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Why in news? During an International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in mid‑October 2025, delegates considered a proposal to levy a global fee o...
Why in news? At the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress held in late 2025, the Pacific island nation of ...
Why in news? On 18 October 2025, the forest department of Himachal Pradesh organised an international bird‑watching programme in the Rakchham–Chit...
Why in news? On 17 October 2025, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met China’s Deputy Finance Minister Liao Min during the annual IMF...
Why in news? In October 2025, Florida wildlife officials confirmed the state’s second case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a white‑tailed deer...
Why in news? During World Food Day 2025 on 16 October, India and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrated 80 years of partnership. India...
Why in news? On 17 October 2025, NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) and global logistics company DP World launched a new programme c...
Why in news? Researchers recently discovered the waxcap fungus Hygrocybe pellucida in Telangana’s Kawal Tiger Reserve. This marks the first time the...
Why in news? The Bodoland Territorial Region in Assam recently announced that Bathouism, the traditional faith of the Bodo community, would be listed ...
Why in news? A new global assessment presented at a conservation congress in Abu Dhabi warns that the long‑term survival of dugongs in India’s Gu...
Why in news? In the early hours of 15 October 2025, Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki‑laki erupted dramatically, sending a column of ash roughly ...
Why in news? On 15 October 2025 the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the pollution control boards of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana and the dep...
Why in news? A multi‑centre study published in late 2025 assessed the real‑world impact of India’s indigenous rotavirus vaccine, Rotavac, on dia...
Why in news? International advocacy group GRAIN released a report in October 2025 highlighting how recent free‑trade agreements are being used to i...
Why in news? The Ministry of Mines released the first State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI) on 16 October 2025. The index evaluates how effectively st...
Why in news? Under the Green India Challenge (GIC), a pilot bamboo plantation was inaugurated in October 2025 on five acres in Mullalagutta 2 villag...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India permitted the sale and use of only “green” firecrackers in the Delhi–National Capital Region for Diwali�...
Why in news? Data from the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite mission, released in October 2025, show that the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) �...
Why in news? The 8th Session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) concluded in Guwahati on 17 October 2025. Delegates from mo...
Why in news? Astronomers studying the minor body Chiron have reported evidence of a multi‑ring system around the object. By observing starlight pass...
