1. As many as 15 tigers will be brought to Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Odisha from Maharashtra. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given its nod to the Interstate Tiger Translocation Project.

2. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved three railway projects worth Rs 6,456 crore.The CCEA has given its nod to the Bargarh Road-Nawapara Road new railway line (138 km) in Odisha.

3. the Centre has allowed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to utilise Aadhaar-based authentication to verify candidates' identities voluntarily, both at the time of registration and during several stages of examinations and recruitment. 

4. Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. While overall suicide numbers increased by 2% annually, student suicides surged by 4%.

5.Accusing the BJP of changing its attitude towards the tribals, Dalits and OBCs after coming to power in the state, Opposition Congress and BJD Wednesday called for a resolution in the Assembly to increase the reservation cap beyond the current 50 per cent.

6.The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money is most likely to submit its ninth interim report to the apex court within a month, official sources said, Wednesday.

7.Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday awarded Odisha as the best state in the country for road safety initiatives during the sixth edition of FICCI’s Road Safety Conclave held in New Delhi.

8.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved three railway projects with a total estimated cost of `6,456 crore, a statement from the Ministry of Railways said Wednesday.

9.With rainfall on 23 days, Delhi saw the highest number of rainy days in the last 14 years this August, officials said Tuesday.

10.The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday said a penalty of `908 crore has been slapped in a case related to the alleged violation of foreign exchange rules against DMK MP S Jagathratchakan and his family members.

11.Opposition parties of Assam Wednesday filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, accusing him of ‘promoting enmity’ based on religion and race.

12. The government Wednesday approved 12 new industrial cities in 10 states on the lines of Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Dholera in Gujarat to boost domestic manufacturing with an estimated investment of `28,602 crore.

13.India logged a 19.3 per cent decline in particulate pollution in 2022, the second highest in the world after Bangladesh, adding an average of one year to the life expectancy of citizens, a new report showed Wednesday.

14.In another first, a woman will be the public face of the new Iranian government with Fatemeh Mohajerani being appointed the government spokesperson of Masoud Pezeshkian regime.

15.The total transaction volume on UPI is expected to increase to 439 billion by 2028-29 from about 131 billion in the last financial year and account for 91 per cent of overall retail digital payments, said a PwC India Report.