwal dies as Vedanta Group director

Exam-focused facts from the 9 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Agnivesh Agarwal, son of metals tycoon Anil Agarwal, passed away at the age of 49 following a cardiac arrest after a skiing accident in the US.
He had been recovering at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York before the sudden cardiac arrest.
He was the chairman of Talwandi Sabo Power (TSPL), a subsidiary of Vedanta.
He previously served as chairman of Hindustan Zinc from November 2005 to February 2019.
He studied at Mayo College in Ajmer and later set up Fujairah Gold, a metal refinery in the UAE.