In 2025, unprecedented momentum of the Palestinian cause occurred when a series of countries, such as France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, officially recognised the State of Palestine. This is in line with the same acknowledgement of Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra and Monaco, as the world witnessed a major change in international relations. Although these actions have strengthened the international legitimacy of Palestine, they have also added to the conflict with Israel which is still going on.

Once more India is making a tremendous leap forward into the future of clean energy with a proposal to construct the Steady-state Superconducting Tokamak-Bharat (SST-Bharat), which is an improved variant of fusion-fission hybrid reactor. The project will be a milestone in the nuclear research in India and the scope of this project is to produce 130 MW power (fission and fusion 100 MW and 30 MW respectively) in its first phase, and in the future the power will be 5 times more than the input energy. In a longer perspective, India intends to start a full scale demonstration reactor by 2060, with a proposed output-to-input ratio of 20 and 250 MW of power output.

The year 2025 has been a wakeup call to what a precarious position the Himalayan ecosystem is in. In northern India, disasters have taken the lives of hundreds of people, caused destruction of infrastructure and disruption of communities, as devastating cloudbursts, water flash floods and land slides occurred. These incidences highlight that development and climate resilience in the area requires a renewed approach.

The Union Government has provided a big boost to its flagship clean cooking program, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) by authorizing 25 lakh more LPG connections to be released in the financial year of 2025-26. This growth has now seen the total amount of LPG connection that has been disseminated under the scheme since its inception in 2016 reach an incredible 10.58 crore households.

In 2025, a decade later, the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in Goa celebrated the 10th National Ayurveda Day as a result of a decade of work to make Ayurveda a global health and wellness system. It was a milestone celebration as it saw the presence of dignitaries like the Governor and Chief Minister of Goa as well as the Union Ministers. This year was marked with the theme of Ayurveda People Planet and the theme focused on the increased global effects of Ayurveda and its applications in sustainable living.