The Uttarakhand AI Impact Summit 2025 was organised on 17 October 2025 at Hotel Ramada, Dehradun, and was organised by the Government of Uttarakhand and the IndiaAI Mission of MeitY. It was an invitation to the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, and it reflected on how Artificial Intelligence is transforming the process of governance, sustainability, and economic development.

The Indo-Indonesian Bilateral Maritime Exercise, Samudra Shakti 2025, is the fifth edition of the exercise and is being hosted at Visakhapatnam in the period between 14 and 17 October 2025. It strengthens maritime collaboration between India and Indonesia, which implies that both nations share the objectives of peace, security, and a stable Indo-Pacific.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed the Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) which has successfully made a combat freefall jump of 32,000 feet the highest ever recorded by an indigenous parachute system. This is the first feat to be performed by Indian Air Force test jumpers and the feat has brought significant progress to the airborne operational capabilities of India.

The Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) from West Bengal’s Sundarbans has received Global Technical Recognition from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The award was presented on 15 October 2025 during FAO’s 80th Anniversary Celebrations and the World Food Forum in Rome, Italy. The recognition honours the innovative Sustainable Aquaculture in Mangrove Ecosystems (SAIME) model developed by NEWS.

In 2025 the 35 th National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) will be announced by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) within the Ministry of Power. On 14 December 2025, which will be celebrated as the National Energy Conservation Day, the awards will be given at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Smt. Droupadi Murmu, the President of India, will be honored with the ceremony. Achievement of the awards is a recognition of excellent work in energy efficiency, conservation and sustainable practices in India.