1.Dusshera, also known as Vijayadashami, Dashahra in Bhojpuri and Maithili and Dashain in Nepali, is a significant Hindu festival celebrated on the last day of Durga Puja and the tenth day of Navratri. Happy Dussehra (Vijayadashami).

2.Addressing the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), he said that India’s soul has always been rooted in “unity in diversity” and cautioned that if this principle is broken, the country’s strength will be diminished.

3.The Lok Sabha Secretariat has released the updated composition of 24 Parliamentary Standing Committees, effective from September 26.

4.Baijayant Panda has been appointed Chairperson of the Select Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The Committee on Finance will be chaired by Bhartruhari Mahtab.

5.The Reserve Bank Wednesday revised upward its growth estimates for the current fiscal year to 6.8 per cent and lowered its inflation projection to 2.6 per cent based on an above-normal monsoon and the rationalisation of GST rates.

6.Kamal Gavai, Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai's mother, on Wednesday said she would not attend a centenary program of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) here on October 5.

7.At least 69 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit a central Philippine province where dozens of people were killed by a powerful earthquake Tuesday night. The magnitude-6.9.

8.The Union Cabinet's decision to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) by 3 per cent.

9.UPSC Chairman Ajay Kumar on Wednesday said that cheating and use of fake certificates in any government job recruitment examination by the candidates is "unacceptable" and it can cause long-term career damage to them.

10.A day after postponing the written examination for sub-inspectors, the police in Odisha's Ganjam district Wednesday arrested 117 people, including 114 aspirants, on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud, a senior official said

11.Hundreds of goats and hens were slaughtered on the roads in Odisha's Kalahandi district on Tuesday during 'Chhatar Jatra' of Maa Manikeswari as part of Maha Ashtami celebrations of Durga Puja. Kalahandi Superintendent of Police Nagaraj Devarakonda said that the festival passed off peacefully.

12.The high-value Rs 2000 notes worth Rs 5,884 crore are still in circulation, according to official data released on Wednesday.

13.Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become the first person in history to achieve a net worth of nearly half a trillion dollars.

14.As of now, the core conservation work of as many as 3,700 protected monuments across the country has been solely the ASI’s mandate, which functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture.

15.In 2023, Sabri had become the first Muslim girl student to enrol for the prestigious Kathakali course at Kalamandalam, a centre for performing arts and a deemed-to-be university of art and culture.