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ASEAN Summit 2025

ASEAN Summit 2025

Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that he would join the 47th Association of South...

National Means‑cum‑Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)

National Means‑cum‑Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)

Why in news? State Councils of Educational Research and Training released application forms in October 2025 for the National Means‑cum‑M...

Blackbuck revival in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary

Blackbuck revival in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? Conservationists reported in October 2025 that around 190 blackbucks now roam Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary â...

Hyunmoo‑5 ‘monster’ missile

Hyunmoo‑5 ‘monster’ missile

Why in news? South Korea’s defence minister announced in October 2025 that the country had begun mass‑producing the Hyunmoo‑5 ballisti...

Optical fibre Intrusion Detection System for elephants

Optical fibre Intrusion Detection System for elephants

Why in news? The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) announced in late October 2025 that it is expanding its optical fibre‑based Intrusion De...

Sevilla Forum on Debt

Sevilla Forum on Debt

Why in news? On 22 October 2025, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Department of Economic ...

Understanding fibromyalgia

Understanding fibromyalgia

Why in news? Fibromyalgia has gained renewed attention in 2025 thanks to awareness campaigns and ongoing research into chronic pain conditio...

Hazards of calcium carbide “guns”

Hazards of calcium carbide “guns”

Why in news? During Diwali celebrations in Madhya Pradesh in October 2025, makeshift “carbide guns” caused a spate of serious injuries. ...

Japan–India Maritime Exercise 2025 (JAIMEX 25)

Japan–India Maritime Exercise 2025 (JAIMEX 25)

Why in news? Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri, a Shivalik‑class stealth frigate, participated in the sea phase of JAIMEX 25 from 16–18 O...

Chrysanthemum Theme Garden in Srinagar

Chrysanthemum Theme Garden in Srinagar

Why in news? Jammu and Kashmir’s first chrysanthemum theme garden, also called Bagh Gul‑e‑Daudi, opened to visitors near Dal Lake on 2...

Skilling for AI Readiness (SOAR) Programme

Skilling for AI Readiness (SOAR) Programme

Why in news? The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the Skilling for AI Readiness (SOAR) programme. Announced d...

Sabarimala Temple

Sabarimala Temple

Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu made a historic pilgrimage to the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple on 22 October 2025. She became ...

Indian Scops‑Owl

Indian Scops‑Owl

Why in news? Birdwatchers near Karnataka’s Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary recently recorded the first‑ever sighting of an Indian Scops‑Ow...

Anagyrus lopezi – a tiny wasp saves tapioca crops

Anagyrus lopezi – a tiny wasp saves tapioca crops

Why in news? Two years after scientists released the parasitic wasp Anagyrus lopezi into tapioca fields of South India, farmers report that ...

Mount Etna – forecasting eruptions with earthquake ratios

Mount Etna – forecasting eruptions with earthquake ratios

Why in news? Researchers analysing two decades of seismic data beneath Mount Etna have found that changes in the ratio of small earthquakes ...

Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI)

Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI)

Why in news? At a recent meeting in Uzbekistan, range states endorsed a new six‑year Programme of Work for the Central Asian Mammals Initi...

Fiji eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

Fiji eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

Why in news? The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Fiji has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health pr...

Ningol Chakouba Festival

Ningol Chakouba Festival

Why in news? The Manipur Fisheries Department organised its annual Fish Fair and Fish Crop Competition on the eve of the Ningol Chakouba fes...

Storm Shadow Missile

Storm Shadow Missile

Why in news? During the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe, Ukraine reportedly used UK‑supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike a R...

Kali Tiger Reserve

Kali Tiger Reserve

Why in news? Foresters at the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka recently sighted and photographed a striped hyena in the park’s safari zone....