1.The rupee touched its lowest level but pared all losses before ending 3 paise higher at `88.09 against the US dollar Friday amid sustained outfl ow of foreign funds and renewed concern over additional US tariffs on Indian IT sector exports.

2.The Orissa High Court has expressed concern over the rising mortality rate among patients undergoing open heart surgery at the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) wing of SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH), Odisha’s largest government-run healthcare facility in Cuttack, and has directed an audit to ascertain the causes.

3.President Droupadi Murmu presented the prestigious National Teachers’ Awards 2025 to Basanta Kumar Rana and Tarun Kumar Dash of Odisha for their exemplary contribution to teaching and learning, at an event in New Delhi on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, Friday.

4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhion announced the regular appointment of over 13,000 schematic junior teachers appointed in 2025 as ‘regular teachers’.

5.The state government has decided to add 600 electric buses to the fleet of ‘Ama Bus’ service, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said here Friday.

6.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Friday said it has been selected by the Odisha government to design and implement an AI-enabled Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS).

7. Kamala Kant Pati, headmaster of a government-run school in Patana and district secretary of the Primary Teachers’ Union, became a victim of cyber fraud Thursday evening, losing a total of Rs3.53 lakh from his bank accounts and credit card.

8.The Central Water Commission Friday warned of widespread fl ooding across several states, with 22 river monitoring stations reporting ‘severe fl ood’ situation and 23 others ‘above normal’ water levels.

9.A pilot of a private airline was arrested for allegedly trying to fi lm a woman on a hidden camera in Shani Bazar in southwest Delhi, police said Friday.

10.India Friday declined to respond to US President Donald Trump's remarks that New Delhi is inching closer to China even as it rejected as “inaccurate and misleading” White House Trade advisor Peter Navarro's attack on it for procurement of Russian crude oil.

11.Educators, school principals and health experts Friday raised an alarm over the rising threat of newage nicotine devices such as vapes, e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches and heated tobacco products (HTPs) invading schools.

12.US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” a White House offi cial said Thursday, a move that would put Trump’s stamp on the government’s biggest organization.

13.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Friday appointed Foreign Secretary David Lammy as Deputy Prime Minister in a major Cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Angela Rayner over a tax underpayment row.

14.Tata Motors Friday said it will cut passenger vehicle prices ranging between Rs65,000 and Rs1.45 lakh effective September 22 to pass on the full benefit of GST reduction to customers.

15.Dabur, Indian rival of Colgate-Palmolive, is making its toothpaste a test of nationalism by asking consumers to shun American brands, as companies intensify promotion of local goods amid worsening trade ties with the United States.