.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute sanction letters to around 10 lakh beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and transfer their first instalments, amounting to around Rs 3,180 crore, September 17 in Odisha.

2.The World Health Organisation Friday said it has granted its first authorisation for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an important step toward fighting the disease in Africa and beyond.

3.Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been renamed Sri Vijaya Puram,

4.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stepped out of Tihar Jail Friday, hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the excise policy case being probed by the CBI. 

5.India's growth outlook reflects the underlying strength of country's macro-fundamentals, with domestic drivers -- private consumption and investment -- playing a major role, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said Friday.

6.Swiss authorities have frozen more than $310 million in funds across multiple Swiss bank accounts as part of money laundering allegations into Adani Group, US-based short seller Hindenburg Research claimed citing media report .

7. Senior IPS officer Amrit Mohan Prasad was on Friday appointed as the Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), according to an official order. 

8. The death toll in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam climbed to 233.

9.The authorities of Mayurbhanj district announced the closure of all schools Saturday, after the IMD forecast heavy rain in several parts of north Odisha.

10.India successfully test-fired the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VLSRSAM) for the second consecutive day from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on the Odisha coast, defence sources said. 

11.Odisha government withdrew its decision to set up beach shacks serving liquor on Puri beach, two days after the Puri Shankaracharya and various socio-cultural organisations opposed the move.

12.American automaker Ford said it is preparing to utilise its Chennai manufacturing plant to roll out vehicles for exports and has intimated the same to the Tamil Nadu government. 

13.Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the official language Hindi has an unbreakable relationship with every Indian language.

14. Police attached two plots of lands worth nearly ₹ 6 crore bought by slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed under the name of his acquaintance, officials said.

15.Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s Laver Cup in Berlin, the tournament announced.