The Himalaya Hindu Kush (HKH) is a region with a huge potential of renewable energy covering eight countries, namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. However, an analysis by the International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), released at the Asia-Pacific Clean Energy Week 2025 in Bangkok shows that only a small portion of these resources are in use.

The Ministry of Defence of India has published a 15-year plan, Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR-2025), which reflects a 20-40 year outlook on the technology of the armed forces. The roadmap identifies nuclear resilience, drone warfare, and electronic warfare as key pillars and strengthens the Indian drive towards defence self-reliance.

The Indian Rail is the first railroad to test a hydrogen-powered train developed at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. The train will be operating on the route of Jind-Sonipat in Haryana, it will be a milestone in moving India towards green mobility. This project connects with the National Green Hydrogen Mission to produce five million metric tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2030 toward the net zero goal of India by 2070.

Bhubaneswar has gone a step ahead and is the first city in India to launch an action plan on heat and cooling known as the Integrated Heat and Cooling Action Plan (IHCAP). This project is a reaction to the increasing heat waves and the growing demand to cool, as it can help combat the cycle of rising temperatures that leads to higher air-conditioning use that further drives urban heat.

A Himalayan brown bear ( Uris arctos isabellinus ) recently attracted international media attention following an episode involving a Pakistani singer, Quratulain Balouch in the Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan. This incident is indicative of an increasing pattern of human-bear confrontation across the Himalayan region which has been mainly caused by habitat loss, climate change and the amount of food waste produced by humans. Previously regarded as a symbol of the wilderness, the species is currently growing under the pressure of human expansion.