Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually attend the 22nd ASEAN – India Summit on 26th of this month at the invitation of Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim. In a social media post, Mr Modi said that he congratulated his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on Malaysia assuming the ASEAN Chairmanship. The Prime Minister also conveyed his wishes for the success of upcoming Summit and reaffirmed his commitment to further deepening of the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that Prime Minister Modi and the ASEAN leaders will jointly review the progress in ASEAN-India relations and discuss initiatives for strengthening Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. It said, strengthening relationship with ASEAN is a key pillar of India’s Act East Policy and Indo-Pacific vision.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will represent Prime Minister Modi at the 20th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur on 27th October. The East Asia Summit will provide an opportunity to deliberate on the challenges to peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and also exchange views on regional and international developments.

The Guru Charan Yatra (Nagar Kirtan) commenced today from Gurdwara Moti Bagh in Delhi, marking the beginning of a historic spiritual journey as the holy footwear, ‘Jore Sahib’, of Guru Gobind Singh and Mata Sahib Kaur is taken to Takht Patna Sahib in Bihar. Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh joined the congregation as devotees gathered in large numbers to witness this auspicious event.

The sacred relics have remained in the custodianship of the family of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri for nearly 300 years. On Wednesday, Puri’s family formally handed over their care and custody to the Sikh community. The holy footwear was then entrusted to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and placed at Gurdwara Moti Bagh for devotees to offer prayers. Puri personally carried the Jore Sahib to the gurdwara, where a special Kirtan Samagam was held, allowing devotees to have darshan of the relics.

The government on Tuesday signed an MoU with online food delivery platform Zomato to enhance access to flexible and technology-enabled livelihood opportunities through the National Career Service (NCS) platform, which can create nearly 2.5 lakh job opportunities annually.

Union Labour Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said it would integrate platform economy roles into the formal employment system, connecting youth and women jobseekers to dignified, technology-enabled livelihoods.

Dr Mandaviya highlighted that the NCS portal has emerged as an important platform for job seekers at both National and International level, connecting millions of individuals with employment and livelihood opportunities.

the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to operate its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) service across the country, moving out of its Closed User Group (CUG) beta phase.

The service is now available to all users on android and iOS.

Curie enables UPI payments to be made directly from balances parked in liquid mutual funds. The platform facilitates instant redemption, drawing from investments at the time of transaction rather than from a conventional bank account balance.

The product currently functions through partnerships with YES Bank and asset management companies including ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund.

Tech start-up Muse Wearables has developed a smart ring equipped with advanced health tracking and ‘on the go payments’ (contactless payments) in addition to cuff-less blood pressure measurements.

Called ‘Ring One’, the product is set to be launched on September 27, 2023 globally and on October 25, 2023 in India. Muse has partnered with its contract manufacturers in Chennai to set up its manufacturing lines for Ring One, and the products are currently in the production stage.

George Francis, chief technology officer, Muse Wearables, said, “Ring One can measure 6 different vitals - heart rate, blood oxygen, temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate variability and blood pressure.”

The US has come up with a twenty-billion-dollar plan to help ease Argentina’s currency crisis. President Trump met Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House over a bilateral lunch. The meeting took place shortly after the US government announced the financial package to support Argentina’s economy.

President Trump has made it clear that US economic assistance depends on how Argentine President Javier Milei and his party perform in the upcoming elections. President Trump added that the US is not going to waste its time if Milei’s party does not win.

Argentina’s financial turmoil comes ahead of the national midterm elections to be held on 26th October. Argentina is at risk of a financial collapse. The country’s currency fell sharply after President Milei’s party suffered a significant defeat in provincial elections last month. The losses shook investors’ confidence in President Milei’s ability to see through his economic reforms. President Milei has slashed government spending, cut regulations and fired tens of thousands of public-sector workers since taking charge of his office in 2023.

A model of Sustainable Aquaculture in Mangrove Ecosystems (SAIME) developed by the Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) in West Bengal’s Sundarbans has been conferred Global Technical Recognition by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

The recognition was conferred on the non-governmental organisation on October 15, 2025, during FAO’s 80th Anniversary Celebrations and the World Food Forum at its headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The SAIME initiative in the Indian Sundarbans exemplifies an ecosystem-based, climate-adaptive, and conservation-linked livelihood approach, ensuring 5%–30% mangrove coverage in aquaculture ponds. After a few years of implementation across 29.84 hectares of farm area by 42 fish farmers, the annual average net profit of farmers increased by over 100%, owing to a significant reduction in production costs.

Indian travellers may find their global mobility slightly restricted this year. According to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, India has fallen five places to rank 85th, granting visa-free access to 57 destinations around the world. In 2024, the Indian passport held the 80th position, offering visa-free travel to 62 countries. India's strongest performance on the index came back in 2006, when it was ranked 71st.

What Is The Henley Passport Index?

The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking that measures the strength of passports based on the number of destinations their holders can enter without obtaining a visa in advance. It is compiled using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and updated monthly by Henley & Partners.

The 2025 index compares 199 passports and 227 travel destinations, serving as a key reference for travellers and governments alike to gauge international mobility and travel freedom.

India has rushed a consignment of Prussian Blue (Pru-Decorp) capsules to Indonesia to help mitigate the effects of Cesium-137 contamination after Jakarta detected traces of radioactivity in exported food products.

Responding swiftly to a request from Indonesia's Ministry of Health, the Embassy of India in Jakarta, through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), mobilised and delivered the urgently required capsules to mitigate the effects of Cesium-137 (Cs-137) contamination.

Indian Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty handed over the medicines to Indonesian officials on Wednesday, reaffirming India's role as a regional first responder in humanitarian and emergencies.

Scientists have discovered a new phase of matter called a time rondeau crystal that shows an unusual kind of order in time, rather than in space like solids and liquids. The phase is related to, but distinct from, a time crystal.

In normal matter, the arrangement of atoms can be either ordered or disordered. For example a (solid) crystal has a repeating structure while a liquid doesn’t. The order in a crystal comes from breaking the perfect symmetry of space: instead of looking the same everywhere, it repeats in a regular pattern.

A time crystal, predicted in 2012 and observed in later experiments, shows a similar idea in time rather than space. When a system is periodically imparted some energy — like pushing a swing at regular intervals — it might oscillate at a different rhythm, such as every two pulses instead of one. Now the system can be said to be behaving in a repeating way in time, forming a crystal pattern in time rather than in space.