1.President Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Teachers Awards on 48 school teachers at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday, as the country marks Teachers' Day on September 5.

2.Among the awardees are 48 school teachers, 21 faculty members in higher education, and 13 trainers from the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Among the faculty in higher education are proponents of Indian Knowledge Systems, including Vaastu Shastra, Bhagavad Gita, and others.

3.A s 5.18 crore cases lie pending in district courts across the country, the Supreme Court has sent a distress call to States to enhance the retirement age of experienced judicial ocers from 60 to 62 years.

4.Teachers in Odisha will have to wait longer for the state-level recognition that was scheduled for Teachers’ Day, September 5, as the Mukhyamantri Shiksha Puraskar ceremony for 2024 and 2025 has been cancelled at the last moment.

5.The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has received regulatory approval to proceed with its ₹30,000 crore initial public offering (IPO), potentially making it the secondlargest IPO in India after the proposed Jio Platforms

6.7.Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that all 27 European Union member states support the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the bloc and want to complete the formalities to bring the pact into force at the earliest. 

7.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi attended as the chief guest, welcoming 336 newly inducted Sub-Inspectors—including 70 women—into active service following two years of rigorous indoor and outdoor training.

8.Odisha Industries Minister Sampad Chandra Swain has announced that Kendrapada will soon host the state’s first shipbuilding factory, marking a historic milestone for the region.

9."The detachment expected of police officers somehow seems to be disappearing, and this is indeed a matter of grave concern," Justice Bhuyan said.

10.Swatantra Bhardwaj, a far-right activist, gloated on a podcast that he had faced no legal action despite "cracking the skull" of the activist's father.

11.Mumbai has seen a surge in H1N1 (swine u) cases over the last three months, as the number of cases have jumped to 441 this year from 62 during same period last year. This marks a 612% rise, while for malaria the cases have seen a 20% rise.

12.Nagarmal Bajoria, a Bihar businessman known for contesting nearly 300 elections, has died at 97, his family said on Friday.

13.14.A team of Indian researchers has produced the rst comprehensive molecular and functional prole of the venom gland of Stegodyphus sarasinorum, a colonial spider species found across the Indian subcontinent, to identify numerous proteins and small molecules that could serve as promising leads for future drug discovery.

14.The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has rescued over 3,800 children from child labour under a sustained campaign launched in June. Over 575 FIRs have also been registered in connection with these incidents

15.The Kailash Manasarovar Yatra of 2026 has ended of- cially as all Indian pilgrims have left Chinese territory bordering Nepal, following the ash ood in the Bhote Koshi river on August 26, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday.