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India re‑elected to the International Civil Aviation Organization Council

India re‑elected to the International Civil Aviation Organization Council

Why in news? The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convened its 42nd Assembly in Montreal in September 2025. During the sessi...

UPSC at 100 – Guardian of Meritocracy and Nation‑Building

UPSC at 100 – Guardian of Meritocracy and Nation‑Building

Why in news? On 1 October 2025 India’s Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) entered its centenary year. Established on 1 October 1926, t...

India secures second deep‑sea mineral exploration contract

India secures second deep‑sea mineral exploration contract

Why in news? In September 2025 the Ministry of Earth Sciences signed a 15‑year contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for ...

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh – origins and contributions

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh – origins and contributions

Why in news? The socio‑cultural organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marked its 100th foundation day in late September 2025. Fou...

India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement comes into force

India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement comes into force

Why in news? India’s free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) — comprising Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway an...

Trends in India’s Dairy Sector

Trends in India’s Dairy Sector

Why in news? The government released new data showing that India produced 239 million tonnes of milk in 2023‑24, reinforcing its position ...

South–South and Triangular Cooperation

Why in news? The United Nations observed the International Day for South–South Cooperation on 12 September 2025. Discussions focused on ho...

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan

Why in news? Former U.S. president Donald Trump released a 20‑point proposal aimed at ending the Israel–Hamas war. The plan called for a...

Venezuela

Venezuela

Why in news? Venezuela has been in news recently. Understanding Venezuela’s physical features helps contextualise its economy and biodiver...

Natural Gas Discovery near the Andaman Islands

Natural Gas Discovery near the Andaman Islands

Why in news? Oil India Ltd announced that it had struck natural gas near the Andaman Islands at a shallow offshore well named “Vijayapuram...

National Security Council Secretariat

Why in news? The government announced a reorganisation of the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) in September 2025, appointing an ...

The Wassenaar Arrangement

Why in news? Export control regimes came under the spotlight in September 2025 when the Wassenaar Arrangement updated its control lists of d...

Siphon‑Powered Desalination

Why in news? Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) announced a low‑cost desalination technique that uses a fabric‑lined ...

Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve joins UNESCO network

Why in news? UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme announced that India’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve had been admitted to the Worl...

Radar‑Mounted Drones for Surveillance

Radar‑Mounted Drones for Surveillance

Why in news? The Border Security Force (BSF) announced that it had successfully tested drones equipped with radar systems to monitor Indiaâ€...

Reimagining a Green Economy through Landscapes

Reimagining a Green Economy through Landscapes

Why in news? At a climate conference in September 2025 experts argued that the transition to a green economy must be rooted in landscapes. R...

Stampedes in India

Stampedes in India

Why in news? A series of fatal stampedes at religious gatherings and crowded public events in 2025 prompted renewed discussion about crowd m...

Government Guidelines for EV Charging Stations (PM E‑DRIVE)

Why in news? The Ministry of Heavy Industries issued guidelines under the PM E‑DRIVE scheme on 29 September 2025 for installing 72,300 ele...

BSNL’s Swadeshi 4G Network Stack

Why in news? Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched its indigenously developed 4G (and 5G‑ready) network stack on 28 September 2025....

AstroSat – India’s first space observatory

AstroSat – India’s first space observatory

Why in news? As AstroSat marked ten years in orbit on 28 September 2025, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shared results from t...