In 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its latest statistics on a growing mental health crisis across the globe. Suicide is one of the major causes of death, and the rate of suicide is rising at a higher rate than the population. The reports World Mental Health Today and Mental Health Atlas 2024 reveal the insights key after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Exercise MAITREE 14th edition started on 1 September 2025 in the Joint Training Node at Umroi, Meghalaya and lasted until 14 September. This two-way training between India and Thailand will help strengthen the military cooperation, interoperability and understanding, a sign of strengthening defence collaboration in the Indo-Pacific region.

The National Annual Report and Index on Women Safety (NARI) 2025 reports the safety of urban women in India. The report surveys 12,770 women in 31 cities with a national safety rate of 65, but 40 percent believe they are not safe in their own cities. Among the issues mentioned are harassment, confidence in police officers, and differences in safety depending on age, place, and time of the day.

Swarnamukhi River and Nala Awareness, also known as Operation SWARNA (Tirupati Urban Development Authority), is a massive project to replenish and conserve the Swarnamukhi River. This is the first large project on river restoration and anti-encroachment in the state and it is supported by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.

Uncontrolled proliferation of the South American introduced tree Senna spectabilis has become a critical ecological problem in South India. Its overgrowth outmuscles indigenous vegetation, changes the composition of the soil, and interferes with the habitat of wildlife, especially in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.