The Indian Army is conducting a 20-day long exercise named Parvat Prahar. It is conducted amid the disengagement process between India and China in the Gogra-Hot Springs area on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The Odisha government has launched a rainwater harvesting scheme named 'Community Harnessing and Harvesting Rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA).
DRDO and Indian Army have successfully completed six flight tests of the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from ITR Chandipur off the Odisha coast.