- 12–18 OCTOBER — INDIA: India–UAE exercise Mountain Guardian continues in Uttarakhand, concluding on 18 October.
- 12–18 OCTOBER — GLOBAL: IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings take place in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 13 OCTOBER — GLOBAL ECONOMY: IMF’s October World Economic Outlook is scheduled for publication.
- 13 OCTOBER — GLOBAL: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
- 15 OCTOBER — INDIA: 95th birth anniversary of former President and scientist Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
- 15 OCTOBER — GLOBAL: International Day of Rural Women.
- 16 OCTOBER — INDIA AND GLOBAL: World Food Day.
- 17 OCTOBER — GLOBAL: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Sources: PIB — exercise dates; World Bank — Annual Meetings; IMF — report schedule; President of India — Kalam profile; United Nations — observance calendar.