• Organisation: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India.
• Project: Dhvani Hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV).
• Test Timeline: The initial flight test will be done by the end of 2025.

• Country: Pakistan
• Opponents: Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile training launch.
• Rational: Enhance the military forces and modernize the weaponry in the face of regional tension.

Date: October 12

• As Seen: World Arthritis Day.
• 2025 Theme: “Achieve Your Dreams”
• Purpose: To create awareness about arthritis, how it affects the everyday life and the significance of early diagnosis and treatment.

Date: October 13

• As It Seems: International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR).
• Theme of 2025: Fund Resilience, Not Disasters.
• Purpose: To shine the light on the global activities in disaster risk reduction, disaster risk saving lives and minimizing economic and health losses associated with occurrence of natural hazards.

• Launch Details:
  • Re-introduced at Purple Fest, Goa.
  • Holding at Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
• Purpose:
  • Make digital services more accessible to the disabled.
  • Acts as a single point centre where government programs, scholarships, employment opportunities, grievance redressal and government accessibility are made.